Jack Dee: What is the worst job you have ever had?

The question

What is the worst job you have ever had?

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 said elsewhere, not written here

When I was a kid I had a Saturday job in the stockroom of a supermarket. I remember everything in there being a little bit grubby and slightly sticky. We’d do things like play rugby with a swiss roll. I think of it every time I go shopping.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 November 2024 source ↗

Others on this question

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Sandi Toksvig Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer

Working on an assembly line in a plastics factory.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 March 2018 source ↗

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 ↗

Bradley Wiggins British former professional road and track racing cyclist

I’ve never had a job.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗

Paterson Joseph British actor and author

Pressing uniforms in a laundry. I was 14. I lied about my age and said I was 16, even though I probably looked about 12.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 February 2020 source ↗