Needham — Although summer’s official kick off was Tuesday, it still seems as though Mother Nature can’t decide which season it is. June has had its share of boiling hot days and cool spring-like days. After a long cold winter, Needhamites are still trying to get used to the heat. Some have taken the challenge of working in the hottest workspaces and are doing so even as the heat begins to pick up. These people make up the top four hottest jobs in Needham:
4: Town House Pizza:
It’s not unusually hot inside Town House Pizza and it may seem odd to have it on the list, but stepping behind the counter is a different story. A few steps past the counter into the cooking area, the sun’s rays and the stove’s heat feed each other to create a steamy inferno. This combined heat can create double the burn for the employees working.
John Stakianakis, who has been the owner and manager for 12 years is from Greece, and still admitted that the place gets hot in the summer.
“You get a little sun burn from the sun and heat from the oven,” he said. “But you keep on going.”
3: Traffic Supervisor:
Doris Salemy said she had a desk job at the Needham Police Department for years. At this job, she would calmly sit in a comfortable chair in a cool, clean room. This however, wasn’t the job she wanted, and so she exchanged it for a much hotter one.
In the summers Salemy now works police details, where for long periods of times, she stands under the sun, directing traffic, in a heavy police outfit. She said that the heat can make it difficult to work in, but it is still worth the change for her.
“You get used to the heat by now,” she said. “I just drink a lot of water.”
Salemy said that it was not unusual for her to sneak off to her car for a few minutes or to duck into the shade to try and escape the heat.
“Some times you just need to get away from the sun,” she said.
2: Shell Station Auto Repair:
The majority of people have probably realized that when you leave your car out in the summer for an extended period of time, and then touch the car hood, there is an aggravating burn.
As mechanics, this is a sensation that the Shell employees have become very aware of. Joey Mansour, the manager and owner of the station said that the worst part was being in such a confined space.
“It’s very hot and sticky in there,” he said.
Mansour said that the staff had tried to counter the heat with six fans and a lot of water, but there was only one thing that could possibly alleviate the heat completely.
“You get to go home to the AC after words,” he said.
1: Mayfair Cleaners: Laundry clothes-presser
Eva Pappas of Mayfair Cleaners, reminisced on the time she spent in the pressing room of the laundry place she works at. She said she would enter a small room, full of rising steam. As she entered, she said the warm, heavy air would fill her lungs and the sweat would immediately form on her forehead. Pappas said she would be surrounded by fatigued workers, wearing cotton t-shirts, with bottles of water by their feet.
This is the average day for a laundry presser at Mayfair cleaners. They enter the store at five in the morning, trying to beat out the mid-day sun, and stay there until early afternoon.
Pappas, who now works in the cool, comfortable, air-conditioned section of the store said that she is glad to have escaped the pressing-area. She said that when she worked in the other room, it was sometimes unbearable.
“It is very difficult to work in the heat,” she said. “I’m glad to be here with the AC.”
Pappas recalled an incident years ago, when a presser passed out from the heat. The rest of the staff dragged him out of the torturous room, and began to throw cool water on the man until he regained consciousness. This is the life of a laundry presser, and demonstrates why their profession has earned the title of Needham’s hottest job this summer.
Evan Koslof
6/24/11
Originally Posted: http://www.wickedlocal.com/needham/features/x438670788/Needhams-Hottest-Jobs-of-Summer-2011#axzz1QE4gBStB
It’s not unusually hot inside Town House Pizza and it may seem odd to have it on the list, but stepping behind the counter is a different story. A few steps past the counter into the cooking area, the sun’s rays and the stove’s heat feed each other to create a steamy inferno. This combined heat can create double the burn for the employees working.
John Stakianakis, who has been the owner and manager for 12 years is from Greece, and still admitted that the place gets hot in the summer.
“You get a little sun burn from the sun and heat from the oven,” he said. “But you keep on going.”
3: Traffic Supervisor:
Doris Salemy said she had a desk job at the Needham Police Department for years. At this job, she would calmly sit in a comfortable chair in a cool, clean room. This however, wasn’t the job she wanted, and so she exchanged it for a much hotter one.
In the summers Salemy now works police details, where for long periods of times, she stands under the sun, directing traffic, in a heavy police outfit. She said that the heat can make it difficult to work in, but it is still worth the change for her.
“You get used to the heat by now,” she said. “I just drink a lot of water.”
Salemy said that it was not unusual for her to sneak off to her car for a few minutes or to duck into the shade to try and escape the heat.
“Some times you just need to get away from the sun,” she said.
2: Shell Station Auto Repair:
The majority of people have probably realized that when you leave your car out in the summer for an extended period of time, and then touch the car hood, there is an aggravating burn.
As mechanics, this is a sensation that the Shell employees have become very aware of. Joey Mansour, the manager and owner of the station said that the worst part was being in such a confined space.
“It’s very hot and sticky in there,” he said.
Mansour said that the staff had tried to counter the heat with six fans and a lot of water, but there was only one thing that could possibly alleviate the heat completely.
“You get to go home to the AC after words,” he said.
1: Mayfair Cleaners: Laundry clothes-presser
Eva Pappas of Mayfair Cleaners, reminisced on the time she spent in the pressing room of the laundry place she works at. She said she would enter a small room, full of rising steam. As she entered, she said the warm, heavy air would fill her lungs and the sweat would immediately form on her forehead. Pappas said she would be surrounded by fatigued workers, wearing cotton t-shirts, with bottles of water by their feet.
This is the average day for a laundry presser at Mayfair cleaners. They enter the store at five in the morning, trying to beat out the mid-day sun, and stay there until early afternoon.
Pappas, who now works in the cool, comfortable, air-conditioned section of the store said that she is glad to have escaped the pressing-area. She said that when she worked in the other room, it was sometimes unbearable.
“It is very difficult to work in the heat,” she said. “I’m glad to be here with the AC.”
Pappas recalled an incident years ago, when a presser passed out from the heat. The rest of the staff dragged him out of the torturous room, and began to throw cool water on the man until he regained consciousness. This is the life of a laundry presser, and demonstrates why their profession has earned the title of Needham’s hottest job this summer.
Evan Koslof
6/24/11
Originally Posted: http://www.wickedlocal.com/needham/features/x438670788/Needhams-Hottest-Jobs-of-Summer-2011#axzz1QE4gBStB
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