where did you work

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:59 pm

when you were 16/17 years old? reason im asking is i just quit my job at mcdonalds (And im lovin it! < lol) and im going to be looking for a new job soon.. i just need ideas. i don't really want to go down the fast food route again, and i don't think i want to work at a grocery store either.. they pay like ass around here.

raw9283 · Post by **raw9283** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:11 pm

I worked at a grocery store.

I would say find a serving job but since you're so young you might not be able to at a lot of restaurants...I knew a few people that worked at a gym in high school, or best buy/circuit city, they all got paid pretty well.

Maybe try a temp agency, don't know if they'd take you that young but you could probably find a better paying job that way

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:15 pm

i started my cad job at MTD and been there for 2 years now and im loving it!

JeremyC · Post by **JeremyC** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:37 pm

lets see, I worked at K-Bee toys over christmas (never again) then Taco bell till I tearned 18. Then I started working construction, (painter / electriction / plumber / framer / sheetrocker / ran grid and tile / put down floor tile / finish carpenter)

I probably made the most running sheetrock, grid and tile, and framing up stuff (same job). But it took a little moving from company to company to get my pay where is should have been.

Second most I made was as a do it all / finish carpenter / or as a painter. Kinda funny, both of those jobs were with Joey's realitives, and Joey's dad works with my dad. How in the world did that all work out???

Vindicate · Post by **Vindicate** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:40 pm

I was a bum at 16/17 haha. 18 I worked at an airport. Airport was hella fun where I was cuz I spent more time watching movies then I did doing work! I had to quit the airport though. I'm working at a construction place now as a finisher. I'm 19 fyi.

Chris from MI · Post by **Chris from MI** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:57 pm

I worked at a sportscards shop until i was 17 and then when I turned 18 I got my job at Lowes. Been there for 3 years now and starting a weekend job at Detroit Testing Laboratory.

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 6:59 pm

i used to be a male stripper at a ladies club and then when that didnt pan out i tried my hand at hooking but surprisingly enough women dont want to pay for what they can have for free.............after that, i was walking down the street one day and heard this boom boom sound and looked cause i thought it might be my fat ex wife looking for me but it was this dude with a real bitchin' mustang that had no back seat and had the biggest wall of subs i had ever seen...turned out he owned a car audio shop and regardless of how little i knew or how much i begged he wouldnt hire me......so after many years of learning and working at a couple of shops i now find myself a full fledged installer and that guy who wouldnt hire me is running a forklift at a factory.......................

yea i know....not exactly pretty woman but its all i got

Never Too Old · Post by **Never Too Old** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:16 pm

You could always go hang big leaves to dry in the black barns near wilmore. They used to pay ...ok

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:16 pm

I started out cutting trees, made a good chunk of money off of that. It's hard work unless they do it the sissy way with a bucket truck and a bobcat. That put me through school, then I started working in industry as an electrician. When my wife passed on I worked with my brother in a car audio shop so that I could watch my daughter at work. Then once she was old enough to take care of herself I went back to industry and am working as a Plant Systems Technician.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:56 am

the thing is that it has to bee a night job :|