Story highlights Ann LePage, the wife of the flamboyant Maine governor, is looking for a little extra money this summer 
 
 LePage has found a part-time gig in order to buy a new car: waitressing at a local seafood joint 
 
 Washington (CNN) Ann LePage, the wife of flamboyant Maine governor Paul LePage, is looking for a little extra money this summer. 
 
 So just like teenagers across the country, LePage has found a part-time gig that might make a dream car finally within reach: waitressing at a local seafood joint. 
 
 Every Monday, Thursday and Friday at lunchtime, in comes the wife of the voluble Donald Trump endorser to the Boothbay Harbor waterfront pub, McSeagull's. She bounces between a half-dozen tables, taking orders for the Clam Chowder or the signature Lobster & Chicken Bomb, where $30 gets you lobster alfredo over pan-breaded, pan-fried chicken breast. 
 
 And then when table traffic gets quiet, she'll fetch her own personal wash bucket — Ann's Pail, the black bucket reads in silver permanent marker — to abide by McSeagull's informal motto: "If you have time to lean, you have time to clean," Jackie Barnicoat, McSeagull's general manager, told CNN. 
 
 "It's not just all fun and games," Barnicoat said. "There's a lot of grueling side work that comes with it and she doesn't stop." 
 
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 Ann LePage chats with diners after taking their order at McSeagull's restaurant, Thursday, June 23, 2016, in Boothbay Harbor. The wife of America's lowest paid governor has taken on a summer waitressing job near her and husband's Boothbay home, and she's saving up for a car. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) (Associated Press) 
 
 Ann LePage chats with diners after taking their order at McSeagull's restaurant, Thursday, June 23, 2016, in Boothbay Harbor. The wife of America's lowest paid governor has taken on a summer waitressing job near her and husband's Boothbay home, and she's saving up for a car. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) (Associated Press) Ann LePage chats with diners after taking their order at McSeagull's restaurant, Thursday, June 23, 2016, in Boothbay Harbor. The wife of America's lowest paid governor has taken on a summer waitressing... (Associated Press) 
 
 BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — The waitress bounded with a cup of chowder and a plate of fish and broccoli. 
 
 It was Ann LePage's first double shift at McSeagull's, a bustling restaurant touting double-wrapped bacon scallops and views of Boothbay Harbor. 
 
 The wife of Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage had kept a low profile for the first few weeks of her summer job. But then her husband told a crowd at a recent town hall that his wife took a job to "supplement" his $70,000 salary, the lowest of any U.S. governor. 
 
 The LePages live with their dog, a Jack Russell terrier mix named Veto, in the Augusta governor's mansion and bought a $215,000 Boothbay home two years ago. The governor recently tried but failed to increase his successor's salary to $150,000, above the nearly $135,000 average for all 50 state governors in 2015. 
 
 Ann LePage said being a waitress is "something I've always, always wanted to do." 
 
 Her daughter Lauren made $28 an hour last summer at McSeagull's. LePage said she spent years taking care of her mother, who long suffered from scleroderma and passed away in October. 
 
 Now it's time to follow through on her interest, LePage said, adding: "I know she'd be proud of me." 
 
 Wearing a black McSeagull's T-shirt and sneakers with pink shoelaces, LePage greeted customers with an easy: "Hey, how are you?" 
 
 LePage, who's saving up for a Toyota RAV4, works three days a week, and is asking for more shifts. 
 
 "Because of who I am and who I'm married to, I want to work extra hard just so I can show them I can do the job," she said. 
 
 She doesn't tell customers, or co-workers, who she is unless they ask. 
 
 But when a reporter revealed her identity Thursday, the news just confirmed a customer's inklings. 
 
 "I knew, that's why I kept staring!" exclaimed Nina Stoddard, of Bridgton, a Republican. 
 
 She later wondered: "I mean, is she really here just making money?" 
 
 Her friend Laurie Green, of Casco, said she loved it. 
 
 "I really hate a lot of our politicians nowadays that have the wealth, the money," said Green, an unaffiliated voter. "They have no clue what the average person out in the world is doing." 
 
 Stoddard agreed and suggested LePage herself should run for office: "It's the best of Maine, the best of who we are. Two feet on the ground."
– Ann LePage bounded with a cup of chowder and a plate of fish and broccoli, in her first double shift at McSeagull's, a bustling restaurant touting double-wrapped bacon scallops and views of Boothbay Harbor. The wife of Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage had kept a low profile for the first few weeks of her summer job, reports the AP. But then her husband told a recent town hall that his wife took a job to "supplement" his $70,000 salary, the lowest of any US governor. The LePages live with their dog, a Jack Russell terrier mix named Veto, in the Augusta governor's mansion and bought a $215,000 Boothbay home two years ago. The governor recently tried but failed to increase his successor's salary to $150,000, above the nearly $135,000 average for all 50 governors in 2015. Ann LePage said being a waitress is "something I've always, always wanted to do." Her daughter Lauren made $28 an hour last summer at McSeagull's. LePage said she spent years taking care of her mother, who passed away in October. "I know she'd be proud of me," LePage says, adding that she's saving up for a Toyota RAV4, works three days a week, and is asking for more shifts. "Because of who I am and who I'm married to, I want to work extra hard just so I can show them I can do the job," she said. Her general manager tells CNN that "we didn't really tell anybody who she was. She is the governor's wife, but she has a lot of fans in this state." The first lady is not going unnoticed: "I really hate a lot of our politicians nowadays that have the wealth, the money," says one customer. "They have no clue what the average person out in the world is doing." Adds another: "It's the best of Maine, the best of who we are. Two feet on the ground."