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- Abigail Wilson, Senior Digital Writer
- Published: 10:08, 22 Oct 2024
- Updated: 10:08, 22 Oct 2024
FERN Brady has revealed that during her teenage years she worked astatine Boots, which she described arsenic ‘the worst occupation ever’.
Before her clip arsenic a comedian and award-winning writer, Fern Brady, 38, did a batch of weird jobs.
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Not lone did she marque angiosperm potions astatine a psychic fair, she besides worked successful a sex store that sold hilariously titled pornography films.
And arsenic good arsenic this, she besides had a Saturday job, moving arsenic a Shop Assistant astatine Boots.
But unluckily for Fern, moving for the high-street chain wasn’t arsenic creaseless sailing arsenic she had hoped.
Speaking precocious connected the Joe Marler Things People Did podcast, the celeb, who is from Bathgate, Scotland, and achieved fame arsenic a stand-up comedian astatine competitions specified arsenic the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, opened up connected however bullying astatine enactment led her to shoplift from the store.
She confessed: “That was the worst occupation ever.
“All the women that were moving determination were horrible b****s.
“I was the geeky kid successful my town, conscionable similar a full weirdo, and I worked successful Boots and it was these unsmooth arsenic a******s women.
“They saw maine for what I was connected time 1 and bullied maine and bullied maine and bullied me.”
As a effect of the workplace bullying, Fern admitted that she turned to shoplifting items specified arsenic toothpaste to get her revenge, though she didn’t adjacent request it.
She added: “To comfortableness myself, I started shoplifting stuff, but there’s not precise overmuch you tin shoplift from determination erstwhile you’re 16.
“I ran retired of things to bargain yet and by the clip I got caught, I deliberation I was stealing toothpaste, which I didn’t adjacent need.
“It was awful. They did not halt taking the p**s retired of me.
More connected Fern Brady
Fern Brady, calved May 26, 1968, is a Scottish comedian, podcast big and writer.
The comedian changeable to fame acknowledgment to competitions specified arsenic astatine the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
At the aforesaid clip arsenic performing, Fern was besides moving arsenic a journalist.
As a effect of her stand-up success, Fern has gone connected to prima on comedy sheet shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats, arsenic good arsenic appearing on Channel 4's series 14 of Taskmaster and Radio 4's The News Quiz - and present she's acceptable to instrumentality to screens erstwhile more.
In summation to her stints connected screen, the prima besides co-hosts a podcast called Wheel of Misfortune and successful 2023 she released her memoir, Strong Female Character.
In February 2023, Fern Brady's publication 'Strong Female Character' deed shelves.
According to a synopsis provided by Waterstones, the publication is astir ''class, mental health, societal pressures and idiosyncratic ambition.
''Strong Female Character is a candid and ground-breaking memoir of neurodiversity, sexism and defying expectations.''
The publication besides has a beardown absorption on Autism - an incurable, lifelong developmental information that affects however radical comprehend the satellite and interact with others.
The prima was diagnosed with Autism successful 2021 and portion penning her publication 'Strong Female Character', Fern considered however her autism diagnosis mightiness impact her drama career.
She explained: ''I kept thinking, ‘This is astir apt going to ruin things for me’.
''But past I reassured myself that the radical I’m astir disquieted astir are astir apt not going to work it, though rather a fewer comedians I’ve sent it to person work it.
''I had a batch to accidental astir autism and didn’t consciousness similar it was worldly that I could accidental successful stand-up, due to the fact that not everyone is funny successful autism stuff.''
Following the work of her book, Fern won the Nero Award for non-fiction - 1 of the astir prestigious prizes successful publishing.
Judges praised the publication arsenic ''raw, honorable and moving''.
“I got successful occupation successful that store each week and I didn’t cognize why, evidently I knew stealing from the store was bad, but each the different worldly I got successful occupation for, I didn’t recognize wherefore I was getting successful trouble.”
Not lone did she shoplift from the large chain, but she besides coiled up her manager erstwhile talking to customers too.
Where has Boots closed stores?
BOOTS has ne'er fixed a afloat database of the 300 stores closing.
Here's what we cognize truthful acold astir immoderate of the locations wherever branches that person gone for good.
- Pool, Cornwall
- Cambrone, Cornwall
- Redruth, Cornwall
- Wood Street, Swindon, Wiltshire
- Clifton, Yorkshire
- Cliftonville, Kent
- Pemberton, Wigan
- Littlehampton, West Sussex
- Hough Lane, Layland, Lancashire
- Front Street, Prudhoe
- Rhos connected Sea, Wales
- Colwyn Bay, Wales
- Portland Walk, Barrow
- Gestridge Road, Teignbridge
- Caerleon Road, Newport
- Chepstow Road, Newport
- Carlyon Road, St Austell, Cornwall
- St Blazey, Cornwall
- Lurgan
- Chard Road, Plymouth
- Mannamead Road, Plymouth
- Claremont Street, Plymouth
- Heathside Road, Woking
- UEA campus
- Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff
- Holywell, Flintshire (Wales)
- Windhill Road, Wakefield
- Upper Warrengate, Wakefield
- Glastonbury
- Uppingham Road, Leicester
- Guildford Road, Woking
- Kings Square, York
- Warminster
- Gorleston, Great Yarmouth
- High Row, Darlington
- Mudge Way, Plymouth
- Mount Pleasant, Exeter
- Kirkby Ashfield
Instead of trying to merchantability the chain's latest and peculiar buys, Fern opened up connected her rebellious and cheeky attitude.
She continued: “They would get maine to deterioration a badge that said ‘Ask maine astir the caller No7 mascara’.
“People would beryllium similar ‘what’s the caller No7 mascara like?’ and I’d accidental ‘it’s awful, it’s truthful bad, bargain this 1 from Rimmel instead’.
"Straight distant I’d get told disconnected by the manager.”
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