Comment by MadameSaintMichelle on 06/02/2025 at 04:11 UTC

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View submission: Living with no Retirement money

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I'm 45, started waiting tables at the local restaurant at 13. It was a big to do cause we had to go down town and I had to get a special permit.

But all kinds of kids did stuff working. Some worked on farms, some mowed lawns, some delivered papers, I spent a summer waiting tables and cleaning houses to save for a school trip.

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Comment by SoHereIAm85 at 06/02/2025 at 14:24 UTC

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I worked on the family farm for years, and then at 15 I asked for a job at the local Chinese restaurant. To my surprise they hired me and paid more than I got hourly for another 25 years.