my first real paycheck job was at toysrus for like $5.10 an hr, which was min wage at the time i think By the time a graduated college and stopped working there over school breaks I think I was up to like $9.75 an hr
[RANT] And I fully agree, these bums today want that as minimum wage. Where would the incentive be? I had the incentive that I didn't want to live in the card board box behind Macy's department store, so I stayed in school and off of drugs. Still seems simple enough. [/RANT]
^ exactly. While it might be "easy to say" from my current position, those low paying jobs also gave me the drive I needed to find something better in getting a college education.
$8.00 /hr at a plumbing shop. things were booming at that point so I was usually working 50 hr/wk so for 10 hours each check is was $12/hr for overtime, man I thought I rolling in it then. Which I kinda was because I was still living at home so it was all basically spending money.