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In reply to the discussion: What Was Your 1st Job - Any Stories [View all]Shambala
(238 posts)23. I used to hang out and play at this small neighborhood grocery store when I was a kid
I was there so often they put me to work separating and sorting the soda bottles that were returned for deposit. Id spend a few hours each week putting them in the correct crates (7 Up, Coca Cola, etc) for pick up. That was my first job.
Eventually became old enough to bag groceries, then stock shelves, and then work in the produce section where I sliced both my thumbs the first week trimming vegetables.
The most mischievous thing we did was go in the deli case and suck the nitrous out of the Redi-Whip. A few moments of wheeeeee! I always wondered if anyone returned the cans for being defective.
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I posted this earlier in a Floyd D. Turbo Lounge OP, but it probably fits here too All my professional jobs pale
hlthe2b
Nov 14
#2
Saturday receptionist/assistant at the photography studio on the Hueneme SeaBee base.
Attilatheblond
Nov 14
#7
I was a parttime cashier at a Kroger Grocery Store in high school. The only things I really remember from
Vinca
Nov 14
#8
I used to hang out and play at this small neighborhood grocery store when I was a kid
Shambala
Nov 14
#23
Other than cutting grass, I too began in a grocery store-- A&P at 16 years old. I remember the join Union speech.
Silent Type
Nov 14
#31