What has been the worst job you have ever done?

Mr^B said:
Getting lobsters out of Jane Mansfield's **** hole.
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I do love a Derek & Clive reference early in the morning. :D

Worst job : 9 months on a seismic survey ship in the North Sea. **** pay, **** port calls and far too much like hard work.

Watching Piper Alpha burn while searching for survivors was no fun either.
 
Either working at currys, for the **** pay and high pressure targets, or working on a building site as a groundworker which actually paid okay, but was incredibly hard work.
 
Temp work (1day) Putting CDs into sleeves for a nationwide newspaper, as the machine that would normally do this was broken
 
Cleaning plates and tables in a cafe. I'd also have to clean the toilets, which made me feel very ill. To top it off, I was let go by a text message.

It made working in KFC feel like a dream. Saying that, I keep my KFC name badge as a reminder of how far I've come.
 
Tying thousands of ribbon bows, for chocolate boxes, no chocolate on site just ribbon. Iirc it was about £3 per box off 1000 bows and you didn't even get that if they rejected the quality. And that was a 9mile cycle ride each way.

And people have the audacity to say we're worse off now. Just lol.
 
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National Rail call centre, 90 second maximum call time and constant calls for a full shift. Worked 3-11 whilst at uni, wouldn't have been that bad but you were constantly monitored and only got 5 mins 'personal time' a shift!
 
Waitering at huge corporate dinners. The guys were always chosen for clearing the tables after each course because we were expected to be able to hold the huge trays. I'd basically stand in front of drunk guests holding a big tray whilst my arms were bleeding from the strain of holding 30 odd peoples plates, cutlery and left over dinner. Always smiling
 
You know school exam papers that have things like maps inside? I put those in. Boxes full of the things every day. I lasted two weeks and asked to me moved somewhere else. Luckily it was just a temp job, some people do it permanently.
 
Ferret washer. Pic related.

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Before I got put on Quality Assurance at a Cake Factory, I spent 2 weeks on supposed training, where the team leader used me as an extra hand till the last day of 'training', when I actually got the required training.

During those 2 weeks, I was feeding cakes 2 at a time, lifting and swapping empty trays, opening and closing boxes, sticking 2 chocolate stars on a specific position of a pipped cake.

Not the worst job in the world, but certainly worst in my CV. Made me appreciate the mundane unskilled work requirement. Definitely one of the most important pillar that got me to where I am thus far in the Food Industry.
 
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