Jimmy Akingbola: What is the worst job you have done?

Originally asked

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

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Recorded Jimmy Akingbola said elsewhere, not written here

Working in a warehouse, packing frozen meat. It was a nightmare: I hate the cold and it was very tough.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2020 source ↗

Others on this question

Tim Rice English lyricist and author

I worked in a petrol station on the A1 one summer. I enjoyed it except when I was on latrine duty.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 March 2017 source ↗

Clearing up someone’s sick – it was on police duty.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 September 2025 source ↗

Craig Revel Horwood Australian-British choreographer and director

Potato-picking in my home town, Ballarat.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 December 2018 source ↗

Jonathan Rhys Meyers Irish actor

Two days as a labourer in my 15th summer.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 August 2018 source ↗

An in-house chef.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2020 source ↗

I am not sure I’ve really been in love.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2020 source ↗

Not being in Black Panther.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2020 source ↗

Yesterday, talking about my brother, who passed away.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2020 source ↗

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