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Reader Stories: My First Job

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Looking for your first part-time job, or just want to see how your job stacks up against other teens' jobs? See what it's like out there in the world of teenage jobs, and then share your own part-time job experience.

Cody's First Job at Chicken Express

Memorization. Normally you had 2 to 3 customers and you couldn't write down a single thing. A lot of math too for a job. We had old school cash registers and had to do all the math in your head. And …More

First Job as a Grocery Bagger

Dealing with mean customers. Some of them can get under your skin, or are really short with you. Sometimes you don't have to say anything for them to be upset. Like whenever I ask, "are plastic bags …More

Krystar's First Job as a Waitress

I hated working with my mom. No matter what I did, even if it was right, I would get yelled at. If someone else would do something wrong it would automatically be my fault 'cause she knew that she co…More

Aqqle's First Job Selling Chicken

The low pay, the whiny customers, the fake smiles we had to plaster on, managers in bad moods, cleaning after people, picking up trash, looking at greasy chicken all day, everybody expecting you to s…More

Holly's Job at a Sporting Goods Store

I knew (and still know) absolutely nothing about sporting goods. I'm still not quite sure why they hired me. I didn't have to sell anything except what was right around the front counter - namely, sw…More

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