I fitted the bill even better then, hair half way down my back and as an idle as any Mexican.
What has been the worst job you have ever done?
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I fitted the bill even better then, hair half way down my back and as an idle as any Mexican.
Sounds like a crummy job.
Cold calling people over the phone and convincing then that I should come around to their house and sell them a ridiculously overpriced American vacuum cleaner. Forget what the brand was.
I never sold any and quit after a couple of weeks!
I never sold any and quit after a couple of weeks!
You're married?
I worked at a terrible discount home store one Xmas.
The management style was that of; moan/shout constantly when things aren't right and never give out praise or encouragement (unless "hurry the *** Please fully star your swear words *** - Will Gill up" can be considered encouragement).
The night staff (which thankfully I was never a part of) were given no extra pay despite working from 8pm to 8am---which in my opinion is terrible.
They seem to have got most of their staff from people on JSA which means that most of them cannot leave voluntarily because they would not get their JSA for giving up a job without good reason. This allowed the management to treat staff terribly.
I used the adjective terrible a lot there, but it was really terrible
The management style was that of; moan/shout constantly when things aren't right and never give out praise or encouragement (unless "hurry the *** Please fully star your swear words *** - Will Gill up" can be considered encouragement).
The night staff (which thankfully I was never a part of) were given no extra pay despite working from 8pm to 8am---which in my opinion is terrible.
They seem to have got most of their staff from people on JSA which means that most of them cannot leave voluntarily because they would not get their JSA for giving up a job without good reason. This allowed the management to treat staff terribly.
I used the adjective terrible a lot there, but it was really terrible
I've done some mind numbingly boring work but nothing I'd class as that bad in the overall scheme of things, spending 6 hours a night between 10pm and 4am stood outside watching drunks argue over taxis when we've had the really bad -15 winters was pretty rough but I worked with some good people so it still wasn't that bad.
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worked at a wines and spirits factory for a few days on agency, 12 hour shifts. One day was watching bottles going down the line and removing any that were scratched/chipped etc. and another day was taking endless boxes of wine off a pallet, opening the box, checking each bottle for any glue remnants within the wine, removing the contaminated, reboxing, resealing and restacking the rest onto another pallet.
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I worked at JJB Sports when I was between jobs. The shifts, pay, and manager were truly wicked; basically slave labour. The manager was a proper Witch too. Shame I never found her broomstick to truly prove it mind.
Sainsbury's
Started off ok and i was in-store and checkouts, but more and more i was asked to go outside to collect trolley's. In the end i was 8 hrs outside which i was ****ed about. In the winter it was cold and dark for most of it and was fed up, only there for 9 months and then dumped it to go work in Waitrose deli counter which was amazing in comparison
Once i got my degree i left that world behind thank god,
Started off ok and i was in-store and checkouts, but more and more i was asked to go outside to collect trolley's. In the end i was 8 hrs outside which i was ****ed about. In the winter it was cold and dark for most of it and was fed up, only there for 9 months and then dumped it to go work in Waitrose deli counter which was amazing in comparison
Once i got my degree i left that world behind thank god,
My first job was a paper round, some of the conditions the poor paper boys go through to get you your paper is awful!
Second in line was being a trolley collector at tesco (or whatever the proper term is called), whilst I was at college at the time and the part-time work was the only thing that was able to drag me away from WoW
EDIT: robgmum - snap!
Second in line was being a trolley collector at tesco (or whatever the proper term is called), whilst I was at college at the time and the part-time work was the only thing that was able to drag me away from WoW
EDIT: robgmum - snap!
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My first ever job, worked in a warehouse collecting empty boxes that the order pickers had picked out of then putting them in a bailer. That was one **** job but i was working with a few lads i knew so had some good laughs messing some of the order pickers work up who took the ****.
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Many years ago I worked at a jobcentre on the outskirts of Gateshead.
All of your regular customers are the wasters and at the time there was a huge amount of heroin with spaced out kids who barley knew where they were. Or the local pushers with new designer clothes/gold hanging off of them but signing on as no fixed abode.
When you did see genuine people who needed help there was very little that you could do as that isn't how jobcentres work apparently
Miserable, miserable job.
All of your regular customers are the wasters and at the time there was a huge amount of heroin with spaced out kids who barley knew where they were. Or the local pushers with new designer clothes/gold hanging off of them but signing on as no fixed abode.
When you did see genuine people who needed help there was very little that you could do as that isn't how jobcentres work apparently
Miserable, miserable job.
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worst I've had was working at a meat packing factory, the smell was unbelievable, to the point that most days as soon as I walked out the door I threw up from the shock of breathing fresh air again.
worst part was getting the corned beef out of the can: you chopped one end off the can (about a metre long can at that) with a pneumatic guillotine, then rammed the other end of the can onto a sharpened nozzle, which forced the 'meat' out with air pressure....spattering you with rancid fat in the process!
worst part was getting the corned beef out of the can: you chopped one end off the can (about a metre long can at that) with a pneumatic guillotine, then rammed the other end of the can onto a sharpened nozzle, which forced the 'meat' out with air pressure....spattering you with rancid fat in the process!
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Worked as a trolley boy in Tesco, whilst at University.
Outside in all weathers for 10hrs, hilariously understaffed and treated like **** by management (once told that I was obviously stupid and had no career aspirations
)... Couldn't quit because I needed the money and it was a secure job.
Due to being understaffed it meant frequently pushing longer and longer lines, to keep up with demand. Wasn't helped that they ignored suggestions to put anti-theft brakes on the trolleys, so customers would leave them scattered around the retail park.
Christmas periods were literally insane! People would take 4hrs to do a shop, so you would often get abuse off customers for not having any trolleys available, and if they saw you coming with a line you'd basically get mugged.
Made some good friends though, and during the summer it was a good way to keep fit.
Outside in all weathers for 10hrs, hilariously understaffed and treated like **** by management (once told that I was obviously stupid and had no career aspirations
)... Couldn't quit because I needed the money and it was a secure job.Due to being understaffed it meant frequently pushing longer and longer lines, to keep up with demand. Wasn't helped that they ignored suggestions to put anti-theft brakes on the trolleys, so customers would leave them scattered around the retail park.
Christmas periods were literally insane! People would take 4hrs to do a shop, so you would often get abuse off customers for not having any trolleys available, and if they saw you coming with a line you'd basically get mugged.
Made some good friends though, and during the summer it was a good way to keep fit.
Pizza delivery around the Longbridge area of Birmingham just after Rover closed down. The mood was very dark, and the stuff that I experienced - looking back I'm amazed that I did it, but at the time it was that or quit University (which I did at the end of the year anyway because of the utterly crap year that I had, and which this job contributed to.)
Some examples:
Joyriders playing chicken with you.
Driving round a car on fire in the middle of the road.
Another car planted in a tree and abandoned.
Myriad hoax orders, or people clearly considering mugging me for a pizza.
Huge high rise flats with broken lifts and lights which I had to deliver to, and was always pleased to get out of in one piece.
One time the customer was a pregnant lady, and started telling me that I should be giving her a discount because of this. Then her two MASSIVE neighbours came out and joined in the demanding too. Eventually managed to convince them that I couldn't, and if I returned with less money than expected I'd get sacked for nicking it.
Some examples:
Joyriders playing chicken with you.
Driving round a car on fire in the middle of the road.
Another car planted in a tree and abandoned.
Myriad hoax orders, or people clearly considering mugging me for a pizza.
Huge high rise flats with broken lifts and lights which I had to deliver to, and was always pleased to get out of in one piece.
One time the customer was a pregnant lady, and started telling me that I should be giving her a discount because of this. Then her two MASSIVE neighbours came out and joined in the demanding too. Eventually managed to convince them that I couldn't, and if I returned with less money than expected I'd get sacked for nicking it.