The question
What is the worst job you have ever had?Originally asked
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Giving barium enemas. I used to be a radiographer in Coventry.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 April 2025 source ↗
Filming a TV show in a field in the snow in February in the Dublin hills for 14 hours; the director said, “We’re not going to get that shot today.”
Handing out leaflets for a dry cleaner’s, because no one wanted them and, if people did take them, they just threw them on the floor.
It’s also one of the best jobs I’ve done, but two hours in, when everyone’s pissed and ignoring you, hosting the Brit awards can be a tough gig.
I had to choreograph dancing cows for a commercial. I had to superimpose footage of dancing legs – some were mine – on to the cow. It was bonkers.
I’m argumentative.
I fell asleep in a room that had an oil heater and it filled with carbon monoxide and, if it hadn’t been for my husband, Terry, I would have died.
Not being able to perform adequately.
My husband snoring.
Nineteen Eighty-Four. I always meant to read it before 1984, and once 1984 had passed I didn’t see the point.
I don’t have children. I will leave my nieces money because girls need money of their own. Anything to make women independent.
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