[Redway]

Did you walk/move onto something better or were you sacked?

My first job was when I was 18 (going on 19). I was a cleaner in a place where buses from the ends I was living in at that time didn’t travel to that early in the morning (I did the 6am shifts), so my manager and I decided I’d be better-off cycling into work. Before I even got a chance to bring ’round and be about the cycle ting I was sacked for just being out of my depth and not having much of a clue what I was doing (similar to the management in one filthy placed I worked at years later). Little did I know that I’d eventually become an essential-oil/borax/sodium-bicarb./white vinegar/holy liquid-manna (diluted quail/duck/goose water)/sugar-soap/salt/potpourri/chlorine bleach/washing-up liquid cleaning buff having everywhere in my environment spick-and-span and earning an accommodating reputation for it and being the cordial ghost-cleaner (naturally only outside of low periods) but when I was 18 the best thing I did on that front was do a bit of self-contained cleaning in my flat. I wasn’t ready for the professional-cleaning life and that was obvious to my manager. We parted on better terms than we could’ve but ultimately I got canned after five days after lying through my teeth about having previous paid cleaning experience. And that was that.

[smudgie]

I was 16, went to a New Year’s Eve party that lasted 3 days, wha5 can I say, I was honest so I was sacked.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by smudgie

I was 16, went to a New Year’s Eve party that lasted 3 days, wha5 can I say, I was honest so I was sacked.

I’m guessing this was even before social media could out you in one second if you end up in someone-else’s snap. You should probably count yourself lucky that you had the luxury of having the choice to be honest or not, if that’s the case. Any little thing now and you’re on some random bugger’s TikTok before yer even know it. Some people just will not mind their own business.

[Redway]

My cleaning demeanour when I’ve got the energy to be that guy has this kind of sublimity to it that’s always learning from Kim. & Aggie but it was either then (when I was 18) or never as far as actually having a cleaning job goes (unless I get my own cleaning TV show one day). Luckily it was just a part-time thing for a student and I would’ve … naturally moved on to other things but I’m just saying I would’ve actually made a positive difference to that garden-centre knowing whar I know now about the art of cleaning.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

I actually can't remember. It was Laura Ashley. It might've been temp. My sister got it for me. The job after that was Dixons which I absolutely loved. The team was great, full of life, we got discount on game packages and other things lol, I loved my long journeys on the bus to work in the morning because most of the time I would listen to a playlist I loved or Incubus morning view and that time of the day the streets were almost empty so it was lush. Ah good time...now why did I leave I can't remember that either lol

[user104658]

My first job was in a bar when I was a Uni student. It ended 'cos I left Uni and moved 300 miles away. Pretty boring story tbh.

[Niamh.]

When I was 15 I went Strawberry picking, it was a split shift, started at 6am, which meant I was up at 5am and cycled there, did the first half, went home and went back to bed and never returned