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Fun time at work
We go to every type of business - cleaning, security, shops, restaurants - as they all employ illegal workers.
I try to empathise with people but some of them mess you around and lie. If I felt sorry for everyone I wouldn't get out of bed.
On the other hand, I enjoy my job. I work with a good team and there's great camaraderie. The raids are fun, I'm not tied to my desk and every day is different.
Immigration officer interviewed in Metro (Ruth Kitching)
Budget constraints
A hard-up government body sent a team to clean a graffiti-strewn bridge - but ordered it to wash off only the most offensive words because of "budget constraints". British Waterways told staff to select the strongest swear words and ignore the rest - leaving the bridge covered in expletives despite a hefty cost to taxpayers. They washed off terms such as "f***" but left gang tags and less strong words including "bitch" and "whore".
Metro (F Harvey)
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