What's the worst job you've ever had?

[Arkana]

I just got away from what I think will be mine--two summers in a convenience store. What a trip to the Ninth Circle and back.

[madeline_con]

1. Never say never....

You will have one that's worse if you do that.

[Arkana]

2. Not in my mind, I won't.

This job...there was NOTHING about it that had any redeeming value. The regulars were assholes, my coworkers were idiots, and my boss was a fresh-out-of-the-indoctrination-program-and-on-massive-power-trip asshat.

God, I hated it there.

[tedoll78]

3. I used to do telephone polling for Gallup.

It was a fine job and all. Nice people, nice working conditions, etc. Just not for me. Sitting in that cubicle on the phone for 8 hours a day asking people to take a quick phone poll about tires, headache medicines, etc.. it wasn't my cup of tea.

[WeRQ4U]

4. I worked in a tiny ass taco joint and delivered them to drunk people

It was dirty, cramped, hot as hades, sticky, smelly and tedious. The ONLY redeeming quality was that I got to eat anything I wanted for free.

[LuCifer]

5. Paper delivery

From May 5th to July 9th of this year, I did this looooong ass route, 120 MILES TOTAL, delivering the Okeechobee News. Now, kids, trust me, you are better off selling freakin CRACK ROCK than doing this crap job! Highlights of this gig, you ask? Splendid!
1. Getting bitten by a mosquitoe the size of a gold ball and ending up violently ill from it.
2. Nothing spells fun like a 12 FOOT GATOR blocking most of the road!
3. Moron subscribers bitching and moaning that they paper was not put in the goddamn stupid tube properly, boo hoo hoo!
4. The asshats couldn't even roll the damn papers for us! WE had to roll this shit THEN go do our routes! I mean, hello! I'm only got 120! EVERY DAMN NIGHT! Can we speed this up a TAD?
5. Getting stuck in 4 feet of sugar sand. That's one short cut I sure as shit ain't taking ever again!
6. Getting stuck in a ditch when trying to back into someone's drive way to make a u-turn. Oh the fun just never stops!
7. Having 5 axled semis doing 90 and stopping FOR NOTHING while you try to find and/or do your turn! Safety first!

I could go on and on and on how much this job sucked horse ass. And mind you, I USED TO WORK IN FUCKING RETAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lu

[scarlet_owl]

6. Pharmacy technician.

The people I worked with were assholes and so were most of the customers. I hated every second of that stupid job.

[Alcibiades]

7. The absolute worst?

I've had many:

* Selling magazine subscriptions on the telephone. It was a total rip-off for the customer, yet I had to convince them to do it. I made one sale, and quit.

* Selling unfinished furniture. Back in the first Bush recession. The owner of the place was a total fundamentalist. Eventually got fired for lack of custom. BTW, the markup on furniture is something like 100% + 20%. Never pay retail for furniture.

* Lumber stacker. I hated getting to work at 6 am to stack lumber at a sawmill. What fun! Giant hardwood boards had to be stacked in tight stacks off the conveyor belt. It is a great workout, though.

[leftofthedial]

8. being unemployed