David Gandy: 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 David Gandy said elsewhere, not written here

I worked for a company that stripped an office, including the furniture, over one weekend – so I worked for 48 hours straight.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2020 source ↗

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Joanne Froggatt English actress

Scraping plates in a fish and chip cafe in Whitby.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2019 source ↗

Steph McGovern Broadcaster

I used to be an ear-piercing specialist when I was 16, and had to pierce babies’ ears. It was horrendous. I had to practise on my friends – several have misplaced piercings.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 November 2020 source ↗

Charles Collingwood

Standing outside a pub in Acton on a freezing February day in a threadbare overcoat doing market research.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 March 2025 source ↗

Joanna Scanlan British actress and writer

At the BBC, in the old days, a piece of paper was sent to various households for them to report on what they’d watched that week. In my early 20s, I collated the data. It was deeply boring.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 March 2018 source ↗