The only other easy job I ever had was
Being a bingo caller. I mean it was the easiest 3 to 6 hours work I ever had. To start I would work 3 hours in the evening handing out change to some lovely old dears and some not so lovely gypsies for about an hour then the rest was on stage calling the numbers. I was the only caller who didn't do the bingo rhyming, mostly cos I hated it, and as it turned out the punters hated it too so they liked me in the end. £25 for not doing a lot and flirting with the younger players there (by younger I mean the cougars)

Then they asked me to cover the day shift too, another 3 hours only this time the whole thing was automated from another bingo hall, they did all the calling and all I had to do was hand out the players books and cash if they won....all 4 of them. Massive bingo hall and only 4 people playing. Easy.

I got so bored though that I started playing and managed to win the odd jackpot of £200 here and there, which was awesome for a student.

The highlight of working there was watching the new bingo caller get hired and fired within 20 minutes of the 3 hour shift.

Now to understand this you must know one thing, in N.I. the legal age limit for sexual relations is 17.

So this guy comes in, with his white Adidas tracksuit and Argos bling, and informs me by standing on his tiptoes to reach my chin that he is the new customer favourite caller and there's nothing I can do about it. He then proceeds to the stage, starts the game and then utters the phrase:

"Legal for me, 16"

5 seconds later he was being carried out the door with the managers hand around his neck...(he had a 16 year old daughter) and a lot of angry customers.
( Bamboo Steamer, Mon 13 Sep 2010, 13:23, 9 replies)

takes me back
used to do pub quiz/bingo stuff...
my own favourites:
"68. Almost there"
since 22 = two ducks (quack quack) and 88 is oft referred to as "two fat ladies, wobble wobble", it seemed natural that 82 should be "wobble quack".

Of course sometimes I used to do the confusion 'numberwang' bingo: "all the threes, twenty-seven", "top of the shop, thirty-six". but always random.
Probably explains why I'm not doing it anymore
(f_rev, Mon 13 Sep 2010, 13:40, closed)

I wish I had thought of this haha!

( Bamboo Steamer, Mon 13 Sep 2010, 14:25, closed)

Six and two...
...clickety duck
( Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Mon 13 Sep 2010, 21:35, closed)

Numberwang
Bingo sounds brilliant!
(TAZ220 Not giving a toss since, Mon 13 Sep 2010, 14:11, closed)

bingo calling is a hoot.
i do it most wednesdays for an age concern day care thing i drive for.
those old goats really are a cracking bunch and i have them in stitches with what is actually fairly tame humour* etc.
"angel delight, 69"
"two fat ladies, you and your mother"(robbed from i cannot remember who)
"bucket of tea, number 3"
"Prescott's eyes, 25"
etc.

*may or may not contain humour.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 13 Sep 2010, 14:46, closed)

Legal age of 17!?!?!?!?
Fucking pedo's! It's either 18 or 21!!!!!!
Sorry, funny story, but surely one arbitrary cut-off is as good as another. I'll admit I didn't realise NI was a year later than the rest of the UK -- or is this a different NI?
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 13 Sep 2010, 17:51, closed)

it's where the Knights come from

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 13 Sep 2010, 21:26, closed)

yes it's Northern Ireland
I have been told the exact age is 17 and 3 months. The reasoning behind that is that in theory if you fall pregnant or father a child you will be 18 or close enough when it is born.

Hard to believe but when you live in N.Ireland it's not, if that makes sense, I have no idea if it's true or not.. It's a fucked up place, I mean they protested against shops opening on a Sunday, even though newsagents and petrol stations have always been open on Sundays.

The place is a religious zealots paradise.
( Bamboo Steamer, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:12, closed)

I have an interview for a bingo job in Belfast this Wednesday.
I'm definitely going to try and get it now.
(-Dodge- , accidentally liked your post on his phone, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 2:30, closed)