re: Summer jobs in HS/college

Stocked/bagged groceries

Plant nursery(brutal)

Car dealership “dealer prep”

High school wasn't just a summertime job. Had the neighborhood paper route for several years until I started college, then my sister and brother continued it until they left for college as well a few years later.

Worked for Dad's natural gas company when I was home from LSU in the summers. Cut right-o-way, fixed leaks on 16" and 24" transmission lines, blew the brine off gas wells, checked gathering lines between wells and transmission lines, and did a hell of a lot of painting of wells, meter runs, regulator stations, compressor stations, etc. Probably the most fun I ever had at a job. I had known all the folks I worked with since I was big enough to walk. They had always been like part of our family.

Worked at a peach orchard. Made boxes, drove tractor and loaded semi trucks . Was a good time. I think min wage was like 2.60. LOL

Oby’s in Starkville
Lakeside Drive Inn in Starkville running projectors and managing concession stand. Friday and Saturday we ran horror and action movies. Sunday thru Thursday was XXX

I filed papers for a marine supply store - but I did that during the school year, too

I worked year round at a gas station owned by a family friend when I was in high school.

Shucked corn at the Farmers Market when I was 13.
Worked for a local weekly newspaper doing everything- printing, selling ads, writing copy.
Worked at a pulp mill busting rollers in a lime kiln.
Worked construction as a pipe fitters apprentice building a Weyerhaeuser mill.