Middle aged now, and I’d much rather just have someone hand me the monies instead of having to earn them, so…
Started working at 14, and I guess wanted to, sort of? Wanted to go with my friend to England in the summer and my mom matched what I paid, which was really nice, she was not usually like that but did think traveling was important and couldn’t afford to take all of us anywhere far like that. We got to go abroad 3 summers that way.
I have never wanted to earn money. I have only been forced to do so by the need and desire to spend it.
I still don’t and I’m not young. At this point due to cost-to-benefit it’s becoming increasingly rare for me to buy things.
Health issues probably don’t help, though. EDIT: I also once had an unpaid internship at a car dealership (nothing else was available) and that didn’t paint employment in a great light for me either.
Around 13 years old when I started dating. Was a rink rat and got extra ice time and money refereeing games. Always brought all my gear to rink just in case.
5
I’ll let you know if it ever happens.
Like, 8
I tried selling various crap like half used duct tape at around 10, I think, and was met by parents by accident. It was awkward and I abandoned that idea then
Paper route summer after 5th grade (maybe 10-11yo). By freshman yr highschool, I had 4-5 routes totaling 270+ papers and would inline skate the routes to save time. Sundays were a bitch to say the least. But when I went “collecting” it was awesome getting paid and keeping a lot of that money! I went through so many wheels, bearings, and laces, and kept upgrading skates too. Been working 1-2 jobs ever since pretty much. I’m hitting 40 soon.
Paper route when I was 14.
Yes, I’m aware that paper routes aren’t really a thing any longer… I’m old.
Still exist but mostly adults, revisit you youth!
I started my first summer job at 14. Bought myself a discman.
When I discovered video games at the arcade. So, I guess around 14.
That’s when I also discovered that nickles could be hammered into quarter-size slugs. There were three of us doing it. We’d use the nickles to buy tokens from the machine during happy hour at six for a dollar (20 cents worth of slugs), then sell them back to kids during regular hours at a quarter a piece. The kids would buy them because there was usually a line at the machine after school, so they didn’t need to wait in line if they bought them from us. That’s how we funded our addiction. I don’t remember how long we did this, probably only a summer.
My first wage-slave job was cleaning cages at a pet store around that same time. I took over for my best friend’s sister for a few weeks when she went to some sort of summer camp. I hated it very much. I worked a little harder in school after that.
like, 10.
wanted to. no idea. like a lot of boys I got paid a few bucks every so often for picking weeds or later mowing a lawn. real first job I did intentionally and regularly was baby sitting.
I got my first job at 15. Wanted to get a job since I was like 12. Was super made that I was legally not allowed to work until 14. Had a couple of friends get jobs at 14 and I was super jealous.
