Bbqjoe
Banned
This is spurred from a previous thread. (Obviously)
It's seems some of the opportunities I had as a kid just aren't there anymore.
With the advent of the internet, the newspaper has all but disappeared.
Almost every kid I knew had a paper route. You didn't have to be much more than about 12 back then to have one.
It provided some spending money, taught discipline, good work habits, and the value of a dollar.
Just try blowing off a day on a paper route, and you will know immediately the repercussions of being lazy.
You could mow lawns, but that meant your Dad had to have a mower and be willing to let you use it. I did the same thing in the winter with a snow blower. Knock on a neighbors door and ask if they wanted to go to work that day after a heavy snow.
Of course no one came to my door asking, I had to bundle up, put on my Sorrels, and knock on doors.
That's what getting work means. Preparing yourself to work, and knocking on doors.
But I'm guessing that's not so safe or easy these days.
The coolest thing I had going was called rent a kid. I don't know if they did it everywhere, but they did this in MPLS, and it was sponsored by the bank.
You put your name on a list. Mrs so and so needed some work done. Whether it be weeding, painting, help in the garden whatever.
Shed call the bank and request help. The bank would go to the next kid on the list, call and offer the job. I did this at the age of 14, and had enough money for the things I wanted.
I tell you what though, if I knew a responsible hard working kid, I'd have all kinds of jobs around here for him.
I'm not so sure they exist anymore.
It's seems some of the opportunities I had as a kid just aren't there anymore.
With the advent of the internet, the newspaper has all but disappeared.
Almost every kid I knew had a paper route. You didn't have to be much more than about 12 back then to have one.
It provided some spending money, taught discipline, good work habits, and the value of a dollar.
Just try blowing off a day on a paper route, and you will know immediately the repercussions of being lazy.
You could mow lawns, but that meant your Dad had to have a mower and be willing to let you use it. I did the same thing in the winter with a snow blower. Knock on a neighbors door and ask if they wanted to go to work that day after a heavy snow.
Of course no one came to my door asking, I had to bundle up, put on my Sorrels, and knock on doors.
That's what getting work means. Preparing yourself to work, and knocking on doors.
But I'm guessing that's not so safe or easy these days.
The coolest thing I had going was called rent a kid. I don't know if they did it everywhere, but they did this in MPLS, and it was sponsored by the bank.
You put your name on a list. Mrs so and so needed some work done. Whether it be weeding, painting, help in the garden whatever.
Shed call the bank and request help. The bank would go to the next kid on the list, call and offer the job. I did this at the age of 14, and had enough money for the things I wanted.
I tell you what though, if I knew a responsible hard working kid, I'd have all kinds of jobs around here for him.
I'm not so sure they exist anymore.
WAS THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
