First job wasn't really a 'job' from my point of view at the time: From about age 13 through 15, I put in time at the local bowling alley - cleaning the lanes and approaches, running the sweeper, cleaning tables, setting up score sheets for leagues, spray disinfectant into stinky rental shoes.....just any odd job the owners wanted done. What I got in return was free bowling any time they weren't busy! I thought I was in heaven!!
Next: McDonald's. Had to pay for a car, gas, and insurance some way! Worked there starting at age 16 - evenings, weekends, and a couple of summers - and even worked during breaks, etc. during my first year of college whenever I was back in town. Fun times!
I also fit in a summer stint carrying mail as a substitute carrier for the Post Office. An educational experience all its own! And I paid for my next year of college with what I made!
Between my jr. and sr. years of college, my summer job was at Rink's Department Store (who's from the Ohio area and remembers these??!!). Only one guess who I met there that summer........!!!!!
At that same time, even through my summer after graduating from college, I worked off and on at a Gray Drug store, running the cash register.
WHEW!! More jobs "than Carters had liver pills"!!
Bill
