Urban hardware store near a college or some other progressive-ish institution.
Trends to attract people who are creative but also down to Earth, yah know guys who are in punk bands but also know how to drive a forklift, girls who write lesbian web comics but can also run a paint tinter. Only time I actually made close friends at work. Involves some physical activity but isn't that bad, especially if you know how to lift right. Plus driving the forklift is fun.
It can be hard to get your foot in the door at a library, but it's so worth it. Shelving was one of my first jobs and the crew there were by far my favorite coworkers.
I used to work for my city's Parks and Rec dept, specifically in aquatics. They've got work across multiple fields, whether you just want to man a desk checking people's pool passes or if you want to be a maintenance person or even if you want to climb the ladder and be a manager, and at all levels the vibe I got was very chill. You'll probably be underpaid and underappreciated, but maintaining public spaces is an unqualified public good so you'll get to go to work everyday knowing that you're not making the world a worse place, which is great.
I did this job full time while also attending school full time, it was minimum wage but it worked out great since I was able to do homework "on the clock" for most of my shifts, since generally I had a bunch of things to do when I showed up and then a few things before I left and I had a lot of time in the middle where I wasn't doing much.
I'd be surprised if this is still this easy, but I got my first job opening up cases at the antiques store with no relevant experience. It was perfect -- I'd grab a clipboard and pretend to be taking inventory while just doodling and somebody would occasionally need a case opened. Was it one key for all of them? I can't remember having to think about or fetch the keys, so it really may have been one key for all the cases. Open, let the person inspect, close up and walk them to the counter and wrap it up if they're buying. The customers weren't perfect, but you're not going to get a twitchy-eyed chud breathing down your neck to hand them their order so they can peel out of the parking lot. My whole time I was there we had one incident and the guy ran off before the owner could call 911.
I don't understand. What kind of cases are these? Why are these so many cases at an antique store that your main responsibility is opening them?
They were display cases, glass cupboards with two sliding doors with a lock on the bottom. It was a consignment shop, so to satisfy everyone selling there who thought their their antiques were so unique and special that batman villains would try to finesse them, all the cases were locked at all times with a key only entrusted to a kid who wanted a job within biking distance. There were a lot of cases because there were a lot of antiques because the town was a hotbed of antiques. Like if I looked up the top antiques towns in the US, it would be yeah, still first page.
Ohhh I see, that sounds cool af. I was thinking like, antique treasure cases with more antique goodies inside lol
Low volume restaurants are pretty chill, although certain ones can definitely be boys clubs in back of house. You really have to make sure you go to one with a decent culture, because it really ranges between kitchens
