Karamo Brown: What is the worst job you have ever had?

The question

What is the worst job you have ever had?

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.

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Karamo Brown

American television host, personality and actor

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Selling newspapers outside the grocery store for two years.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 September 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

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Erin O'Connor English model

Shooting hosiery on top of an iceberg and getting my backside stuck to it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2008 source ↗

Jane Asher English actress and author

Doing an episode of Doctors was a bit of a nadir.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗

Denise Welch

I was a waitress at a holiday camp. On a Wednesday afternoon all the guys used to pee into the rice pudding and we had to serve it to the customers.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2023 source ↗

Erin Doherty

I was the PE technician at my old secondary school, so I had to pump up all the balls, wash all the kits and get the form notes in before morning registration every day.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 March 2025 source ↗