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Inspired by the thread by @L14M
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/working-for-deliveroo.213697/
What were your crappy jobs as a youth?
I had two glamour jobs in between college courses- Both involved 5 o'clock wake ups.
1- Infant school caretaker
Wasn't as bad as it seemed. My mum worked there, I had been a pupil there, so it was very friendly. But there is something about cleaning loos and poking yet another brown ball round the U bend in toilet snooker.
Friday evenings,, putting chairs on tables, mopping floors, emptying bins, watching the clock tick slooooowly on down. The pub calling....
2-Sparkys labourer
This was working for my dads firm this time. Factory refits.The glamour bit was 'cable bollocking'. This was dragging 6" armoured cable around the factory to its final resting place. The high point here was having a climbing harness on and being sent up to the ceiling, just dangling.... and pulling these almighty heavy cables through. Crawling through roof gantries. Health & safety....? That was in Shotton steel works.
I was on the Premier Foods contract in Moreton on the Wirral for a bit. A few stand out moments here.
Firstly, as the new labourer I had to do the breakfast order. There must have been 40 peoples orders. To say I screwed it up would be a mild understatement, I was nearly lynched!
I was told one day to cut 50 pieces of trunking to a particular measurement. I did cut them.... but all too short! In the skip and in the dog house!
This part of the factory that we were in was the Typhoo tea place. You'd be black, inside and out with tea dust. I recall blowing my nose to see black snot everywhere. It was grim.
We also did a refit in Levers in Port Sunlight. It stank of rotten eggs! The plus point was access to the social club at lunch time. Beer & snooker!
So, let's make Liam feel better with our "when I were a young 'un"
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/working-for-deliveroo.213697/
What were your crappy jobs as a youth?
I had two glamour jobs in between college courses- Both involved 5 o'clock wake ups.
1- Infant school caretaker
Wasn't as bad as it seemed. My mum worked there, I had been a pupil there, so it was very friendly. But there is something about cleaning loos and poking yet another brown ball round the U bend in toilet snooker.
Friday evenings,, putting chairs on tables, mopping floors, emptying bins, watching the clock tick slooooowly on down. The pub calling....
2-Sparkys labourer
This was working for my dads firm this time. Factory refits.The glamour bit was 'cable bollocking'. This was dragging 6" armoured cable around the factory to its final resting place. The high point here was having a climbing harness on and being sent up to the ceiling, just dangling.... and pulling these almighty heavy cables through. Crawling through roof gantries. Health & safety....? That was in Shotton steel works.
I was on the Premier Foods contract in Moreton on the Wirral for a bit. A few stand out moments here.
Firstly, as the new labourer I had to do the breakfast order. There must have been 40 peoples orders. To say I screwed it up would be a mild understatement, I was nearly lynched!
I was told one day to cut 50 pieces of trunking to a particular measurement. I did cut them.... but all too short! In the skip and in the dog house!
This part of the factory that we were in was the Typhoo tea place. You'd be black, inside and out with tea dust. I recall blowing my nose to see black snot everywhere. It was grim.
We also did a refit in Levers in Port Sunlight. It stank of rotten eggs! The plus point was access to the social club at lunch time. Beer & snooker!
So, let's make Liam feel better with our "when I were a young 'un"
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