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Doing the bins while working for McDonald’s in west Ealing.
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Robert Carlyle
Scottish actor
The worst was as a butcher, aged 17.
Adrian Dunbar
Irish actor
Working in an abattoir.
Ann Dowd
American actress
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.”
Angela Hartnett
English chef
Washing up in the Ford factory canteen in Dagenham.
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