What is the worst job you have done?

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Recorded du Beke said elsewhere, not written here
I was a door-to-door carpet-cleaning salesman. I thought my life was going to end, so I binned that after a day.

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

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Edward Enninful Ghanaian-born English editor and stylist
A shoot with a showbusiness icon who I’d loved all my life and shall remain nameless. She walked into the room and immediately said she hated everything. Things went downhill from there. Rough day.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 December 2022 source ↗
Bill Bailey Comedian and musician
Telesales. I refused to wear a tie, but my argument that “They can’t see what we’re wearing” didn’t wash with the manager and I lasted a week.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 October 2016 source ↗

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