I didn't get my first job until after I graduated from high school. My parents wanted me to concentrate on school and the bit of talent I seemed to have playing baseball. I could have used some extra money but it is what it was.
My first job was a busboy at a Village Inn Pancake House in Colorado Springs the summer of 1983. That taught me the value of a good restaurant and how hard waitresses and waiters and the cook staff worked. It also taught me the faster and better I bussed the tables the more tips they would share with me. They shared generously to me because I busted my butt!!!