Russell Howard: What is the worst job you have done?

What is the worst job you have done?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's long-running Q&A repeatedly asks this standing question, with minor tense variation.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Russell Howard said elsewhere, not written here

Once, I was MC at a Christmas gig in Romford and a woman threw a dildo at my face.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2020 source ↗

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Rick Astley Singer, songwriter and radio presenter

I haven’t really had a job. I used to work at my dad’s garden centre in my late teens, but it was just messing around.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 October 2018 source ↗

Jessica Brown Findlay English actress

I used to do silver service waitressing at parties and events. The job was great, but there was constant harassment and groping from older men, and I hadn’t found my voice yet. It’s terrifying when you are young and you need a job.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 March 2021 source ↗

Ronald Harwood South African playwright and novelist

Unpacking scenery from a pantechnicon for the Carl Rosa Opera Company.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 November 2016 source ↗

Bryn Terfel Welsh bass-baritone singer

I cleaned the toilets at the local pub every Saturday morning.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2024 source ↗