I was proud when I bought a winter coat all by myself. I had to put it in lay-away as I was working only on Saturdays at a minimum wage of about $1.00 an hour.
2007-10-02 07:48:05 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
I left out the word "was." Please ignore the extra "the" please
2007-10-02 07:48:49 · update #1
Slk that is when I got my first job!!!! Part-time of course since I was still in school
2007-10-02 08:07:58 · update #2
Flowers for my mother - and she was furious!
Then I bought some knee high 3inch heel leather boots - and my mother was furious!
2007-10-02 08:24:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
When I was a teenager back in 1998, a senior in highschool I worked as a bus monitor first job I ever had, when I got may first paycheck which was at the end of the school year, I bought some notebooks and stuff for college.
2007-10-02 21:23:05 · answer #2 · answered by crymeariver 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well my very first paycheck was from picking strawberries
during the first couple of days out of 7th grade. I ended up
having hayfever attacks and wasn't able to continue. That
was not only my first real job, but the most back breaking I
think. I learned how hard it was to earn money from picking
so many flats of them. There were alot of families out there
picking along with my girlfriend and I. I forget how little money
we earned back then. It wasn't even minimum wage. It seems
to me, when I looked at the meager amount, I knew I'd had
enough torture, in addition to my allergies. I probably spent it
on candy and snacks at the store. There wasn't enough to
buy anything worthwhile. But it was good experience.
2007-10-02 23:34:43 · answer #3 · answered by Lynn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i bought a quart of beer and a pack of smokes and put 1 whole dollar in the gas tank.3 dollars went a little futher back then.i only worked 1 day a week on saturdays and was paid 3 dollars.i quit after 2 weeks to find something that paid at least 10 a day.
2007-10-02 17:31:43 · answer #4 · answered by alcaholicdemon 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Down payment on a deer rifle, $5 per week payments.
(model 94 Winchester 30-30 carbine. $89 ).Don't
remember the hourly rate, 'bout $25 or $30 a week. Good money for a Freshman.
2007-10-02 18:34:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The first thing I did with my first real paycheck (first full time job) was to put a down payment on a car. Had to stop borrowing Mom's car since she was charging mileage anyways.
2007-10-02 14:52:34 · answer #6 · answered by Crypt 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My story was almost the same as yours. My coat was alpaca wool and was so warm. Though I was working full time , I still had to get it on layaway. We didn't get paid much in the early sixties but I felt rich at the time!
2007-10-02 16:03:25 · answer #7 · answered by Donna 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I bought a pair of wrangler jeans. They were white and I bough a pair of those brown fringed moccasins. And a record "Signs" -- The Five Man Electrical Band , a pair of earrings and some makeup !!!!
2007-10-02 15:32:49 · answer #8 · answered by Diana 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not sure what it was with my 1st check. I laid away a leather jacket though and paid on it every week until the $90 was paid off. It's not something I'd wear now, but then I thought it was beautiful.
2007-10-02 15:01:21 · answer #9 · answered by luvspbr2 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I made 50¢ an hour, and bought my long term gf (12/62 - 9/65) an ankle bracelet with a heart on it and had her initials engraved on it (BLA) in fancy writing. BLOCK letters make it look ....BLAH.
2007-10-02 20:47:05 · answer #10 · answered by AmericanPatriot 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I bought clothes at a real department store, a sleevless kulott(sp?) jumper and sandals.
I worked for tips at the time in a big dining room.
2007-10-02 18:47:16 · answer #11 · answered by ncgirl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋