Andy Serkis: 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 Andy Serkis said elsewhere, not written here

Putting ball bearings into Mum roll-on deodorant bottles in a factory, one summer when I was 17.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 July 2017 source ↗

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Carlos Acosta Cuban ballet dancer

Selling stolen mangoes to pay for a cinema ticket, aged eight.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 September 2018 source ↗

Paul McKenna British hypnotist and TV personality

I was a Harrods store detective for a day. I was so bad at it, one of the other detectives thought I looked suspicious and reported me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 January 2023 source ↗

Victoria Derbyshire British broadcaster

Working in a furniture factory in Warrington when I was 17. It was a summer job, and I had to cover the studs in the back of Chesterfield sofas with leather.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 September 2021 source ↗

Adam Kay British comedy writer, author, youtuber, comedian and former physician

A comedy gig at an army barracks for thousands of angry, horny squaddies just back from six months in the desert. I was on straight after the stripper.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗