Over my working life (since 16 years of age) i have found it extremely difficult to find a job where i could be accepted as a normal person. Having chronns disease has not helped me in anyway or shap or form getting a job, But at 17 after trying hard for months and applying for countless jobs i was told i could have one working for butlins skyline ltd in minehead, somerset  (yes cider country). i worked there for around 2 months before leaving to try and re-sit my GCSE exams and to also do a GNVQ in business and economics, as due to my illnes i had missed quite alot of time in my final years of school. whilst being successfull with the work in the GNVQ i was finding it increasingly hard to cope with the work i was getting for my 3 GCSE subjects, so after many weeks of consulting with the various teachers involved i decided to leave school again and resume a working life.

 

It was then that i started working at Harry Ramsdens in Meadowhall Sheffield where i lasted 6 months before returning to Butlins for a further 6 months or so. After falling ill down there i had to come back to Sheffield and worked again at Harry ramsdens. Once i was well enough again i soon returned back to Harry Ramsdens at Butlins where i was promoted twice in the first three months, from G/A to Fryer to Head fryer in charge of the kitchen. i worked there for  8 months before being admitted to hospital in nearby town, Taunton. I was in the hospital for a week with now visitors and felt so alone i just wanted to go home, fortunately for me the doctor i was under told me that it was adviseabnle i go home as he thought me very ill and better being around friends and family should anything happen, so again i returned to sheffield and again back to Harry Ramsdens only lasting a couple of weeks before being told i needed the operation. As previously stated i had a month out of work after my op before returning to Butlins to resume the job i had previous. All was going well untill a week and 3 days after first starting back when i was splashed in the eye with hot oil at 185 degrees C. I was rushed to the casualty department around the corner where i was told that i was lucky and that i only had a minor burn to the surface of my eyeball but id be ok. I had to take the rest of the night off work under instruction from the doctor and do lighter duties for the next few days so upon returning to work i informed my manager what was said to me who abruptly told me to leave (she was allready in a bad mood from something else during the night) i went hom to what are affectionatly called 'sheds' and went to bed. 10 minutes later i had a knock at the door and a fellow worker told me that i was being asked to go back to work, when i challenged him about this he said that the manager had said that if i didnt go back i was going to get sacked, so i went back to work to see what was going off where i had the bollocking of my life for refuseing to work. After about 45 mins of argueing with my manager about the authenticity of my injury and various calls to the hospital i was told i had to work the following day but was going to be disciplined for my actions that night, so the following day holding my health as a priority i walked out, and moved to carlisle where i stayed for 6 months working in a 3 star hotel doing bar work after finishing there i moved back to sheffield where i am now working back at Harry Ramsdens.