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Con_Alma

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Jan 18, 2012 12:34 PM
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Worked at a carwash. Paid minimum wage... $3.35 an hour.
Jan 18, 2012 12:34pm
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JerseyBuck

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Jan 18, 2012 12:34 PM
12 years old working on my grandparents farm.
Jan 18, 2012 12:34pm
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FatHobbit

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Jan 18, 2012 12:37 PM
Con_Alma;1057210 wrote:Paid minimum wage... $3.35 an hour.
I think I started at $3.50/hour. What is minimum wage now?
Jan 18, 2012 12:37pm
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queencitybuckeye

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Jan 18, 2012 12:40 PM
FatHobbit;1057220 wrote:I think I started at $3.50/hour. What is minimum wage now?
Federal $7.25, Ohio $7.70

Was $2.30 in 1976 when I pumped gas at the Shell station.
Jan 18, 2012 12:40pm
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Con_Alma

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Jan 18, 2012 12:40 PM
FatHobbit;1057220 wrote:I think I started at $3.50/hour. What is minimum wage now?
I can't even make an intelligent guess.
Jan 18, 2012 12:40pm
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thavoice

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Jan 18, 2012 12:41 PM
When I was 16 and 17 I worked at the local park. Doing the diamonds, working on baseball fields, working with the kids on baseball and basketball and such. First year was $1.80 an hour. second year was around $2.15 an hour becuase of the yearly raise and the fact they upped even the starting pay.

Dont know why it didnt have to be min wage...it was part time summer work so maybe that was it. Paid every other week and got about 30-35 hrs in per week. Thinking back my summers were balls to the wall packed back then. Work from 830 till 3 or later, get to the diamond for baseball around 5-530 and not back home again until after 9pm after the games!
Jan 18, 2012 12:41pm
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Jan 18, 2012 12:46 PM
queencitybuckeye;1057229 wrote:Federal $7.25, Ohio $7.70

Was $2.30 in 1976 when I pumped gas at the Shell station.
Technically minimum wage is a lot higher given that most on minimum wage receive federal assistance.

I'm aware that's not what he asked, but still. I don't feel sorry for those making minimum wage and I'd support any bill that eliminated a minimum wage.
Jan 18, 2012 12:46pm
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ernest_t_bass

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Jan 18, 2012 12:47 PM
j_crazy;1056928 wrote:Worked on a tomatoes farm every summer from 11-15.
Are you mexican?
Jan 18, 2012 12:47pm
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Jan 18, 2012 12:49 PM
ernest_t_bass;1057254 wrote:Are you mexican?

Americans. Remember, anything you eat; we touched first. - Mexicans
Jan 18, 2012 12:49pm
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thePITman

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Jan 18, 2012 1:00 PM
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Worked for UPS when I moved to Columbus for college.
Jan 18, 2012 1:00pm
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bigdaddy2003

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Jan 18, 2012 1:38 PM
During my early teenage years I worked at a movie store. I would go get the movies behind the counter the people wanted to rent and I would hang the chips back up to show the movie was there to rent. I was paid 5 bones and hour under the table.

At 19 I worked 7 days a week at a pizza shop. I did a little bit of everything but my main job was delivering. It was mininum wage plus tips.
Jan 18, 2012 1:38pm
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Heelz

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Jan 18, 2012 3:40 PM
16, I worked at kmart getting carts, cleaning up messes, stocking shelves, pulling frieght and taking out trash. Wasnt the best job but wasnt the worst either......until someone shit on the walls or in a urinal and it had to get cleaned up.
Jan 18, 2012 3:40pm
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Thinthickbigred

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Jan 18, 2012 7:19 PM
Taking numbers from people in the north end projects
Jan 18, 2012 7:19pm
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rydawg5

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Jan 18, 2012 7:32 PM
I worked at a grocery store when I turned 16. I was a bagger then promoted to a cashier. Food stamps were a pain! After 3 months, I decided I wanted to play sports so I called them and said I could only work Sundays. They told me I'd have to pick the job or sports and I said, okay, we'll I'm going to play basketball.
Jan 18, 2012 7:32pm
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like_that

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Jan 18, 2012 7:51 PM
First job I took was my before my frosh year of college. I was a busboy at Outback Steakhouse. It sucked and motivated me not to fuck up at school.
Jan 18, 2012 7:51pm
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Jan 18, 2012 7:52 PM
14. A sports card store.
Jan 18, 2012 7:52pm
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dave

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Jan 18, 2012 8:20 PM
soccer ref and baseball ump when I was 13. First job where I got an actual paycheck was as a cart boy at a golf club when I turned 16.
Jan 18, 2012 8:20pm
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Jan 18, 2012 8:42 PM
I started working as a carpenter's helper at age 14.
Jan 18, 2012 8:42pm
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Thinthickbigred

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Jan 18, 2012 8:49 PM
Worked at the cab stand and taking phone calls for Paulie
Jan 18, 2012 8:49pm
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cat_lover

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Jan 18, 2012 9:11 PM
Started mowing our lawn,my grandparents and two of the neighbors lawns when I was 11. Worked as a bagger and stock boy at the local Big Bear when I was in High School and college.
Jan 18, 2012 9:11pm
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september63

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Jan 18, 2012 9:32 PM
janitor helper in the evenings at a bank. I was 16. This was yrs ago, but I still thought a kid had to be 16 to be "officially" employed. Other jobs, 18?
Jan 18, 2012 9:32pm
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Ironman92

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Jan 18, 2012 9:48 PM
Age 16....wrecked my grandpa's Porsche and had to get a job bagging groceries at Big Bear for $3.80 an hour.....thank goodness baseball season kept me from going more than 3 months there.
Jan 18, 2012 9:48pm
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Jan 18, 2012 9:49 PM
cat_lover;1058076 wrote:Started mowing our lawn,my grandparents and two of the neighbors lawns when I was 11. Worked as a bagger and stock boy at the local Big Bear when I was in High School and college.

Didn't see yours before I posted. My Dad was the manager of 4 different Big Bears....before they went bankrupt
Jan 18, 2012 9:49pm
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gerb131

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Jan 19, 2012 8:53 AM
16 ran the Ryder truck rental and cashier at Bills Sunoco at 256 and 70
Jan 19, 2012 8:53am
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Tiernan

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Jan 19, 2012 10:09 AM
11 yrs old - carried the morning paper and got up every weekday at 4:30am and deliverd 80 homes on my bike.
Jan 19, 2012 10:09am