The question
What is the worst job you have ever had?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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I worked in my aunt’s bar in Dundalk for about eight years and I remember cleaning the whole bar, including the bathrooms, after a particularly rough St Patrick’s Day.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2023 source ↗
Digging holes in Manchester in January.
I was a ticket taker at the Universal Amphitheatre, an outdoor music venue. I saw everybody – Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, the Eagles, Elton. But, after that, we had to clean the women’s restrooms and that was horrible. There was a lot of drinking, a lot of vomiting, a lot of very messy bathrooms.
Being a cocktail waitress and having to wear a compromising dress in an unwoke 1990s world.
I’ve only done two and loved them both – one in the band, and the other as an interpreter in customs.
A warm sunny day. You get this bubble around you and, all of a sudden, problems are halved.
Trust my instincts.
Not fulfilling my potential.
Procrastination.
When I initially made money with the Corrs, I bought a Jaguar XK8.
I can’t disclose that because it’s not suitable for public airing, but it was truly awful; they’ve since said worse.
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