Kerry Godliman: What is the worst job you have ever had?

The question

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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Kerry Godliman

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Bar and buffet at Top Ten Bingo in Greenford. A lot of the old people were quite bigoted.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 September 2023 source ↗

Others on this question

Michael Ball English singer, presenter and actor

Handing out leaflets for a European coach trip wearing just lederhosen, in February and March in Surrey. It was freezing, and I got fired.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2023 source ↗

Mucking out pigs on a farm when I was 15.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 August 2026 source ↗

Siri Hustvedt American novelist, essayist, poet

I was a floor model briefly at Bloomingdale’s in New York in 1979. I hated it. When no one was watching, I would lock myself in the toilet and read.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 August 2017 source ↗

David Gandy British model

I worked for a company that stripped an office, including the furniture, over one weekend – so I worked for 48 hours straight.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2020 source ↗