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 Ricky Wilson said elsewhere, not written here
There have been things within the Kaiser Chiefs I’ve hated – some corporate gigs that I didn’t feel good doing.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2020 source ↗

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Rosanna Arquette American actress
A really bad film for no money: the director had no idea what he was doing and I was wondering: why am I here?
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2021 source ↗
Joanna Scanlan British actress and writer
At the BBC, in the old days, a piece of paper was sent to various households for them to report on what they’d watched that week. In my early 20s, I collated the data. It was deeply boring.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 March 2018 source ↗
Guz Khan
Leafleting for a window company when I was 12. I remember putting them through letterboxes thinking: I’m going to sell drugs, because this is rubbish.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 December 2025 source ↗

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