Pumped gas as an Esso. Hated it. Boring. Second job I was 16 and worked in an ice house grinding ice and bagging it at a beer distributor. It was nice in the summer when everyone was roasting in the heat. Later worked part time in the beer warehouse while going to Penn State.
Last job before retiring was 37 years as an explosives engineer. Blasting in PA, NJ, NY and MD. Not boring. Largest blast I did used over 200,000 pounds of explosives. That was in Mount Hope, NJ.