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jberryhill

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56. Why did your high school have busboys?

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 12:03 PM

Sep 2012

I was a janitor at an elementary school. I mowed lawns, worked at a drugstore, delivered pizza, and had a sub-minimum wage job as a substitute teacher at a high school.

Just not all at the same time.

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What is the toughest minimum wage job you have had? [View all] Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 OP

Waitressing. 3 summers of it during my late high school/early college years. tanyev Sep 2012 #1

That's a rough gig! Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 #9

Yep, mine would have been early 80s, too. tanyev Sep 2012 #13

Try picking walnuts @ .50 cents a sack for 8-10 hrs a day. Thats what I done in the summers, demosincebirth Sep 2012 #109

I was lucky. CrispyQ Sep 2012 #15

There is still a Dog-n-Suds drive in Grayslake, IL Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 #55

~lol CrispyQ Sep 2012 #73

indeed justabob Sep 2012 #48

Working in a chicken and pizza joint JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2012 #2

Lots of fast food work when I was a teen but LittlestStar Sep 2012 #3

I moved furniture but it wasn't minimum wage. hunter Sep 2012 #37

Probably all of it trashed your knees! LittlestStar Sep 2012 #59

I hated moving furniture too cheezmaka Sep 2012 #98

Harvested hay for 50 cents an hour back in the 60's, I think doc03 Sep 2012 #4

We called it 'bucking bales". I used to have to do that every summer on "vacation". It was only brewens Sep 2012 #153

Re-tarring roofs. Scuba Sep 2012 #5

Doesn't get much worse than that. raouldukelives Sep 2012 #22

Well, it does get worse, but I haven't had to go there.... Scuba Sep 2012 #34

One of the harvesting methods is to burn the whole field down. Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 #67

#1 answer cheezmaka Sep 2012 #93

It was hard, it was hot and it was filthier than filthy. Scuba Sep 2012 #96

I also set trap at a gun club. Trap boys in the bunkers put the clay pigeons brewens Sep 2012 #156

I've set trap. I've also set pins in an old semi-manual bowling alley. Noisy back there. Scuba Sep 2012 #158

I went from delivering newspapers 7 days a week to washing dishes 3-4 nights a week. Motown_Johnny Sep 2012 #6

Worked in a clothing factory Freddie Sep 2012 #7

OMG, that just reminded me of a temp job I had for a couple days. tanyev Sep 2012 #11

Cleaning at night in a butchers shop. Bonhomme Richard Sep 2012 #8

I never worked for minimum wage :p darkangel218 Sep 2012 #10

Me neither...not even my summer job out of high school. dkf Sep 2012 #12

All my bad summer/part time jobs paid a little bit more Nikia Sep 2012 #24

Me neither. I thank the unions for that. hunter Sep 2012 #44

Nor have I. quiller4 Sep 2012 #122

Being a Pin Boy in a pre-pin setting machines COLGATE4 Sep 2012 #14

U.S. Army, msedano Sep 2012 #16

$.50/hr. babysitting. Ugh. One couple was supposed to be back at midnight mnhtnbb Sep 2012 #17

I babysat in the late 70's for $1/hr. Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 #43

Same here. Le Taz Hot Sep 2012 #142

That is unbelievable. I was hesitant to call my parents--didn't want to wake them up-- mnhtnbb Sep 2012 #145

Changing shit tanks at a travel-trailer sales/service shop. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #18

Kitchen help at a banquet hotel Atman Sep 2012 #19

Soldier, US Army Brother Buzz Sep 2012 #20

hotel chambermaid. Coexist Sep 2012 #21

Night shift in a nursing home. Not quite minimum wage, but close. TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #23

A couple of factory jobs Mz Pip Sep 2012 #25

cleaning in a casino BanzaiBonnie Sep 2012 #26

did you ever find any money on the floor? darkangel218 Sep 2012 #36

Pack rice cakes into bags, put on twist tie, repeat. NYC_SKP Sep 2012 #27

Dishwasher. Iggo Sep 2012 #28

Bused tables in a 3-story restaurant Ship of Fools Sep 2012 #29

stairs in a restaurant are a really bad idea justabob Sep 2012 #46

I'm with you there. This place was an old, historic inn. Ship of Fools Sep 2012 #58

oh geez justabob Sep 2012 #75

Helping the school janitors with summer cleaning. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #30

Scrubbing pots in a university cafeteria slackmaster Sep 2012 #31

Mixing concrete for a mason. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2012 #32

I've been a mason for forty years and can tell you that being a "hoddie" (hod carrier) panader0 Sep 2012 #45

I was fresh out of the marines and needed work. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2012 #68

Mopping Blood off the floor fredamae Sep 2012 #33

Curtain factory former-republican Sep 2012 #35

General hand on egg producing/processing farm TexasProgresive Sep 2012 #38

Acid washing aluminum semi trailers. Ellipsis Sep 2012 #39

Assembling swimming pool filters. Betsy Ross Sep 2012 #40

Janitor edhopper Sep 2012 #41

Oh jeez. Marinedem Sep 2012 #42

taco bell if you're talking about salaried jobs alc Sep 2012 #47

Working in a commercial laundry. Greybnk48 Sep 2012 #49

I was a waitress in the 70s lunatica Sep 2012 #50

Pizza delivery boy in 1963. nt Speck Tater Sep 2012 #51

working on an assembly line in a decrepit factory in Southie cali Sep 2012 #52

I worked at a place like that MindPilot Sep 2012 #84

chopping tomatos at taco bell proud patriot Sep 2012 #53

Busgirl/waitress laundry_queen Sep 2012 #54

I always hated the closer shift as it meant you'd be there until 12:30-1:00am cleaning up. Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 #64

I hated opening more. laundry_queen Sep 2012 #101

Why did your high school have busboys? jberryhill Sep 2012 #56

Should have written "while I was a highschool student". lolz Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 #69

"I was a corporate owned chain restaurant" jberryhill Sep 2012 #76

doh! cain't speel Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 #79

OHHH! Okay, so... jberryhill Sep 2012 #86

I have distant memories of a summer job cleaning out a neighbor's coalition_unwilling Sep 2012 #57

Loading trailers for UPS. I only lasted a couple of weeks. nt patrice Sep 2012 #60

A friend of mine used to drive for UPS. Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 #70

I did that. Iggo Sep 2012 #72

Un-airconditioned warehouse, hundreds of conveyor belts running constantly coming from every patrice Sep 2012 #89

I loaded trailers for RPS(now FedEx Ground) cheezmaka Sep 2012 #99

I worked at a private preschool for minimum wage. senseandsensibility Sep 2012 #61

I don't know if it was minimum wage TlalocW Sep 2012 #62

Why is no one reccing this? senseandsensibility Sep 2012 #63

Right? How 'bout a little love for the Snarkster? Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 #74

Hauling hay tularetom Sep 2012 #65

12 hour nightshifts at a skanky 7-11. I quit and my replacement was murdered a few nights later DonRedwood Sep 2012 #66

Supervising visits between foster kids and their biological families and typing reports on their LeftyMom Sep 2012 #71

Nurse Aid, Nursing home. DearAbby Sep 2012 #77

My sister is an RN and I was horrified to hear about how LPN's would Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 #88

Pet store worker back in high school bigwillq Sep 2012 #78

Hash slinger. lonestarnot Sep 2012 #80

I had to laugh when I looked up my starting Army pay and minimum wage at the time pinboy3niner Sep 2012 #81

Picking Cotton and Hanging Tobacco rbrnmw Sep 2012 #82

Graveyard shift in a convenience store in a very rough neighborhood aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #83

Putting springs in little plastic Pez containers on night shift flamingdem Sep 2012 #85

Waiting tables at a steakhouse in the early 80's. The Midway Rebel Sep 2012 #87

Fast food. Opening and/or closing staff. 1monster Sep 2012 #90

Working in a recycling plant bailing leakers. RC Sep 2012 #91

That is bad cheezmaka Sep 2012 #97

picking strawberries, summer of '64... alterfurz Sep 2012 #92

Sandwich shop kitchen Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #94

Cleaned dog kennels. Delivered phone books. Cleaned houses. n/t progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #95

Sorting tomatoes on a moving line down in Naples, Florida. Zorra Sep 2012 #100

Cleaning factory office space and workers changing rooms. intaglio Sep 2012 #102

Harvesting Potatoes, slopping pigs, busboy. All when I was in my teens. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2012 #103

Irrigating cucumber fields. We had to unhook, pack and reassemble the pipes. brewens Sep 2012 #104

I packed printed Hula Popper Sep 2012 #105

Stripping paint off the walls of a mansion while on a scaffolding. Gregorian Sep 2012 #106

$6.75 an hour in 1966 just out of HS HockeyMom Sep 2012 #107

Telephone solicitor! What a thankless job! jillan Sep 2012 #108

Working in a cafeteria, when I was in college. Cleita Sep 2012 #110

Flipping burgers at McDonald's ... NNN0LHI Sep 2012 #111

Waitressing during college and the year after - not even close to minimum wage. yardwork Sep 2012 #112

Uniform shop HeeBGBz Sep 2012 #113

worked mostly farm labor littlewolf Sep 2012 #114

Front counter order taker and closer at McDonald's Politicub Sep 2012 #115

what's up with that cat? Liberal_in_LA Sep 2012 #116

The cat is what's up with the cat. Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 #129

Got to experience the vibe people give to "the maid" as a hotel housekeeper Liberal_in_LA Sep 2012 #117

Furniture delivery for local mall store rustydog Sep 2012 #118

Day labor for a roofing contractor demwing Sep 2012 #119

Detassling here too Burma Jones Sep 2012 #120

Yep, that was a brutal gig. Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 #130

self delete slampoet Sep 2012 #121

I cleaned a rich person's... one_voice Sep 2012 #123

when i was deployed to Afghanistan I did the math.... WooWooWoo Sep 2012 #124

Ding...ding...ding...we've got a winner! Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 #132

I worked as a janitor's assistant for a summer in high school. Alduin Sep 2012 #125

Dishwasher, when I was 16. muntrv Sep 2012 #126

I pulled the fire alarm in school 1971 8th grade . orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #127

Landscaping in Phoenix in the summer.... n/t Still Sensible Sep 2012 #128

Picking bad potato chips off a conveyor belt Neurotica Sep 2012 #131

Technically, I've never had minimum wage jobs. aikoaiko Sep 2012 #133

Dishwasher at a country club Odd Won Out Sep 2012 #134

When I worked for AmFam, my douchnozzle of a boss was a member of a Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 #136

The country club I worked at was Stevens Point Country Club Odd Won Out Sep 2012 #138

Almost forgot...Welcome to DU. Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 #137

I didn't make Min. Wage but my toughest Job was "Rent a Teen" Heather MC Sep 2012 #135

24 cents mshasta Sep 2012 #139

Working 3rd shift as the night auditer for a flea and flee motel on Eastern Blvd., Fay., NC nc4bo Sep 2012 #140

Cleaning test tubes full of blood Navl Sep 2012 #141

Baker's assistant at a grocery store, nt Broken_Hero Sep 2012 #143

"Lab Assistant" was the title, but the job was killing pinkies and sterilizing rat cages. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #144

The only job I had that was close to minimum wage MadrasT Sep 2012 #146

Unloading UPS trailers. nt hack89 Sep 2012 #147

Cleaning houses easttexaslefty Sep 2012 #148

Waiting tables in Beverly Hills. a la izquierda Sep 2012 #149

Flipped burgers at a couple fast food joints. backscatter712 Sep 2012 #150

Well, it was subminimum, actually. Jackpine Radical Sep 2012 #151

Working in a cardboard box factory... KansDem Sep 2012 #152

Dishwasher in a busy restaurant. GodlessBiker Sep 2012 #154

Worked for dry cleaners marlakay Sep 2012 #155

Cleaning Filthy Old Kitchen Stoves For Re-Sale. Paladin Sep 2012 #157

Housewoman for a hotel JustAnotherGen Sep 2012 #159

Give this thread a rest. nt ladjf Sep 2012 #160

I helped our neighbour with his livestock and green-break young horses for about three years. polly7 Sep 2012 #161

I worked a part-time retail job... kjackson227 Sep 2012 #162