Recently, Penn and I asked you to tell us about your weirdest summer jobs. From working in customer service for the WOW Chips debacle to a stripping gorilla, you really showed up for this episode! Your calls and messages had us laughing, cringing, and repeatedly asking one very important question: Where were the child labor laws?! (I guess it was the 90s…) Every weird job teaches you a lesson along the way. We not only heard from you, we call Kim’s old roommate, and even our producers Sam and Ann Marie weigh in. We discuss why it's so much harder for teens to get that first job today, how I became a "crossbody bag with legs”, and we pitch our dream challenges if we ever got a weird job as producers for The Amazing Race. (Spoiler: The college move-in day challenge where you cram 800 things into half a dorm room and then your child leaves you forever. FUN!) This episode was SO much fun because of all of you. Thank you to everyone who called, wrote, commented, and shared your questionable employment history with us. Please keep it coming because next we want to hear what unhinged things you did in the 80s/90s that would never fly today. (We did WHAT?!) You truly make this show better and much, much weirder. We love to hear from you! Leave us a message at 323-364-3929 or write the show at podcast@theholdernessfamily.com. You can also listen to this show wherever you get podcasts. #podcast #90s #weirdjobs Learn more about our new book, Get It Done & Have Fun: http://getitdoneandhavefun.com/ ___ Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/theholdernessfamily/ https://www.tiktok.com/@theholdernessfamily https://www.facebook.com/TheHoldernessfamily Shop our merch: https://shopholderness.com/ Laugh with us at https://www.youtube.com/@holdernessfamilylaughs?sub_confirmation=1 Sing along at https://www.youtube.com/@theholdernessfamily?sub_confirmation=1 We try our best to respond to comments. XO 00:00 Welcome to Laugh Lines! 3:!5 Kim Went to Puerto Rico 10:53 Today Is About Weird Jobs 16:37 Sam's Weird Job 20:27 Ann Marie's Weird Job 21:53 Daryl the Talking Reindeer 23:25 Gen X Retirement Homes 26:31 Cynthia Sold Karaoke 32:10 More Weird Jobs 41:25 Send Us Your Stories 42:24 Amazing Race Challenges