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Articles by Jack Starr

About Jack Starr

Jack Starr is one of Australia’s leading Jack of all trades and Master of none. Jack has been, or currently is, a writer, a waiter, a call centre operator, a nutritionist, a chef, children’s entertainer, a care worker, a brewery worker, a landscape gardener, a budding sportsman, a paperboy, a salesman, an entrepreneur and a dad.‘


And I’m only 27!’ He wishes.

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Call Centre Nightmare Syndrome (CCNS)

November 1, 2017 Last Updated: January 14, 2020
Jack Starr

The Call Centre Nightmare Syndrome (CCNS) is frighteningly real for a number of Australian’s but fortunately these tips may help sufferers. OK we are taking the piss but hey, its funny.

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