The ‘fun’ ‘fayre’ has come to Hereford this week, although I’m maximally sceptical about how much fun these events are for anyone involved, especially the workers.
I mean surely working for a 'fun' 'fayre' is one of the most un-fun jobs going?
- There’s a lot of heavy manual work involved with putting together and then dismantling the machinery on a weekly basis, and for a relatively small amount of time (they’re only ever in town for a few days).
- There must be a LOT of health and safety legislation compliance and spot-checking that you need to be ready for (I mean, mobile Ferris Wheels>?!?)
- It could be quite isolating – you’re on the road with a relatively small clique of people, constantly on the move.
- You’d have to work unsociable hours – Friday evenings, Saturdays and Sundays and Bank Holidays.
- They attract feral teenagers worse than flies attract shit, so you’d probably have all that agro to deal with.
- Kids of course love them, but have you seen the prices? I don’t imagine parents would be too happy about that!
- If it rains, that’s half your income down the pan, but you still have to stand around outside getting soaked all day.
And let’s be honest, ‘fun’ ‘fayres’ are a bit shit aren’t they? They’re like a cross between everything that was bad about your childhood in the 1980s and a real-life mobile version of The League of Gentlemen.
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The only upsides I can think about ‘fun’ ‘fayres’ are that they enable parents to keep their kids occupied for half a day, and they keep feral teenagers off the streets for a while, but is this worth the financial cost to parents and the increase in the teen abortion rate 6-10 weeks after the fayre’s been in town?
Then again...
- You don't need any qualifications to work for a fun fayre.
- If you like camping I guess it's fair enough.
- At £2.50 for five minutes per child in a soft play area, that's practically a consultancy wage for basically babysitting, so maybe it's not all bad!
