Originally Posted by Guest

That sounds like my life too.

You forgot to mention the minimum wage. When I was 16 only 16 year olds had a minimum wage job. It didn't take much for me to go from slicing balogna for min to tripling it by running a factory cafeteria by myself from 5 to 10 pm. I hustled and there were opportunities. It was far easier to succeed than it is today. When I think of all the jobs I had and the all the ones I passed up I know it was a different world. Looking like a clean cut all American boy made a difference too.