David Arquette: What is the worst job you have done?

What is the worst job you have done?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's long-running Q&A repeatedly asks this standing question, with minor tense variation.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded David Arquette said elsewhere, not written here

When I was young, selling maps to stars’ homes in Hollywood, somebody flashed their wiener at me. It was traumatising.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 January 2021 source ↗

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Charles Collingwood

Standing outside a pub in Acton on a freezing February day in a threadbare overcoat doing market research.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 March 2025 source ↗

Lupita Nyong'o Actress

I waited tables for one night at the turn of the century. They were being fussy about how I put the food on the plates, and I couldn’t have cared less.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2019 source ↗

Kevin Rowland British singer

I worked in the stores of Edgware hospital when I was about 17, and it was grey and depressing.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 August 2025 source ↗

Steph McGovern Broadcaster

I used to be an ear-piercing specialist when I was 16, and had to pierce babies’ ears. It was horrendous. I had to practise on my friends – several have misplaced piercings.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 November 2020 source ↗