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5. I worked in a parking garage

Wed Jul 19, 2023, 08:11 AM

Jul 2023

Every Saturday I had to sweep 7 floors with a machine like this one:

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Try to remember what you were like when you were 16 [View all] SalamanderSleeps Jul 2023 OP

2 jobs... MiHale Jul 2023 #1

When did you start driving? Effete Snob Jul 2023 #2

At 16 I was a roofer Ponietz Jul 2023 #4

I worked in a parking garage Shrek Jul 2023 #5

I had a friend UpInArms Jul 2023 #6

Stockroom at T.G.&Y. Never once feared for my life. czarjak Jul 2023 #7

I worked at the Olympics in 1996 ecstatic Jul 2023 #8

sales clerk at a stationery store Wicked Blue Jul 2023 #10

I didn't work at a business, I did house and yard and garden work. lark Jul 2023 #11

At sixteen, I was operating farm machinery on my parents' farm. Ptah Jul 2023 #12

While there are plenty of 16 year olds capable of intheflow Jul 2023 #13

Thanks. SalamanderSleeps Jul 2023 #15

Late 80's JustAnotherGen Jul 2023 #16

16 year olds are perfectly capable... Chakaconcarne Jul 2023 #17

At 16 I had already been working sarisataka Jul 2023 #18

"Our employees are our most valuable asset" Initech Jul 2023 #19

I think I've found my new role model. :) SalamanderSleeps Jul 2023 #20