Kerry Godliman: What is the worst job you have done?

What is the worst job you have done?

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.

Recorded Kerry Godliman 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 ↗

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Seann Walsh

I got sacked from TK Maxx for falling asleep under the coats.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

Gemma Chan British Chinese actress

When I was a teenager I worked as a lifeguard, and one of our duties was to clean the showers. It essentially involved cleaning people’s pubes from the drain.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 August 2018 source ↗

Robert Carlyle Scottish actor

The worst was as a butcher, aged 17.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2008 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 ↗