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Hamilton once worked as a bartender for a 'ridiculous' wage
- GPblog.com
By now it is almost impossible to imagine, but even Lewis Hamilton once worked for minimum wage. Speaking to the Australian outlet Fox Sports he spoke about his old job as a bartender, where once he was so drunk after his shift that his father had to come and pick him up.
Hamilton said he is not a fan of pubs and therefore never visits them. The only time he spent there was when he worked there at the age of 17 as a bartender, a job for which he was paid minimum wage. "I think I was getting like, £3.50 an hour or something ridiculous like that," said the Mercedes driver.
Drunk Hamilton had to be picked up
Despite the low pay, he looks back on the period as a "good experience". "The best part of it was when I quit, in my last day and I cleaned up the bar and then I was like, what are these drinks that I've been giving everyone? So I tried everything," Hamilton continued.
Unsurprisingly, the now 38-year-old Briton was unable to get home on his own that night. "My dad had to come pick me up, I was absolutely hammered. I tried a little bit of everything," Hamilton said.