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blazey · 09-01-2009, 11:51

I used to work at the one in Blackburn (which has changed its name now) before minimum wage for under 18's came in. I was on £3.25 an hour on saturdays and sundays, I barely got adequate breaks, was constantly on my feet and I once broke down into tears because I was so tired I was shaking and I dropped a small jug of cream on the floor.

A nice foreign gay man used to be the manager of the accrington one, he would come over and check up on us in the blackburn one every now and again and he once made us get down on our hands and knees after work and scrape the floor clean with a scraper. He was a good manager but last I saw, and this would've been when I was around 17 so 2 yrs ago, the blackburn manager had gone to the accrington one. Not sure if he is still there, nice enough guy but hires his staff quite recklessly.

(He hired me because he was waiting for someone else to turn up when I walked in and asked if any jobs where going. He flirted with me throughout the interview and offered me the job straight away. No experience or anything. He didn't even ask about GCSEs)

09-01-2009, 11:51	#7
blazey God Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denton/Oswaldtwistle Posts: 3,638 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 994	Re: Cookies Tea Rooms in the Arndale I used to work at the one in Blackburn (which has changed its name now) before minimum wage for under 18's came in. I was on £3.25 an hour on saturdays and sundays, I barely got adequate breaks, was constantly on my feet and I once broke down into tears because I was so tired I was shaking and I dropped a small jug of cream on the floor. A nice foreign gay man used to be the manager of the accrington one, he would come over and check up on us in the blackburn one every now and again and he once made us get down on our hands and knees after work and scrape the floor clean with a scraper. He was a good manager but last I saw, and this would've been when I was around 17 so 2 yrs ago, the blackburn manager had gone to the accrington one. Not sure if he is still there, nice enough guy but hires his staff quite recklessly. (He hired me because he was waiting for someone else to turn up when I walked in and asked if any jobs where going. He flirted with me throughout the interview and offered me the job straight away. No experience or anything. He didn't even ask about GCSEs)