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What is the worst job you have ever had?

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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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Lupita Nyong'o Actress
I waited tables for one night at the turn of the century. They were being fussy about how I put the food on the plates, and I couldn’t have cared less.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2019 source ↗
Sheryl Crow American singer-songwriter
I’ve been lucky. When I was a kid, I babysat and was a lifeguard, which I didn’t hate; and then I was a teacher, which I liked.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2017 source ↗
Siri Hustvedt American novelist, essayist, poet
I was a floor model briefly at Bloomingdale’s in New York in 1979. I hated it. When no one was watching, I would lock myself in the toilet and read.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 August 2017 source ↗

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