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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 01:55 PM Original message |
Worst summer job you've ever had |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Bojangles chicken preparer. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. 12 hours a day choking the chicken?? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. OMG, ROFLMAO!!! |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
34. Ba-dum. Crash! |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. LOL |
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cyberswede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Detassseling corn sucked |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. My grandparents in DeKalb IL tried to talk my folks into having me do that one summer. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. I did hay for a classmate's parents one summer. back-breaking, but good money for a teen. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Detasseling corn is worse than walking beans. |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. Ha, my husband told me all about how bad it was detasseling corn. |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Picking green beans |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. shoveling shit |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. Office temp jobs |
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annonymous (850 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 08:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
46. I did office temp work but rarely wore nylons or high heels |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. Mine were all pretty good -- inbound telemarketer, temporary proofreader, some light industrial work |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. Doing my brother's paper route for 3 weeks while he went to boyscout camp |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. Chipping the plaster off swimming pools |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. Fry Cook at the Krusty Krab |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. Gluing raised reflective dots on the highway |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. Working as a cook at a summer camp. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
54. what a cute kitty pic! |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. Changing RV shit tanks and other maintenance on the damn things like sealing the seams on the roof.. |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. Shoveling coal onto a conveyor belt in a coal mine. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. Morgan Spurlock did a 30 Days episode on that... |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Road crew for my suburban town. Not because it was hard but... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. Sandblasting the interior of a storage tank in the middle of summer |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. I had a job as a busgirl at a restaurant. I was so shy and hoping to open up at 20. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. Scooping the dead goldfish out of the big tank |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. Golf caddy at some rich white suburban golf course |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
21. holy shit, I seriously didn't see this post and posted the exact same question |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. a tomato processing plant |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
47. When he was in college, my FIL worked in both a slaughterhouse and a vegetable processing plant. He |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
23. Passivation and Wash Technician. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-11 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. Waitress in a restaurant at the shore. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
55. oh my. I waitressed in small town diners, a Greek restau- |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
25. Lasted three weeks at a pizza place. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. Shoveling horse shit for no money |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
27. Working in the basement magazine section of the Post Office |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. I was 15, assistant to the school janitor. |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-04-11 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
31. Assembly line work in a factory that made Playboy jigsaw puzzles. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Ha ha. |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
32. Worked off a jail sentence for a youthful "indiscretion" shoveling out a de-gritter at a sewage |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. "housekeeping" at a hospital |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
37. Cleaning college student apartments |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
38. Unloading boxcars at an animal feed place. |
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Philippine expat (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
39. All mine were pretty good n/t |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
40. Basic janitorial stuff |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Working as a waitress and I've even cleaned toilets and to me |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Never waited tables |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-06-11 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
45. The only summer job per se that I've had was sorting negatives at Drewry Photocolor |
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wysimdnwyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
48. Does it count if it's in December? |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
50. Got a job at JC Penny's |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
51. Patrolling the rice patties in the RVN. |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
52. Orderly in maximum security psychiatric ward |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
53. cleaning toilets in a motel- lasted 2 days... |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
56. Roofer. Hot tar on a hot summers day. Raking stones in hot tar. |
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