Ralf Little: 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.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Ralf Little said elsewhere, not written here

For two weeks I worked behind the players’ bar at Bolton Wanderers football club – footballers don’t tip.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2020 source ↗

Others on this question

Working in a bottle factory, which lasted one day, and the Radio 1 breakfast show.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗

Archie Panjabi British actress

Redeeming mortgages. I did it for a few weeks, and it sealed the deal that I wanted a career in entertainment.

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

Jimmy Akingbola British-Nigerian TV, theatre and film actor

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

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

Joseph Fiennes English actor

Several: cutting the local vicar's lawn, shovelling shit from a stable, waiting tables, picking up and washing actors' smelly pants and socks.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 October 2008 source ↗