In 5th grade some of the better students (always chosen from the boys) would be selected for the "privilege" of working in the kitchen in the cafeteria. We had to work hard and do a lot of dirty work. Scraping food into scrap buckets, washing dishes, etc... Our big payment was that we got out of class about 30 minutes ahead of the other kids and got a free lunch. But we thought it was a real honor and thought we were big shots.
Every kid in the school wished they could do it.