Comments on: Young James Gets a Job

By: Grant @ meilleur tau

Grant @ meilleur tau — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:55:33 +0000

When my daughter had her first job, my wife framed her first month payslip. Proud parents..

Congratulations to your son! I'm sure he'll learn a lot from it.

By: Late Night Austin Re

Late Night Austin Re — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:59:06 +0000

Congrats. I got my first job when I was working at a baseball card store at 12 (is that even legal). I got paid in baseball cards. Anyway I think have different jobs when I was younger helped me know what I wanted and didnt want to do when I got older.

By: Lydia Taylor

Lydia Taylor — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:21:55 +0000

Congrats Jay! That employee discount might be just the thing for putting a HDTV under the tree this year! Or an I-pod, or a new cell phone, or a new…

Grr. I'm just looking for a kid to help with the housework. Tell the young one good luck!

PS. The captcha is uniquely appropriate. "buy" That's a ROFL right there!

By: Dining Room Set

Dining Room Set — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:53:46 +0000

Congratulations to the three of you. I know the feeling that you are experiencing, having gone through the same thing when my son got his first job. It was with a greeting card company which gave him sufficient experience to grow into a successful multi-media professional. I am sure that James will do well, what with two stubborn parents to pass on the genes!

By: Dru Bloomfield

Dru Bloomfield — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:18:12 +0000

Too funny! Discounts for Daddy. That first job is the toughest one to get. Congrats!

By: Sam Chapman

Sam Chapman — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:43:25 +0000

Jay – I knew there was something I liked about you. I didn't know you were a sub. I did that for 4 years in the Lake Travis school district in the western Austin area. I did every grade in every school. I did more special ed and band than anything else and loved it. Then, as luck would have it, I needed to make some money so I turned to real estate. Wait, you can make money doing that?

By: Online furniture sto

Online furniture sto — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:55:24 +0000

I think it's super, how proud you are of your son. I know my dad was really proud of me and that made me the confident and self assured person I am today. Cheers to great fathers!

And just by the way; random musings and miscellaneous ramblings are good, very good!

By: Paula Henry

Paula Henry — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:57:13 +0000

Congrats James! My youngest works at Best Buy and has for three years. It's a great company, she is now a supervisor and loves it there, most days! Pssst…..tell your dad they did away with the parent discounts last year:(

By: Chris Lengquist

Chris Lengquist — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:45:27 +0000

I LITERALLY just came home from taking my 15 year old up to Chik-fil-A to sign up for his first job. It's tough finding a "real job" as a 15 year old but my "in" with the owner has helped him…without full disclosure to him, of course.

I'm proud of him because of his work ethic. 4.0 and he's been accepted into a special high school for his abilities. It's fun watching the kids grow. Far more fun than remembering our glory days.

Tell James "Congrats!"

By: Mike Price

Mike Price — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:22:00 +0000

Go JT Jr.! Good Luck with the new Gig. If he's anything like his Dad people be impressed.