I received some great feedback on my First Job post and appreciate the kind words. Glad I was able to take a few folks for a trip down memory lane. I was fortunate to receive a few first job stories that I will share over the next few days. If you have one you'd like me to share, please send it along and I'll post it.
The first one is from Michael Barry, one of the best friends I have and a fabulous attorney who lives in Atlanta. Here's his bio and you can follow him on Twitter here.
From Michael:
"Delivering a weekly neighborhood newspaper in Defiance Ohio. I was 9 or 10 at the time and recall having the stack (seemed like 1,000s, but am sure it was only 50 or 70) dropping off at my house on Sundays and spending Sunday afternoons bundling the papers with rubber bands and then putting them into plastic sleeves to hang on the doors. I had my bicyle rigged with various bags so I would not have to circle back home more than once to re-fill. The hardest part of the job? Customer service. We were required to hang the papers on the front doors, not just toss them into the yard. It was a pain – starting and stopping at every house – but I learned later that my neighbors appreciated my attention to that detail. When we moved and I had to give up the route, my replacement just tossed it into the yard and never hung the papers on the door. (And boy did the neighbors complain!) A reminder that its often the details that set us apart. Some things never change.
I was saving $$ to buy a new bike. A huffy dirt bike. It was awesome."
Thanks for sharing this Michael!
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