THE PHANTOM CHEF

Meg was terrified when she spotted a poltergeist in her place of work

-  JUDE DURRANT

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.