At 15 my pop pulled strings and got me a job as a dishwasher for the sub contractor that handled their cafeteria. I loaded & emptied big shallow bins of china & glass. We ran them thru a staged "carwash for plates" that ran at just below boiling point.
Lost the skin on both forearms in 3 days. The only defense was to hold the bin away from your body to prevent scalding. I liked that job. For the next 20 years I had steel forearms and a scary grip.
Kitchens get insane. Lots of drama and cliques are what I recall most.
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I'll believe corporations are persons when Texas executes one.: LBJ's Ghost
At 15 my pop pulled strings and got me a job as a dishwasher for the sub contractor that handled their cafeteria. I loaded & emptied big shallow bins of china & glass. We ran them thru a staged "carwash for plates" that ran at just below boiling point.
Lost the skin on both forearms in 3 days. The only defense was to hold the bin away from your body to prevent scalding. I liked that job. For the next 20 years I had steel forearms and a scary grip.
Kitchens get insane. Lots of drama and cliques are what I recall most.
2 years out of the kitchen and my knuckles are just now growing hair back, I think that's a good thing.
By age 15 I was used to being held to adult criteria as a worker. I learned a good deal about several industries as a young worker and I've seen how it helped me later in life.
In PA you really had to beat the bushes to find a kid to cut your lawn. Forget about shoveling snow, they're allergic.
Lazrus Long;
"Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy."
I never found work hard.
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I'll believe corporations are persons when Texas executes one.: LBJ's Ghost