PC World

[mel]

Is it a prerequisite that you must be a short, balding, geeky, sex pest to be employed by this company ?

[incorrigible]

I applied for a job there, guess I wasn't geeky enough

[Mrs Fish]

NOW NOW out its nearly the weekend

[CarZee]

Oh dear.. Mungo doth protest too much

[mel]

Mungo, I'd totally forgotten you used to work for them and wouldn't have dared mention it

[mel]

:innocentface:

[Mrs Fish]

Okay, what were other pistonheaders first jobs???

I worked at B&Q

Oh dear is that as bad as PC World??

[plotloss]

Homebase - in the fcuking green dungarees for £1.51 an hour.

I have never in my life been so bored.

Matt.

[raceboy]

Mrs Fish said:Okay, what were other pistonheaders first jobs???

Nottingham City Council Sewerage Planning Department YTS boy.
And yes it was a $hit job

[incorrigible]

mungo said: They turned you down?! Must have been on a full "geek" headcount

Passed the sex pest tests though

First job was a skip driver

[Mrs Fish]

mungo said:

Did you have a name badge written in marker pen? And did you appear on a tv advert going "Look at these lovely paint brushes! You can do it when you B&Q it!!"?????

Unfortunately not, it's been 10 years since I worked there. Way before the quality "You can do it when you B&Q it!!" advertising slogan.

edited because of crap spelling


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[Fer]

Working as a grunt in a garage that specialised in VW aircooled. A great introduction for a pistonhead.

[CarZee]

hmm.. first job...

1) Working behind a bar for my Dad
2) Tele-canvassing (double-glazing)
3) Working in various pubs.

First *proper* job is an altogether different matter..

[Fer]

CarZee said:
First *proper* job is an altogether different matter..

You gonna tell us you haven't started yet!

[Podie]

Argos. Paid well though...

[CarZee]

Fer said: You gonna tell us you haven't started yet!

Yep - still waiting

[mondeoman]

1. Kitchen Porter ... (nice waitresses to brighten the nights tho :wink: )
2. Apple tree pruner
3. Fork-lift truck driver
4. Boots Warehouse Packer
5. Builders merchants delivery driver

Then I started full time work and it got REALLY boring!

[SBD]

Cleaning the toilets in my old man's factory. Oh the joy when 250 scabby Brummies discovered this. Some of the fcukers must have been doing handstands to get the stuff into some of the places........

Stands me in good stead now though when they're winging about having to clean up their own filth - "why not I did" is my reply!

[smeagol]

History of cr*ppy jobs I've done:
Holiday summer job, "rose budding" this involves bending double in a field and grafting a bud onto a plant thats about 2" from the ground. 1.5p per "bud", back breaking, very hot (or very muddy) boring as hell.

Bakery saturday job, General Dogs Body and cream cake lad (ie I made the cream cakes), again hot, cr*p wages, really cr*p hours (12mid-night to 5.00pm 17hr shift)

Sandwich placement year: BNFL Sellafield, sounds exciting, wasn't. Bored out of my head for a whole year. The place was so huge and so many people worked there you really felt you made no difference, and were completely worthless. Mind you shows "horses for courses" another student that did exactly the same job enjoyed their placement. Only advantage helped pay for kit car build. Also sent me down the teacher route (which was a job I enjoyed)

[fish]

Building site Labourer
RAF Navigator
(Not sure what happened here)
Accountant
Finance Bod