I will not and flat out refuse to use pronoun's to please someone.

@judyswinden9935

14 күн бұрын

Me too, the more we kowtow to this nonsense the worse it gets.

Everything is being dumbed down and people are hired based on checking boxes and “diversity” rather than on the merits. I’m glad I grew up in another era where things made more sense.

@sonjadidyk-tn4cc

14 күн бұрын

I am mixed race from sunny Jamaica, and I hate DEI. It demeans us and is unfair to those who are truly worthy. horrid discrimination...despicable.

@maryannemelenka9250

14 күн бұрын

Oh for sure! And they can’t think on their own without phone. I see people shopping looking at their phones to find item. So much easier to look or ask. Sometimes Out of stock. People so computer se aired. They don’t use common sense. Especially when we look at how man survived since beginning time, humankind did fine without annoying tech. Because common sense was used their own brain

I can't believe the number of people who can't make change! My husband was at McDonald's and bought something for $5 and change. Gave the girl a $10 and got $15 and change back! He corrected her but seriously is math no longer taught?

@Loralie571

15 күн бұрын

I was 60 in March - I could never do math to save my soul. Actually - to be fair, I could but would take me a bit. Strangely I did well in physics and the social sciences.

@LadyPaddington

15 күн бұрын

Same thing has happened to me, numerous times! Baffles me they cannot make change. We had to learn how to make change in school. I taught my children to make change with play money and toy cash register. Once, I had a total of 11.63, so I gave them 21.63 ... and they handed me back the dollar and coins, saying I overpaid, they only needed the 20 🤔 The queue was long and I was trying to save them time.

@laurabailey1054

15 күн бұрын

No they don’t teach how to count money anymore. I used to work at a grocery store and had to teach high school students who came in how to count their change. They were clueless

@moonbeep641

14 күн бұрын

Working out change is a basic arithmetic subtraction sum. Math is a science.

@tastx3142

14 күн бұрын

I had a cashier who gave me $10 more change than she should have. I politely told her that the amount was incorrect and I still had it in my outstretched hand so she could see the denomination. She immediately became irate telling me, almost yelling so that people were turning, that she doesn’t make mistakes and that I was trying to defraud her. I nodded, quietly pocketed the money, took my bag and took a step away before I turned back and in a loud clear voice told her that when she comes up $10 short at the end of the day she can remember who she gave it to and walked out. Her look of shock was priceless.

Goodness Neil , i am so glad you didn't get that job at the gas company because we need you to bring us the Truth from the heart of London with no greenscreen either. Big wave 👋

@francesmeyer8478

15 күн бұрын

Good evening, Neil!🇺🇸

@anniebodyhome1000

14 күн бұрын

Agreed!

@stacysatterfield2154

14 күн бұрын

Spot on

They have zero work ethic and they all want to work from home 🙄

@donnakovacevic8119

15 күн бұрын

Thank you for mentioning work from home!! I now see why many that work from home are totally clueless, have no understanding of their job. No disrespect for anyone working from home. I am in Canada, well after the plandemic, I had to call the City's Tax Office to get some things straight regarding my taxes. Well, unreal the lady I spoke to told me she could not answer that as the main computer was at the City and she was working from home. That was the day the earth stood still for me! Heavenly days, really what can they do from home, heard the doggie barking in the background. Shake my head, my jaw dropped. Here in Canada many want to work from home, why not, they get away from work, money saved on clothes, transportation, hair make up. Neil and chums I started out with an application for a job at the bank, they looked it through, got a call asking to meet with the manager. All went well, started from the bottom, being a teller, worked up to being an assistant manager. I loved those days, now I have no words, everything is racist, as I am wondering about math, when will that be classed as r. Sorry chums I went on too long, however love going back in time, the good ole days, when manners and work ethics was the thing. Warmest regards.

@tastx3142

12 күн бұрын

Their aspiration is to become millionaire internet influencers.

They want us all dumbed down, the youth are trained in this behaviour and the more mature are told we need to relearn our past behaviours as it’s wrong. Disgusting imo

I’m so glad I’m older. Pronouns🙄

@donnakovacevic8119

14 күн бұрын

Me too. Had a meeting with a lawyer her previous letter to me was signed, her name, then underneath it read she/her. When we met in person, I asked what that means, I knew. The lovely lady could see I was older than her, plus she had my documents. Her explanation was that they were told by the firm, the pronouns are a must, as some people get confused. I thanked her for the time and explanation, but got in the elevator with a smirk and ??? I was more confused than ever, thank the Lord that I am out of the work force. Sensitive and confused some are!!! Cheers all.

@1915FadedBelly

14 күн бұрын

@@donnakovacevic8119 I needed to stoma nurse, was told it a male and his pronouns were they/them. I left. Found another.

@anneroy4560

14 күн бұрын

and adverbs! back in my day we were taught how to parse a sentence ...

@judyswinden9935

14 күн бұрын

Me too.

@pinkthistle5713

14 күн бұрын

@@anneroy4560 A pet peeve of mine too !

They will be printing instructions on Toilet paper for these people before long !!

@SkyeandsSummer

14 күн бұрын

🙄🙄🙄 Agree 100%

@gordonhide4539

14 күн бұрын

😅😅🤣🤣🤣 kath 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

@margaretbarnes2032

14 күн бұрын

Totally agree - however, they’ll have to be able to read!

I'm so glad I'm retired.

@judyswinden9935

14 күн бұрын

Likewise.

Hi Neil and chums, I have been the general manager of a water utility company in the USA for a number of years. It is very hard to find an employee who takes pride in their work and is loyal to the company. So I always have personal interviews with each prospective employee. You can tell a lot about a person when you meet them in person ( ie ) their mannerisms, do they look you in the eyes, do they fidget , and do you get a good feeling about them during the interview. Wishing everyone a blessed day.

The US is now turning out dummies!

@donnakovacevic8119

14 күн бұрын

Add Canada to the list. Cheers.

@sonjadidyk-tn4cc

14 күн бұрын

Canada too...my grandson is in high school and they are being taught very little except total garbage. In tech class they are painting each other's nails!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@pennysargent9557

14 күн бұрын

And add UK.

@paulinedownie557

14 күн бұрын

Add Scotland to the list please

I think our time made better employees! 😊

It is a little hard growing older knowing that the younger generation isn't well equipped to take care of us.

@vicki8169

14 күн бұрын

They can’t take care of themselves!

@donnakovacevic8119

14 күн бұрын

Amen!

@evelyntownley6651

14 күн бұрын

​@vicki8169 you're not wrong.😊

So glad, Neil, that you didn't get the gas company job. You were meant for bigger and better things. P.S. Congratulations on 326K subscribers. ❣❣

@donnakovacevic8119

14 күн бұрын

Congratulations Neil, I am sure you are way ahead of ARO, meaning the real people, not bots or whatever else there is!! Cheers from a very warm evening in Ontario Canada to all!

😂😂 your answer to the woman is pure class Neil 😂😂

My grandchildren applied for several jobs and didn’t even get the courtesy of a reply. They were left hanging as to whether they would even get an interview! Disgraceful way to treat people.

No Neil, you can’t get job, we need you, you always give us the true news 👋🙏👍

Oh yes Neil, I went for interviews , yes had quite a few failures...I got a job as a management trainee in a large holding company... I remember my boss asking me how will I be able to handle being in a mens industry? My answer was ' with all due respect sir, I believe I am as strong as they are and will be knowledgeable in time.. I came home and told my mom and she couldn'tbelievei said that.. i got the job and it was the best I ever had. I rose up the ranks and to the very top and i also became a metallurgist . The gentleman who interviewed me was the chairman of the company and I owe him gratitude for the immense knowledge he parted on me, respect ,opportunity and most importantly he challenged me... and I loved every moment I worked .

They forget the customer, and their needs. They do not even employ cashiers, yet the staff never know where things are or what is available.

I simply say if you don't know what you are, why do you expect me to figure it out.

@judyswinden9935

14 күн бұрын

Very good.

Don't forget references. When applying for a job, I was expected to supply the names and addresses of three referees, and the actual references were produced at the interview.

John lewis is no longer a good place to shop, no staff that you can recognise department's shrinking and quality diminished

Customer service is a dying breed. Nowadays, employees act like they don't get paid enough to answer questions OR even pay you any attention! My first job was a retail sales clerk in a large department store. No calculators!! All paper and pen 😅 After a few months I was promoted to department manager, in charge of three departments. Back them, we were taught "the customer was always right". Service was paramount as their reputation was everything.

Hello Neil, in 1970 when I was 15 my mum thought it was about time I had a job - she took me to a small, well known department store a short train trip from home - we spoke to the head lady there and I started the following week on the handbag counter. That first week I worked five days plus Thursday night and Saturday morning for $23 - I felt rich! Mum said I could spend it on the understanding that the following week I had to pay her $8 a week board and buy my own train tickets. I worked there for five years - when it came time to buy my first car - mum returned all the board money I’d given her to help pay for it - she was a wonderful mum - what a trip down memory lane!

It's a sad state of affairs when a store like John Lewis resort to this! I'd like to know how the chief executive got her job. It doesn't say much for the operation as a whole when people like that are running the show. Like you Neil, every job I went for entailed an inperson interview with a panel of very stern looking people who gave no quarter & until your letter arrived, you had no idea if you had got the job or not. My first job was with Midland Bank, as it was then, that's giving my age away, isn't it.

Oh yes Neil, I remember those days. You took a bus , rain or shine, to job interviews armed with character references from a minister, neighbour of very good repute. Scared stiff you were and all of 14. Sigh, such a long, long, long while ago and I remember it so clearly. Then it’s “ where’s the hearing aid, where’s the glasses”. Odd what you can remember and what you can forget. Still think we were raised in good times. Respect, traditions, no every second word a swear word snd, oh my, it was such a treat to go to the pictures! Choices galore of good films 👍👍👍😁😁👵🇦🇺

I walked into a bridal fabric shop and asked for a job when I was 15 and got the job. I stayed there for 5 years. Now if you want a job you have to go through an employment agency and they choose who the company will employ.

@donnakovacevic8119

14 күн бұрын

Indeed, have to tick the "dei" boxes, most important now. Diversity, Equity Inclusion. Hmm nothing about knowledge, who would have thought.

What a shameful for these companies giving you the question first .. woke

I was never good at interviews, too honest. Conversely, i had a mate who could blagg his way through any interview. He could lie for Britain! 😂

@francesmeyer8478

15 күн бұрын

There are people like that!🇺🇸

@saga4199

14 күн бұрын

I was horrible at interviews!

My best friend worked at john lewis for 20 years in manchester. Shes left now but she said the company is unrecognisable ...customer service is👎

@maxcordell1

14 күн бұрын

Waitrose, part of John Lewis, is a high end supermarket chain with a reputation for customer service. Nowadays it's hard to find a shop floor assistant and half the manned checkouts are closed, replaced by those self service tills that annoy users so much. As if that's not annoying enough for a technophobe the tills have a camera, recording your face. It's as if the thinking behind it is that you're a potential shop lifter.

Fully agree.I have no intention of ever using pronouns to please someone else's agenda.

This generation has an abundance of laziness! 💚🦋💚Thanks Neil! 👍👋🌹👑🌹

Hi Neil, I left school at 17, and although I have had lots of varied job opportunities and experiences, one thing I never got was a rejection letter, and I can assure you that even though I knew I’d obviously missed out on a job, the fact that the employers didn’t feel it necessary to confirm that I’d missed out was in my opinion rude. I’m now in my 60’s and enjoying my retirement watching your channel ❤❤❤🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Good grief that’s ridiculous 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ 100% agree with you !!

My first job I was told by the school where to go and start work on the Monday following school breakup, I remember saying, “What about my two weeks school holiday?” No holidays for you, they said, until you’ve been working for twelve months! No application, no interview, the school decided where and for whom you were going to work.

I recently started boycotting John Lewis and Waitrose because of their terrible DEI policies.

Big wave, Neil and chums 👋🇺🇸 Babysat my dentist’s child. No interview. HS job at city library. $1.10/hr. I was a page - rolled cart around puting back returned books. Don’t remember interview, filled out my basic info on 1 form. By hand. I had a job throughout high school. For clothes, fabric because we made most of our clothes. I was born in 1950. We weren’t destitute. My father was a jet pilot in USAF. Simpler times and I miss them.

OMG I will never forget my 1st job. I was 16 years old and my father actually got me the job. It was horrible! Everyday after school I went to work and also on Saturday. I worked at a service station and everyday I would get home smelling like gasoline and covered in oil. I asked my father why I had to work there and he put his hand on my shoulder and said, I want you to understand exactly why you have to go to college. All I can say is thank goodness for college. I graduated, went into nursing, and never regretted a day. I always reminded myself on bad days it was still better than being covered in grease and smelling like gasoline. 😂

Hi Neil!👋 it’s so frightening how young people have so few life skills! Yes, we had to work to get the work!! Very scary times😱

I left school at 15 too! Got my first job day after I left school and have just retired at 71 x having just read how many people are on sick leave for “mild anxiety “makes me despair.

We had to fill out job applications, have interviews. I was 15, wanting to work at a Hospital, in the Mail room and Admitting office. Got up at five in the morning, took two buses to get to the hospital, worked 7-5. It was that job, where I saved money for college. It also focused my mind on becoming a Doctor. That first job, set my feet, on my lifetime profession of 43 years as a Physician.❤👋👋👋

@donnakovacevic8119

14 күн бұрын

Good for you denisemariner1235, I bet you are the best doctor around, we need more like you. God Bless.

Not a lot of people know this, Mr Sean. But back in the early 60s, I met a professional graphologist who made a good living analysing those written job requests for big compaies like Shell or banks etc. His ability to read character from just a few sentences of hand writing was quite amazing and he told of instances where he had suggested that the interiewers pursue such a line of questioning which revealed serious personnality traits. I took lessons from him for a couple of years. I don't do graphology any more, it's almost like spying on a person.

I remember the first time at work while speaking with a new Engineer, she said, "I don't want more money I want more vacation time." I thought my how times have changed.

My first job (1967) was a Saturday girl in F W Woolworths at 17s 9d for the day! I was put on the 'electrical' counter, selling lightbulbs, batteries (no button ones then) candles and flex - terrified when the General Manager picked on me to select the correct flex, measure out 2 and half yards and calculate how much the cost would be. In fear and trembling, I got it right - but had to sit down for a minute after he left.

Oh wow, job interviews from decades ago. I had to chuckle at your story, Neil. Certainly brings back memories for me 😁

Mine was a summer job where my Mom worked. It was a pharmaceutical business. It seems now, though young people want to work from home, and make an exorbitant salary just starting out. They have demands that are unrealistic. If not met, they won't work or quit the job and post the rants on the Internet. Everything hurts their feelings. I mean, jeez, wait a few years if they think its bad at 20. Life is hard. Wear a helmet. It only gets tougher from here. Cheers!👋👋👋👋😁

Good day Neil😊I was 14 and it was at an amusement park. Best job I ever had. I would have fainted if I had to go in front of four interviewers.

My grandson, now 23, has always been good at math. At 7-8, he could calculate the change, and the denominations, at the grocery or drug store faster than the cash register!! I always made sure I had cash because I loved seeing him in action!!!

Worked at the ice-cream shop after school. It was fun but the boss was tough. We learned to work.😊🇺🇸

Absolutely nutty on behalf of John Lewis. I suppose it may help the illiterate and those who have no grasp of simple maths to get work, however briefly.

I love your Wave and chuckle Neil, I laugh sometimes and always get a big grin. The nostalgia pieces are precious, nice to remanence with you. Some of the words and points you lay down about the Sussex are a direct hit, take no prisoners Neil 💥 Gratefully from🇺🇸

👋👋👋👋👋 Good morning everyone. My very first job, I had to go for an interview with a panel and they wanted to know why I think I would be suitable for that position, imagine, 17 yrs old, blushing very easily and not much self confidence and I have to tell them why I should get the job. 🙈Nerve-wracking!! ♥️🌹🐝

My first job was at Nottingham's Playhouse as an 'office junior', working in administration, publicity, and on the stage door! I ❤❤❤ it. I had no idea how to respond at interview, but I got the job! Repertory theatres then were truly dynamic. Two or three plays a week. I met actors, choreographers and directors such as Judi Dench, John Neville, Penelope Wilton, Paul Scofield, Alan Bates, Lynn Redgrave, Nicola Pagett, Angela Richards, Gillian Lynne, Beryl Reid, Michael Hordern, John Mills, John Gielgud, Joan Turner, and legendary Broadway writers Michael Stewart and David Heneker. I could go on and on. It was a fabulous job to have, and I’ll never forget it. When we meet, Neil, we'll have a cornucopia of laughs and stories to share over a cuppa and some jammie dodgers 🙋‍♂️❤️

Hi Neal. I had to have a clear TB🎉 screening to get a Civil Sevice application form! Things were on a solid basis until the20th century was going out. Most big companies with a pension scheme put you through a medical before considering employing you. I sometimes think I am living in a parallel universe since the Wokerati started employing Gen Z. No wonder we don't receive the attention due to us as clients and customers.

My first job was sorting left and right hand lenses for Protector safety goggles, sooooo boring 😂

I was taught how to make change in the first job I had in a needlework shop a long time ago, it was useful later on. This is an example of dumbing down education.

🖐🇺🇲 Does anyone else remember when the customer was always right? Yes I'm old. Oh, and when you asked the sales person a question they knew the answer or were able to find out. Now you can't find one.

London’s birds have delightful songs!

@pennysargent9557

14 күн бұрын

Many of our birds have lovely songs, at this time of the year are very noticeable

My first job was sewing...i made baby quilts when I was 13-14 years old and sold them in the Co-op store mostly to tourists. It was good money for me at that age and I was self employed....worked around my school schedule. I had a wonderful grandmother who taught me to sew...tried for years to teach me knitting and to crochet, never could do that.

Definitely dumbing down

My first job was at Moffett Field in Mountain View, CA. I was so excited to be there. NASA! I loved it while I had it. 1971-1972.

My first job was $1.60 an hour. Watermelon was 2 cents a pound.

Interesting story.

This is crazy I had no idea this was happening. My first job was retail in the women’s department of a small department store. I had no idea about anything and they gave me responsibility for buying stock!

It is sad really. Whenever you hear about a previously popular store failing, the CEO is more than likely is a woman. I, as a woman, am beginning to wonder, if the worst thing the twentieth century allowed to fester was feminism.

M6 first interview for the Civil Service was memorable because one of the ladies has purple hued hair and she reminded me of Mrs Slocum in Are You Being Served. She was a nice lady i got anattack of the giggled. Game over.

I once interviewed with the Board of Directors of a hospital, 9 individuals. A bit daunting at the time but I did get the job, was very thankful.

🙋🏼‍♀️Waving! Love the tie!

You are so right

Utterly pathetic, the lack of qualifications for a simple job forced potential employers to provide a cheat sheet in the hope they might then a semi intelligent person to hire Your friend Neil from across the pond in the sad state of California

My first job was as a ticket taker at a theater. Wasn't bad, but I was anxious to see what was "out there".

My first job was with John Lewis as an A' level trainee in 1982. Standards and training were second to none in the retail industry. We were highly motivated and worked in a great environment and all staff were like a big family. They taught me right out of school how to be a good employee and how a good employer should treat its staff. As for the horror of what I have just heard; what a cataclysmic fall from grace! I'd have been out of there like a shot with all the rainbow wokery in an instant and currently actively discontinue my patronage to woke outlets. Bye, bye John Lewis...

My first job interview was at age 14 by a nun for a position in a hospital kitchen. Worked there for 2.5 years.

👋👋👋 love you Neil😊

i went for my first job interview at 7 years old, my dad drove me and waited in the parking lot until i was finished. i got the job and worked there after school and on weekends. stayed in that job for 11 years! i even remember exactly what i was wearing for that interview!

Hi Neil hope you had a wonderful day

Good morning Neil Had to dig deep for this topic Sitting in strsngeways prison taking the test to be a Prison guard daunting to say the least, Panel of three one a magistrate Thanks for this forgotten memory Take care, stay safe

I think all this nonsense started when children were first given medals for participating. My niece, who is now in her mid twenties, was a very promising runner until her mid teens when she lost interest. Her final year at junior school, on sport’s day, she was only allowed to run in the novelty races. The reason? Children were upset, because they knew they couldn’t beat her. All this nonsense is finally coming back to bite.

My first Job was as a night stacker in a supermarket.

Hey Neil, nice to see you. Age 14 I had a job after school three days a week for two hours each day putting labels on envelopes to be mailed for a company who was sending out advertisements with discount coupons in them. We each made less than $2 an hour and we thought we were rich to have a few dollars every week in our pockets.

Finding a job was a nerve wracking experience for me. Green, out of university, I did attend 2 panels, wrote Civil Service tests and landed a job. The job was in the Manitoba Legislative Building, a grand tyndall stone building in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A beautiful domed building, atop of which, ias a golden statue. I felt very pleased to be part of the civil service team in the Legislative Building, watching laws being written and passed into law, albeit from a junior position. From that work experience I was able to get a promotion. That is what you had to do to get on in life back then.

I'm glad you didn't get that boring gas showroom job Neil! God, you'd have been wasted and it wouldn't have led you to where you are today! Yes there are different ways of applying for jobs now and some I don't agree with but I feel then it's only their problem if they've employed someone unsuited to the job! Without going into too much detail, my daughter has ended up in an unfortunate position through no fault of her own and the rejections can be soul destroying if they even write or let her know at all. Some do phone interviews, zoom interviews even when they're in the same town, what is that about! Why not just meet applicants face to face! I feel sad for her because after sitting all her exams she had such dreams and cannot get a break. I remember being terrified of interviews when I left school

My first paying job was as a grocery store checker for my Dad until he sold the company. I went to the new company as part of the sell out agreement and was there for at least 10 years. Then I went back to college and received my registered nursing license. I then worked at five locations for 4 different hospital/Day surgery companies. I don’t really remember having too many interviews but more knowing the people who were doing the hiring.

👋👋👋👋people don’t want to work anymore.

It wasn't the early jobs that were so hard to get, but when I needed to get back into the job market in my mid-40's. I remember going to apply with my simple resume, and a young woman had her resume in a folder with a plastic cover, and also had her photograph incorporated into the resume (this was for a low level office job at a construction company). I realized my piece of paper, that was once acceptable, now had no chance among the sophisticated resumes others were turning in. Yikes! When did the process of applying for a job get so fancy?

Your right. I applied to the 4 banks in town . Two rejections two acceptances lead to a successful 40 year career in, eventually IT for the bank I chose.

My 1st job was selling fine china. I was 15years old. Yes, I lied about my age, you had to be 16. Had to fill out forms and two personal interviews. So different back then. And yes, I got the job 😁

Good Morning Neil, I lived in a very small Scottish Borders village way back at the age of 15 & had recently moved there, I went into the village bakery one morning which had an adjoining Cafe/Restaurant, I got very friendly very quickly with one lovely young lass which was brilliant for me having moved there from the far North of Scotland not easy for a young girl ( Pre-lims at one school O levels at the new school ). Anyway 47 years later that young girl who got me a job in the Cafe/Restaurant part of the business is still my best friend & has been a fantastic friend at that, but that job was my escapism & I loved it even when it only paid £3 to £4 a week & that's when the school holidays were on & I worked every hour God sent.. I was an extremely happy young lassie... & forever grateful to my friend Susie 😊❤

Sevice in shops from staff - not much where m from - not the northern hemisphere . Even the gher paid pubc servants have forgotten so it would seem , just like in the UK & USA .

Waves Neil 👋. Ha my first job was as a maid in a PENNSYLVANIA Resort in high school. I worked for years as a Customer Service Representative. I think the maid job was a recommendation from a school mate

G'day Neil, just saw your advert for a hole cutter, i worked for a giant hardware store called Bunnings Warehouse and we called them Hole saw's, it was hard not to laugh when someone would come in asking for a Saw hole 🤣🤣👍🇦🇺

I remembering going for jobs in the late 80s. One asked me what kind of animal I am. I said a squirrel. I got the job. Also for a retail job I had to look at a training video after I was hired. Everything was done by mail or phone to apply. Now a lot of jobs you can apply online.. it’s a whole different world.

Our Senator here wants a four day work week.

Welcome new subscribers and it’s nice seeing our chums xxx

Looking around me in the US, I seriously doubt anyone even asked some of the people working in retail any questions at all.

When I was 14 I had a Saturday job in a shop until I left school at 18, we hand wrote receipts and had to give change, when I was 60 I worked in a well known newsagents and if we had a powercut or till failure we had to shut the store, is this progress? My grandchildren are amazed that I can do calculations of money, weights and measures without using a calculator so I wonder what jobseekers are expected to have knowledge of when applying for work now.

My mother worked in Mardens factory after she left school at 15yrs of age. She was working on a conveyor belt, checking tobacco leaves for making cigarettes in Bristol after tge first World War. It was one of the best jobs in Bristol at the time. She had to have 100 % attendance at school, have an excellent school report, write a letter to prove good literacy skills and do a puzxle manipulating shapes in a given time to get the job. There would be few young people nowadays able or even willing to do this job. She was head of her school and left to support her mother who had lost her husband.

I had various different interviews. My first application was to get a Saturday job for our main library. At the time I was interested in becoming a librarian , I was still at school so no experience with interviews. I didn't get the post but was really annoyed to find that another candidate I was chatting to got the position, he wasn't interest in being a librarian but his mother worked at the library. I next tried for the Civil Service which was a very strict one & I didn't get that post. I reapplied six months later & the interview was totally different, the interviewer shot out the questions so quickly, I only had time to say either yes or no. That was 3rd time lucky & I ended up being employed in the Civil Service for 42 years.

I Neil i left school at fifteen as was the age to leave school then .left on the Friday stared work on the Monday in a litte shop self-service .new thing at the time .😊 oh the good old days 😊

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