The question
What is the worst job you have ever had?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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Helping to slaughter farmyard animals as a kid; watching while my aunties cut them up to get their guts out and seeing eggs floating around in the hens. That made me become a vegetarian.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 December 2021 source ↗
Picking up dog poop at home: my sister and I used to take turns.
Acting, when you don’t want to do it or you disagree with everything, is almost like having sex with someone you don’t like. I had one experience like that on stage, in a terrible version of The Cherry Orchard. I put on a wig, dark-coloured contacts and just hoped no one would recognise me.
Six weeks in my dad’s office doing admin was enough to persuade me to pursue a career in sport.
I worked in a call centre. I would go clubbing on a Saturday with my brother and my mates, get home for five or six in the morning, and then have to be at work at 8am.
Myself – why not?
I had this idiotic manager for a while who got me an Armani suit and then got the money off me.
I never set my sights that high, so I’m not disappointed with anything.
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