In writing to York, UK's National Railway Museum in the hope of landing a job, six-year-old Sam Pointon claimed to have traveled on "lots of trains including Eurostar and some trains in France," adding that despite being relatively young for a full-time gig, he would most definitely "do [the] job."

Surprisingly, the museum staffers were so delighted with Sam's letter, they invited Sam and his family to visit the museum as VIP's for the day, more over endowing upon him the title of Director Of Fun.

"He thinks now he has got this job, [so] he won't have to go to school," says his mum, Lorraine. "We had to tell him he still has to go."

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