RR
I worked at KFC, as a vegetarian, doing Friday and Saturday nights.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2024 source ↗
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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Others on this question
View all 230 →
Charles Dance
British actor
Treating a flock of sheep for foot rot when I was a farm labourer.
Looking after the flowerbed on my windowsill.
Elaine Paige
English singer and actress
Maybe That’s Your Problem, a musical about premature ejaculation. It closed after only 18 performances.
Craig David
British singer
Selling double glazing.
More from Romesh Ranganathan
View profile →The arcade game, Guitar Hero. I’ve got the full unit in my house. It’s so sad.
When I was 17 I launched into a rant at my dad about what I thought of him. We never spoke about it again and then he passed away. I would love to say sorry to him.
My children ending up anything like me.
A comedian or rapper. You can tell by the way I’m dressed that I’m a frustrated rapper.
My complete lack of organisation that affects all part of my life – my living space, my being in touch with people, everything. I am a walking shitshow.
I was once walking through Edinburgh with someone in the industry. I was quite drunk and I slowly wet myself.
More on craft & work
- What accomplishment matters most to you? 192 answers
- How do you tell when a piece of work is done? 67 answers
- What do you do when you feel creatively stuck? 63 answers
- How does a new piece of work usually begin for you? 60 answers
- How much rewriting or revision do you typically do? 46 answers
- What part of your job would surprise outsiders because it takes up so much of your time? 41 answers
Also answered this
Sue Perkins, Omid Djalili, Charlotte Church, Martin Kemp, John Waters, Roger Allam
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All craft & work questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject