Hardest job you've ever done?

[anything I don't mind]

I worked in scaffolding yard for 3 months. I got some weird infection on my hands from the gloves, went away after a few weeks.

 

[Mr-White]

So, next time you're in a Liquid / Time / Envy in the UK, spare a nod for me.. the guy that had to stand all day at a bench wiring, testing and fitting the equipment in all those racks.

Didn't the company that owned these clubs go into administration last year ?

MW

 

[lordhughes]

Only really worked in pubs before getting a proper job, but the toughest one was working in a pub whose landlord wanted to cut corners everywhere to save money, ****ing nightmare. He even considered charging people for soda water at which point I left.

 

[panthro]

I worked for a vineyard doing bottling, packing, vine tending, and general work. It was back breaking and we had to work in all weather. That was the most physically demanding job I've done.

 

[MrMarvelous]

2 paper rounds when I was 13-14, one in the morning and then after school in the afternoon. Get up at 6 and walk up a massive, steep hill for around half an hour then down a little hill then back the way I came to go home and get ready for school. Afternoon one I managed to do on my bike but I was usually either knackered from playing football at school or wanted to meet all my mates. Got £8 from the morning one a week and £7 from the afternoon one but the Christmas tips from people were amazing.

 

[toshj]

Used to work summers on the boats on the Thames. Some of it was easy, but the frequent 17.5 hr days were gruelling.

First job outside of University working for a headhunter was tough too. 8am-8pm minimum, absolute non-stop work, 5 mins to pop out to get lunch and eat at your desk. Plus I worked every Sunday (apart from 4) during my first year with the firm!

 

[Daff_Duck]

Quite a few have put paper rounds when they were in their early teens, One would say thank God we live in the 21st Century. If we didnt a 16 hr day working your fingers to the bone would be the norm from a very very early age. Anything now would not compete with those conditions, One would say many in the third world are still working under these draconian conditions.

I would like to turn this thread on its head and say the easiest Job is the one I have right now having worked without a gap for over 30 yrs doing some crap and very hard jobs along the way (multi drop hand ball) Class 2 up and downstairs etc in all kinds of weather, delivering coal etc. I have found my Utopia in the NHS and long may it continue.

 

[thepharcyde]

Engraving part numbers on bolts with a hobby craft type engraver. Took me a week.

 

[Greebo]

A fluffer................hard to swallow but pay was good

 

[#Chri5#]

During holidays from uni, I did night shifts at a Kwik Save branch. Only two people in all night and always loads of pallets to get through, so very little chance to talk. Pretty much 12 hours of hard-grafting on your own.

 

[Bengaboy]

Royal Navy for 3.5 years - even though I havent been in that long, I have done loads, visited multiple war zones, but generally had a laugh doing it! Not as much when you are doing 6 hours on, 6 hours off constantly for 1.5 months when at sea, that was emotionally draining.

Before that worked as a salesmen at "Where in the world", which I actually loved looking back at it.

Before purple shirt brigade, worked in the Marriott hotel.

I hated that job so much - long hours, rubbish pay and worked with the worst staff ever. Customers were ***** too...

 

[Tripnologist]

I used to work at a lumber mill back in Canada. It was mindless work, but very physically demanding and exhausting.

Depending on what we were outputting, I could be stacking 12 boards a minute, with each one weighing about 5lbs. Including breaks and downtime, I figure that I'd lift 23,400lbs each and every day. Needless to say, within a few months of starting, I was rather ripped.

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[Name]

Trying to prepare financial month end using a tested, and failed version of Oracle from 1991, good going.

 

[mehuk]

Roofing when its cold.

 

[sbi5ar]

My PhD until the final year when I actually made progress and things clicked into place

 

[Pestilence]

"Adult Film Performer".

Quite daunting, but good fun (obviously). Made about 23 films at last count, but it was so demanding that there came a point I realised I just couldn't keep it up.