For three months a year, over the course of every summer, I run a little stand on the boardwalk.
This is the only time of year when there are enough visitors and tourists to warrant being open.
If I’m being honest I wish I could do this full time, but there just isn’t enough money in it those other 9 months. So I work a hump job for bad money, and then come June I quit it and go back to the boardwalk for another great summer. Been doing this for 22 years now, and never plan on quitting. The first few years were rough, because I couldn’t afford air conditioning for the stand and it could get sweltering out there by the water. I would open the windows, turn on some fans, so it was great for ventilation but it was just circulating the stifling hot air around. I saved up for a while, and was finally able to get a window mounted box style AC unit for the stand, which made a world of difference. Not only did the climate control make my days more enjoyable, but it also made the stand more popular with the customers. Now they could shop for snacks or postcards and soak up a few minutes of cooling at the same time. Since sales went up, the next year I was able to spring for central air conditioning for the little stand. Perhaps if I hadn’t upgraded the AC so many times the overhead would be low enough to stay open for a longer time.
Steam boiler