Sara Pascoe
English comedian, presenter, writer
Cleaning toilets at McDonald’s when I was 16.
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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.
Serving tea in an insurance office to people who seemed to despise me at the age of 16 was pretty unpleasant.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗
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I once had to dress up as [fast food chain] Supermac’s bunny during a St Patrick’s Day parade and shake people’s hands. Kids kept trying to take off my gloves and punching my bunny head. It was awful.
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Working in an abattoir.
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Working in a warehouse, packing frozen meat. It was a nightmare: I hate the cold and it was very tough.
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