Mary Killen Mary Killen

Dear Mary… | 10 March 2007

Etiquette advice from The Spectator's Miss Manners

issue 10 March 2007

Q. I am on my gap year and looking for work as a tutor, which I understand is very well paid. The key months for Common Entrance, AS- and A-level revision are almost upon us and, although I have my details up on the noticeboards of various local schools, I have had no inquiries. I can’t afford to advertise and I do not want to sign up with an agency because I don’t want to give up half my wages on commission. Can you recommend an internet site where I can tout myself?
B.W., London SW3

A. No. The following method will reap better results. Have some photo-cards printed up and, crucially, glued to flat magnetic disks as used in sewing — available from Peter Jones’s haberdashery department. Hand these out in the car-parks of the local schools as the mothers are arriving in their 4x4s.

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