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 Romesh Ranganathan said elsewhere, not written here
I worked at KFC, as a vegetarian, doing Friday and Saturday nights.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 August 2024 source ↗

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Martin Sheen American actor
That would have to be a film called Pickup On 101. It was a very interesting story, about a wandering musician and an old guy on his way back to his home town to spend his last days, but they made it into a pile of dishonest trash.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2017 source ↗
Rita Wilson American actress, singer, and producer
I was a ticket taker at the Universal Amphitheatre, an outdoor music venue. I saw everybody – Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, the Eagles, Elton. But, after that, we had to clean the women’s restrooms and that was horrible. There was a lot of drinking, a lot of vomiting, a lot of very messy bathrooms.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 April 2023 source ↗
Children’s underwear department at Marks & Spencer, Oxford Circus. I was 16 years old, earning money in my summer holidays.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2024 source ↗
Bruno Tonioli Italian choreographer
I had to choreograph dancing cows for a commercial. I had to superimpose footage of dancing legs – some were mine – on to the cow. It was bonkers.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 April 2023 source ↗

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