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I used my very first paycheck from my very first job as a teen to get my own phone line set up in my room. Mostly so I could use the internet (dial-up at the ti
by thatsamonad 6y ago
I used my very first paycheck from my very first job as a teen to get my own phone line set up in my room. Mostly so I could use the internet (dial-up at the time) without tying up the phone line, but also so I could avoid my siblings snooping on my calls.
It also worked out because my parents could just call me when it was time for dinner.
- beamatronic 6y agoThat must have been a big paycheck!
- emidln 6y agoGetting connected the first time is cheap. It's the bill that comes for the second month for all those minutes that gets you!
- oliwarner 6y agoMid 90s you'd only pay $15 a month for basic service in some places. Probably less for second lines. ISPs were spottier. I knew some people with T1s paid for with weekend jobs, but some could barely scrape 56k costs.
- beamatronic 6y agoWhere I lived, the minimum wage was about three bucks.
- thatsamonad 6y agoMy first job was washing dishes at a cafe for about 30 hours a week for minimum wage (which in my state at the time was around $5 an hour). I also got a portion of the tips made by the front room staff (usually a few bucks a day). So as a teen who wasn’t expected to pay rent or anything it was a pretty decent amount of money! I also installed the phone line tap in my room myself, so initially I just had to pay for them to come out and turn on the line via the hookup box outside. I think it was like $50 for the initial setup and I saved $100 by running the tap myself.