Strange jobs- does this qualify?
A few years ago me and about 2 friends decided to do what we assumed would be mostly sitting around, talking, and eating free food, interspersed with the occasional unexpected swim. Yes, world, we worked the school fair dunk tank shift. A nearby high school had a Fall Fair where they had the ususal cheap games etc. and they paid 15 dollars an hour to work at the dunk tank. Yes, this was in the USA. Well, we showed up for work, and were promptly told we would work the morning shift. On it being my turn, I got up on the little bench thing using a slippery ladder (bad sign number 1) wearing a rather... erm... small swimsuit, if you get my drift. Read a book... it's really cold in Wisconsin in the fall. know that? Aside from the bad aims, the general chattings-up and the temperature, the worst time was the only time I actually got dunked. By one of my off-duty friends. She paid up, took aim and threw- there is NO scarier sight than a freezing tank of water, complete with wrappers and beercans rushing towards your skimpily clad ass. No explanation needed. I dried off, but my friends did manage to pay for thai food and beer for poor ol' me.
(ZooLurker is an angry chick with a mullet!, Sun 3 Oct 2004, 19:45, Reply)