Work Experience

It was on the 24th of June 2003 when I first walked through the back doors of Phone City in Kingsbury for my two unforgettable weeks of work experience that I wished would never end, simply because I had so much fun.

Finding a work placement was not supposed to be very distressing but it turned into an unending nightmare. My work placement was seemingly sorted out at the commencement of year ten but I was deceived. A week prior to the start of my work experience I found out that my original work placement had, in fact, become void because the firm that I was supposed to work in decided that they were no longer taking on placements and if I desired to work anywhere during the crucial two week period then I was obliged to find myself a new placement and fast. Fortunately, my father has a lot of contacts and he gave me a way out of the predicament that I was in. He helped to assign me to the placement that I would be in for my work experience, Phone City. I was filled with delight the moment that Mrs Lunan (the teacher in charge of work experience) confirmed my placement. I had survived by the skin of my teeth.

The great day finally arrived where I was to start what I was hoping to be a marvellous experience. My father had agreed to drop me off at the mobile phone shop in the morning and to pick me up when my working day was to come to a close. I was pleased with this arrangement because this way I did not have to wake up early in the morning in the hope of catching a bus, or worse yet having to walk. Just the thought of that situation sent vast chills down my spine.

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As I approached the immense doors of Phone City, a crowd of thoughts entered my head, thoughts like: what type of jobs would I be doing? Did I have enough knowledge of phones to try and sell them? I pushed these thoughts aside and entered the store. I was not at all nervous about getting along with the people that worked there because I knew them, they were all friends of mine. The shop was bright orange from the inside, orange like the inside of a mango on a hot summer’s day. The phones themselves were lined up behind ...

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