The question
What is the worst job you have ever had?Originally asked
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When I worked at a dog food company shovelling the exterminated rats.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗
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.
I lived in Cape Town, and I was spotted on the street and signed up by a modelling agency. I did about three shoots before I realised I hate having my photograph taken and I like food.
I didn’t enjoy a bar job and glass collecting – people could be really rude.
A cafeteria in Glasgow where the manager was horrible. I walked out and got a great job in a betting shop.
Barack Obama, for his humility and grace in the face of enormous difficulty.
Because it’s in one of my songs, War and Peace.
The Covid years. My life is diminished since then. I lost my brother. My children lost some social expression, and we are still recovering from that.
More time with my boys.
I worry about doing everything right with my kids.
The years of self-doubt.
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