In the Club
Aimee talks about working part-time at an interesting job when she was at university.
Speakers: Aimee, Paul
Transcript
Track 1
Paul: So Amy, I was talking to somebody the other day and they told me that you had quite a number of like interesting little odd jobs. So I'm interested, so could you tell me a bit about that.Amy: I don't know how odd they were. I don't know. When I was in university, part time jobs, I used to work in restaurants andâthe usual stuffârestaurants, and I think my favorite was working in a nightclub. It was a really, really big nightclub and I used to work on the floor, just kind of cleaning up, looking after all the drunk patrons.
And my first night there wasâactually, one of my favorite DJs was on, so that was great. I got to listen to really good music whilst finding money on the floor, and cleaning up after folks. It was really good.
Paul: You found some money on the floor.
Amy: Yeah. You know, it was a busy club. Really, really full, a good couple of thousand people in there. And I guess people were doing whatever they were doing and they would drop big wads of cash. And because I was the person to clean up all the glass bottles, then I would find the wads of cash on the floor. So it was good. Iâd get my wages, Iâd get tips, and then I would get my own personal tips from finding money on the floor.
Paul: So you must have found like a whole range of different things, like, what else did you find?
Amy: Yeah. A little wraps of things, and then packets of things, yeah. I mean, I had to work hard for the money. It wasnât easy because the place was full, absolutely rammed of people. Everybody is incredibly drunk or whatever and they all just want to dance and have a good time. And I have to make sure thereâs no broken glass for safety reasons, obviously. So Iâm pushing my way through the crowd and keeping eyes on the floor constantly with a torch. And alongside the broken glass that I would sweep up would be, yeah, wads of cash, sometimes little purses, little bags, things like that.
When I find, like, identification for thingsâwhen it was a purse, I would do the right thing with it, hand it in but it was just a wad up, like a rolled up set of notes, I would just put them in my pocket for me, basically.
Paul: Yeah, itâs difficult to know what to do with cash because youâre handing it to someone whoâwell, itâs cash, isnât it?
Amy: I know.
Paul: Yeah, yeah.
Amy: I remember finding some driving license and student ID, and I tookâit was actually the same university that I went to at the time, and I just took it to uni when I was going during the week. And I handed it in to make sure that it got back to the owner because you know thatâs the worst thing about when you lose your purse or your wallet. The cash, you can kind of just say goodbye to. Itâs a given really that itâs going to be gone, but itâs your ID and your cards and everything. Itâs such a hassle trying to get them back again. So I wanted to make sure that whoever drunken idiot dropped them in that club that it got back to their hands safely.
Paul: Well, thatâs nice. So youâre a thief with heart then.
Amy: Iâm not a thief. Iâm an opportunist.
Paul: Iâm kidding. Iâm kidding.
Amy: Itâs on the floor.
Paul: Iâm pulling your leg, Amy. No, I would have done the same.
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