[Emerald U.]

General Discussion Thread 03.12.2025​

Hello, dear GrayViners! How are you doing? Is the weather getting warmer?

I recently caught up with some former officemates, and it made me feel a bit nostalgic. So, how about a little trip down memory lane? Tell us about your first job! Did you have a summer job as a teen, or did you jump straight into the workforce? Was it fun, and did you stay a while, or was it so dreadful that you made a beeline for the exit?

I can't wait to hear (read) your stories!

 

[minngal]

Car hop at local drive in. Walked 2 miles to work at 2 p.m. and home again at 10 p.m. because we lived in the country.

 

[CSChapman]

My first “ real job” was as a high school Distributive Education student as a bank teller. I remember buying a navy blue mini- dress with my first paycheck and feeling so proud!

 

[12rose]

Right out of high school at a bindery, sanding the spines of old text books to get them ready for rebinding.

 

[JoyALorton]

Worked as a teen during holiday breaks and on weekends at a "dime store." Young people don't even n know what a dime store is. Met my first husband at the same store because he was the Assistant Manager. Of course, I didn't know I was even going to date him, let alone marry him. He was one year ahead of me in high school. We married one month after I graduated from high school. Girls 18 and older didn't need a parent's approval to get married, and I was 18. But boys who were younger than 21 needed a parent's permission. My boyfriend/husband was only 19, so he needed his mother's okay to get married. She was one of our witnesses. We were married by a judge in the courthouse.

 

[Arkie98]

I baby sat

 

[Tyed-dyed]

I was hired as a travel clerk at a travel agency. I was fraeh out of high school, only 17. The owner gave me a lunch sack to take to the bank. Thinking it was someone's lunch, I wasn't too concerned about it. Inside the bank I delivered it to the person I was told to give it to, she told me to wait. Humm, why? About 2 seconds she was back, standing in front of me. "Do you know what was in the bag? She said. I said, your lunch.? She then said it was over $10,000 in the agency's receipts for that week!!
That freaked me out so bad I quit 2 days later and ended up working for the government for 37 years, but never in finance!

 

[PurrCee76]

My first job was working at a Popcorn store in the mall. We made our own caramel for the caramel corn in a big copper vat. I can remember trying to pour the caramel coated popcorn from the big copper vat into the bin without getting my inner elbow area burned. I loved working there but didn't like getting hurt.

 

[Oldone]

My first job was as a cashier at Macy's Dept store