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[00:00.63] Paul: So Amy, I was talking to somebody the other day and they told me that you had quite a number of like interesting little odd jobs. So I'm interested, so could you tell me a bit about that.

[00:16.88] Amy: I don't know how odd they were.

[00:21.63] I don't know. When I was in university, part time jobs, I used to work in restaurants and—the usual stuff—restaurants, and I think my favorite was working in a nightclub.

[00:32.63] It was a really, really big nightclub and I used to work on the floor, just kind of cleaning up, looking after all the drunk patrons.

[00:41.88] And my first night there was—actually, one of my favorite DJs was on, so that was great.

[00:47.13] I got to listen to really good music whilst finding money on the floor, and cleaning up after folks.

[00:53.88] It was really good.

[00:55.38] Paul: You found some money on the floor.

[00:56.88] Amy: Yeah. You know, it was a busy club. Really, really full, a good couple of thousand people in there.

[01:02.38] And I guess people were doing whatever they were doing and they would drop big wads of cash.

[01:09.13] And because I was the person to clean up all the glass bottles, then I would find the wads of cash on the floor.

[01:14.63] So it was good.

[01:17.13] I’d get my wages, I’d get tips, and then I would get my own personal tips from finding money on the floor.

[01:23.88] Paul: So you must have found like a whole range of different things, like, what else did you find?

[01:31.63] Amy: Yeah. A little wraps of things, and then packets of things, yeah.

[01:38.38] I mean, I had to work hard for the money. It wasn’t easy because the place was full, absolutely rammed of people.

[01:46.13] Everybody is incredibly drunk or whatever and they all just want to dance and have a good time.

[01:52.13] And I have to make sure there’s no broken glass for safety reasons, obviously.

[01:57.38] So I’m pushing my way through the crowd and keeping eyes on the floor constantly with a torch.

[02:00.88] And alongside the broken glass that I would sweep up would be, yeah, wads of cash, sometimes little purses, little bags, things like that.

[02:11.13] When I find, like, identification for things—when it was a purse, I would do the right thing with it, hand it in but it was just a wad up, like a rolled-up set of notes, I would just put them in my pocket for me, basically.

[02:28.63] Paul: Yeah, it’s difficult to know what to do with cash because you’re handing it to someone who—well, it’s cash, isn’t it?

[02:34.63] Amy: I know.

[02:35.13] Paul: Yeah, yeah.

[02:35.88] Amy: I remember finding some driving license and student ID, and I took—it was actually the same university that I went to at the time,

[02:47.38] and I just took it to uni when I was going during the week. And I handed it in to make sure that it got back to the owner because you know that’s the worst thing about when you lose your purse or your wallet.

[02:58.38] The cash, you can kind of just say goodbye to.

[03:01.38] It’s a given really that it’s going to be gone, but it’s your ID and your cards and everything.

[03:06.88] It’s such a hassle trying to get them back again.

[03:09.13] So I wanted to make sure that whoever drunken idiot dropped them in that club that it got back to their hands safely.

[03:15.13] Paul: Well, that’s nice. So you’re a thief with heart then.

[03:17.88] Amy: I’m not a thief. I’m an opportunist.

[03:20.63] Paul: I’m kidding. I’m kidding.

[03:22.38] Amy: It’s on the floor.

[03:24.38] Paul: I’m pulling your leg, Amy. No, I would have done the same.