Uphill, both ways, in the snow?Oldgringo wrote:Did I mention that neither my Mother nor any of my friends' Mothers worked outside the home and I walked to and from work and school?
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- Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:17 pm
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- Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:25 pm
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That's a great story. Thanks for sharing it.teri wrote:At 14 I started working for my Dad in his machine shop. I was in charge of the packaging area for our government contracts (me and my sister until she got fired, LOL). I learned at an early age how insane our govt can be and why products purchased from contractors were so ridiculously high. I was paid by the piece and my first paycheck was $16 and I rushed off to the store to spend all but $1 of it on a transistor radio with black alligator looking covering.I worked very hard because I didn't want the other employees thinking that the boss's daughter got preferential treatment, not to mention my dad was harder on me than the rest of his employees. This prepared me and has served me well in my career.
Within a year I was running the lathe and drill press...by then making all of $2 an hour. I wasn't aware of the laws then and I wonder what the lawmakers would have thought of the 6 months I went home for dinner and would come back and work until 9 or 10 pm for free because of the financial difficulties the business was going through. My dad did not ask us to work for free...my brother and I volunteered once we found out he was going to put in those extra hours himself. I hated going to school the next day finding aluminum shavings in my hair from sanding burrs off the parts. And I didn't think my hands would ever come clean! Knowing what I know now...I'd do it all over again. We had fun there.
I have a different memory of my first check. First, the amount that the government took out! The first thing I bought was a Gruen watch. After that, I saved almost all of it for college. I cleared $35/wk [I only worked Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights], but I saved enough to pay room and board for my first year at college.
- Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:42 pm
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If you call that a positive, go for it.Syntyr wrote:mescobar_rpls wrote:McDonald's...Working there pushed me to go to college.
Grandy's... Same thing. Worked there for 2 years and decided I was getting no where! The only positive was that the family cat LOVED to stick her head in my work boots when I got home at night. Smelled like chicken grease...
- Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:41 pm
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If you filed today you would probably get a "tax credit" refund.RPB wrote:Labor laws:
I still have my tax returns I filed when I was 12 years old.
Technically, I bought my bicycle, bought my bike racks, plastic bags, string/rubber bands and newspapers which a "distributor" dropped at my house each day, and I went door to door and "collected" $ each month (hopefully). I suppose I was self-employed at 12, but I filed.
- Sat Jul 14, 2012 3:37 pm
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Busboy/dishwasher at the Bonanza Steakhouse. I earned $1.45/hr and a ribeye steak for dinner every night. Back then, the ribeye dinner came with a baker, Texas toast and a salad for $3.57!