Rose McGowan: 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 Rose McGowan said elsewhere, not written here

When I was 15, I conned my way into an office job at a company that represented makers of breast implants. The manager had a wart on the end of her tongue that she’d push against her teeth, making a very specific sound.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 December 2018 source ↗

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David Gandy British model

I worked for a company that stripped an office, including the furniture, over one weekend – so I worked for 48 hours straight.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 April 2020 source ↗

Russell Mael

Shucking oysters one summer in Nice.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 May 2025 source ↗

Malcolm Gladwell Staff writer at The New Yorker; author of The Tipping Point and Outliers

I was a reporter for many years at the Washington Post. Although I loved every minute, I don’t think I was a very good reporter.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 April 2021 source ↗

John Waters American filmmaker

I worked in a unisex clothes store for three days. Girls would say, 'Do I look fat in this?' I'd say, 'Yes.' I was fired.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗