Your first job

[Menotti80]

I began caddying at the old age of 12. I did that through high school, along with a job in the winter starting when I was 14. Also have done food service, catering, vending, bartending and reffing. Now work as an Engineer...

[Hammer]

I started delivering papers to about half of the "city" of Omro when I was 11. Dirtiest job was working at a telemarketing company. It was not gross dirty, it was the crooked kind of dirty. We basically harassed people until they donated money to the policemans retirement fund. Not cool...

[jason21nl]

my first job was Mcdonalds in New London. I was drive thru boy, fry boy, up front counter boy everything but cook boy. I worked there for almost 2 years before I lipped off and quit. It was probably the worst job I ever had, however I worked with about 15 of my best friends at the time. Can't really beat that.

[sgtcluels]

First job, paper route at like the age of 12. Then I washed dishes at Jakes on 60th and North. Boy that was dirty.

[Fatter than Joey]

My first paycheck job was working as a radio engineer, doing minor league baseball when I was in High School, I was paid 3.35 per hour.

[brewcrewnation]

My first job was at Kentucky fried chicken at west point in Brookfield in the late 80s. I was there just over a year. I started at $3.35 an hour.

[patrickgpe]

My first job was actually a secretary at my parish rectory. I answered the door and phone, stuffed bulletins for the priests for a few hours a week after school for 4.25 an hour. It might of been very boring but I did manage to get alot of hw done for my first 2 years in high school while i worked there.

[burniebrewer]

I began caddying at the old age of 12.

 

I think I was 13 when I started at Westmoor Country Club in Brookfield. If I recall, there were 3 levels of caddy and you started out making $7.50/round plus tip. The next level was $10 plus tip. Most of those guys gave us kids about double the rate plus a soda and candy bar at the turn.

 

The only thing that sucked about the job was the "draw" every morning. You had to be there by a certain time or you went to the bottom of the list. The draw was a picking of numbered poker chips to determine your spot on the list for the day.

 

The nice thing was I had about 3 regulars who would request me. Because of that, I could skip the draw and show up when the member wanted me there. The other real perk was free golf every Monday for caddies, no members. We used to show up and play all day on a beautiful course.

[bacon06]

I live on a farm so I started working on that when I was 11 or 12 and still work there when I'm home from school. I also ref a lot of soccer games in the summer and early fall as well. My experiences with reffing tell me that a) people care way, way, way too much about an 11 year old soccer game and b) no one knows the rules of soccer very well. My favorite line is from parents who will yell at the refs about what call they should have made and then turn to someone standing by them and say "That is the rule, right?" Ah, ignorance is bliss.

[sheetswannabe]

First Job- 6 Flags. Started at 15, fun job. I was there for 2 years, then last October I started at K-mart in Racine, I still work there now...Yet I am only 18.

[TerraceReserved]

working at a coffee shop... oooh yeah baby!

[Mike Felder]

My first job was at County Stadium as a food vendor during the 1998 season. It was a lot of fun (I worked there through the 2002 ASG), although being the low man on the totem pole could really suck at County Stadium...like the 38 degree April night my first year when I had to try and sell Dove Bars. Not good times. Other than that though, it was a blast.

[Menotti80]

I began caddying at the old age of 12.

 

I think I was 13 when I started at Westmoor Country Club in Brookfield. If I recall, there were 3 levels of caddy and you started out making $7.50/round plus tip. The next level was $10 plus tip. Most of those guys gave us kids about double the rate plus a soda and candy bar at the turn.

 

The only thing that sucked about the job was the "draw" every morning. You had to be there by a certain time or you went to the bottom of the list. The draw was a picking of numbered poker chips to determine your spot on the list for the day.

 

The nice thing was I had about 3 regulars who would request me. Because of that, I could skip the draw and show up when the member wanted me there. The other real perk was free golf every Monday for caddies, no members. We used to show up and play all day on a beautiful course.

I also caddied at Westmoor, from 1996 until 2003 (I think). The rates went from $13/ a round up to $21. So after a few years, I was making $35-$50 a round, which is great money (especially cash, under the table). I was lucky to move up to an A caddy in a few months and to an Honor Caddy later in the year. I also started working in the bagroom when I turned 16, and since I was there so much the "draw" was something I never had to deal with. I pretty much just picked whoever I wanted or was requested most of the time. lol. It was always fun watching the A and B caddies who got there an hour early hoping to get a good draw. haha.

 

Plus, when working in the bagroom, the free golf on Mondays turned into Free Golf any day of the week after a certain time of day. In the last few years I was there, I probably played 5-7 rounds there a week!

 

One cool story: I caddied for a lawyer (a well-known lawyer in Milwaukee), and I started helping him with his game throughout the round. I had him a few more times after that, and when he found out that I didn't have a good putter, gave me $20 after the round and told me to pick out any putter I wanted in the Pro-Shop. So that $20 round turned into almost a $300 round!!! I still feel bad about picking such an expensive putter, but I still have that putter to this day. (And it happens to be the putter Tiger Woods started using later that summer)...

Burnie, when did you caddy there? Different family members of mine caddied there in the 70's and 90's. I actually had the all time points record for a caddy until I was forced to quit...

[Samurai Bucky]

I started out with a job as a dishwasher at a restaurant that doesn't exist anymore. That allowed me to get a job as a dishwasher at a golf course / restaurant. I got to play a lot of free golf as a result.

 

While that was a dirty, stinky job, the toughest one had to be working as a farm hand. I mostly threw hay bales and cleaned up the pens for the pigs, cows, etc. You got used to the smell... really.

 

Now I'm a software engineer thankful that I am not a dishwasher or a farm hand.

[jwill535]

First job, a paper route for "Sunshine" papers in madison. Sunshine was basically the local shopper newspaper that everyone gets unless you call and tell them to stop. I got fired some lady complained a couple times that she didnt get her free paper. That was probably due to me just taking the bundles and putting them out for recyclables.http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/roll.gif

 

First real job was working at Fan Fair in the mall, did that job for 6 yrs through college.

 

Dirtest job, being a carpenter for 8 yrs. After about 3 years i was above doing to he laborer stuff , but even as a foreman i got dirty. Worst jobs being - roofing, concrete, water sealing a foundation oh and any day after a big rain.

[thebruce44]

First job was as a tennis instructor when I was 17. It may sound interesting, but got old very fast. I learned quickly that working is for suckers.

 

Oh and the weirdest thing ever, Brent Moss, former Wisconsin Badger RB and Racine native (I lived in Racine) came in my lane one time and bought a ton of kids stuff for his kids such as a "Power Wheels" deal. He was kinda arguing with his "significant other" at the time of the cash transaction.

 

Thats funny because I had a friend who used to make cash transactions with Brent Moss all the time too.http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif

[gypcasino]

Here's a list of what I believe to be all the jobs I've ever had in chronological order

 

Paperboy

Dishwashwer

Aluminum truck cap assembler

Aquatic vegetation cutter operator

Plastic injection molding machine operator

Concrete construction forming equipment preparer

Die plate address label printer inspector

Catalog store warehouse order filler

Soda case pallet stacker

Cashier/greeter/cart fetcher

Pizza maker/deliverer

Telephone operator

Cellular telephone activator

Mortgage satisfaction paperwork preparer

Customer sales and service rep

Freight company bill of lading preparer

Room service order taker

Current job

[burniebrewer]

Damn, Gyp, you've gotten around. I've had two jobs.

 

 

Menotti--dropped you a message about Westmoor.

[splitterpfj]

My first job was also my dirtiest, I worked on a farm at age 13. I didn't deal with animals, I detassled seed corn. Such glamor, always covered in mud, and either soaked or burnt.

[jaybird2001wi]

I suppose I oughta answer my own question since I started this thread.

 

My first "official" job was as an uncredited brief writer for the Racine Journal-Times my sophomore year of high school. All I did was sit and wait for the phone to ring in the sports newsroom and type out box scores for track, soccer, softball, baseball and bowling and then wrote little one or two paragraph blurbs on each high school contest that I got calls from. I spent time listening to crying coaches who were forced to call in their scores after their team lost some nights. Here is a little synopsis on what I have done.

 

- Blurb writer (Racine Journal-Times)

- Cashier (ShopKo)

- Sales Associate (Target)

- City of Racine Utility Laborer (summer temp job in between college years) - DIRTIEST JOB

- University Bookstore (UW-W)

- Wal-Mart demolition man (remodeling the store)

- Sports reporter for Beloit, Kenosha, Oconomowoc, Whitewater, Palmyra-Eagle, Waukegan (Ill.)

- News reporter in Waukegan

- Sports editor for student newspaper at UW-W

- Caregiver for adults with mental illness, etc. - TIED FOR DIRTIEST JOB

- Front desk attendant at a UW-W residence hall

- Mail sorter at UW-W

[jwill535]

I have you all beat when it comes to jobs. I was a parasite when it came to part time jobs, basically i had them for as long as i needed them. Disclaimer, alot of these jobs were held concurrent to another.

 

Retail

Fan Fair(6 yrs)

Finish Line(couple months)

Sports Authority(couple months) was my last time in clothing

Menards(1 day, 10 hour shift in the lumber yard, 10 hours of walking circles)

 

Food

Applebees-Dishwasher, Host(let go because i didnt smile enough, although i had put my two weeks in earlier)

Sports Pub-Cook and then Bouncer(best job for ladies)

Rocky's-Delivery and counter

Dominoes- Manager(while going back to school

 

Construction

Journeyman Carpenter(8yrs)

Mechanical Designer(current posistion)

 

Delivery

Budweiser-great workout job, but paid for 40 hours a week but you would work 60

 

Sales

Orvs Pizza - only a couple weeks, hated this job(this was inbetween construction and going back to school)

Nordic Trac - Selling fitness equipment in a store no one knew was there, got paid to watch tv and do my school work.

 

Misc

Greens Keeper for the city of Madison - summer college job, great job, hours sucked

[JonnyLungs]

I started working for pay at about age 7 for my dad on the farm. I started at $0.50/hour. Child slavery, I tell ya. Nah, I just had to help out a little after school feeding the calves.

 

I worked t home until I graduated high school when I went and worked for a USDA Research Farm near me. A government farm with union labor was very interesting considering I came from a family operated farm. Pay wasn't good, but it got me experience on a different farm.

 

Next year, I worked at a sports medicine factory (Mueller's). Every person in college should work in a factory or pouring concrete for a summer. It's good incentive to stay in school. I was teetering in school when I worked in the factory but came away knowing I needed to finish school.

 

I also worked at a Dairy Queen while in college. I basically became a cook, and on some winter nights I'd have a contest to see if I could eat more food than I actually cooked for customers. The crazy owner still liked me regardless.

 

Now I'm back full circle working on the farm I grew up on. Much different these days though.

[Invader3K]

My first job was working at a Subway...worked there every summer 'til I finished high school, at which point I took summer jobs working in factories and such (which made me vow to never work in a factory after finishing college). Subway was all right, though pretty boring. In retrospect, I think I was too nice to some of the losers that came in there, but I was just a humble high school kid.

[Brian the Automator]

I suppose I'll run down my work history too:

 

- Laborer on a local farm - DIRTIEST

- assistant to a local CPA (clerical)

- Subway

- UW-Whitewater Computer Lab

- MGIC (data entry)

- MGIC (programmer)

- Lakewood Technologies (IT consultant)

- Liturgical Publications, Inc (Developer)

- Riverwood Solutions/Connecture (Technical Lead)

- Brewerfan.net (Benevolent Dictator)

- TeamSoft (IT consultant)

- SpiderLogic (IT consultant)

[TheBwaz]

First "job" was working in the old neighborhood as a dog walker/babysitter/lawn mower/snow shoveler/house watcher while you were on vacay guy. My first job that paid a wage was cart shagger/carryout slave/fresh OJ maker for Sendik's in Whitefish Bay. Probably the dirtiest as well (you don't want to know where your produce comes from).

 

Since then I have engaged in:

 

Book store clerk, sorftware store clerk, telemarketer, house painter, janitor, apartment complex manager, waiter, bouncer (no tips but occasionally you got to hit people), delivery truck driver for a party supply company, shipping clerk aircraft flight crew scheduler, law clerk for an ethically challenged law firm, unpaid legal intern for a university and, finally, lawyer for various things.