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Might be fun to try this in thread in another State:
Originally Posted by wpnaes
Aidie and I went to 31 flavors tonight. Was pretty crowded with teens and young kids, but the doors were open and plenty of seating outside to watch the sunset. We got our cones ($7.38 is a far cry from that Thrifty cone I used ta get in the 70s). I overheard teens talking about what colleges they were going to attend (31 is the hangout for the college preps?) and got to thinking about my summers in that So Cal Oven where i grew up. In '79 I decided I needed some spending cash so I walked across town, marched into F.W. Woolworth's and applied for a summer job. To my amazement, the manager, Mr. Jaramillo, hired me on the spot and I started the next day. Worked from 4 - 8pm or whenever closing was that summer; mostly swabbing floors. I truly learned how to use a wet mop and dust mop. I was amazed at how dirty a floor got in the desert sands. I grew to despise ICEE drinks that inevitably ended up on the floor, bright red initially, but black and sticky sand by the end of the day. I can still remember the smell of the place - fresh popcorn, lucheonette foods, Taiwanese merchandise, aquarium fish and gerbils against the back wall. Eventually I worked up to stockman and from time to time, when Mr Jaramillo was desperate, the old-time cash register (where you had to make change in your head - especially for the old timers that gave ya $11.14 for a 10.89 purchase...with an half grin). I worked there on and off through high school and Jr college - when they needed a hand at Christmas time or during a summer break. Eventually Mr Jaramillo got a Mgr job at a larger store in San Diego Co (always a step up). I went back in the late 80's to see who was still working there. The old gals were still there - Socorro, Gloria, Chacon (only used her last name, from 'Chicali), and a few others hanging in there until they finally closed it down. I still have my name tag and some great mopping memories.
So the point of all this ramble, what was your teen summer job? What did you learn that stayed with you all these years later?
I worked at a car dealership, cleaning and washing cars, and any odd jobs that they would pay me to do. I also helped out on the family farm. Neither job paid well, but it was good experience. I also mowed and maintained a cemetery one summer. That job paid really well for a high school student.
I was a farm kid, so my high school jobs were the same as earlier ones, but with increasing responsibility. I drove trucks, farm equipment and tractors. I shovels grain, fed livestock, fixed fence, irrigated(before there were center pivots), and anything else that needed done on the farm. We had a diversified farm as they say with crops, cattle, hogs, etc.
Sean, my two oldest grandsons just got their first jobs and are now in high school. The older one is working customer service for the local newspaper. That means he works in the press room running some of the equipment that bundles ad inserts etc. The customer service comes when someone doesn't get their evening or sunday paper and he delivers one.
The other one got a job this summer at an ice cream shop. He loves it and I do two because as family I get the ice cream at half price. It is local ice cream made at a dairy in the area and is great stuff. It might be a little fattening though.
I cleaned and maintained a car wash, cut cane, and mowed lawns in 6-8th grade. In high school I continued to cut lawns but also started washing dishes at the Longhorn Bar and Grill in Washington where I met my beautiful wife . Kinda crazy looking back on how we had never met before then, she just came in to hang out with her best friend who worked at the Swirly Top ice cream shop that was attached to the restaurant. Apparently the flirting back and forth was very apparent to her friend and she helped up setup our first date. What she saw in this stinky dishwasher is BEYOND me and I still wonder how in the world it all worked out. Can't complain though, it's been an awesome 15 years together now
My senior year of high school I started working night shifts at the dairy which was CRAZY good money at the time for a high school kid. Continued working that job through college for a few more years, was a great experience. Helped pour foundations with my wife's grandpa and also worked at Bradford Built for summer gigs during college. Both were long hours of monotonous work that really helped me decide that I wanted to work indoors on PCs and networks for my future career.
Now I just write board reports and tell people to reboot their computers
It is interesting the diversity of the jobs we started doing to develop work habits. I think it is tougher for kids to find those jobs these days. Especially in the larger communities. Not so much on the farm or in small rural towns.
I didn't think of detassling corn or running irrigation pipe of rouging cane out of milo-- those were just 2 week or a couple day jobs-- but I guess they would count.
I didn't think of detassling corn or running irrigation pipe of rouging cane out of milo-- those were just 2 week or a couple day jobs-- but I guess they would count.
If they taught you something, then it belongs here. Even if only you discovered manual AG work wasn’t for you.
It is interesting the diversity of the jobs we started doing to develop work habits. I think it is tougher for kids to find those jobs these days. Especially in the larger communities. Not so much on the farm or in small rural towns.
In ‘82 the Calif. wheat harvest was done and my early summer job ended. I volunteered away 1/2 a summer in KY Appalachia giving gardening advice. Was a great road trip in a VW rabbit, learned a lot about growing tobacco and it taught me how to talk to folks and even better, how to just ‘set a spell’ & listen.
First job was delivering newspaper and the local advertiser "pennypower". Then moved up to the local fast food chain dog n shake. Right outta high school started working for a sign company. Worked in all weather conditions for not much more money. All those jobs taught me to appreciate my comfy climate controlled job and the value of working for your dollar. I honestly don't understand how some of my coworkers that are a generation before me can complain about how difficult or stressful it is. Maybe they were fortunate enough to have someone pay their way.
I have a job where I work inside some days-- and outside the next-- doesn't matter the weather-- Some of my co workers -- work outside one day-- and in a non air conditioned or heated building the next-- with manual labor -- I should be happier at my job-- I just want to hurry up and retire. I should be aspiring to seek to inspire patients and their caregivers to better understand their mental health conditions and to take an active role in their own care. But choosing a different path is scary.
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. Kinda crazy looking back on how we had never met before then, she just came in to hang out with her best friend who worked at the Swirly Top ice cream shop that was attached to the restaurant. Apparently the flirting back and forth was very apparent to her friend and she helped up setup our first date. What she saw in this stinky dishwasher is BEYOND me and I still wonder how in the world it all worked out. Can't complain though, it's been an awesome 15 years together now 
