Jack Whitehall: 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 Jack Whitehall said elsewhere, not written here

It’s also one of the best jobs I’ve done, but two hours in, when everyone’s pissed and ignoring you, hosting the Brit awards can be a tough gig.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗

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du Beke English dancer and TV presenter

I was a door-to-door carpet-cleaning salesman. I thought my life was going to end, so I binned that after a day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2019 source ↗

Fran Lebowitz American author and public speaker

I just hate to work, so I can’t choose one.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 June 2022 source ↗

John Simm English musician and actor

Working in a very busy bar in the West End when I was trying to pay my way through drama school. I had to dance in a cage in a vest and cycling shorts to Venus by Bananarama, Greased Lightnin’ and Y.M.C.A. every night. It was excruciating.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 March 2023 source ↗

Big Narstie British entertainer

When I first got excluded from school at 15, my dad gave me experience as a roofer. That’s when I came to realise I’m scared of heights.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2022 source ↗