1. He was a super market stock boy
One of Jones’ first jobs was to stock the shelves at one of his father’s supermarkets. It was there that he first showed his work ethic.
“I used to lock him up in the store with my main stock man, he and
another boy or two, and they would work all night stocking shelves
before holidays,” Pat Jones, Jerry’s father, told the Dallas Morning News in 1989. “He wasn’t afraid to put out. He knew about work.”
2. He lost $300,000 on a coin flip
