What was your summer job?

My dad owned a residential construction company. He told me the summer between first and second grade that I was going to work with him every day. I was going to clean up all of his new houses daily and I could have a dollar a day and he happy or get my butt kicked and do it for free. My dad didn't make idle threat's. I took the dollar. I moved up over the years and by the time I graduated highschool I was lead carpenter on a deck crew.

In the summers before and during college I did hard labor installing post and rail , plank and board and stockade fencing. Using a post hole digger and 20 lb tamping bar, 10 hrs a day 6 days a week , I was cut. Minimum wage was $ 3.10 an hr and I was making $ 9.50 an hr. The boss would get pissed at me because I'd be working with no shirt on and women would be driving by cat calling me. He got really pissed one day when we were working in a very exclusive part of southern Ohio called Indian Hills . The homes are estates on 10-15 acre or more lots with huge houses . A beautiful lady in her 30' s had drove by several times in her convertible Mercedes when she came by again she stopped and gave me 3 bottles of Soda. It was a three man crew. I didn't tell him that she invited me to go swimming after I got off work. Of course I accepted , didn't want to rude.LOL

Farm/Cowhand

Mine was swimming, and partying.

Played bass in a rock&roll band.

Electrician's apprentice

I worked reception at my mom's beauty salon nearby our house . It always smelled nice and the women were usually very nice and interested in me haha and at that time my mum used to also offer mocktails which I'd indulge in too lol

Working in a canary

Worked in a department store

Paperboy, pumped gas, restaurant kitchen help, summer caretaker in schools, deli clerk at supermarket, banquet waiter(1shift hated it).

Forestry work for the town

Not a paper round, but I did deliver leaflets for god knows what - I can't remember now - for a couple of years, whenever there were sales, for - like - £35 for 1,000 leaflets.

1,000 letterboxes per time...that's a lot of walking!

Sarah 💋

Started babysitting at 12, a 6 y/o, a 4 y/o, and a 9 month old baby. Babysat from 7:30-4:30 Monday to Friday for 2 summers. Then a different kid the summer after those 2, I also babysat him after school every day too.

I put the bongs in the heads for 10 hrs/ day

paper boy, yard work, pump gas, retail, masonry, office cleaning, food catering

Wrote tests for a small local software development company

Strawberry picking...i hated it 😭..i gave up after a day

Paperboy and packed artwork in boxes to ship

Bussing tables

Worked at amusement park taking the prizes to stock the games

I ran a roadside vegetable stand at the end of our farm laneway every summer as a teenager.

Mowing lawns, raking leaves, shoveling snow, working the concessions trailer when the midway came to town.