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Thoughts on this? I guess a working class northerner probably wouldn't be given this job?

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[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think you should appy for the job and then do a reverse Eliza Doolittle after the kid gets into Eton.

Oi gotcha mi'lud! Oim really a propa workin' class scallywag I am! Fooled ya good n' propa, innit?! Have a banana 🍌.

Or whatever you northerners sound like....

[–] moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 3 points 4 days ago

Probably beyond my hoodwinking skills. Also I'm not northern myself, I was just wondering what kind of person they would consider to have a "socially appropriate background". Posh accent, wealthy family, and from South East England, I would expect.

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

A 1 year old?

I'd quite happily wing it for a few months until I got found out. 4 months and thats a few k over my annual salary.

Remember, nobody can prove you weren't a regional manager for ToysRus and the reason you can't disclose who you tutored for previously is because you signed some pretty scary NDAs

[–] moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 2 points 4 days ago

I was a manager at Woolworths back in the day, I swear... but this family would probably say my accent isn't posh enough to tutor their child.