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What is the worst job you have done?

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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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Sara Pascoe English comedian, presenter, writer
Cleaning toilets at McDonald’s when I was 16.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 July 2018 source ↗
Jimmy Akingbola British-Nigerian TV, theatre and film actor
Working in a warehouse, packing frozen meat. It was a nightmare: I hate the cold and it was very tough.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2020 source ↗
Melissa McCarthy American actress
I shucked oysters for a day without the proper knife or gloves. I had to go to hospital as I’d ripped my hands up. I can’t recommend it as a career option.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 January 2019 source ↗

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My father was my major teacher, disciplinarian. But my mother lent a lot to me and to my life, in that, when things weren’t going right, or when my father was too tough, I had the soft feel of my mother to help me, and she did. And she a lot of the times gave me confidence that I needed to overcome some of the things that happened that weren’t so pleasant.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview source ↗

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