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What was your first ever job?

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Pointlessfact · 25/02/2018 20:26

Mine was at a super market , working in the cafe 6 months , loved it.

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Allthewaves · 25/02/2018 20:27

Paper round then worked in littlewoods

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DrMadelineMaxwell · 25/02/2018 20:28

Cleaning in the local small shop, then stacking shelves in Tesco.

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ThatchersCold · 25/02/2018 20:30

Working in a bakery, I got £2.16 per hour!

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SeamstressfromTreacleMineRoad · 25/02/2018 20:31

Woolworths - serving on the sweet counter Smile

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Justmuddlingalong · 25/02/2018 20:32

Chapping doors asking people to sign up to get the local newspaper delivered. I trudged the streets of my town in the cold, dark and rain for weeks. I got 1 pence for everyone who signed up. I made about 14p in total. I was about 11 and obviously had a stronger work ethic then.

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xyzandabc · 25/02/2018 20:33

Paper round, then checkout girl in Safeway

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topcat2014 · 25/02/2018 20:33

Serving in an old fashioned camera shop, with wooden display cabinets etc. £2 per hour - Saturdays

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Tainbri · 25/02/2018 20:34

Kitchen assistant/pot washer/cleaner at weekends in a guesthouse when I was 14 - they didn't care about employing under 16s then!

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KenDoddsDadsDog · 25/02/2018 20:35

Paper round then Barratt shoes Saturday job

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GrooovyLass · 25/02/2018 20:37

Bettaware person. Soul destroying.

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KC225 · 25/02/2018 20:38

Paper round then on the till t the local newsagents

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Doyouthinktheysaurus · 25/02/2018 20:40

I was a cleaner in a school while I was at college. Got paid for something like 3 hours a day but I was done in half the time and able to go.

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Muddlingalongalone · 25/02/2018 20:42

I worked in Salisbury's the handbag & luggage shop - £2.16 an hour. Got "head-hunted" by best friend's big sis to earn £3 at softplay/crazy golf

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coffeemugged · 25/02/2018 20:44

Paper round, shelf stacking in local shop, waitress.

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TerfyMcTerface · 25/02/2018 20:45

Office junior in a publishing house. Was young and naive (Catholic girls’ school, strict parents). The advertising guys openly snorted coke off their desks. The director and office manager were jailed for fraud shortly after I left.

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isthistoonosy · 25/02/2018 20:48

Babysitter for a couple of hours most weekday afternoons. I was 11 and the child was 18 months (not my sibling). I walked them home from nursery, cooked and fed them dinner, played with them and lit an open fire to warm the house before everyone else came home. Somehow I also did my homework most nights while they played around me.

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TheOldestCat · 25/02/2018 20:50

Babysitter then waitress at the Wimpy Bar (and playing Mr Wimpy!)

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Cleanermaidcook · 25/02/2018 20:51

First part tine job while I was at school - waitressing for a firm that did outside date ring, mainly masons dinners, really good tips.
First full time job - working in a hotel as general assistant, waiting tables and chambermaid.

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Glassofredandapackofcrisps · 25/02/2018 20:54

Fruit and veg stall in a market at 15. Rocked up in white jeans and t shirt. Actually cried after the first day. Lasted 3 daysConfused

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FoxyRoxy · 25/02/2018 21:16

Selling double glazing while I was at college. It was awful Grin

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inkandstone · 25/02/2018 21:17

The deli counter at Tescos when I was in sixth form.

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RochelleGoyle · 25/02/2018 21:20

Worked in Burger King! Got bullied by my 19 year old 'superviser'. Regularly had to clean the toilets, windows, chair legs. Lost 7lb in my first week. Left after 3 months.

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somewhereovertherain · 25/02/2018 21:21

McDonalds started on 1.80 an hour.

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somewhereovertherain · 25/02/2018 21:22

My Dds have both worked in a cafe from 13. Currently 15 & 17 and paid 6.50 and 7.50 n hour.

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myusernamewastaken · 25/02/2018 21:30

I worked on the tills at Gateway Foodmarkets.....i loved that job

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