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Previously on "What's the highest rate you've been working for?"
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Best rate? GBP 690 day rate, on Fridays I worked 4 hours. I never took a Friday off work on that job.
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You only get really rich if you start young though....
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Highest rate worked was over 2 hours in a day. It was a stressful time.
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Should have got a role as along tester, would have been a lot higher rate than a paper roundOriginally posted by jamesbrown View PostI had a Sunday paper round back in the early nineties, which kept me in bongs. That was quite a high rate.
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Had a one day contract for £5 up in Wigan once. Spent £3 of it on a pie and lost the change while sat on the tulipter in wallgate so all in all I was down on the day. Some arsehole picked it up and wouldn't roll it back. Should have used North western but the blue lights mess with my head.
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What? in your case wet wipes and canestan?Originally posted by WTFH View PostDo you include expenses?
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I had a Sunday paper round back in the early nineties, which kept me in bongs. That was quite a high rate.
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I worked for as many free pies as I could eat in a day.
I don’t like to brag.
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No one will say cos everyone exaggerates their rate because of inadequacy issues.
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