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I’ve always enjoyed all my jobs, whether it was cleaning the stairs for my piano teacher or working at Lister hospital one summer.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 August 2019 source ↗
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I used to be an ear-piercing specialist when I was 16, and had to pierce babies’ ears. It was horrendous. I had to practise on my friends – several have misplaced piercings.
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Putting ball bearings into Mum roll-on deodorant bottles in a factory, one summer when I was 17.
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Delivering papers in the freezing cold for my granny. I got paid in Panini football stickers, so it wasn’t all bad.
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