英語リスニング - No.334 Fort Fun
Marion talks with her friend Steve about his first job.
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Steve: Fort Funis fun for children but it isn't fun for the spotty 16 year olds whohave to work there, so some have the good fortune to operate go-cartsand other things like that. I had the great fortune to work in the tearoomwith an old lady called Brenda.
Marion: What was Brenda like?
Steve: Brenda was basically a witch and she had two offspring which were also goingto probably a witch training school, and they'd come around and they'dgossip and, but Brenda would always notice in mid gossip whether I'd,if I'd stirred the tea one revolution too few and then she'd be on me,as it is, so I had to serve ice-creams and scalding hot tea from a spitting tea machine that wasn't working properly from two hatches. One, one looking out onto the beach, and one actually inside Fort Fun (Alright) so inside Fort Fun was bearable, because, and also all of this timeyou have to bear in mind that I was wearing a cowboy hat and a little cowboy waistcoat with a sheriff's badge on it, and I had two holstered plastic guns which I was advised by the manager to like whip out and pretend to shoot like any young kid that came up there. Anyway, thatwasn't so bad, having to suffer that indignity, you know lack of dignity,but when it came to serving from the hatch, from the sea front, whereall the surfers would come and get their tea, and obviously that providedgreat amusement to them, and anyway, to cut a long story short, I lasted about three weeks before deciding f*ck it, I'd rather be poor for thesummer, then have people going yeah, that's him as I walked out.
Marion: That's the cowboy from Fort Fun?
Steve: Yeah, that is.
Marion: Brilliant. Thanks Steven.
Steve: You're welcome.