My first job in high school

I had my first “official” job when I was 14. I befriended a guy at school named Rich, who was in the next grade up. I have no idea how we became good friends because we couldn’t have been more opposite. I was focused on academics and video games, and he was into metal shop, auto racing, and guns. Nevertheless, we became friends, and he eventually moved in with us as my foster brother.

Rich worked at an automotive repair shop called Kruse Automotive. The owner, Jim Kruse, used to work at Mort’s Wayside Garage down the street on Lima Road and decided to venture out and open his own…