[Al Skierkiewicz]

My first job started when I was in third grade. Way back then, fruit and vegetable trucks were still operating in the neighborhoods. I started by packing eggs into one dozen containers for Sam D'Amico on Mondays after school. He would buy eggs in 50 dozen crates (pay $0.01/dozen) and I would transfer them and help him get produce sorted for the following week. As I got older and bigger, I would go out with him on Saturdays to deliver orders to some of his customers around the University of Chicago for $3/day. By the time I was in 8th grade, I would work several days a week either shopping at the big market in Chicago (start time 4AM Monday morning) or picking and delivering orders. Each day was a different neighborhood. I supplemented with newspaper delivery starting in 7th grade. It wasn't a lot of money but I was able to finance my outings in boy scouts.