What is the worst job you have ever had?
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Factory work when I was a student, basically packing up the lining material for inside dashboards etc. The place was like a furnace and had to wear a paper all in one suit and mask yet was still picking black crap out of my ears and nose after each 12 hour shift. I barely lasted a week before getting something else.
Night shift making airline meals in a factory.
The omlettes were the worse. Had to knock two tins out with each hand as fast as you could move. The first night I didn’t have the right gloves and knew it was hot but the black blisters on all my fingers the next day confirmed it.
Nearly everybody else working there seemed to be alkies taking constant nips.
On one memorable occasion a manager slipped on ice from leaking liquid nitrogen from the flash freezer and cut their neck open on the side of a conveyor. Blood everywhere which wasn’t cleaned until the end of the shift.
The money was s
t too.
The omlettes were the worse. Had to knock two tins out with each hand as fast as you could move. The first night I didn’t have the right gloves and knew it was hot but the black blisters on all my fingers the next day confirmed it.
Nearly everybody else working there seemed to be alkies taking constant nips.
On one memorable occasion a manager slipped on ice from leaking liquid nitrogen from the flash freezer and cut their neck open on the side of a conveyor. Blood everywhere which wasn’t cleaned until the end of the shift.
The money was s
t too.PH related for once.
One summer before going to Uni I worked in a factory that made truck and car remoulds. My job was to grind off the flash after the tyres had come out of the moulds. I was there for a week before being told all my tyres failed QC because the moron who showed me had "forgotten" to tell me 2 key steps. I didn't return, I made more money for more enjoyable work in a boatyard.
One summer before going to Uni I worked in a factory that made truck and car remoulds. My job was to grind off the flash after the tyres had come out of the moulds. I was there for a week before being told all my tyres failed QC because the moron who showed me had "forgotten" to tell me 2 key steps. I didn't return, I made more money for more enjoyable work in a boatyard.
When i was 17 cutting bricks in half on a building site. Either with an enormous petrol cross cut saw with an 18 inch mason blade with no guards or safety equipment or with one of the hand held petrol cutters that are used for cutting tarmac.
The cross cut was awful as it used a water sprayer to keep the dust down so I got soaked. I did this 9 hours a day for 2 weeks. All for £3.00 an hour cash.
By the time I had driven to the site, paid for my lunch and work clothes I was poorer than when I started. Also had I had an accident I would have been fked as it was cash work.
The cross cut was awful as it used a water sprayer to keep the dust down so I got soaked. I did this 9 hours a day for 2 weeks. All for £3.00 an hour cash.
By the time I had driven to the site, paid for my lunch and work clothes I was poorer than when I started. Also had I had an accident I would have been f
ked as it was cash work.Eighties clearing tables and dish washing in a busy cafe. It was 10 days straight covering a mate’s summer job while he was on holiday. Was about 14.
I got paid £1/hour!
The first week (7 days) I earned £77 (starting at 10 finishing 8pm). I was so exhausted I could barely move. I tried to quit but was told that if I did, they wouldn’t pay me anything (didn’t get paid till the end) so forced to struggle on.
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I got paid £1/hour!
The first week (7 days) I earned £77 (starting at 10 finishing 8pm). I was so exhausted I could barely move. I tried to quit but was told that if I did, they wouldn’t pay me anything (didn’t get paid till the end) so forced to struggle on.
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ds. Cold calling on the phone selling windows.
I did go for an interview as a marketing manager which turned out to be taking a big bag of ste and selling it where ever you could. They dragged me around for hours before I walked off and returned to Cardiff. The company were bked a few years later for lying about job the description as people had left good jobs in the hope of becoming a marketing manager.
I did go for an interview as a marketing manager which turned out to be taking a big bag of s
te and selling it where ever you could. They dragged me around for hours before I walked off and returned to Cardiff. The company were bked a few years later for lying about job the description as people had left good jobs in the hope of becoming a marketing manager. Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff