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From losers to winners
There were so many examples of trainee humiliation that we eventually had to call a halt and let you vote for the winner from our shortlist to receive the Backbytes champagne prize.
So, here’s how we do it.
Our first finalist, who you may remember from last week, was Helen George. When she joined ICI she was put in charge of breeding flies in the basement, and found a seething squelching two-inch-deep carpet of maggots in the dark when she went back to check on them a week later. If you want to vote for her, email us with the title ‘Humiliate Helen’.
Our second finalist is Julie Dearsley, of Brunel University, who admitted in public for the first time that when she was 16 she had queued for 20 minutes at Victoria Post Office for a ‘Punch Card Operator’s Licence’. Well done Derek Hammersley, who sent her there. To vote for her, email us with the title ‘Humiliate Julie’.
Our final finalist is Alex Bailey, one of many trainees caught out by the Post Office Telecommunications tradition of sending newbies to the stores to ask for a ‘long weight’, and weighted, sorry waited, all day until he was told they had run out.
Email to vote for this one with the title ‘Humiliate Alex’. Closing date for votes is 2 August. Results next week.
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