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Father Christmas at a department store. The plaintive sadness of the children’s unrealistic requests was almost unbearable.
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What is the worst job you have ever had?Originally asked
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Martin Clunes
English actor
A kitchen porter at some big telecom office in Wimbledon. I was also a kitchen porter at L’Escargot and, while I was there, a model for Gilbert and George. It was a quick £15 and they were terribly nice.
Irvine Welsh
Scottish novelist
Laying down slabs for the council.
Sheryl Crow
American singer-songwriter
I’ve been lucky. When I was a kid, I babysat and was a lifeguard, which I didn’t hate; and then I was a teacher, which I liked.
Ricky Wilson
Singer; frontman of Kaiser Chiefs
There have been things within the Kaiser Chiefs I’ve hated – some corporate gigs that I didn’t feel good doing.
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David Hare – he’s always fascinating and funny.
In the early 90s, in the Andes, caught in an atrocious storm above 20,000ft with three others. We were all in a very bad way. Some guys close to us perished; we were lucky.
As an interesting, amusing father by my children.
Being exquisitely alive.
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