scraping by in Sale: part-time gigs for broke students who hate sunlight

it’s 3am and i’m eating cold chips while google-stalking *Sale FC Stadium security guard openings. welcome to student life.

how not to starve in Sale

rent here’s wild-shared flats go for ~£400/month if you avoid the Beech Road hipsters (check the r/SaleSucks subreddit for dodgy landlord lists). crime’s down 8% since 2022 according to some bored cop’s twitter thread, but my mate’s bike got nicked last week outside the Ashton’s Bar bottle shop. priorities, yeah?

the gig economy is a dumpster fire (but sometimes it pays)

i used to tutor math for £15/hr through Sale Tutor Collective-until a kid asked me how to divide by zero and i had an existential crisis. café work? sure, if you enjoy being yelled at by people who pronounce "croissant" like they’re having a stroke. Costa Coffee reviews mention "piss-warm lattes" and "a manager who hates joy."

overheard at The Railway Pub: "don’t take night shifts at the *Eden Square Cinema unless you wanna scrub nacho cheese outta your hair forever." helpful.

*nobody told me about the eldritch horror of job interviews

applied to 47 jobs last month. got three replies. one was a scam, one wanted me to sell essential oils door-to-door (hard pass), and the third was cleaning fish tanks at Sale Aquatics-turns out I’m allergic to algae. Sale FC Stadium hires matchday staff though. pro: free crisps. con: drunk rugby fans doing karaoke to Sweet Caroline at 11am.

current weather: grey. like, ‘forgotten laundry in a basement’* grey. Manchester’s 15 minutes away if you need to escape-they’ve got actual nightlife and a 24-hour McDonald’s.

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