What was your first paid job?

Fresh Pots

Another strawberry picker here. Hated it!

Andy-Pandy

In a computer game store called joystick when I was 15. My job mostly consisted of minding kids when there parents went shopping by holding street fighter competitions. It was a young teenagers dream job.

Galwayguy35

Working for a silage contractor during the summer holidays, long hours but it was great to have my own money.

JJJJNR

Commis chef, prep work all day.. hated it.

Beasty

Mid 70s petrol pump attendant on a Saturday morning. Then got a job as school cleaner - 2 hours every night after school at 55p an hour. In the summer holidays I worked on a farm.

stanley1

On the tote Shelbourne Park 67/68.

braddun

actor

theteal

The day I finished the junior cert I walked into the pub on the way home from the school and asked for a job. Started the following night at the princely rate of £2 per hour. It made that nights dolly mixture all the more sweet!

sadie06

Bag packing in Superquinn. We were sent on a training course for a day to learn how to do it! I found my first love while in that job at aged 16. He was a shelf stacker. Good memories.

kerry4sam

First was when I was 14 & babysitting; well, babysitting in terms of one being only 2-years my junior. Think it was more a case of ensuring the house wasn't burned down; that the kids stayed alive and something warm was almost ready when the parents came in from work though tbh as opposed to 'babysitting'!

Yup, all three ticked off, all tasks were done okay!
kerry4sam

Crumpets

McDonalds

RhubarbCrumble

Dunnes. Late 90's. £4.12 an hour.

Ruu

Picking schtones!

0byme75341jo28

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Lounge boy

Wtf is a lounge boy..

Lone Stone

Pat the veger around d5 in a van when i was like 10. An entire day for 8 euro stingy bastard.

The Strawman Argument

When: 90s
Age: 4-8
Where: My grandaunt's
Role: Telling my grandaunt about how I was going to be a priest and all the holy things I was doing to prepare for it. She couldn't stop herself from throwing money at me once she got thinking about having a priest in the family.

KERSPLAT!

Ruu wrote: »

Picking schtones!

I did that for a while summer before, used to just get stoned all the time. Great craic firing rocks into a dumper while off your head

happywithlife

Babysitting here too - easy gig as it was an only boy about 7/8 and he was in bed for most of it. Never forget the night the fuse box tripped - parents were impressed I was able to locate it (they had a biiiigggg house! - it was in the "games room")
Then progressed onto hotel work - loved it. Got a live in job in a place in Kerry for the sumner after my leaving and worked split shifts mainly.

Merrion

Night time counter staff in a Chinese take-away.
Bank holiday weekends were very messy - drunks and fights and so much casual racism :-(

mondeoman2

1989- Lounge boy sun-thur €5 per night & Fri Sat €7 great craic

Lia_lia

Babysitting in a hotel. I was only 15, but it was the hotel my Mother works in so she got me the job. I was so lucky! €12 (cash in hand) per hour to pretty much watch TV most of the time. I was always good with kids so I enjoyed it anyway. Was probably too young to be doing it, but never had any complaints..

A year after that I worked in a kiddies club and pool in a hotel, was there for 3 years. Was on €5.10 per hour there. Was stressful enough, sometime we would have 40 kids at a time in the place. Still did the babysitting in the other hotel at night.They moved me to the creche after two years which was easier, but a bit boring. Only so much Dora The Explorer you can watch.. I was quite lucky with jobs when I was in school. There was always work.

Greenmachine

Lia_lia wrote: »

Babysitting in a hotel. I was only 15, but it was the hotel my Mother works in so she got me the job. I was so lucky! €12 (cash in hand) per hour to pretty much watch TV most of the time. I was always good with kids so I enjoyed it anyway. Was probably too young to be doing it, but never had any complaints..

A year after that I worked in a kiddies club and pool in a hotel, was there for 3 years. Was on €5.10 per hour there. Was stressful enough, sometime we would have 40 kids at a time in the place. Still did the babysitting in the other hotel at night.They moved me to the creche after two years which was easier, but a bit boring. Only so much Dora The Explorer you can watch.. I was quite lucky with jobs when I was in school. There was always work.

Paper route.
then a fast food place

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Working in a shoe dept of a massive dept store. I used to work Thursday after school Friday after school Saturday and Sunday, and get paid on a Saturday night, which would go on the shoes I would hide at the back of the stock room for pay day. The start of an obsession. The best job ever

SoSheSaid

Working in a hairdressers, washing hair and cleaning floors. I was convinced I wanted to be a hairdresser at the time, and no harm to anyone who is but I'm bloody glad I changed my mind!

Buona Fortuna

Dayton Disgusting Threesome wrote: »

Wtf is a lounge boy..

I think its what Dubs call rent boys

cruiser178

Musgrave Cash & Carry 1988, collecting trollies from the car park and bringing trollies out to costumers car and packing them, nor sure what the wages were but not bad, and a lot of tips.

Rubberchikken

At 14 in a local sweet/toy shop. And the owner would give me my supper before i went home. she was a nice lady:)

JillyQ

Laura Palmer wrote: »

Tesco - shelf-stacking!

Well Quinnsworth...

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ditto shelf stacking in Quinnsworth

hairyslug

Pushing trolleys in the underground car park in superquinn, getting paid £2.11 an hour,back in 1994

Mars Bar

Shopkeeper in a souvenir and gift shop