Worst job you have ever had?

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miniminter

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3 posts

80 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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Mine worked at burger king for 3 months , so soul destroying

67Dino

3,581 posts

104 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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I was a shelf once. No kidding. It was at a trade show in the late 80s and my job was to hold the boss's (brick-sized) mobile phone and keep it safe and off the floor. If it rang I wasn't even allowed to answer it, I had to give it to him. Not my finest hour.

miniman

24,827 posts

261 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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You know the belts you put your shopping on at the supermarket checkout? Making those. Sanding and bonding the joints. I lasted 3 days

jakesmith

9,461 posts

170 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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Admin job for Amec Facilities at Monsanto chemical plant over summer at uni, had no work to do but they had to keep the position filled or role would be removed. Had to sit in front of a PC with no internet all day. Passed the time by filing in a cell red in Excel every 15 seconds and watching the row turn red over the day
Lasted 3 weeks and got sacked for being late which was one of the best career moves I have ever made
I still remember the moron bloke who was my boss, and his ridiculous economic theories, and his belittling of me for being a student. His lifetime ambition was to go to Vegas with his sad mate and fk a hooker.
Wonder if he is still working there 20 years on, might get my PA to give him a call on Monday! Joke.

768

13,601 posts

95 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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miniminter said:
Mine worked at burger king for 3 months , so soul destroying
I did three weeks part time at a McDonalds when I was 16.

The place closed for three days as someone poured the chip fat down the drain out the back and then it rained a lot and flooded. Wasn't the first time that person had flooded a McDonalds either. whistle

I think stacking newspapers was worse though. Or the afternoon on a phone switchboard where I couldn't understand the names of anyone asked for and couldn't figure out how to forward calls. Or the dodgy guy that wanted to stand over my shoulder while I filled in applications to dodgy online money making schemes for him. Actually I think that was almost certainly the worst.

alorotom

11,908 posts

186 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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Got laid off and needed an income and walked into a role in gas/electric sales for 2touch in Sunderland - they hired literally anyone without much in the way of screening etc...

Got sacked the 1st day of training for " or being a team player" as I dared challenge their questionable sales tactics for closing

Thats what led me to changing direction altogether onto my current path (thankfully!)

shirt

22,508 posts

200 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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Summer job working in Morrisons warehouse. amongst my tasks was collecting and disposing of the waste from all the supermarket counters.

One day I was throwing the bag of waste from the fish counter into the skip when the bag ripped and I got covered in fish guts. After throwing up I walked straight to my locker, got changed and went home never to return.

DocJock

8,341 posts

239 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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Summer job in a turkey farm, shovelling st.

You could have three showers and still smell of turkey st.

sunbeam alpine

6,936 posts

187 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a_UKKvUcoE

Sorry, couldn't resist smile

My worst job was mowing the grass between runways on an airfield.

GT03ROB

13,207 posts

220 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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Pulling down lathe & plaster ceilings on a hot day. Sweat made the dust & dirt stick to you like it had been plastered on you!

Twig62

746 posts

95 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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shirt said:
Summer job working in Morrisons warehouse. amongst my tasks was collecting and disposing of the waste from all the supermarket counters.

One day I was throwing the bag of waste from the fish counter into the skip when the bag ripped and I got covered in fish guts. After throwing up I walked straight to my locker, got changed and went home never to return.
I worked in a Coop chilled warehouse and was putting 5ltr tubs of rollmop herrings on a shelf which was roughly at chest height, unspotted by me the lid of one of the tubs wasn't on properly and the contents went all over me. Ended up driving home in my boxers to get a change of clothes.

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

218 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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I did a summer as a contract cleaner for a Tesco store, getting it prepped ready for opening then keeping in clean during the day - horrible job.

Matt Harper

6,613 posts

200 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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1977-78 - Making Smarties at Rowntree McIntosh in York - back-breaking, lung-clogging, deafening, sleep-depriving, explosion risk, career 'smartie-bashers' (Rowntrees Robots) driven clinically insane by the mindless, pointless existence they were experiencing.

The up-side was fantastic pay (for an 18 year-old), a veritable library of grumble mags in the break room, free use of Yearsley Baths and witnessing a comical rendition of the Tour De France at the end of every shift

227bhp

10,203 posts

127 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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GT03ROB said:
Pulling down lathe & plaster ceilings on a hot day. Sweat made the dust & dirt stick to you like it had been plastered on you!
You certainly knew all about it when you got hit by a lathe falling from the ceiling.

cat with a hat

1,484 posts

117 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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IT support as a teenager, but looking back it was well paid and wasn't that bad.

stupidbutkeen

1,009 posts

154 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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My 1st ever full time job in 1988 was a mixed bag tbh
I was a runner at aged 17 in a clothing factory and as the only male in the factory floor with over 300 woman and it was hell all year apart from the xmas party.
I lasted a year before moving to a different clothing factory as a cutter, again as the only male but this time with only 25 woman and that was the best job I have ever had tbh.

Move on 28 years and I clean deep fat friers in hotels etc, Sounds bad but I am able to work 2 nights a week and have enough wages each month to have a comfy lifestyle.


Edited by stupidbutkeen on Saturday 22 July 23:39

wazztie16

1,469 posts

130 months

Saturday 22nd July 2017
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miniminter said:
Mine worked at burger king for 3 months , so soul destroying
Worked at Burger King for 2 years in my late teens /early 20's, made some great mates, had some great leisure time with them, drinking etc, easy job, had a laugh on the job, if I could've been bothered to become a crew trainer and work my way up I would've, I couldn't though. One of the better jobs I've had, though the money was rubbish (as you'd expect).

GT03ROB

13,207 posts

220 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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227bhp said:
GT03ROB said:
Pulling down lathe & plaster ceilings on a hot day. Sweat made the dust & dirt stick to you like it had been plastered on you!
You certainly knew all about it when you got hit by a lathe falling from the ceiling.
Especially when it hit you on the head end on!

No PPE in them days!

toasty

7,441 posts

219 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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Toilet cleaner in France. Utterly grim but the money kept me going through the ski season and the Albertville Winter Olympics

Butter Face

30,192 posts

159 months

Sunday 23rd July 2017
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wazztie16 said:
miniminter said:
Mine worked at burger king for 3 months , so soul destroying
Worked at Burger King for 2 years in my late teens /early 20's, made some great mates, had some great leisure time with them, drinking etc, easy job, had a laugh on the job, if I could've been bothered to become a crew trainer and work my way up I would've, I couldn't though. One of the better jobs I've had, though the money was rubbish (as you'd expect).
Same here, I worked up to shift manager and really enjoyed it. Great bunch of people, free food and mostly easy work, it was ace.