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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I once had to dress up as [fast food chain] Supermac’s bunny during a St Patrick’s Day parade and shake people’s hands. Kids kept trying to take off my gloves and punching my bunny head. It was awful.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 February 2023 source ↗
When I was 15, I conned my way into an office job at a company that represented makers of breast implants. The manager had a wart on the end of her tongue that she’d push against her teeth, making a very specific sound.
I was a guard on the Orient Express – however, only when it was stationed at a railway siding in Vauxhall.
When I was doing A-levels, I worked in a factory that made homework diaries, which was fine until they banned talking and the radio.
Working in a soap factory in Huddersfield. I was in my late teens, so I was basically hungover every day.
Less phone use.
Not actualising my full potential.
For being joyful.
Weirdly, sometimes exhaustion keeps me awake. If I am really tired, I won’t sleep well.
Missing a cue on stage. I had to come on and move a piece of furniture with another actor and I completely forgot. I looked at the monitor and said, “Why is he standing on his own?” And somebody said, “Aren’t you meant to help him?”
To trust in the process.
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