THE PHANTOM CHEF
That's Life Magazines|January 26, 2023
Meg was terrified when she spotted a poltergeist in her place of work
JUDE DURRANT
THE PHANTOM CHEF

Meg Jakes, 40, Cremorne, NSW

'What's that?' I asked, hearing a creaking sound coming from above.

Lunch service had just finished, and my workmate Jenny and I were cleaning up and getting everything ready for the evening diners.

'Well, Meg, there's a ghost living in the guestrooms upstairs,' Jenny replied.

'Ha! That's funny,' I said, thinking she was joking.

In my 20s, I was backpacking and working as a waitress in an old pub in the north of England.

It was winter and there was a skeleton staff running the pub. Josh the chef and Steve the barman both lived in rooms off the kitchen.

Jenny only worked at lunchtime so she soon left.

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