The life of a PR worker isn’t glamorous

But then, you can’t spell “prick” without PR either.

You see them out day and night standing on the street, tirelessly promoting their clubs, using charm and good looks to woo you into some indie-chic, bourgeois club that “totally gets your style, quirky attitude, and plays all of your favourite jams”. Drink promos are a given.

Facing the cold winds on the street they promote their cause. Through sunshine and rain they smile and greet you with enthusiasm and edge.

But then why wouldn’t they? Isn’t promo work all play, no work? It surely can’t be that bad? The workers have it handy, they should get real jobs. Slackers.

Or so you would think.

Music second year and PR guru Matthew Dodds says: “The vast amount of people try to ignore and walk past you if you do it in the day, like you’re homeless.

“Worse than that though is some people randomly delete you on Facebook, but let you know they are deleting you because of your promo”.

In reality most people don’t care where you go out. Do you know who does though? Matthew.

He wants you to party with him on Monday nights at Connected in the SU. But you deleted him and now won’t get invited and Matthew will feel sad.

Feel bad yet? You ought to.

Jordanstown second year Pádraig Mac Cionnaith tries to avoid this side of PR offering a more colourful invitation to his Facebook friends, using both topical and controversial topics to grab the attention of his mates.

Pádraig says: “I try to stand out and have a bit of craic with it. I find the pros out way the cons.

“I’m getting paid to promote so losing a Facebook friend or two I’d never talk to in return for some cash is well worth it.”

Master of the trade Tim Hamill,who goes by “Tim Kardashian-West” on Facebook, says that the job itself is great and has its perks like staff discount. However admits that: “With street work you often get the cold shoulder and the girls working are instantly deemed slutty.”

One PR girl who would rather not be named says that some drunks can get too big for their boots, and often think the female workers are there to please them.

She said: “You get slagged for the outfits, but it’s nothing you can’t forget about and laugh it off.

“People can laugh but end of the day I’m the one getting the perks of the nightclub jobs.”

yeahhhhh

You have to hand it to the PR workers. The seem to have it sussed. They multitask work and play while still managing to finish a degree.

Hate them all you want but you can’t help but envy the fun they’re having. It’s a job that definitely beats a 9-5 on tills in Tesco and makes for a far more interesting story.

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