Child LabourThere is a special part of Hell I'd like to reserve for those arses that order every single Sunday paper. Do you know how heavy that makes the bundle of papers some poor kid (ie me) has to lug around? Funny how your papers always seemed to get mangled in your letterbox...
I loved my paper round, but, looking back, I was getting paid peanuts to ruin my back and cycle around in the cold and dark. How were you exploited as a child?
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chthonic, Fri 17 Feb 2006, 12:05)
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Toys R UsWhilst at school doing my A'levels, I also managed to squeeze in 36 hours a week at Toys R Us, being paid the grand sum of GBP 1.96 per hour. Absolute daylight robbery. I once accidentally let someone through the tills with about GBP400 worth of toys (it was Christmas time) and forgot to get them to sign their credit card slip. The manager called me to his office and carpeted me for it - I actually burst into tears! (I was only 18 remember). I offered to pay the amount myself (it would only have taken me a few MONTHS to work it off!!) but he then told me that he had already contacted the customer and they had agreed to honour the payment... bastard...
(, Fri 17 Feb 2006, 15:59, Reply)
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