What is the worst job you have done?

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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.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 December 2025 source ↗

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Russell Howard British comedian and presenter
Once, I was MC at a Christmas gig in Romford and a woman threw a dildo at my face.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2020 source ↗
Victoria Pendleton British cyclist
Six weeks in my dad’s office doing admin was enough to persuade me to pursue a career in sport.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 July 2017 source ↗

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Question Who most deserves an apology from you, and why? Failure & regret
To my cousin P, who was one of my best mates growing up. We lost him when we were in our 20s and, before he passed away, I was so busy with this stupid thing called life and a brand new kid. He called me and said: “Bro, I’m not feeling right.” And I said: “Bro, you’ve never been feeling right.” And it always sits on my head that if me or somebody else had been paying more attention maybe things would have worked out different. He had extremely rare bowel cancer and died five weeks later at 27.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 December 2025 source ↗

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