Jimmy Akingbola: 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.

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Recorded Jimmy Akingbola said elsewhere, not written here

Working in a warehouse, packing frozen meat. It was a nightmare: I hate the cold and it was very tough.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2020 source ↗

Others on this question

Francesca Martinez British comedian

I’ve liked all my jobs, amazingly.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 March 2020 source ↗

Kiefer Sutherland British and Canadian actor

I’ve been lucky enough to act for 35 years. The only other job I had was as a cook at a drive-in restaurant, and I enjoyed that as well.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 September 2017 source ↗

Picking up RAF pilots’ parachute packs and gear they dropped off in a pile.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2026 source ↗

Carlos Acosta Cuban ballet dancer

Selling stolen mangoes to pay for a cinema ticket, aged eight.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 September 2018 source ↗

I am not sure I’ve really been in love.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2020 source ↗

An in-house chef.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2020 source ↗

Yesterday, talking about my brother, who passed away.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2020 source ↗

Not being in Black Panther.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2020 source ↗

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