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When I was 18, I was an activities counselor at a provincial park. One day, I noticed one of the kids breaking out in measles. I immediately packed up a bunch of games and puzzles and walked him back to his campsite.

His mother was FURIOUS that I had ruined her vacation. She tried to have me fired for not keeping a sick, infectious child around all the other kids when she just wanted to stay in her trailer and day drink or something. Fortunately, my boss was on my side with this and I was praised for my quick thinking. I felt really bad for the kid who needed rest and medical attention. His mom didn't give a shit about him. #SummerJob #Measles #Outbreak #BadParents

I just went for a walk in the Fredericton Botanic Gardens. Over thirty years ago, I helped build that place. I designed and installed the nature trails (no gas tools, all picks, axes, bucksaws, and shovels), and planted hundreds of trees. I was mentored by botanist Hal Hinds, and got my start as a botanic illustrator with him. Where there once was a field, there now is a forest. I did that. It feels good to see the fruits of my labour. How many people get to see a forest they planted? #forestry #BotanicGarden #trees #forest #WoodsWorker #SummerJob #RoadTrip #Fredericton

One of my first summer jobs was being an activities counsellor at a provincial park. One night, we were doing a Hallowe’en in the summer event, and I was reading Edgar Allan Poe stories aloud to kids. About halfway through a story, a supervisor came up to me and told me the stories were too complicated for children, so I had to simplify the language. This made me very unhappy, especially since I’d first read Poe as a little kid. #EdgarAllanPoe #SummerJob #bowdlerization

One of my summer jobs as a young university student was helping develop a botanic garden. I illustrated signs & a pamphlet about eastern woodland trees and herbs. I thought I was a good artist, until the botanist I worked with told me my drawings were all wrong. Hal Hines taught me to look much more closely at the things I was drawing. He also introduced me to an herbarium with botanic specimens over 100 years old. I’m glad he took me under his wing. #SummerJob #Botany #BotanicIllustration

#Summer employment opportunities with our #MMPSurvey project partner Quinte Conservation (Bay of Quinte RAP) quintenews.com/2023/01/24/2999
#fieldwork #summerjob #job #wetlands #birds #frogs
College students, both returning and graduating, can apply before February 5 for a variety of summer job positions within the fields of aquatic and watershed science, engineering, stewardship and education, corporate services, communications, and conservation lands.

The worst job i ever had: telemarketer.
Summer job way back when i was about 16, selling magazine subscriptions. Having some talent in masking i quite easily learned to talk like proper salesperson, but taking off that mask every day took some effort and left me verbally exhausted. Still shiver about how dirty i felt after shoveling that bullshit through a fake smile voice all day.
Could go on about ethics, phone conversations in general etc…
#worstjobever #memories #telemarketing #summerjob