I slept awfully and my bra rubbed me red raw along the band so not the best start. Anyway, I recently started a new job (not a career but a stop gap, minimum wage) and tomorrow we are supposed to dress up for Children in Need. The theme is French (don’t ask). I have a couple of problems with this:
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French??? As in striped jumpers onions and berets? Which is what the manager was suggesting. Somewhat lacking nuance.
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I don’t own anything that could be considered ‘french’. I lost weight this year and currently own 3 non work tops (usually we wear a uniform). The idea of going to Primark or wherever to spend a fiver on a top probably made by some underpaid minor somewhere to support children in need seems a bit ironic. (Plus I cant afford a fiver anyway).
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I work at least 75% behind the scenes and will spend at most an hour customer facing. My job is mucky and clothes are regularly ruined hence the uniform.
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while CIN do good work the idea of reducing giving to one day a year seems reductive. I have a direct debit with a small charity where I know what the money is spent on.
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the fact that we have CIN to directly support children in this country. The government should be supporting the disabled and impoverished children in this country not children.
Long story short I don’t want to do it and am not looking forward to being moaned at at work tomorrow.
Oh and apparently there is a £10 forfeit if you don’t dress up. I CANT AFFORD THE FIVER TO DRESS UP why would I have a spare tenner ???