Looking for Ben
Looking for Ben — Warehouse packing line, Leeds, 2010
Three months of night shifts on the same line. Ben kept a notebook of terrible workplace poetry and read it out during breaks to a genuinely appreciative audience of eight. Agency work ended for both of us in February with no warning and no contact details. I have thought about that notebook more than I expected to.
What they remember about them
Around around 25 at the time · male · Told the same three jokes every shift and made them funnier each time.
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