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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Work Experience...... worked out pretty good for me. Year 10 (15 years old); I get work experience at a certain Civil Engineering firm in south London (I lived in Ruislip, NW London at the time). The 2 weeks started mundanely enough - filing, photocopying etc.; however, by the end I was going out on site visits for clients (Tescos at Tunbridge Wells, if I remember correctly) and making specified alterations to structural drawings for a building under consideration (I don't know where it was for, so I can't tell you if it's now collapsed).
Anyway, at the end of the week, what should I get but - £200; result! (travel had worked out to about £40 all told) The school's official line was no pay, but this placement not being organised by the school, they obviously didn't get this info.
Did this experience lead me into my current career path (currently 3rd Year engineer at St. Aidan's, Uni of Durham)? Probably...
PS On the other hand, I have been exploited rotten by my parents whenever they need help with DIY/gardening.
(, Mon 20 Feb 2006, 11:57, Reply)
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