The Worst Job I Never Had
Many people don’t like their jobs. It’s a sad fact. But there is always someone with a worse job than you.
Take the Beijing CBD window cleaner…
… or the South American Scissors Dancer. Ouch!
I’ve never had a job remotely that bad. I’ve had paper-shuffling positions, cold-call telemarketing interludes, waitressing to rude French aristocrats, a memorable day – and my first and only firing – on a brand new job where I spilled hot candle wax on a customer. (It was a candle store, before you get any ideas.)
The above jobs were all undertaken as a student to feed myself whilst learning about Chaucer and post-modern American poetry. I still don’t understand post-modern American poetry, and I was never quite convinced that the lecturers did, either. But the jobs gave me some useful skills: paper shuffling, a fabulous telephone manner, balancing coffee cups and the ability to light candles without burning the house down.
What’s the worst job you’ve had?
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