The question
What is the worst job you have ever had?Originally asked
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Working at a petrol station.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 June 2025 source ↗
I left the army and got a job with Unilever in Northern Ireland. They were very strict and you had to have a hat, and when you went into a shop you had to raise your hat to the shopkeeper and then sell your wares. I was selling margarine.
I was the PE technician at my old secondary school, so I had to pump up all the balls, wash all the kits and get the form notes in before morning registration every day.
Painting 11 identical dentists’ offices magnolia. It was Kafkaesque. By the time you are in office four, you are losing your mind.
I haven’t really had a job. I used to work at my dad’s garden centre in my late teens, but it was just messing around.
Myself. I didn’t know how to protect myself adequately when I was younger, and I think I would have experienced my youth differently if I had.
As fun and of help to others.
Being delusional and dreaming big.
Not trying something I really want to do.
Three days ago. I don’t even know why. Sometimes I just feel emotional about how vulnerable humans are.
Getting rid of my phone.
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