Who is Amanda Kiddy?
Amanda is a MASSIVE part of the ideal community here at Nottingham. Amanda has been with Ideal for a whopping 25 years and is now part of the Ideal Furniture.
Amanda Joined Ideal
On the 5th of October 1998 Amanda joined ideal as a cleaner for the head office.
Her first day at ideal was very nerve racking, she didn’t want to speak to anyone as she was very shy. She was that shy she would always try to hideaway from people.
Amanda was that reserved and quiet that 8 months into the job the area supervisor that hired her said that he didn’t expect her to last a week. 25 years later Amanda is still working at Ideal in the same job she started in 25 years ago. Amanda now cleans for the boss Dennis Dring and Jenny at their house.
Amanda’s time at Ideal
Amanda says she loves cleaning at Dennis and Jenny’s house because they don’t treat her as staff but as family!
Amanda has been with ideal through a lot of changes such as seeing the office expand and change, the departments getting bigger and staff expanding!
Changes Amanda’s Seen
The biggest change Amanda said that she has seen is the old staff leaving and new staff coming. Amanda says that she remembers Chris and Adam Dring being little and now feels proud to see them both part of the management board.
Amanda feels very lucky to have worked with some amazing people that are now no longer here with us today such as Richard Taylor, Jenny Taylor and of course David Dring who she had an excellent relationship with!
Ideal are very lucky to have gained someone like Amanda. Amanda is not the same person she was when she walked into the ideal doors for the first time. Being at Ideal has given her a lot of confidence that she never thought she would ever get.
Ideal have one thing to say to Amanda and that is…
Thank you for your hard work and dedication. Not only on behalf of the team at ideal but Dennis and Jenny Dring, Richard and Jenny Taylor and of course David Dring!
Amanda’s Quick Fire Questions
Question 1: Texting or Talking?
To which she replied to as: “Talking/Calling”.
Question 2: Favourite day of the week?
To which she replied to as: “Monday”.
Question 3: Would you rather be able to speak every language in the world or be able to talk to animals?
To which she replied to as: “I would rather speak every language so that when I’m walking past people who are speaking a different language, I can understand what they are saying”.
Question 4: Favourite holiday abroad and in the uk?
To which she replied to as: “Abroad would be Greece and, in the UK, would be Bournemouth”.
Question 5: Scale of 1-10 how good of a driver are you?
To which she replied to as: “I would say 6”.
Question 6: At what age would you like to retire?
To which she replied to as: “Until my body tells me, and I can no longer physically work”.
Question 7: Invisibility or Super Strength?
To which she replied to as: “Super Strength”.
Question 8: Favourite ice cream flavour?
To which She replied to as: “Strawberry”.
Question 9: Do you believe in Fate?
To which she replied to as: “Yeah to some extent”.
Question 10: Favourite number?
To which She replied to as: “3 & 8 I don’t know why but when I think of a number 3 and 8 come up”.
Question 11: Who has it easier – Men or Women?
To which She replied to as: “I’m going to have to say Women 100%”.
Question 12: What does a person need to be happy
To which She replied to as: “a good and healthy family”.
Question 13: What’s the best age?
To which She replied to as: “18”.
Question 14: Big dogs or small dogs?
To which She replied to as: “None”.
Question 15: Giving presents or getting presents?
To which She replied to as: “None I hate the attention being on me”.
1. “My way or no way” – If you are coming to ask me for some advice or help do it my way or find your own way with independence
As a whole Amanda loves working with Ideal, she has been with ideal for 25 brilliant years! Amanda has seen many changes to the business, and we are looking forward to seeing what the future at Ideal holds for Amanda!
