What "summer" jobs have you worked?

[Kitty 34]

In HS school I was a camp counselor. In college I worked in the summer cleaning dorms.

A few years ago I used to work in the summers at a local party store.

What were some of your summer jobs?

 

[SadieDog]

I went to HS in the 80's. I worked in a store, babysat, and made fried chicken, sandwiches and pizza at a convenience store/gas station.

 

[golfgal]

Worked in food prep at a restaurant, worked for the city park and recreation department supervising kid programing, worked retail in a clothing store, cosmetic store and toy store, worked for the park and rec department putting together a weekly video of activities and 'producing' a weekly update show for the local cable access channel, worked in a furniture store. I think that is it. I usually had 2 or 3 jobs each summer in college.

Oh, in high school I worked at a golf course cleaning the woman's locker room and shining golf shoes. This was before I played golf and I am not kicking myself because I could have golfed this course for free. It is one of the most expensive golf clubs in MN.

 

[reeeoga]

I spent one summer helping a local Artist move paintings, wood and other items from one storage building to his home. I got to learn that artist can not move large heavy objects . Watching 3 artists trying to figure out how to move a 12 foot long chunk of wood that weighs about 500 pounds was . They argued for about 20 minutes on how to do it. I used 2 3 foot lengths of steal pipe to roll the log out the room and into the truck while they argued . They turned around and where , how did you do that .

It was a great summer

 

[zulaya]

It wasn't just my summer job, but all through high school and college I was a lifeguard, swimming instructor, lifeguarding instructor and pool supervisor.

 

[jillyjoey]

Lots- but my very first job was at a Dairy Queen. When I told my DS, he replied, with wide-eyes and awe, "why did you ever quit"

 

[DMickey28]

In HS I was a beach lifegaurd. In College I was a lifegaurd, swim instructor and head camp counselor. I miss those days a lot!!!

 

[OK!]

The only real summer job I ever had was lifeguarding, until this summer. I just quit my (horrible) retail job and now will be working at a nursery/garden center.

 

[DVC-Don]

Started back in the late 60's.

High School:
1. Worked as a painter painting business blocks.

2. Next summer worked in a chair/table leg factory.

2. Next summer worked in a chair factory.

College:
1. Worked in a candy wearhouse.

2. Worked as a security guard at a Budweiser plant.

3. Worked as a security guard at a defense plant.

 

[almburr]

Never really had a summer job in HS, We lived to far out of town(17mi) for me to drive in everyday. In between jr. and sr. year i worked at a Dairy King.

But now Im a wife and mom to 5 and I have a summer Job. I'm a lifeguard and city swimming pool manager and a swim team coach. Kids love it.

 

[Blondy876]

When I was in high school I worked on my Uncles' farm. I helped pick cantaloupes and corn and then I worked at their farmers market. But my favorite summer job was one I had in college. I worked for a company that tested water for the state. My job was to drive to the Jersey shore, using a company car no less, and collect water samples from hotel, motel and campground pools and lakes. It was a great job, I set my own hours, and got to drive around in the company car and spent a lot of time outside in the beautiful weather. Plus I got to know lots of the lifeguards.

 

[JunieJay]

I started summer jobs at 14. My first one was probably the best one - I was the babysitter for a family who lived down the street. Their daughter was 8 and since she was an only child and spent most of her time around adults, she was like a little adult herself. Easiest child I ever had to babysit for - and considering I had 5 younger siblings that I could have been home babysitting for free, getting this job was like hitting the jackpot. I watched her all summer while her Mom and Dad worked. The next summer, when I was 15, they took me to Hawaii with them for 2 weeks, and New York City for a long weekend. Loved that job!! Interestingly enough I lost touch with the family but then the girl turned up on Love Connection or one of those shows - was it Studs? Something like that, some cheesy dating show along those lines. She was such a smart kid I thought she'd be a doctor or something, but thens he turns up sort of bimbo-esque. Weird. I figured maybe it was just the way the show was edited.

I also had a cool summer job at the beach (Ocean City, Md) one year. I worked as a waitress in a crab house - anyone local to the area knows Phillips Crab House. That is where I worked. This was back in the days when people could bring in their own beer and just sit there and eat crabs and drink beer all night. That job was hard, hard work - carrying trays of crabs and hustling all night because the place was packed constantly. But it was fun being at the beach for a summer.

After I graduated college I had a job at Club Med in Mexico working as a recreation counselor - which basically meant I played volleyball on the beach with a bunch of drunks all day. Those were good times too.

Sadly, these days my summer job is just my regular job. I do look forward to going back to summer jobs when I retire, or doing different work when it appeals to me or when I feel like doing it instead of having to go off every day to the same thing.

 

[disykat]

All through high school I worked at a Dairy Queen. In college I spent summers working retail in a National Park. Great jobs!