What types of summer jobs did you do when you were a teenager?

What were your favorite and least favorite summer jobs?

lifeguard (7.1%)

working in retail/restaurant (47.5%)

working with kids as a camp counselor or babysitter (32.5%)

working at a tourist attraction, such as an amusement park or museum (2.9%)

professional internship (7.8%)

other (leave a comment) (12.7%)

I didn't work (22.0%)

What types of summer jobs did you do when you were a teenager?
  • LMP4775 By LMP4775
    on Jul 08, 2012  

    My first job was working in the cafeteria in high school during breakfast and lunch. Got paid minimum wage, I also worked at Burger King while in school then switched to Safeway. I loved working as a teenager D:

  • alwaysblabbing By alwaysblabbing
    on Jul 08, 2012  

    I worked at a snowball stand when I was young.

  • Mora18 By Mora18
    on Jul 08, 2012  

    Might sound like I was a weird teenager, lol, but I loved working. Started with a little but hard core gig called "branch tieing" at age 12! It consisted of tying grapevine branches around the lined wires all acrooss the fields. Yea it was hard work but I liked waking up early with that great smell of coffee coming from the kitchen where my mother prepared delicious lunches for the day. I wasn't forced to work, I liked helping and took pride in contributing. Best part was pay day, ofcource.

  • Tannersmom By Tannersmom
    on Jul 08, 2012  

    Various - babysitting, painting, gardening, office work, library assistant.

  • Britnev By Britnev
    on Jul 08, 2012  

    Babysitting - and I did a lot of it as that was really the only opportunity for girls my age where I lived. We got to know who was the best paying and who left treats, such as box of chocolates, for the babysitter. I remember one family even left me a small gift for watching their children at short notice. I was the envy of my friends. It is funny to look back on that now!!

  • insaneone By insaneone
    on Jul 09, 2012  

    movie theatres and canneries were where I spent my summers.

  • katythao2009 By katythao2009
    on Jul 09, 2012  

    I worked at Office Max until a year ago. Love my co-workers hate retail.

  • Andrear25 By Andrear25
    on Jul 09, 2012  

    My first summer job was in A&S Dept stores --which doesn't even exist anymore...boy am I showing my age!! :)

  • msfriendly By msfriendly
    on Jul 09, 2012  

    I worked at kids camps and summer school. Loved working with the little kids.