What is the worst job you have done?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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Recorded Robbie Williams said elsewhere, not written here
I sold double glazing in Stoke when I was 16. That was for two weeks. Other than that, I’ve never really had a “job”.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 May 2017 source ↗

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Rory Kinnear English actor
It’s a toss-up between organising a new filing system at Hammersmith & Fulham social services and relying on tips in the least popular restaurant in London to get through drama school.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 August 2017 source ↗
At university, I worked at a hotel in housekeeping. We saw so many weird things in people’s rooms. Guests would leave sex and party stuff behind!
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 July 2025 source ↗
Shappi Khorsandi Iranian-born British comedian
Life modelling for a woman who made me recite Shakespeare as I posed. I had a hangover, and it was all a bit much.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 February 2017 source ↗
Monty Don English horticulturist, broadcaster, and writer
I once had to dig a fire escape from a basement in a health club. It took two weeks.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 5 May 2018 source ↗

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