Big Narstie: 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 Big Narstie said elsewhere, not written here

When I first got excluded from school at 15, my dad gave me experience as a roofer. That’s when I came to realise I’m scared of heights.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2022 source ↗

Others on this question

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Simone Biles United States artistic gymnast

Picking up dog poop at home: my sister and I used to take turns.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 February 2017 source ↗

Sharon Corr Musical artist

I worked in my aunt’s bar in Dundalk for about eight years and I remember cleaning the whole bar, including the bathrooms, after a particularly rough St Patrick’s Day.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 June 2023 source ↗

Meghann Fahy

I’ve never really had a horrible job – I liked working at restaurants and being a nanny when I wasn’t acting.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2026 source ↗

Anne Enright Novelist and short-story writer

When I was 17 I took on a class of six-year-olds for a week. When the Angelus rang at noon, they stood up in silence and I realised I was supposed to recite the prayer, which I did not know. I said: “There will be no Angelus today because of that child fidgeting at the back.”

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 September 2024 source ↗