Throwback Thursday: What Was Your First Job?
JStew: Technically, my first job was playing in a cover band. I started playing in bars for money at the ripe old age of 15. Luckily, I was very tall, so no one really questioned my boyish good looks. Ha! But I grew up waaaaayyyy too fast in that environment. I saw, heard, and did things that 15 year olds aren't supposed to do. I mean, my first gig was in Augusta at a long since gone place just off the highway, and I had to run the lights for the wet t-shirt contest that night. On a Sunday. In May. I had school the next morning. I learned a lot of Rock&Roll 101 in school that year....
Cori: My first paycheck came by way of an acting gig I had when I was 12. I toured all over Maine with Acadia Rep. doing "A Christmas Carol" over Christmas break. It was cool. But my very first steady paycheck came when I started as an usher, when Spotlight Cinemas first opened up in Old Town. I think I was 14 or 15. My mom came to the interview with me, and I'm pretty sure I needed special permission to work at that age. But it was one of my favorite jobs. I worked with a great crew, got to watch all the new movies when they came out, and learned how to pop the perfect batch of popcorn! It was a great first job to have. I have loads of great memories from my time there.
We put it out to you, and asked what your first jobs were? And you replied with great details!
DJFred: My first job: Working on a dairy farm feeding & milking cows, picking up hay bales, and shoveling a lot of poop.
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