Paul Whitehouse: 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.

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Recorded Paul Whitehouse said elsewhere, not written here

I was what I call a “nut lifter” in a factory in Enfield. I had to get nuts and bolts from the production line into big tins.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 June 2018 source ↗

Others on this question

A holiday job as a chambermaid at the Scratchwood Travelodge on the M1. The state some people leave their rooms in was a revelation.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Robbie Williams English singer

I sold double glazing in Stoke when I was 16. That was for two weeks. Other than that, I’ve never really had a “job”.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 May 2017 source ↗

I worked in a chicken factory in the Netherlands when I was 16.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2023 source ↗

Mo Farah British track and field athlete

I have worked in McDonald’s.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2019 source ↗

The eradication of poverty would be nice, but at the moment, a double macchiato.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 June 2018 source ↗

When I came round after being seriously ill. I’d had a dose of morphine, the sun was shining and I thought, “Ah yes, I live!”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 June 2018 source ↗

A professional footballer.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 June 2018 source ↗

When my dad died this year.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 June 2018 source ↗

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