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What is the worst job you have ever had?Originally asked
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Trying to sell frozen food over the phone for a company called American Frozen Foods. It lasted about half an hour. I found myself telling people not to buy too much of it because it could go bad, and my supervisor said, “This job is probably not for you.”
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 January 2022 source ↗
I worked for a company that stripped an office, including the furniture, over one weekend – so I worked for 48 hours straight.
Laying down slabs for the council.
At a pub in Rotherham. I was a really bad waitress and I ended up being demoted to chopping the potatoes and I even got fired from that.
When I was doing A-levels, I worked in a factory that made homework diaries, which was fine until they banned talking and the radio.
Leading with joy.
A surgeon. I studied pre-med in Holy Cross College for four years and then I went to acting school.
It feels like all is possible.
I would try to be a little nicer to my teachers.
As a good person.
My children’s education.
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