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"Summer is supposed to be filled with fun times on the beach and road-tripping with your besties\u2014not working long, hard hours in the blazing heat. Sometimes you luck out and find a killer gig that&amp;#039;s totally fun and gets you some extra cash! But if you&amp;#039;re like the rest of us, you&amp;#039;ve probably had a less-than-stellar experience with some of these *classic* summer jobs. Scooping Ice Cream While working in a magical palace of endless ice cream flavors and cookie dough toppings seems like a ~dReAm~, it&amp;#039;s not as sweet as it sounds. Your arms will become so sore from scooping for 9 hours a day that you&amp;#039;ll wish ice cream was a person, so you could yell at it. Plus, you&amp;#039;ll have to deal with little ones crying because you&amp;#039;re out of Cake Batter, and people doing weird things with their ice cream. By the end of the summer you&amp;#039;ll be like: #NEVERAGAIN Lifeguarding at the Local Pool Lifeguarding can mean peace and quiet\u2014if you&amp;#039;re working on a beach with crystal clear water that&amp;#039;s basically empty for the day. But working at the pool at your local summer camp? Say hello to screaming, crying, and staying on high alert every second to make sure no one forgets their floaties, or tries a cool new trick on the diving board. After a week on the job, you&amp;#039;ll basically be like: #SAVEME Working at the Mall Discounts on clothes and getting to shop on your lunch break? Score! Working at the mall sounds like a great way to pass the time while making some summer cash, but the excitement subsides when you realize your new job is selling scented candles while standing for 10 hours a day, and saying &amp;quot;Hi, welcome to Candle Land&amp;quot; to every single human that walks through the door. After three days on the job, you&amp;#039;ll basically be zombie-walking on the escalator like: #REGRET Doing Yard Work For All Your Neighbors No strict schedule? ~Hello, freedom!~ You come up with the brilliant idea to help your brother clean up all your neighbors&amp;#039; lawns for the summer, so you can sleep in late and hit up the beach whenever you want. Gardening, mowing grass, pulling weeds\u2014how hard could it be, right? WRONG. After working outside in 95-degree heat for 5 hours while battling dehydration and total exhaustion, you&amp;#039;ll basically be like: #DEAD Babysitting Babysitting a few nights a week for some extra cash can be easy! But signing up to babysit for a family for the e-n-t-i-r-e summer? Say so long to all those fun beach weekends, road trips, and baking nights with your BFFs. Watching little kids all day is a lot different than feeding them dinner, reading them a story, and watching TV after you put them to bed. You&amp;#039;ll need a lot more than nap time to recover after chasing kids around all. day. long. And after you have to tell your crush you can&amp;#039;t go to his beach party unless you can bring your little friends along, you&amp;#039;ll be like: #WHYYY Passing Out Flyers The idea of helping a local business, or your fave music festival get the word out sounds pretty simple. Besides, you were totally thinking of majoring in marketing in college! But once you realize &amp;quot;promoting&amp;quot; means passing out 2,000 flyers while walking door-to-door in the blistering heat for five hours every day, you&amp;#039;ll be like: #HELP Working at a Theme Park What could be more fun than hanging out at your favorite theme park all day long?? But instead of riding roller coasters and eating cotton candy as your day job, you&amp;#039;ll be standing in the same spot, pressing the green start button on a ride for five. hours. straight. Plus, you&amp;#039;ll be so sick of pushing through the crowds of people every time you have a bathroom or lunch break that by the end of the summer you&amp;#039;ll be like: #GETAWAYFROMME What&amp;#039;s the worst summer job you&amp;#039;ve ever had? Share your experiences in the comments!  MORE: Summer Break: Expectation Vs. Reality 17 Things to See, Read, Download, And Do This Summer 25 Ways To Get Unbored This Summer Gifs via Giphy.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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