John Waters: 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 John Waters said elsewhere, not written here

I worked in a unisex clothes store for three days. Girls would say, 'Do I look fat in this?' I'd say, 'Yes.' I was fired.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗

Others on this question

Louis Theroux British and American journalist and author

There was a period in the early 2000s when I had been doing celebrity profiles and thought I’d lost my way creatively.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 November 2018 source ↗

Shappi Khorsandi Iranian-born British comedian

Life modelling for a woman who made me recite Shakespeare as I posed. I had a hangover, and it was all a bit much.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 February 2017 source ↗

Jennifer Hudson American singer and actress

I’ve loved all my jobs, even when I worked at Burger King.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2018 source ↗

Francesca Martinez British comedian

I’ve liked all my jobs, amazingly.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 March 2020 source ↗