Peter Sarsgaard: 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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Caddying for really rich people at this country club in Connecticut when I was a teenager. They would talk like I wasn’t there so I would hear all about their lives, their affairs and their stupidity, and yet I couldn’t say anything.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 February 2024 source ↗

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Rita Wilson American actress, singer, and producer

I was a ticket taker at the Universal Amphitheatre, an outdoor music venue. I saw everybody – Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, the Eagles, Elton. But, after that, we had to clean the women’s restrooms and that was horrible. There was a lot of drinking, a lot of vomiting, a lot of very messy bathrooms.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗

Andrea Riseborough British actress

Either shredding duck in a Chinese restaurant, or Oblivion.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 November 2016 source ↗

Justin Hawkins

Cockroach stamper at a dried-flower factory.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2025 source ↗

Hayley Squires English actress and playwright

I worked in a call centre. I would go clubbing on a Saturday with my brother and my mates, get home for five or six in the morning, and then have to be at work at 8am.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2020 source ↗