Car hopping wasn't all that terrific, veteran says

As an A&W carhop of probably the longest standing in the class of 65 , Sandi shouldn't complain --- Inside work would have been nice on those April days when A&W opened for the season [April in Minnesota] Outside???!!!….. Heck, sometimes your hands were so cold, you couldn't write the order and you could hardly wait to get back to hug the Gallon root beer jug filled with hot water that barely took the chill off. And then, of course, there were the hot summer days…..
The wage as I remember it started at 65 cents an hour and maybe I was making 85 cents by the end of my carhop days. Now, that was the legal wage at the time. And as I recall $3.00 in tips for a 6 hour shift was considered a bonanza. I am not complaining --- I saved virtually every penny and it was my nest egg to start college. But also back then, I paid $125 for tuition at fees at UMM and my off-campus apartment was $30 a month.
Yikes… I'm starting to sound like one of those old codgers "in the good old days….. I walked miles to school through waist high snowdrifts"
Lorlee