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Blogs > stilwantmore > "Sexy Swamp Lady"

As a  

stilwantmore 78F
9355 posts
6/23/2013 6:39 am
As a

What kinda job did you have as a ? Or did you stay home
and do nothing but get in trouble?

Well, living out here in my swampy place, the<b> teenagers </font></b>in my
area were expected to crawl down the muddy space between strawberry
rows and pick berries for $0.05 a quart; hit the hot sand in a blueberry field to pick berries; walk between the hot humid rows of tobacco in the fields, either topping or cropping tobacco; work the dry smelly tobacco readying it for market, all to make a few dollars to buy school clothes and supplies in the fall.

On Saturdays you might get a chance to go to town and spend $0.10 for
a movie (favorite place, since you could stay in the theater all day if
you didn't go out the front door).

What a life, hard but enjoyable to get the opportunity to work and
associate with your family and friends.

Everybody share with us what you did as a ????
stilwantmore 78F
11892 posts
6/23/2013 4:48 pm
    Quoting notsure1949:
    as a teen,my main job was cutting grass, then there was also scouts and a youth group, of course there was a ymca and a ywca, plus three movie theaters thay you could walk, bike, or bus to, and two big parks nearby
Sounded like fun times!!!


stilwantmore 78F
11892 posts
6/23/2013 4:47 pm
    Quoting Furbal1972:
    The "legal" work that teenagers did around here was de-tassling corn. Very hard work from what I hear, so I never did it.

    I did have a paper route for a time and also mowed lawns. But mostly I worked "under the table" at a bar, stocking the cooler and cleaning up. Then I helped the bar owner remodel a house for about $20/day. (plus free soda)

    When I turned 16, I bought a car and had to get a "real job" to pay for it, so I started doing telemarketing.
Interesting, what we were able to find to do in the different
areas of the country. Thanks for sharing.


Furbal1972 51M
18571 posts
6/23/2013 2:12 pm

 The "legal" work that teenagers did around here was de-tassling corn. Very hard work from what I hear, so I never did it.

I did have a paper route for a time and also mowed lawns. But mostly I worked "under the table" at a bar, stocking the cooler and cleaning up. Then I helped the bar owner remodel a house for about $20/day. (plus free soda)

When I turned 16, I bought a car and had to get a "real job" to pay for it, so I started doing telemarketing.
Read my diary Journal of a Taxi Driver for taxi stories and pictures of flowers and trees.


notsure1949 75M
10657 posts
6/23/2013 9:29 am

 as a teen,my main job was cutting grass, then there was also scouts and a youth group, of course there was a ymca and a ywca, plus three movie theaters thay you could walk, bike, or bus to, and two big parks nearby


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