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A job that changed me: Working the pool kiosk in the summer of ’82, I was excited when older boys came by – but I learned that respect is better than attention
The Guardian Australia
September 14, 2026
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<p>My job made me the envy of the cool girls; it made me visible. Then Johnno, Stevo and Whack paid a visit</p><p>In the summer of 1982, at the age of 14, I was hired to work in the ticket office and kiosk at the Sale Memorial Pool in Victoria’s Gippsland region. The cool girls at
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