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<h2>Katie's worst part-time job</h2>
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I have had 3 part-time jobs1 <abbr title="jusqu'à maintenant">so far</abbr> in my life. The first was working part-time at the weekends and holidays during school time, in a chocolate shop for a large <abbr title="confiserie">confectionary</abbr> chain1 in Britain called Thorntons (now this was a fun job!). Then, the summer before University, I worked for my Dad, along with my brother and his friend, <abbr title="saisir">input</abbr>ing medical notes from paper form onto the computer1. This was 7 hours a day of sitting in front of a computer which wasn’t exactly stimulating1. <abbr title="cependant">However</abbr>, nothing is worse than my most recent summer job, the job I did just before coming to France- working as a house cleaner.</div><div class="virtualpage"> At the beginning of the summer, I desperately wanted a job in a cafe or restaurant, something that wouldn’t be too difficult or take up too much time1 but would give me a good <abbr title="salaire">wage</abbr>. However1, as it is every summer, all the students come back and are all doing the same thing, searching for jobs1 so in the end there is nothing left. I saw an <abbr title="publicité, annonce">advert</abbr> in the local newspaper for a cleaning agency looking for students who would work the summer, with flexible hours, for <abbr title="au-dessus">above</abbr> minimum wage. Now, I’m not going to lie, I wouldn’t say this was my dream job1 as a child but I wanted the money so I went for the job. <abbr title="j'ai fini par">I ended up</abbr> getting the job and worked 5 days a week, cleaning 2-3 houses a day.</div><div class="virtualpage"> Sometimes the job would be a 4 hour clean, sometimes it would be 2 hours, it really did vary1 on the size1 of the house and how much detail the <abbr title="client">customer</abbr> wanted you do go into. I cleaned these houses <abbr title="seul(e)">on my own</abbr>, <abbr title="soulever, lever">lift</abbr>ing a basket of cleaning products1 up and down stairs, <abbr title="traîner">haul</abbr>ing a <abbr title="gigantesque">huge</abbr> <abbr title="aspirateur">hoover</abbr> around everywhere and regularly1 <abbr title="tremper">soak</abbr>ing myself with the <abbr title="sepillière">mop</abbr> and <abbr title="seau">bucket</abbr> <abbr title="ce qui">which</abbr> was not fun. I was regularly critiqued on my ‘mopping’ technique and <abbr title="on me disait">would be told</abbr> to clean a window again because there was a finger mark in the corner. But the most <abbr title="terriblement gênant">mortifying</abbr> part of the job was that I had to wear1 a <abbr title="tablier">pinafore</abbr> to clean and I had to clean a family’s home <abbr title="dont">whose</abbr> daughter went to my school. <abbr title="compte tenu du fait que">Bearing in mind</abbr> I was <abbr title="élève de terminale à qui on a donné des responsabilités">Head Girl</abbr> at my school, it was embarrassing1 knowing that this girl had seen me go from making speeches to 1200 students in assemblies, to <abbr title="frotter">scrub</abbr>bing the insides of cupboards for a <abbr title="minuscule">measly</abbr> wage. All I kept thinking of was how much money I’d be <abbr title="gagner de l'argent">earn</abbr>ing and that it wasn’t for ever.</div><div class="virtualpage"> One of the things that really got on my nerves1 was the <abbr title="qui critique facilement">judgemental</abbr> attitude that some people gave me, thinking that because I was working as a cleaner, <abbr title="j'étais sensée être">I was presumed to be</abbr> <abbr title="stupide">thick</abbr> and have no life ambitions1. The second they <abbr title="ont découvert">found out</abbr> that I was <abbr title="en fait">actually</abbr> studying at University and was earning money1 to go and live in France for the year, their attitude <abbr title="envers">towards</abbr> me completely changed1. I didn’t like how people judged1 me just on the job that I was doing. Other than the money, I did really enjoy going to old people’s houses and cleaning for them because I loved speaking with them, making them a cup of tea, helping them with things because <abbr title="je n'arrêtais pas de penser">I kept thinking</abbr> that they might not have any other interaction1 that day and that when I get to that age, I would hope1 that someone would take the time and effort to come and speak to me and <abbr title="s'occuper de moi">care for me</abbr>, <abbr title="même si">even if</abbr> it was just for a few hours1.</div>
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