<p>God it was horrible! I got my first job at Mrs. Fields. I kept thinking to myself just finish the day but I couldn't. I had to work from 8am to 4pm instead I told the boss the job wasnt for me at 11:47. I stood for so long that my body went into shock because I felt light headed,my heart started to pound, and I became really hot. Of course I am going to get another job but this time I am going to find something that I like. I did learn a valuable lesson though and that is there is no point in doing something that you do not enjoy for money. Hell I did not even get paid.</p>
<p>prepare to be flamed by people who criticize this generation for having no work ethic. not that i agree with them of course.</p>
<p>its okay, it was a terrible job anyways.
Look for office jobs if you don't like standing.</p>
<p>When I wasnt feeling good I finally asked the boss for a break she said ok 30 minutes. So I sat outside and I started feeling a little better so I decided let me just get this over with and went back in. The boss then said no you have 25 more minutes. Hehe she shouldnt have said that because that 25 minutes I spent thinking is this really worth $6.33 an hour? I am a high school grad with a years worth of college behind me and computer experience so W-T-F am I doing this kind of work I thought. So finally I said screw it and quit.</p>
<p>Hmm could this have been fate? I mean I have been applying for these horrible minimum wage jobs since I was 15 because everybody else was but I could never get one. And now at the age of 19 I finally land a job. I am sure this life lesson of do what you enjoy best and do not settle for anything less wouldnt have sinked in if I was younger.</p>
<p>Enjoy the luxury of being able to do that. Once you have more responsibilty it will not be as easy as liking or not liking the job. At 19 I think you should definitely try to find something you like. In the long run it was probably the best thing for you to do.</p>
<p>I did the same thing...nearly. I started out looking for a job the summer after I got my license. I'm shy and I don't do well having to deal with people, especially long lines of new people like you'd get if you worked a cashier-type job, but my parents were yelling at me to get off my lazy ass and go find a job so I drove around the whole county filling out applications. I didn't want to work with food because I thought it'd make me ill having to look at it all day and I didn't want to do a waitressing job because I didn't think I'd be able to handle it. After a while the movie theater was the only place that had called me so I ended up there, even though it's really busy and I'd have to work the concession stand and look at food anyway.</p>
<p>I started on a Saturday night right after some major movie came out, and the last movie started at like 11 so I ended up working from 5 until about 1 am. Never seen so many people in a movie theater in my life. I was freaked out enough by the end of the night that I kept dropping things and spilling drinks on the counter and whatnot. Went home, went to sleep, dreamt about working. Got up, worried about the next time I had to work so much that I pretty much didn't eat for 2 days. Went in for the second day feeling dizzy along with everything else. Tried to talk to my parents about it but they told me, deal with it, no one else hired you, what are other employers going to think of how lazy you are if you quit after 2 days? </p>
<p>But I decided that having anxiety attacks all summer wasn't going to be worth minimum wage and I quit anyway and drove around aimlessly for about 3 hours afterwards because I didn't want to go home to be yelled at by my parents. I was yelled at by them anyway, and I continued to be yelled at for the next nine months while I kept trying to apply to jobs (even though I knew now for sure I would hate them), and not getting any calls back. Eventually I ended up working at a doctor's office.</p>
<p>Stop *****ing About It God!</p>
<p>Work at Jiffy Lube. If you work at a reasonably unpopular location, you will have a lot of time just sitting around.</p>
<p>ah, people like you have worked at my previous jobs</p>
<p>you should post this in the parents forum, i think you'd get castrated.</p>
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<p>Do you know if anyone would give a 15-year-old an office job?</p>
<p>kenshi,</p>
<p>I know how you feel--I left my first job 4 months in after geting fed up with smelly diapers and gossipy coworkers. </p>
<p>The reason why America is so great is because of our wonderful economy. I believe that our economy grows when our workers perform at their optium level. It's difficult to perform at your best in a hostile, inconducive environment. </p>
<p>Besides, if there are plenty of job opportunities out there--Why stick with something you detest?</p>
<p>That's just my take on it.</p>
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<p>the op is 19.</p>
<p>why not tutor at a tutoring institute? makes more than the minimum wage, you do it sitting down, etc...AND it looks good on your resume for almost everything because it shows that you are smart&patient, etc.</p>
<p>I am one of those "older" University students and I cannot snark on OP at all because when I was younger I bailed out of two really extra crummy jobs that I just could not handle. At the time, I did not care because I was 15 at the one crummy job and 16 at the other crummy job. I did not care because I was working for candy money and money for neat looking shoes and Hello Kitty. If you, OP, posted this in the Parents Thread, some of them(not all) would all act holier than thou without being open minded enough to look back at their own youths.</p>
<p>Everyone who maybe has to work a crummy job should keep in mind that it does take your body a good week to get used to the schedule and hard work. </p>
<p>So, OP you can tutor for extra money. I do that for extra money and there is no shame in it. You can also go to the career center of your University and see what is happening. </p>
<p>At the present moment, I have a full time job and make extra money tutoring. I put all of my tutoring money in a lock box for grad school. However since I barely get any fin aid (and am sure as shucks not quitting my job which pays my bills, outside expenses, outside debt, and makes for me to have a savings account for emergencies), I may temporarily work a crummy job for my Spring tuition. So, OP, you never know what you might have to do when you are older-but you totally have to look into your University's career center and try and learn about what is out there in your community. My community, heck my whole city, has a horrible job market-but maybe yours is different.</p>
<p>The first day on <em>any</em> job is really hard. And exhausting. And you wonder if you can really do it. Guess what? You probably can. Best thing to do is stick it out for a week. It (usually) gets better. </p>
<p>And please --(directed at new workers in general) don't be so superior and self centered about what <em>you</em> want. Somebody is willing to take a chance on you -- give them the courtesy of trying the job on for more than two hours.</p>
<p>I don't know if volunteering is considered as a job but I did kinda volunteer today since I was not a paid. But I once had a summer thing where I worked in an office at the Museum and I loved it! I worked I think 4 hours or maybe more and never took a break because I was constantly running around asking if there is anything I could do. This job I could not get into it all and it felt alot longer then 3 or 4hrs. At first I was like I am going to try really hard and try to get through this day. But when I found out it was only 11 something and I had a few more hours to go I just couldnt do it.</p>
<p>I am thankful that lady gave me the chance though because I never had any paid work experience or refrences. And thats probably the reason why I tried to tough it out. I should have probably told her I am greatful but I don't think she wanted to hear anything more from me.</p>
<p>Oh and to the 15 yr old.. Go to the unemployment angency you will get a guaranteed job. I am not sure if it will be at an office but it doesnt hurt to ask.</p>
<p>its good that you're doing something other than bumming around - maybe your volunteering can lead to a good reference and better jobs in the future. I was an unpaid intern for fall and spring quarter and i hated my job. I seriously wanted to burn that place down but i stuck it through even though most of the other interns quit. I put on a smile everytime i went into the office and i pretended to do work (usually did homework etc) my boss bought into my fakeness and the experience has lead to better jobs/internships.
Your experience with work is different though. I agree with you quitting because it was a bad job and you really weren't going to get anything out of the experience other than a few dollars in your pocket.</p>
<p>I don't know if you have any medical problems but seriously, you couldn't take standing for more then three and a half hours? </p>
<p>Office jobs are easy to get if you have connections, it's not what you know, it's who you know. Old saying but it rings so true.</p>
<p>The truth about any job is that you have to enjoy what you do. If you hate your job you wont last very long, nor will your work be satisfactory. I got this job at Rite Aid which was a big mistake because I dont really like it, ****ty hours, and the boss is always yelling at me. I thought about quitting but decided to stick with it for the summe r because I wanted to show responsibility. So now my summer is almost over and I for one need a vacation which I am not going to get. So will it pay off for me? I dont know. What I do know is that people will pay for experience and that my next application will note that I worked at Rite Aid for the summer and I did not quit (until school started but I had made that clear before being hired) and I generally worked hard. I make 7.20 an hour now... maybe Ill make more next time! </p>
<p>Comments?</p>
<p>I'm with Josephr in that getting a job, any legitimate job, helps one learn work skills (and that's true even if one has the typical crappy first job), adds to one's resume, and also will help pave the way to future jobs as well as scholarships, internships, etc. It also helps you be prepared for the real world, where vacations have to be earned, you have to pay for them, and no matter how wonderful your job is, it will have features that you won't like.</p>
<p>There's no job that will be perfect. I have a hard time empathy with someone who walked off a job for the reasons that the OP stated. </p>
<p>I also find myself curious about how the OP's parents responded. Are they paying for all college costs, summer entertainment costs, etc.? I sure would not pay for those things if my kid couldn't even work one full day on a fairly cushy summer job while I was going to work each day and dealing with the ups and downs, managing the household, etc. while also paying for my kid's college.</p>
<p>In case people think that I'm a holier than thou parent, when I started working was the summer that I turned 16, which then was the legal age that I could work in my state. I worked as a store clerk, file clerk and helping a mom clean up her house. None of these jobs were fun, but all allowed me to earn money so that I could save for college and buy things like books. I worked as many hours as the law allowed, which meant that by the time that I was 18, I was working 60 hour weeks over the summer.</p>
<p>I am sure that my demonstrated work ethic helped me get into a top college. </p>
<p>My father was a dentist, but was too selfish and cheap to pay anything for my education. I lived in solidly upper class suburb. I was working, including during the school year, while my friends were having fun. It was worth it to me, however, because I was helping myself get ahead.</p>
<p>When it came to applying for things like internships, I also was ahead of my friends because I had demonstrated work experience, which indicated that I had a sense of maturity and an awareness of what jobs entail.</p>