Working in an abattoir.
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Working in a betting office on Grand National day. I was 17 and my hair was scrunched like Mick Hucknall’s.
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I did a terrible job of fixing the downstairs loo once.
Emma Bunton
British singer
When I was younger, I appeared in the Halifax adverts that featured a cake or a bridge made of hundreds of people. You stood there for three days and were not even really seen.
Alison Steadman
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Washing dishes when I was a student.
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