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Proper jobs:

1. Programme Support Contractor, Rolls-Royce, Bristol
2. Project Support Contractor, IBM, Surrey.
3. IT Helpdesk Contractor, Nationwide Building Society, Swindon.
4. Systems Administrator, Aspinalls Online, London.
5. IT Manager, Markerstudy, London.
6. Trooper, TA.
7. Senior Project Manager/ IT Manager, Buongiorno, London.
8. Systems Engineer, Fujitsu at the MoD and Cabinet Office, London.
9. Deployment Engineer, HP at the FCO, Milton Keynes

Crap jobs:

1. Paper round #1, Wish Park, Hove.
2. Paper round #2, Sackville Road, Hove.
3. Removing plastic bags in a landfill site (I think to protect the birds), Bristol.
4. Scooper, Haagen Dazs, Brighton. And it’s pronounced “Hargn Das” not “Hargn Darse” please.
5. Washing up, Sandrock Pub, Ditchling.
6. Washing up, Haywards Restaurant, Brighton.
7. Cashier/ food prep, Bacon Dan, Gatwick Airport.
8. Aeroplane valet, Gatwick Airport.
9. Envelope stuffing, Alliance and Leicester.
10. Barman, Font and Firkin, Brighton.
11. Barman, The Warehouse.
12. Unloading cocoa beans, Shoreham docks.
13. Barman, The Rock, Brighton.
14. Dodgems operator, Brighton Pier.
15. Carousel Loader, Gatwick Airport.
16. Washing up, St.Leonards, Sydney.
17. Waiter in a pizzeria, Sydney.
18. Selling Fujifilm at the Indy 500 race, Surfer’s Paradise.
19. Labouring, Magnum’s, Airlie Beach.
20. Tree Surgery, Terry Hills, Sydney.
21. Rubbing mud off garlic and shallots, Blenheim, New Zealand.
22. Driver, Wellington, NZ, taking backpackers to and from the ferry terminal.
23. Driver/ tout, LA, USA, taking backpackers to and from LAX.
24. Demolition, Brighton uni.
25. Royal Mail temp, Brighton.
26. Sorting mail electonically, Royal Mail, Bristol.
27. Loader, Parcelforce, Bristol.Midland Bank temp, Bristol.
28. Admin monkey, Prudential, Westbury, Bristol.
29. Labouring, Bar Cuba, Brighton.
30. Promoting Smirnoff Ice, London.
31. Charity calling, failed the probation period as lacked diction!?
32. Data entry, Reuters, London.
33. Data cleansing (Man Utd fan database), Dimension Data, London.
34. Training Support, London Underground, London.
35. IT Helpdesk, Natmags.
36. Technical Support, Jackie Stewart’s office.
37. Extra work:

• ‘Land Girls’, RAF airman
• ‘Ella and The Mothers’, guy in winebar
• ‘The Knock’, policeman
• ‘Jonathan Creek’, guy on hospital bed
• ‘Miranda’, guy dancing in a club
• ‘Band Of Brothers’, nazi/ paratrooper
• ‘Love Actually’, passer-by
• ‘Sleep When I’m Dead’, drunkard
• ‘Wimbledon’, line judge/ crowd
• ‘Spy Game’, CIA operative
• ‘Shackleton’, my hands were used to lay a table prior to a meeting (don’t you know)
• ‘Finding Neverland’, theatre audience
• ‘Promoted To Glory’, passer-by
• BBC3 ident, builder
• ‘Jeffrey Archer: The Truth’, policeman
• State of Play’, commuter
• ‘Mike Bassett, England Manager’, football crowd
• ‘The Four Feathers’, soldier/ servant
• ‘Charlotte Gray’, sailor
• ‘Archer’, Policeman
• ‘The Bill’, Policeman