Jobs for the boys

[Pretty Boy]

Herald & Post was my first job. Slave labour really, £12-20 a week for the best part of 700 papers and sometimes treble that in leaflets. Tips at Christmas were always good from the schemies in Oxgangs, the folks in Buckstone and Swanston never gave a bolt.

I always wanted to work because I had an interest in clothes and wanted to buy my own gear. Also had an expensive goalie gloves habit.

H&P then Tesco, couple of bar jobs, Next stockroom (best job I ever had), managed a couple of bars then fell into a sales job. Sales is piss easy if you don't tie yourself in knots by lying to people. Promise what you can deliver and do it.

When it comes to generations I don't really notice much difference between the young team and the old codgers. There are grafters and shirkers across the board. Some of the laziest people in my work are the 55-65 demographic. Long given up any aspirations of promotion or advancement, mortgages paid off and are just killing time until retirement. Do the bare minimum, set in their ways and are ironically the biggest moaners about people who actually do put in a shift. There are a couple of lazy youngsters as well but the majority work all the hours they can get as they need the money to survive.