Quote Originally Posted by Geezer2
And don't forget..........If you wanted $$$$$$$ you worked for it!!

Got my first job (in a hardware store) working after school and Saturday when I was thirteen.

Made twenty five cents an hour. First week pay after taxes...$4.64.

That was the end of my allowance, I earned every dime I've spent from that day til now.

Mowed lawns, pumped gas, worked as a soda jerk (no smarta-- remarks please) and just about everything else to support my car "habit".

Those were the good old days.

Kids today have evrything handed to them and act like their getting screwed!!
I had a kid that came by the shop and wanted a job.
I would guess he was about 16.
The kid had about three ear rings in one ear and two ear rings in the other along with stud in his nose.
I asked him what he knew about cars,engines,hot-rodding,he said not a thing.
The funny thing is he wanted $10 an hour to clean the shop for me.
The first job I had in a shop pushing a broom was $2.50 an hour cash.