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but as an engineer, not a drone.

I could tell you plenty of horrific accident stories if you want?

Not just any sandwiches: M&S sandwiches.

(By accident, but what can ya do?)

They didn't pass QUality control though and were traced back to my line, my station. I got into trouble.

Worked in a bt factory stuffing envelopes and drew cocks on some of the leaflets

M first job, that.

I used to work in a posh jewellery store and one day this pig of a woman came in - white South African - and said she wanted to buy a watch. She proceeded to order me around in the most hideous, high-handed fashion, like if she'd been playing a snobby hotel guest in Fawlty Towers you'd have thought she was too ridiculously exaggerated. Anyway after maybe half an hour of browbeating & abuse, she finally chose a very expensive watch and told me I had to gift wrap it and send it off to such & such an address - and do it CAREFULLY and PROPERLY, because it was a gift for a VERY IMPORTANT PERSON, did I understand?

Oh I understood alright. I took it upstairs, printed out a $75 "Red Spot Special" price tag, put it on the watch, wrapped it & sent it off.

Sounds terrible. It was a company that made games, things like crappy kids snooker tables and subbuteo kits. Her 9-5 job was just taking the parts and putting them in boxes. She was on one section where her being weak and having small hands meant she took 3 times as long to do it, considering the others working there had been doing this for 25 years I am not surprised also. 25 fucking years. I'd go mental.

not very industrial though - pretty cosy