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A Fibrous Mistake

I neglected to check the railfare before this job. 7-10am giving out breakfast biscuits in Woking station for £30.00 seemed tolerable. It seemed significantly less tolerable when I’d hauled myself out of bed at 5.45am to then pay £14.00 to get there. After a quick calculation of tax deductions my wage was near non-existent. AndContinue reading “A Fibrous Mistake”

Wearing A Suit In A Supermarket

Without anything more specific than ‘promote the Sun on Sunday’ as a job description I headed into Asda to start work. I asked a man in Asda uniform where the staff entrance was located. ‘We don’t have staff; we have ‘Colleagues’. And the Colleague entrance is round the back’. Fine. Hanging out by the newspapersContinue reading “Wearing A Suit In A Supermarket”