The question

What is the worst job you have ever had?

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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.

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Esther Rantzen
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When I started as a researcher in the BBC, I was working for an editor who was a self-confessed misogynist. He used to practise shooting by aiming his air gun at an aerosol can balanced just over my head. I made it a matter of pride not to flinch as the pellets whizzed by.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 February 2024 source ↗

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About five years ago, I was in a play that was an unmitigated disaster. I had to rally the troops and go out every night.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 October 2023 source ↗
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Working in a chip shop when I was 16. I gave my friends massive portions, but the smell was gross.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 October 2016 source ↗

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