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I was a perfume girl at a department store in Aberdeen. I was so bad at it, I didn’t make it to the end of the day.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2017 source ↗
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Cleaning the freezer room at Bejam as a Saturday job, aged 13.
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Working in a warehouse, packing frozen meat. It was a nightmare: I hate the cold and it was very tough.
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