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Attack on the Street: What Was Your Worst Summer Job?
By
Kate Nerenberg
,
Emily Leaman
Published Friday, August 01, 2008
Welcome to our new Friday feature, Attack on the Street. We attack Washingtonians on the street (in a totally friendly way, of course!) and ask them our question of the week. This week, we wanted to know: What was the worst summer job you ever had? We got some fascinating responses (and some responses that make us thankful that our worst summer job was probably spent in front of a computer in an air-conditioned cubicle. Perspective is a wonderful thing). Check out the video, taken in Dupont Circle, below. And watch out: You could be the next one attacked. Washingtonian.com is everywhere.
Did you have a terrible, no-good summer job? We want to hear about it! Recount your tale in the comments below. Have a question you want to see asked on Attack on the Street? Send it to eleaman@washingtonian.com, or leave it in the comments below.
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I worked at a daycare center that took elementary school children in the summer. One day a little boy got sick in the middle of the classroom and puked all over the place. I ran out of the room and barely made it to the bathroom before puking my own guts out. I don’t deal well with puke.
Posted by: lw, Aug 01, 2008 06:44:55 PM
One summer I worked at my father-in-law’s chemical company and had to scrape sludge off the concrete floor of the reactor room in no air conditioning. I also had to sand a 200-ft vent with a wire bursh on the roof of the plant and then paint it in the dead summer heat. Fun, fun!
Posted by: dw, Aug 01, 2008 06:42:02 PM
One summer, I babysat for six boys, ages 2 weeks to fourth grade. It was awful. They were completely out of control. I would come home every day with bruises all over from them punching, biting, hitting, and pinching me. Oh, and I got paid $8 an hour. Awesome.
Posted by: el., Aug 01, 2008 01:18:40 PM
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