Skool's Out

Hooray! My daughter A has finally finished GCSEs and it's time to celebrate. We'll worry about results later - but let's hope all's well. Certainly her art was fantastic and she deserves a high mark. But then I'm biased.
So now she's looking for summer work and there's not much about. Since when was it so hard to find waitressing??
I remember my first job after exams. I worked in a large branch of High Street Boots and I can remember being handed the nylon uniform and thinking "ugh."
Still, there's nothing like your first wages and I remember buying myself a £40 coat in Topshop. That's after some weeks working mind you! Didn't enjoy the eight hour days standing on my feet but hey, I was 17.
The me of today is a bit grumpier and a lot less able to suffer fools gladly. "Don't like that Sir? May I suggest you try elsewhere?"
If we knew then..