August 25, 2025 • 8 mins
We ask you - where did you work at the Fair? What was it like? Did you love it, or hate it?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We keep talking about the State Fair, and I want
to know because this is something we bring up, like
what's your favorite fair food? Where do you go first?
And state Fair tips and things like that. I want
to know, did you ever work at the State Fair
and what was it like? Did you love it, did
you hate it? Was it awful? Long hours? Did you
make a ton of friends? Did you do it for
like ten years in a row? And where did you work?
So we asked on Facebook. We got a bunch of these.
(00:22):
I would love to hear what you thought. For example,
Karina writes in I worked at the Giant Slide. I
was able to get in because I had a connection.
It was okay, definitely better than working behind friars all day,
but the people in charge definitely had favorites at the time.
But it makes sense when it's a family business. M hmmm.
Sander writes in I work at Giggles, Campfire and Grill.
(00:44):
I serve beer. I love it. Yay. Stephanie said she
worked at the Pronto pup stand for fifteen years. Wow.
I worked with my family, so it was fun but
also exhausting. I don't miss the long hours or how
hot it was. Yeah, there's a bunch of these did
you work at the State Fair and did you love it?
(01:06):
I like a little.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Shocked because I read through a lot of the Facebook
answers that we posted or got, and almost everyone said
that they did love it. I've heard horror from some
other people, though.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Really.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Yeah, I've had people who like I had one friend
who used to intern for the Twins, and so when
she was at like the Twins' activation over the weekend,
she like posted a photo of being like, oh, the
bad memories of having to intern here.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Oh no, not because of anything with the Twins.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Yeah, like it's long hours, it is hot, yeah most
of the time.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
See, but every time I go to the fair and
I'm like in the dairy building or the cheese kurds
or whatever, and there's a bunch of like, you know,
fifteen to twenty year olds all working together, and yeah,
they're sweating, but I'm just looking at them like, Wow,
they're really making memories together and like creating friendships that
will last a lifetime, and I get all choked up
about it.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Well, that's what you got to figure because you know,
if yeah, I had a horrible job as a dishwasher,
at Sambo's when I was in like high school, and
I hated it, But I look back now and it's
a very sweet memory. Yeah, so maybe time does that.
But you're thinking, you're making all these very cool memories
of Oh the summer that I worked at the State Fair?
Speaker 4 (02:10):
Right, didn't Jonathan Ray say he was an ice boy
back in the.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Day he was an ice boy. And I saw an
ice boy later that day. He had a big cart,
a big four wheel cart, and he's pulled around these
bags of ice, taking him into the different buildings. It's like, oh, man,
that's a lot of work.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Ice coming, ice coming, right.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
A couple of more Genus says I worked at a
little diner serving breakfast. A bunch of US State Fair
workers partied it up, woke up in the next door
display of hot tubs. Needless to say, we were all fired.
Speaker 5 (02:39):
No.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Han Wind says I worked at a boost selling sunglasses
for ten years. The days are long and hard, but
I had tons of fun, loved it, became lifelong friends
with the owners. My husband doesn't understand my love for
the fair. Was that like a part time gig working
the fair? Since it's just like the twelve days. Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
I used to work a street team for radio station
and we would work the fair and I always liked
the opening shift because you get to like kind of
watch the sunrise and all the like. Mourning people are
very different than like the night people and midday people,
and they're I mean, there are some weird people. And
they'd come up and they'd be like, have eighteen bags
and they'd be like, what you caught for free? They'd
(03:18):
be like, oh, man, I don't know if you need
another bag, but here's another bag you.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yes, yes, we used to get that. A Kidia would
be too, like old people that don't listen would come
up carrying a cool one o weight bag. They don't
even listen to our show. Yeah, and then what do
you got for free? It's like, well, we don't have
anything for free, and they would kind of huff huff
and kind of like waddle off. I don't think you
need anything more. Gertrude, we're talking about did you work
at the State Fair and did you love it or
did you hate it? Mary Claire Wentz says, yes, I
(03:44):
worked at the mouth Trap cheese Curds. It was really
hot but so fun.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Yeah, we have a couple of text messages. One says
I'm a police officer at the State Fair and I
love it. Another says I worked at Peters Wieners when
I was in high school with the friends and we
had a blast.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
It's long hours and people are crabby. MICHAELA says I
worked at the Perfect Pickle. I worked with the friends,
so that was fun. But the owners are pretty rude
and the dress code was kind of strict, which was
odd for a fair. They do have an end of
the year party, though, which is nice. The owners are
pretty rude. I bet the owners were super stressed. It's like,
sell those pickles, Yes, sell those pickles. Get them off
(04:19):
the South. You got people on the phone here six five, one, nine,
eight nine, KTWB Did you work at the fare and
did you love it? Chris Hi, Krista, did you work
at the fair? Christa? Hello? Eh, maybe she's not there anymore.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
Oh, she says she worked at the All you Can
Drink Milk milk booth stand.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Oh geez.
Speaker 6 (04:36):
I couldn't imagine because that pricing is gone up. I
can imagine people get mad, like, hey, this used to
be what twenty five cents? Now it's three dollars three.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
I thought it was two.
Speaker 6 (04:44):
No, I saw the three dollars now I walked past,
and I remember we said on Friday, Oh I think
it's two nope, three bucks.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Wow. I remember when I first started here thirty two
years ago, it was a nickel, a nickel, a nickel
for all you could drink milk. Because they were out
there basically promoting milk. They weren't trying to make a
lot of money. And then you know, corporate steps in
is like, wait, what will the market bear? Well, it'll
bear three dollars while lest charge them three dollars. God capitalism?
(05:12):
Am I right? Yeah? I love the fair.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
I think if you have the opportunity to work at
the fair, take it, because yeah, like vont says, it's
part time, it's only twelve days.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
My free parking, free parking, free admission. Yeah okay. And
then you're at the fair, lindsay, did you work at
the fair?
Speaker 5 (05:29):
I still work fair.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Oh what do you do? I work at dino Heros,
Dino's Eero. What what is your day like over at
Dino's So we typically work it kind of depends.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
The weekends are about eleven twelve hour shifts, but we
get to listen to live music every day and you
see a lot of the same people with this fun.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Yeah, they have the best spot because that they always
have like a band playing and it's always like good music.
That there's all those the other people who are dancing,
and then you're just like a part of the vibe.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Yeah, Lindsey, where is Deana? Where? Go ahead?
Speaker 5 (06:03):
They're such a good family to work for. It's just
a really.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Fun atmosphere because a lot of these booths are owned
by just a little family. Yeah, they go rund different fairs.
But where is the Dino's Eros.
Speaker 5 (06:13):
I don't know the exact street, but it's right across
from the yeld Mill.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Okay, I know exactly where you are. You have that
one long, busy street. I know where it is. Thank you.
Let's go to Alicia. We're talking about what did you
work at the fair? Did you like it?
Speaker 5 (06:26):
High?
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Alicia? Sarah? Oh wait, okay, Sarah, Hi, Sarah, do you
work at the fair?
Speaker 6 (06:33):
I did?
Speaker 5 (06:33):
I used to work at the Faird's booths.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
They're no longer there.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
I remember that because Yeah, they would put like glitter
in your hair mohawks.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Yeah, oh my god. Yeah, did you like it? Sarah.
Speaker 5 (06:47):
Oh, I loved it.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
It was so much fun. Although you know you always
get colored with hair.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Yeah, that's like when they first opened the like kids
area or like the teen area, and then they would
have the fair do spot.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
What a memory you have. Yeah, that was a very
unique booth in general. Thank you, Sarah, I appreciate that.
Let's do one more before we take a break. Alicia, Hello, Alisha, Hello,
did you work at the fair?
Speaker 5 (07:11):
Yeah? I did. I worked with the trash company. I
was just at a spotterer and I would just hop
out of the trash truck and make everybody back up
and make sure it was safe for them, and hop
back in the truck to make quite a bit of
money to and just popping in and out of the truck.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Sweet gigs. Sweet. So you didn't have to handle the trash.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
No, I didn't work for the company. I was just
attempt God.
Speaker 4 (07:35):
She was the one that was like backing up.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Yeah, I'm sure that trying to drive that trash truck
through people pushing the three kids stroller and somebody else
on a rascal and family of five walking abreast has
got to be annoyed. It's like, get out of the work.
I will tell you this one though. The people who
clean the restrooms at the State Fair, they're doing a
great job doing God's work. Really, they're doing a great job.
Everything was well stocked. There was plenty of everything in
(07:58):
the State Fair. Isn't the word when you reach over
for the soap and you and nothing comes out? Plenty
of soap, guys, or.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Just like toilet paper missing because in previous years at
the fair, the bathroom that is on the same road
as the giant slides around the corner for Mancini has
always been filthy, disgusting, out of toilet paper, just crap everywhere.
I went to use it last night and it was pristine. Really,
so they lost have caught wind that this bathroom has
been out of control of hot wind.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
I heard on Katibb. We got to pay attention to
that bathroom.
We keep talking about the State Fair, and I want
to know because this is something we bring up, like
what's your favorite fair food? Where do you go first?
And state Fair tips and things like that. I want
to know, did you ever work at the State Fair
and what was it like? Did you love it, did
you hate it? Was it awful? Long hours? Did you
make a ton of friends? Did you do it for
like ten years in a row? And where did you work?
So we asked on Facebook. We got a bunch of these.
(00:22):
I would love to hear what you thought. For example,
Karina writes in I worked at the Giant Slide. I
was able to get in because I had a connection.
It was okay, definitely better than working behind friars all day,
but the people in charge definitely had favorites at the time.
But it makes sense when it's a family business. M hmmm.
Sander writes in I work at Giggles, Campfire and Grill.
(00:44):
I serve beer. I love it. Yay. Stephanie said she
worked at the Pronto pup stand for fifteen years. Wow.
I worked with my family, so it was fun but
also exhausting. I don't miss the long hours or how
hot it was. Yeah, there's a bunch of these did
you work at the State Fair and did you love it?
(01:06):
I like a little.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Shocked because I read through a lot of the Facebook
answers that we posted or got, and almost everyone said
that they did love it. I've heard horror from some
other people, though.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Really.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Yeah, I've had people who like I had one friend
who used to intern for the Twins, and so when
she was at like the Twins' activation over the weekend,
she like posted a photo of being like, oh, the
bad memories of having to intern here.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Oh no, not because of anything with the Twins.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
Yeah, like it's long hours, it is hot, yeah most
of the time.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
See, but every time I go to the fair and
I'm like in the dairy building or the cheese kurds
or whatever, and there's a bunch of like, you know,
fifteen to twenty year olds all working together, and yeah,
they're sweating, but I'm just looking at them like, Wow,
they're really making memories together and like creating friendships that
will last a lifetime, and I get all choked up
about it.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Well, that's what you got to figure because you know,
if yeah, I had a horrible job as a dishwasher,
at Sambo's when I was in like high school, and
I hated it, But I look back now and it's
a very sweet memory. Yeah, so maybe time does that.
But you're thinking, you're making all these very cool memories
of Oh the summer that I worked at the State Fair?
Speaker 4 (02:10):
Right, didn't Jonathan Ray say he was an ice boy
back in the.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Day he was an ice boy. And I saw an
ice boy later that day. He had a big cart,
a big four wheel cart, and he's pulled around these
bags of ice, taking him into the different buildings. It's like, oh, man,
that's a lot of work.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Ice coming, ice coming, right.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
A couple of more Genus says I worked at a
little diner serving breakfast. A bunch of US State Fair
workers partied it up, woke up in the next door
display of hot tubs. Needless to say, we were all fired.
Speaker 5 (02:39):
No.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Han Wind says I worked at a boost selling sunglasses
for ten years. The days are long and hard, but
I had tons of fun, loved it, became lifelong friends
with the owners. My husband doesn't understand my love for
the fair. Was that like a part time gig working
the fair? Since it's just like the twelve days. Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
I used to work a street team for radio station
and we would work the fair and I always liked
the opening shift because you get to like kind of
watch the sunrise and all the like. Mourning people are
very different than like the night people and midday people,
and they're I mean, there are some weird people. And
they'd come up and they'd be like, have eighteen bags
and they'd be like, what you caught for free? They'd
(03:18):
be like, oh, man, I don't know if you need
another bag, but here's another bag you.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Yes, yes, we used to get that. A Kidia would
be too, like old people that don't listen would come
up carrying a cool one o weight bag. They don't
even listen to our show. Yeah, and then what do
you got for free? It's like, well, we don't have
anything for free, and they would kind of huff huff
and kind of like waddle off. I don't think you
need anything more. Gertrude, we're talking about did you work
at the State Fair and did you love it or
did you hate it? Mary Claire Wentz says, yes, I
(03:44):
worked at the mouth Trap cheese Curds. It was really
hot but so fun.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Yeah, we have a couple of text messages. One says
I'm a police officer at the State Fair and I
love it. Another says I worked at Peters Wieners when
I was in high school with the friends and we
had a blast.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
It's long hours and people are crabby. MICHAELA says I
worked at the Perfect Pickle. I worked with the friends,
so that was fun. But the owners are pretty rude
and the dress code was kind of strict, which was
odd for a fair. They do have an end of
the year party, though, which is nice. The owners are
pretty rude. I bet the owners were super stressed. It's like,
sell those pickles, Yes, sell those pickles. Get them off
(04:19):
the South. You got people on the phone here six five, one, nine,
eight nine, KTWB Did you work at the fare and
did you love it? Chris Hi, Krista, did you work
at the fair? Christa? Hello? Eh, maybe she's not there anymore.
Speaker 4 (04:33):
Oh, she says she worked at the All you Can
Drink Milk milk booth stand.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Oh geez.
Speaker 6 (04:36):
I couldn't imagine because that pricing is gone up. I
can imagine people get mad, like, hey, this used to
be what twenty five cents? Now it's three dollars three.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
I thought it was two.
Speaker 6 (04:44):
No, I saw the three dollars now I walked past,
and I remember we said on Friday, Oh I think
it's two nope, three bucks.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Wow. I remember when I first started here thirty two
years ago, it was a nickel, a nickel, a nickel
for all you could drink milk. Because they were out
there basically promoting milk. They weren't trying to make a
lot of money. And then you know, corporate steps in
is like, wait, what will the market bear? Well, it'll
bear three dollars while lest charge them three dollars. God capitalism?
(05:12):
Am I right? Yeah? I love the fair.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
I think if you have the opportunity to work at
the fair, take it, because yeah, like vont says, it's
part time, it's only twelve days.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
My free parking, free parking, free admission. Yeah okay. And
then you're at the fair, lindsay, did you work at
the fair?
Speaker 5 (05:29):
I still work fair.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Oh what do you do? I work at dino Heros,
Dino's Eero. What what is your day like over at
Dino's So we typically work it kind of depends.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
The weekends are about eleven twelve hour shifts, but we
get to listen to live music every day and you
see a lot of the same people with this fun.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
Yeah, they have the best spot because that they always
have like a band playing and it's always like good music.
That there's all those the other people who are dancing,
and then you're just like a part of the vibe.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Yeah, Lindsey, where is Deana? Where? Go ahead?
Speaker 5 (06:03):
They're such a good family to work for. It's just
a really.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Fun atmosphere because a lot of these booths are owned
by just a little family. Yeah, they go rund different fairs.
But where is the Dino's Eros.
Speaker 5 (06:13):
I don't know the exact street, but it's right across
from the yeld Mill.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Okay, I know exactly where you are. You have that
one long, busy street. I know where it is. Thank you.
Let's go to Alicia. We're talking about what did you
work at the fair? Did you like it?
Speaker 5 (06:26):
High?
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Alicia? Sarah? Oh wait, okay, Sarah, Hi, Sarah, do you
work at the fair?
Speaker 6 (06:33):
I did?
Speaker 5 (06:33):
I used to work at the Faird's booths.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
They're no longer there.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
I remember that because Yeah, they would put like glitter
in your hair mohawks.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Yeah, oh my god. Yeah, did you like it? Sarah.
Speaker 5 (06:47):
Oh, I loved it.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
It was so much fun. Although you know you always
get colored with hair.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Yeah, that's like when they first opened the like kids
area or like the teen area, and then they would
have the fair do spot.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
What a memory you have. Yeah, that was a very
unique booth in general. Thank you, Sarah, I appreciate that.
Let's do one more before we take a break. Alicia, Hello, Alisha, Hello,
did you work at the fair?
Speaker 5 (07:11):
Yeah? I did. I worked with the trash company. I
was just at a spotterer and I would just hop
out of the trash truck and make everybody back up
and make sure it was safe for them, and hop
back in the truck to make quite a bit of
money to and just popping in and out of the truck.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Sweet gigs. Sweet. So you didn't have to handle the trash.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
No, I didn't work for the company. I was just
attempt God.
Speaker 4 (07:35):
She was the one that was like backing up.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Yeah, I'm sure that trying to drive that trash truck
through people pushing the three kids stroller and somebody else
on a rascal and family of five walking abreast has
got to be annoyed. It's like, get out of the work.
I will tell you this one though. The people who
clean the restrooms at the State Fair, they're doing a
great job doing God's work. Really, they're doing a great job.
Everything was well stocked. There was plenty of everything in
(07:58):
the State Fair. Isn't the word when you reach over
for the soap and you and nothing comes out? Plenty
of soap, guys, or.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Just like toilet paper missing because in previous years at
the fair, the bathroom that is on the same road
as the giant slides around the corner for Mancini has
always been filthy, disgusting, out of toilet paper, just crap everywhere.
I went to use it last night and it was pristine. Really,
so they lost have caught wind that this bathroom has
been out of control of hot wind.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
I heard on Katibb. We got to pay attention to
that bathroom.
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