Indira Varma: What is the worst job you have ever had?

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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Indira Varma

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Being a cocktail waitress and having to wear a compromising dress in an unwoke 1990s world.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2024 source ↗

Others on this question

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Charles Dance British actor

Treating a flock of sheep for foot rot when I was a farm labourer.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 November 2024 source ↗

Jenna Coleman English actress

After Emmerdale, babysitting. I freaked out – I couldn’t believe people put me in charge of their children.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 February 2019 source ↗

Lucy Worsley English historian

In my teens, peeling garlic to make pie filling in a butcher’s shop.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 May 2017 source ↗

Chaka Khan American singer

When Rufus first came out, it was all white guys and myself, but then the band changed and Tony Maiden, Bobby Watson and Andre Fischer came in. This guy booked us for a gig in Illinois, based on our original album cover, and when we got there he said that there were too many black people in the band. He actually put some white guys on the stage with us.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2024 source ↗