Working at an ice cream shop is the best high school job a person could wish for. It's better than babysitting, waitressing and any other job you don't need to graduate high school to get. I have worked at Dairy Queen in Washington Township, New Jersey since my sophomore year of high school. The experience enhanced my high school career by giving me money to spend and memories to last a lifetime. Working at an ice cream shop is the perfect combination of fun and easy. These are some of the reasons you should apply to your local ice cream shop right now!

All your friends work there.

You're already going to hang out with your friends after school. Why not get paid to do it?

Did I mention free ice cream?

You get to eat as much ice creams you want. At first this is a great thing but eventually you will get fat and have to cut back to one blizzard every shift.

Your forearm will be jacked

Scooping ice cream is a great workout. Your forearms will be sore in the beginning, but then your muscles will get used to it. Unless you're an ambidextrous scooper one arm will be significantly larger than the other.

Fun workplace gossip

The joy of talking about the drama that goes on in an ice cream shop is unmatchable. Everyone talks sh*t about everyone and we love it. Discussing in shop flings and who left the freezer open overnight is what it's all about.

You take group pictures at every event with your coworkers

Parties, graduation, and prom are prime coworker picture events. It's a little lame but very fun to round up all your coworkers and take a picture doing an ice cream scooping gesture no one else will get.

You have designated work shoes

Even the most skilled worker leaves their shift covered in ice cream. You must have a pair of sneakers you only wear to work. Accidentally wearing your nice sneakers, for whatever reason, to work is the worst thing that can happen to a person.

At least one of your coworkers sells weed

There is at least one coworker who sells weed but probably more and an even bigger portion of the employees smoke on a regular basis. Showing up to work high is not a rarity in an ice cream shop.

There is that one person everyone hates to work with

Everyone has that one person they dread getting put on the schedule with. This is literally the only bad part about working at an ice cream shop. This person sucks, but you'll leave the shift stronger than when you entered.

Getting food with your coworkers after work

Everyone is starving after the night shift and the only places open are junk food places. Applebee's half-apps, McDonalds, and your local dinner are prime spots to get food after work.

No one actually works their own shifts

The schedule is more of a suggestion than a demand. Mass texts get sent out at least three times a week from frantic coworkers looking for a cover. Everyone switches shifts and by the end of the week the schedule is covered in markings indicating the weeks shift changes.

It's fun to complain about work but deep down you know it's the best job you'll ever have!