Your First Jobs and What They Taught You

First job was a backup paperboy. It taught me why kids were so eager to not do their rounds during summer (10kg of newspapers on your back, on a saturday morning when it's already 30C, and I have to walk up 10 flights of stairs (no elevator) to reach some jerk's apartment, who then phones in and complains because I was 5 minutes late. He was actually standing at the door, phone in his hand, and phoned the minute I got there, right in front of me. So i dropped the bag on his foot )

second job was working in a video store. Taught me that a) people are so dishonourable that they'd try their best to con a video store *rolls eyes* b) Dilbert-type managers are also found in the video store industry. c) people allow their babies to use dvds as chew-toys and teething aids, and then refuse to pay the replacement costs *sighs* d) coworkers are often idiots

 

My first job was at an Ace Hardware store as a cashier. I learned that I love cash registers, helping people, and power tools

 

do you like helping people to their death at the cash register with power tiools?

 

My first job was in a chippie at age 14 or so. Taught me that the crunchy black bits with your fish and chips are probably fried earwigs and not to argue with a mad Italian who hides a baseball bat under the counter.

Second job was through that summer in a bra factory. I was about 14 then too. Taught me that no matter what size boobs you've got, there IS a bra for you. That means you too, Hodge.

 

This is actually my first job, related to web design, promoting sites,although i was sometimes bored with my work (all those deadlines and reports!) i do learned a lot here especially cause its helping me too when i have some projects at school .

 

My first job was in engineering and it taught me

1) No matter how skilled or experienced you become, the boss's useless a55hole nephew will be your supervisor
2) Don't do acid at 8 in the morning, the rest of the day just gets too weird
3) Never work with your best friends' little bro and his Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, it will drive you mad too
4) Try not to wind-up the quiet weirdo psycopath guy, he may pull out a knife on you like he did to your colleague
5) After watching the stupid employee's blood splatter across the walls of the workshop, remember to keep fingers away from fast-spinning (28,000 rpm) power tool blades
6) When you're recalling tales to a new recruit of the flesh-eating lunatic who left your school before you joined, make sure it's not HIM that you're telling it to
7) If you're going to put a HUGE dead bug in your buddy's tobacco pouch, make sure you're around to ensure he opens it a work and not at home so that you can tell him it was all a big joke and that he really shouldn't try and sue the tobacco company

Damn, I miss that job