Actually less of the gulping.. he needs one.. I can't cope with his desperate need for more phone credit of late - and neither can he - has cleaned out his savings account in last few weeks, so I was the one who suggested he gets himself a weekend job.
He is 15. We phoned round a few places and left our number and tonight a local hotel/restaurant phoned back and said they would like to take him on, on a casual basis and could he do this weekend as a trial.
He is working 2pm - 10pm Sat and Sun (which I know is a long shift for a 15 year old who has never had a job before, so have warned him!) and getting paid a fiver an hour (which I think is good?) for working in the hotel kitchen, loading/unloading dish washer etc. He get drinks/snacks thrown in on his breaks.
If he can hack it and they think he's a good worker he will be get offered weekend shifts on a regular basis although not every week end because (the head chef said) he knows that teenagers have school work/hobbies to fit in as well!
I think this sounds pretty good.
Do you?
DS is v.pleased