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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Minimum wage and Paper RoundsFirst off, Serbitar, if you were 21 and got 3.75 an hour you should tip off the DTI or somebody ... they're operating illegally and could face serious prosecution. Tip offs are anonymous, and a could way to get revenge.
Secondly, then, I had a paper round once. It was for the Sheffield Trader, and I got £3 per week. I had to deliver 150 papers, but I didn't think it was too bad, until I realised just what the round entailed.
First, I had to walk up the side of a VERY large hill, delivering to each door. I then had to walk to the bottom (for there was no access to the top of the next road), and walk all the way up the hill again for the next one. This continued for 4 roads, by which time I was so knackered I could barely stagger the mile walk home.
I never did another paper round again. I did work at a bog roll factory getting £150/week with time and a half or double time on weekends. Nice little earner, that, for a 16 year old.
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Evil|berT is posting post-hummusly, Sat 18 Feb 2006, 20:24,
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