What did you (the grownups) do for work study in college?

mootmom
Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:00:57 +0000

My work-study job (after freshman year) was to staff the front desk and kiosk at the Student Center. This involved getting up and onto campus from my off-campus home at 6am most mornings, bringing in the bundles of newspapers and magazines and sorting them, selling tickets and cigarettes (!) and bulk candy and handling the register, and answering the phonecalls and in-person visits from students and others asking about times and locations and availability of specific magazines and munchies. :)

Two favorite memories about that job:
– Sunday mornings, showing up in the mist on campus at 6am, birds just beginning to chirp, bringing in the Sunday paper and assembling and laying them out, grabbing a copy of the Sunday crossword and turning on some soothing music, sitting back in the desk chair to sip my morning coffee and watch the campus slowly come alive.
– The bulk candy in the back half of the kiosk was tempting. Our very smart manager told us when we were hired that we could snack all we wanted. Within 2 weeks, I never wanted to see candy again in my life. (Well, that’s what it seemed like at the time, hah.)

We were paid minimum wage for that job; it was probably $2.50 an hour at that point, perhaps less. It was a great job for a gregarious person who wanted to be in the center of things.