Aoife’s Interview: ‘The Poor Boy Asked For An Elephant On His Face, But It Ended Up… Inappropriate’

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Aoife’s story

I was applying to work in a small adventure park for children when I was 15, and the interview was set up by one of my friends who worked there.

She told me I’d be cleaning up and supervising the children which seemed A-OK to me. Easy money, right?

Wrong.

The interview started with the employer asking me if I’d ever worked with kids (babysitting counts surely?). I stupidly said yes.

Then he asked me had I ever done any art. I stupidly said yes.

He smiled at me and said “Okay, let’s throw you in at the deep end.”

He then picked a child from a crowd and asked me to FACEPAINT this child. The poor boy asked to be painted as an elephant, but it ended up looking like something a lot more inappropriate.I didn’t get the job – but I did get a lot of dirty looks, and tuts of disapproval!

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Amy’s Interview: ‘My Phone Autocorrected The Interviewer’s Name To Basically The Worst Thing Imaginable’

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Aoife’s Interview: ‘The Poor Boy Asked For An Elephant On His Face, But It Ended Up Looking Far More Inappropriate’

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Emma’s Interview: ‘I Quickly Recognised Him… As The Guy I’d Been With In Coppers The Previous Week’

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Gerard’s Interview: ‘I Walked Out Flustered, Looked The Wrong Way And Got Knocked Down By A Car’

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Jaki’s Interview: ‘He Greeted My At The Door Wearing A Hawaiian Shirt And A Towel’

Story #9

John’s Interview: ‘I Accidentally Said “F**K You Too” Out Loud. I Probably Should Have Left Then.’

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Katie’s Interview: ‘I Panicked And Blurted Out A Knock Knock Joke That Required Me To Moo’

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Michelle’s Interview: ‘I Somehow Found Myself Belting Out A Bar Of A Regina Spektor Song’

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Sinéad’s Interview: ‘I Ended Up Having A Heated Argument With The Panel, And Yelled ‘You Think You’re So Great!”

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