Muddyum Young

Five Jobs You Should Never Do

Advice for young readers everywhere

Pick a job from the picture! (Pieter Brueghel the Elder/1559/Wiki Comms)

Waiting on Tables

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What do you think when you see an older guy waiting on tables in a restaurant?

This guy’s reached the bottom of the food chain!

Exactly. So why consider it? Why set a precedent for yourself. Give yourself a break. Don’t do it. Think of all those rich folks sitting at tables telling you to bring this, bring that!

“Why don’t you get it yourself, you fat ass!”

That’s what I said once.

I got fired.

Best thing I’ve ever done.

Manual Labour

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In the school holidays, I used to work for the Works Dept at a local factory. It was great for a week until I realised I was the chump who did all the dangerous work.