What is the worst job you have done?

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Recorded Stephanie Beacham said elsewhere, not written here
I was 15 working in Boots on Barnet High Street and it was terrifying. At coffee break you had to know whose cup was whose, and taking the wrong cup was a crime. I’ve met bitches, but I tell you they started out in Boots in Barnet.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2025 source ↗

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Stephen Graham English actor
I worked in a TGI Fridays when I was 19 and came to London for the first time. It was absolutely horrible and I got fired after two weeks.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 April 2018 source ↗
Greg James British author, broadcaster, comedian, and presenter
When I was at school, I had a summer job where I had to buff blocks of plastic for a display unit. The factory only remembered to give us masks on day three.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2019 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 ↗

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