Off topic. Young Uns!

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Porterfield73 said:
did mon-sat papers, out at 6am, back by 7.30, then one thurs night round for weekly free paper. Good money for a 12 yr old, and nicked loads of ***s and kets from stockroom,(made more selling ***s than paper round paid) the owner got done years later for ***** stuff so no guilt or regrets, paid all my teenage bills and more!
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Sounds as if you might have had a lucky escape with that one.
TopCat_SMB said:
Haven't bought an actual newspaper in about 10 years
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same as my old mate - he used to read mine!
Makemstine Roger said:
With or without the bromide Sandy
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definitely without!
 
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I had 3 morning and 2 evening rounds in Belmont & Carrville back in the day (30 years ago!!) up at 5. Opened the shop sometimes when the owner wasn’t there! Sorted rounds for other lads too!! BMX with a hook on trailer!!!! Used to love it. Money was crap but Christmas tips were always good. Used to make a few hundred every December!!
 
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Young uns these days won't get out of bed for anything less than 15 quid an hour. Where I work the 16 and 17 year olds walk about like the world owes them a living. I remember being **** scared starting my first job at 16 in a place where everybody actually did know better than me and you did respect those that knew more.Some of this Instergram generation are a different level of arrogant.
 
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John Wick said:
Young uns these days won't get out of bed for anything less than 15 quid an hour. Where I work the 16 and 17 year olds walk about like the world owes them a living. I remember being **** scared starting my first job at 16 in a place where everybody actually did know better than me and you did respect those that knew more.Some of this Instergram generation are a different level of arrogant.
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Absolutely this! I’ve worked since the day after my 16th birthday (and had a paper round before that too). Gave me a complete respect fir working people. Used to go to my Dad’s garage on. Saturday morning with him before the match and play “gopher” for all the lads for a fiver!!
 
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Oldsandy said:
Modern newspaper ain’t soft like in the old days. It scratches yer bum.
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our school had the old 'izal medicated' (remember that?... you waited till you got home to have a dump), no matter how carefully you prepared it there were always points that dug in and scratched!!
 
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When I was a kid I had to earn my pocket money, dad rarely gave me money for nothing. For instance I had to fill coal and coke buckets, chop wood and mow lawns to earn a 'tanner'. I used to supplement this when I was a bit older by doing paper round , milk round and even church choir where I was paid 7s 6d every 3months

As a young teenager still at school, if wanted 'Levis' I had to put extra money towards the cost (parents would supply cost for basic jeans)

I used to moan at the time, but looking back this done me a great favour and never have expected money for nothing.

I adopted same approach when bringing up my daughter, but bless her, she doesn't have much, but has rarely come on the scrounge
 
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marcusblackcat said:
Absolutely this! I’ve worked since the day after my 16th birthday (and had a paper round before that too). Gave me a complete respect fir working people. Used to go to my Dad’s garage on. Saturday morning with him before the match and play “gopher” for all the lads for a fiver!!
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it's not a case of "kids today" because it's not all of them and I have to say isn't more lads than lasses with this massive chip on their shoulder. But like we've both said, it builds character early on if you go into working life with an open mind. Tell you what, I bet you look back at your time being a gopher with great nostalgia and fondness.
 
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John Wick said:
it's not a case of "kids today" because it's not all of them and I have to say isn't more lads than lasses with this massive chip on their shoulder. But like we've both said, it builds character early on if you go into working life with an open mind. Tell you what, I bet you look back at your time being a gopher with great nostalgia and fondness.
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Too right mate. Although being sent for a long stand in n my first day isn’t a fond memory!!! (Yes I fell fir it too - learned quickly though!)
 
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marcusblackcat said:
Too right mate. Although being sent for a long stand in n my first day isn’t a fond memory!!! (Yes I fell fir it too - learned quickly though!)
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haha. I remember one of the lads I worked with when I was younger was a tad thick, the manager asked him if he would go and get the key for the safe from the security bloke, he came back with a cornbeef key. haha.
 
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marcusblackcat said:
Too right mate. Although being sent for a long stand in n my first day isn’t a fond memory!!! (Yes I fell fir it too - learned quickly though!)
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When I was a young squaddy under instruction in the workshop, the instructor told me to go to the store and ask for a long weight. He must have taken me for a mug, but I’d heard about this one so I went out of sight and climbed into the back of a truck and had a dose for ten minutes.
 
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