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Bayard

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38. Spice Girl

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Fri Nov 14, 2025, 11:55 AM

Nov 14

I went up to stay with my sister in MN during summer break after 10th grade. I found a job on the night shift at a local pickle factory. As the open jars came down the line, I had to drop in some spices as quickly as possible--bop bop bop. All night. I think minimum wage then was about $2 an hour.
My BIL was not happy that he had to go pick me up in the wee hours of the morning. My sister made me take my clothes off on the front steps because I reeked of pickles.

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