Charles Dance: What is the worst job you have done?

The question

What is the worst job you have done?

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

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Charles Dance

British actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Treating a flock of sheep for foot rot when I was a farm labourer.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 November 2024 source ↗

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Craig Charles English actor

Filming a TV show in a field in the snow in February in the Dublin hills for 14 hours; the director said, “We’re not going to get that shot today.”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 July 2024 source ↗

Alex Jones American far-right conspiracy theorist

Working in a call centre in Cardiff for British Gas. I was 21 and, I am ashamed to say, one Monday morning I ran away. I said I was going to the loo and never went back.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 August 2021 source ↗

Robbie Williams English singer

I sold double glazing in Stoke when I was 16. That was for two weeks. Other than that, I’ve never really had a “job”.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 May 2017 source ↗

Sharon Corr Musical artist

I worked in my aunt’s bar in Dundalk for about eight years and I remember cleaning the whole bar, including the bathrooms, after a particularly rough St Patrick’s Day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2023 source ↗