Hrithik Karya
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And so I just put in an application, actually went to the palace for my interview, and then got a call a couple of days later saying, yeah, we want you to come and work here.
It's not glamorous. It was just retail assistant. When Buckingham Palace opens in the summer for guests, they have a shop, like a temporary pop-up shop. I say temporary. It's a massive structure that they put in the garden, but only for those three months. And you go and work in the shop in the garden for three months, sort of just like as a...
It's not glamorous. It was just retail assistant. When Buckingham Palace opens in the summer for guests, they have a shop, like a temporary pop-up shop. I say temporary. It's a massive structure that they put in the garden, but only for those three months. And you go and work in the shop in the garden for three months, sort of just like as a...
It's not glamorous. It was just retail assistant. When Buckingham Palace opens in the summer for guests, they have a shop, like a temporary pop-up shop. I say temporary. It's a massive structure that they put in the garden, but only for those three months. And you go and work in the shop in the garden for three months, sort of just like as a...
Retail assistant, but like quasi tour guide as well, because people still obviously, you do get a bit of background and people still want to talk to you about it when they're in the shop.
Retail assistant, but like quasi tour guide as well, because people still obviously, you do get a bit of background and people still want to talk to you about it when they're in the shop.
Retail assistant, but like quasi tour guide as well, because people still obviously, you do get a bit of background and people still want to talk to you about it when they're in the shop.
I think you don't see it until you do something else. So that was the first job I'd ever had. And then I went and worked the year later at my local Tesco's, which is like your... Supermarket. Yeah, supermarket. And I was doing like fruit and veg. So I was doing food stuff. And at that point, I was thinking, I was like, a year ago, I was working in Buckingham Palace. And then it hits you.
I think you don't see it until you do something else. So that was the first job I'd ever had. And then I went and worked the year later at my local Tesco's, which is like your... Supermarket. Yeah, supermarket. And I was doing like fruit and veg. So I was doing food stuff. And at that point, I was thinking, I was like, a year ago, I was working in Buckingham Palace. And then it hits you.
I think you don't see it until you do something else. So that was the first job I'd ever had. And then I went and worked the year later at my local Tesco's, which is like your... Supermarket. Yeah, supermarket. And I was doing like fruit and veg. So I was doing food stuff. And at that point, I was thinking, I was like, a year ago, I was working in Buckingham Palace. And then it hits you.
And you're like, wow, I got a level of access to this place that most people in their lifetime will never get. It's also the thing I can like hold over my family members a lot, which is quite fun. Yeah.
And you're like, wow, I got a level of access to this place that most people in their lifetime will never get. It's also the thing I can like hold over my family members a lot, which is quite fun. Yeah.
And you're like, wow, I got a level of access to this place that most people in their lifetime will never get. It's also the thing I can like hold over my family members a lot, which is quite fun. Yeah.
Yeah, so there was a lot about that, right? Because obviously you're working for this institution that a lot of people wouldn't know about. So obviously I'm not going to sit here and give you like a walkthrough of exactly how many steps it takes to get from one place to one place and exactly what doors that you have to go through to go from one place to another place. Obviously I can't do that.
Yeah, so there was a lot about that, right? Because obviously you're working for this institution that a lot of people wouldn't know about. So obviously I'm not going to sit here and give you like a walkthrough of exactly how many steps it takes to get from one place to one place and exactly what doors that you have to go through to go from one place to another place. Obviously I can't do that.
Yeah, so there was a lot about that, right? Because obviously you're working for this institution that a lot of people wouldn't know about. So obviously I'm not going to sit here and give you like a walkthrough of exactly how many steps it takes to get from one place to one place and exactly what doors that you have to go through to go from one place to another place. Obviously I can't do that.
I think also a lot of it was about like...
I think also a lot of it was about like...
I think also a lot of it was about like...
journalism and the media because the entrance we go in and out of was obviously known as being the entrance that people who work there will go out of and they said like people will see people will know that you work there and they don't care what you do or the fact that you just work in the shop but don't answer questions like if people want to come and ask you about stuff go and talk to us.