Comedian, writer and unwitting kitten breeder Rich Spalding admits the best day of his working life was directing cars into a field aged ten. Everything since has been bitterly disappointing: bin bags, gravy, and a sixteen year old boss counting his till while he stood there dressed as a sad witch.
Dan and Jo get the full CV. Bon Marché, where he was hired as eye candy for the largely large pensioners and had to ask a manager what a blouse was. A bin bag factory so silent he started composing imaginary albums in his head. A gravy factory he lasted one shift at, quitting to a foreman who said "get out where you can." And a large sanctuary for erotic animals somewhere in Central Europe, where his teenage manager recounted the gift shop takings every night and once informed him he was eight pence short.
Then the boss he actually puts on blast: a comedy promoter, legal name withheld, MI5 codename 00 Cunt, who ghosted him for six months until Rich named him in a Facebook comedy group. Within five minutes the promoter was ringing him on Messenger to scream at him. Rich delivers the verdict in sixty seconds, wrestling promo style, on behalf of himself and the textile workers of this country.
Also featured: Jo's twenty year exile from Gap Cambridge, the correct way to fold a t-shirt without a board, washing machine jingles, and a running nipple report.
Contains very strong language.
Chapters
00:00 Cold open and the Salem Bitch Trial
04:00 Rich Spalding joins us
06:10 What four million views actually feels like
11:15 First Job, Worst Job, Durst Job
12:40 Bon Marché, and what is a blouse
15:30 If you're a talking, you're not folding
18:00 The erotic animal sanctuary
26:00 Bin bags, gravy, and the sound of nothing
34:20 The nomination: 00 Cunt
41:45 On Blast: the promo
47:50 Plugs and scores
Rich Spalding
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The stories told on this show are personal recollections shared for entertainment. Names, dates, locations and job titles have been changed and/or omitted.
