Adjoa Andoh: 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 Adjoa Andoh said elsewhere, not written here

Cleaning men’s toilets in the Swan hotel in the Cotswolds.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 September 2021 source ↗

Others on this question

I got sacked from TK Maxx for falling asleep under the coats.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 January 2026 source ↗

Sheryl Crow American singer-songwriter

I’ve been lucky. When I was a kid, I babysat and was a lifeguard, which I didn’t hate; and then I was a teacher, which I liked.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2017 source ↗

Jenna Coleman English actress

After Emmerdale, babysitting. I freaked out – I couldn’t believe people put me in charge of their children.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 February 2019 source ↗

Emeli Sandé British singer

I was a perfume girl at a department store in Aberdeen. I was so bad at it, I didn’t make it to the end of the day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2017 source ↗