Hey folks,
I have been trying to get my kids to get part time jobs. But its tough in this recession, which got me to thinking about my part time jobs. I've had a few, but the most fun and most memorable was parking cars at the Harbour House in Lynn. Now this was a hotel/nightclub. And it was only a hotel in that it did have rooms to rent. But that’s were the comparison ends. The word "SEEDY" comes to mind. This was a great part time job for me. No heavy lifting, no real lifting at all. Stand in a parting lot for 7 - 8 hours making sure no one parks in the Hotel Guest lot. And keep the flow of traffic going. I was not suppose to let anyone park in the hotel guest lot unless you were a guest, well unless you "tip" me. Then you were a guest of Vin. Everyone always told me that this place was run by the mob. I never knew for sure but there were things that did point in that direction. Like one night my buddy Dan was harassed and roughed up be a patron of the night club. And the word got around what had happed the night before. And the next night the bouncer "Big Lenny" gave Dan and I both blackjacks. And told us, "If anyone messes wiff youes tonight. One wack on the head, they will go down like a sack of potatoes. Then roll them under a car and I will take care of the rest." No ever really bother us after that. But I was ready with my blackjack, like Barney Fife with his one bullet in is shirt pocket. Did I just show my age? Younger kids see Andy Griffin show. This was a great place to work if only for the all the bands that came. I got to meet most of them. Most were local like "The Stompers, Robin lane and the chartbusters, Luna, The Fools." And this made me a very popular in my high school. Because, I had it going on back then. Not really. I just thought I did, like most high school kids. When I think of myself now and then, I always use a quote by Lenny Clark. "I might not be the best looking guy, but I'm not hurting the national average either." The parking lot was huge. And on nights with good band you might have to park a quarter mile away next to the water. And it was not uncommon for a young lady to ask me to walk her to her car. One night this one girl asked me to walk her to her car by the water. We get to the car and she says her girl friends will be coming out soon and she will give me a ride back the front door. I don't know if it was because I was seventeen or because I was dumb as a bag full of bricks. So we get in and she grabs me. And it was right then I was a 17 year old boy and a 17 year old man. Because, I had the same thought at the same second. First the boy. "Hey she’s touching me were she should not be!!!!" and at the same second as the man "Hey she’s touching me were she should not be!!!" Guess which side of me won out. Well I’m not gonna kiss and tell, well at least not in my Blog. See me later. But that was the best tip I ever got.
For the most part I just worked there but every once in a while I would take a girl out to a show there. When I remember going there with a girl I see it my head like when Henry Hill takes his future wife out to the night club in Good Fellas. People giving me the best table, free drinks and food and everyone knows me. But in reality I think I just got in for half price. Working in a parking lot you help a lot of people break into their cars. Most for locking their keys in there. So one night these two very cute girls all made up with tight jeans come over to me and say they have locked their keys in their Cadillac. Now with that other time I helped a young lady fresh in my mind I could not get the door open fast enough. But this time all I got was a 2 dollar tip. And about 30 minutes later a middle age man comes out and says "Did you see my silver Caddy, it was parked right here!" Well, GULP. I looked him straight in the eye and said, "No sir, but then I just got here. I bet it got towed." I learned a lot from that job. But the one thing I took from it is. When you just helped 2 hotties steal a guys car, who may or may not be in the mob. LIE.
Se ya
Vinny
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