Originally Posted by nomadking

They are paid, so not slave labour. In the UK, plenty of kids who are at school also work. Especially ones working in their parents business, possibly unpaid. We are talking about 16 to 18 years old, not toddlers. The school leaving age used to be 16 not so long ago.

It's not about being contrary, it's about actually getting past the biased headline and agenda and putting it in the full, proper, and true perspective. The hours involved may be over the top, but people aren't really complaining about that. They are complaining about everything to do with it. Time and time again, too many people are blinkered and simply buy in to the biased headline and are not prepared to question it, to see if it's true or at least what it presents itself to be.

The "boiling of petrol" was to prepare it for further testing of the octane number(eg 2 star or 4 star). It was one of a series of tasks I did. I mentioned it, because it seems dangerous and not a task you'd expect a 15/16 year old to be given.