my part-time past #1
i have been working since i was 16. that's 21 years of contributing to the GNP and social security. it's pretty depressing, actually.
so my first job was at a game store. It was called Games by James and it was in Woodfield mall. i think it was 1989, around October. my boyfriend at the time, Rob, was already working there and he hooked me up. i still had to interview, but Chuck, the store manager, hired me. Chuck was pretty cool. Laid back, didn't really care about too much, but he didn't let us run the whole place into the ground. we were one of two stores, the other being in Yorktown mall in Lombard.
I didn't drive yet, so my parents had to pick me up and drop me off. sometimes i hitched a ride with Rob, other times other people drove me home. i think i made $4.50 an hour. we sold... well, games. board games, puzzles, playing cards, DD books and dice, poker felts, chess, metal bar puzzles, and darts. we had a radio that would play tapes. when we got really bored, we would break out the metal tip darts and throw them at the board that we had hanging on the wall. let's just say that there were a lot of holes around that board, with a bunch of 16-year-olds running the place. i remember the christmas rush, standing around with a bunch of people, showing them how to play games. it was pretty sweet.
i vaguely remember my coworkers. shannon, chuck. dave, jim, another dave, pam and dale (who were the owners), tony. shannon had a twin sister and a celeca convertible that her grandmother bought for her. dave was mexican and a total flirt who introduced me to some cool dance music. jim sexually harassed me and i told chuck, who i think had him fired. pam smoked like a chimney in the back room and reminded me of my mom. dale was a real tight wad when it came to money. they had a son who had a deformed hand. dave, the stock guy, had a wicked stutter, but he was the coolest guy ever. and eric, dave's brother, who worked next door at Electronics Boutique. eric was 28, but looked like he was about 18. dave and eric nelson. i wonder what happened to them?
i worked there until it closed down in Woodfied. the rent had been raised so much that it couldn't stay open. so pam and dale offered jobs at their other store. dave nelson was already the stock guy at both stores. dave gonzalez and i decided to do the drive to lombard. this may have been the summer before i went to college, so 1992. i was also working at my next retail job. The Limited.
so my first job was at a game store. It was called Games by James and it was in Woodfield mall. i think it was 1989, around October. my boyfriend at the time, Rob, was already working there and he hooked me up. i still had to interview, but Chuck, the store manager, hired me. Chuck was pretty cool. Laid back, didn't really care about too much, but he didn't let us run the whole place into the ground. we were one of two stores, the other being in Yorktown mall in Lombard.
I didn't drive yet, so my parents had to pick me up and drop me off. sometimes i hitched a ride with Rob, other times other people drove me home. i think i made $4.50 an hour. we sold... well, games. board games, puzzles, playing cards, DD books and dice, poker felts, chess, metal bar puzzles, and darts. we had a radio that would play tapes. when we got really bored, we would break out the metal tip darts and throw them at the board that we had hanging on the wall. let's just say that there were a lot of holes around that board, with a bunch of 16-year-olds running the place. i remember the christmas rush, standing around with a bunch of people, showing them how to play games. it was pretty sweet.
i vaguely remember my coworkers. shannon, chuck. dave, jim, another dave, pam and dale (who were the owners), tony. shannon had a twin sister and a celeca convertible that her grandmother bought for her. dave was mexican and a total flirt who introduced me to some cool dance music. jim sexually harassed me and i told chuck, who i think had him fired. pam smoked like a chimney in the back room and reminded me of my mom. dale was a real tight wad when it came to money. they had a son who had a deformed hand. dave, the stock guy, had a wicked stutter, but he was the coolest guy ever. and eric, dave's brother, who worked next door at Electronics Boutique. eric was 28, but looked like he was about 18. dave and eric nelson. i wonder what happened to them?
i worked there until it closed down in Woodfied. the rent had been raised so much that it couldn't stay open. so pam and dale offered jobs at their other store. dave nelson was already the stock guy at both stores. dave gonzalez and i decided to do the drive to lombard. this may have been the summer before i went to college, so 1992. i was also working at my next retail job. The Limited.
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