I was about 13 or 14 when the regular fairground turned up for its annual event....
as luck would have it, they were setting up when me and a friend were passing. We asked if we could help and were stoked when the guy on the Waltzer said yes. For a few hours we carried gear, held ropes in place and made tea.
We were told we'd get free dodgems and waltzer rides for the first evening as 'pay'. Yippee!
Duly turned up and got told by a totally different guy that he didn't know what we were talking about and that we should 'know better than to trust a carny worker.'

Sloped off home as we had no money for anything else. Bastard.
( NooShmoo It's a fantazmagorical pile of ultra bollocks, Thu 9 Jun 2011, 13:04, Reply)