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Vtskier1
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Sold books door to door one summer. Got up late & made a ton of money...

But the kicker was winning the best team player award where the 26 yr old former Penn St cheerleader, 21 yr old former High School prom queen, and the admin had a lot to do for me to win that award. ;) That was a very fun month & a half.
Posted: 07/30/2024 at 08:53 AM ET
(In response to this post by bigbadbird)

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what was your favorite summer job? as the fastfood hellhounds begin their
bigbadbird • 07/30/24 08:21 AM ET
Worked at Newman Library first summer in Blacksburg.
meyerhokie1983 • 07/31/24 08:39 AM ET
Busch Gardens Williamsburg cash control
hokiedoug • 07/30/24 09:51 PM ET
Worked at the US Post Office Merrifield...
`lag • 07/30/24 04:40 PM ET
i had a great high school job for two years
MrBayAreaHokie • 07/30/24 04:23 PM ET
Movie theatre usher; we would get shot today
WestyHokie • 07/30/24 04:21 PM ET
Highway construction every summer. 2 hours a day each day 5.5 days / week
Hokiedc • 07/30/24 04:21 PM ET
Oops, 12 Hour days**
Hokiedc • 07/30/24 04:22 PM ET
I worked at an Ice House, making 300 lb blocks of ice and also bag ice.
Hokebury • 07/30/24 04:16 PM ET
I interned for the company I work for now. Spent my summers in Sharples and
Nortazhokie • 07/30/24 02:58 PM ET
I grew up on a dairy farm, so my summer job was also my fall, winter . . .
HokieKip • 07/30/24 02:45 PM ET
working at a golf course all summer - free golf...
LRC-Hokie01 • 07/30/24 02:20 PM ET
Waterfront Director at Boy Scout Camp. Swimming, canoeing, sailing, hiking,
DonHo-kieHi • 07/30/24 01:59 PM ET
Painted the low speed Wind Tunnel at VT one summer. Hot work but it was fun**
UTPr0sim • 07/30/24 12:53 PM ET
Gas station clerk in the Burg, man oh man an awesome summer**
astrohokie • 07/30/24 12:31 PM ET
Church maintenance
HokieNoVA • 07/30/24 12:28 PM ET
Worked on a crew with Anthony Pools up here in NoVa.
great2bahokie • 07/30/24 10:57 AM ET
Worked with Greensville Co. Soil Conservation Services after HS graduation.
Tank • 07/30/24 10:49 AM ET
Magic Kingdom Orlando**
OrlandoHokie • 07/30/24 10:49 AM ET
Summer school, with a lot of golf mixed in.**
UEMcGill • 07/30/24 10:41 AM ET
^^^ This is the correct answer ^^^
Hokie Fiji • 07/30/24 10:57 AM ET
temporary manual labor in VB one summer
HokieMacDaddy • 07/30/24 10:30 AM ET
Bus boy and waiter East Glacier Lodge in Glacier Park
hokie77th • 07/30/24 10:14 AM ET
Wowzaaa! Envious!**
DonHo-kieHi • 07/30/24 01:47 PM ET
Rock quarry worker. It was hot, dry, and
HortHokie • 07/30/24 10:12 AM ET
I was the night auditor and overnight desk clerk at a hotel on The Loop in
Hokie CPA • 07/30/24 09:53 AM ET
Close second...working at Arnold's in B'Burg and several of the good
Tuckahokie • 07/30/24 09:31 AM ET
there was indeed some nice talent there
HokieMacDaddy • 07/30/24 10:27 AM ET
^^^winners^^^ Plural. Kim and them lived above me in Foxridge. Fun(s).
bourbonstreet • 07/30/24 06:25 PM ET
Bouncer at 2001 nightclub in Myrtle Beach **
CrystalCoveHokie • 07/30/24 09:25 AM ET
Jackhammer Operator...although now the lower back might not agree**
Tuckahokie • 07/30/24 09:19 AM ET
I did a weekend working a jackhammer once. Turns out I was pretty damn good
Nova Hokie 95 • 07/30/24 09:27 AM ET
Working Belmont Golf Course
hoosnowahokie • 07/30/24 09:19 AM ET
Lifeguard at club pool (outdoor)**
ColoVT82 • 07/30/24 09:10 AM ET
Sold books door to door one summer. Got up late & made a ton of money... ◄
Vtskier1 • 07/30/24 08:53 AM ET
I lasted about three weeks at that job
HokieMacDaddy • 07/30/24 10:28 AM ET
Summer of 1968, as an intern in an architecture firm in
PhotoHokieNC • 07/30/24 08:27 AM ET