Do you remember your first job and your first car?

Question

What made me think of this, is something that I noticed yesterday. I was at Target, and this kid quit his job publicly and loudly right in the middle of his shift. (He was probably around sixteen) His supervisor told him as he was walking out the door "If you start a job on Sunday morning, and you quit Sunday afternoon, you are in for along road of burned bridges, fella!" The kid stormed out of the store, left his store apron laying on the table by the door, and made his way to the parking lot.

I followed him, and I watched as he climbed into his car (a shiny red 2006 or 2007 Pontiac Gran Prix, and sped away with the radio booming. He whipped out his cell phone as he was pulling away...probably to call his buddies and tell them he'd meet them at somewhere or other. The reason I know the car was his (and not borrowed from his dad) was it was lowered about two inches off the ground with those purple lights shining under the car. On the back windshield was a decal that said "low-playa".

What made me this about this, was that my first job was as a farm hand out in the 100 degree heat. I shoveled stables and fed sheep. I repaired roofs on barns and hauled bales of hay.

I kept that job for three years unitl I turned sixteen and was able to get a job working for the same man at his company...a greenhouse where I started learning management..at age sixteen!

My car was an old beat up 1972 Ford Pinto. I bought it with my own money I'd saved form working on the farm. Before that, I rode my bike to work.

Not to sound codgery (I'm only 34) but do kids just not appreciate what they have today?

Answer 1

I have to agree. My first job was working in the back of a greenhouse, shovelling dirt, gravel, etc., lifting and loading patio stones and in the winter, selling Christmas trees...now I see kids driving cars that I only touch in magazines.

First car: 1986 Chevy Nova - white, with tinted windows.

Answer 2

Many kids are given too much, but I'm not sure if it's a "sign of the times" or not. I'm thirty-nine and can remember kids in high school who also had new cars.

Aside from "kid jobs" (cutting grass, shoveling snow) and the occasional farm work (baling hay and bringing in tobacco), my first "real" job was as a groundskeeper for a retirement home. My first car, purchased in 1985 for $250, was a '72 rusty green Camaro.

Answer 3

Navy Blue/Gray Ford Firenza
Office Assistant

Answer 4

I have 6 brothers, my father owned a construction company, every one of us started work at 14 for our Dad on summer vacation ( we did not have a choice) we made $20 a day to pour concrete and pull it. My first car was a used van I paid 50 dollars for 3 speed on the column. I miss that job, I miss mss my van and kids today are sissies

Answer 5

I remember my first job. I was 13, under a Project Reclaim program for inner city youth to go out and make money learn responsibilities as an adult or older sibling to others in families. I worked for Commissioner Prince Pryer Dist.#6. It helped me develope into a strong willied woman and I am glad for ever doing so.

Answer 6

wow..just goes to show what is to come with this next generation. hopefully the majority arent like that

but my first car was a ford contour (POS)
first job was at sporting goods store (fun and nice owners)

Answer 7

oh yea it was a 99 ford escort and i worked at mcdonalds