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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I worked in the customer services department of a mobile phone gambling company and it was very depressing, because the people calling up were usually not happy.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 July 2022 source ↗
Bicycle courier: it was literally dicing with death on a minute-to-minute basis for 12 hours a day. It was terrifying and exhausting.
Working at a petrol station.
A comedy gig at an army barracks for thousands of angry, horny squaddies just back from six months in the desert. I was on straight after the stripper.
I used to do silver service waitressing at parties and events. The job was great, but there was constant harassment and groping from older men, and I hadn’t found my voice yet. It’s terrifying when you are young and you need a job.
My 13-year-old self, for all the resentment.
I would have started therapy earlier.
Finding something that I love doing and getting paid for it.
A Rose Wylie painting.
I have a habit of sabotaging the moment in pursuit of perfection.
Greta Thunberg, for obvious reasons.
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