As I sit here, grateful that I have a job for the Summer, I can't help feel that this is the worst Summer job I have ever had.
What's the worst thing you have ever been employed to do and how long did you stick it out?

alt q: can you suggest any alternate jobs for a hairy anti social 28 year old?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 10:32, 37 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Unbelievably
when I was about 13 and for a couple of years I single-handedly cooked, served and cleared up the evening meals of 40 boys on Sunday nights. Completely unsupervised. Nowadays it's illegal for under 16s to have a fucking paper round.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 10:45, Reply)

You were 13 for a couple of years?

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 10:49, Reply)

hahahaha
pedantry lolz
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 10:52, Reply)

Failed attempted pedantry double-lolz, more like.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 10:55, Reply)

No.
When I was 13 AND for a couple of years, Blind fucking Pugh.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 10:53, Reply)

*gives black spot*

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 10:55, Reply)

*squeezes*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 10:56, Reply)

Stop complaining about your damn job
if you only have to do it for summer then it's really no big deal.

No one likes their job. If they say they do, they're lying.

Except Kaol, he will probably be telling the truth.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 10:49, Reply)

Oi
I can complain if I like, it's dogshit! I know most people hate their jobs I was just curious to find out what people had done. Angry lady!!!!
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 10:53, Reply)

It's the third thread you've posted whinging about your job though
if you hate it, quit. If it's only a summer job then surely it's not that important.

But I'll answer your question, the worst job I ever had was at 15 when I worked in a burger van at an auction market. It was just horrible.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 10:58, Reply)

touche

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:00, Reply)

Quit bitching
And next year start looking earlier so you've time to find something better. And I used to work in McDonalds mopping up sick, so I should know.
(berk, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 10:59, Reply)

Your job is 'dogshit'?
Are you a park-keeper?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:00, Reply)

I like my job!
I inspect breasts at airport security to check for implants so they don't explode when they go up in the plane. All hot females legally have to get them out jiggle about a bit and let me give them a good squeeze. Any complaints and I get to shout "NINE ELEVEN!" at them until they get them out.
( Peej, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:09, Reply)

can you inspect them by motorboating?
if so please may I have an application form?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:13, Reply)

Job is at Heathrow airport
so just go to Newquay airport in Cornwall and join the queue.

Ba-dum-tish
( Peej, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:20, Reply)

I've done all sorts of shit jobs.
Cleaning
Packing chocolate and various other stuff in a factory
Shelf stacking in a supermarket
Charity cold calling


It's all character building innit.
( girlinthehole, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:00, Reply)

I was a cleaner in an old folks home for two days once.
Then I went to work at Legoland.

That was a bad summer.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:09, Reply)

please tell me more about legoland?
was it awesome?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:12, Reply)

It was fucking horrible is what it was.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:24, Reply)

Surely must have been infinitely preferable to the home, though?

( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:29, Reply)

Old people piss is grim,
but not as grim as the kitchens at Legoland.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:30, Reply)

Ahhhh. Kitchens.
That explains a lot.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 12:05, Reply)

I had a job doing some sort of stock control work on a pot bank.
They sat me in front of a computer terminal and told me to check a big pile of invoices against what was on the screen.
"OK. So what do I do?" I asked.
I got a blank look. "Check this against that," said the supervisor ogre-in-charge.
"Well, yes. But then what?"
"..."
"OK, so I check this against that. Then what do I do?"
"Check the next one."
"No, I mean with the one I just checked. Let's say it matches. What do I do with the invoice?"
"Oh. Put it there."
"Right. And what if they don't match? What then?"
"..."

The ogre wandered off without answering my question. So I just put the invoices that didn't match with those that did - which meant, in effect, that my job was to sit in a warehouse moving bits of paper from the left edge of my desk to the right.

Halfway through the morning, the fire alarm went off.

I didn't go back inside once we got the all-clear.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:14, Reply)

Stop fucking complaining about your summer job.
I'm getting paid minimum wage to wash dishes for seven, eight hours at a time, with no break, no food, no conversation and one utter cunt of a chef. But you keep your mouth shut and stick it out because it's only for a couple of months and you need the money.
Man The Fuck Up. Or, if it's really that offensive to your delicate composition, just fucking quit and spare us all the irritation of your whinging.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:32, Reply)

APPLEBITE SMASH!

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:32, Reply)

fair enough, I will shut the fuck up and man the fuck up
all whilst being aroused by the tongue lashing I just got from Applebite!
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:35, Reply)

Oh fuck off.
The thought of me arousing you makes me want to bring my breakfast straight back up.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:38, Reply)

fucking hell I was only messing around
weirdo!
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:40, Reply)

Yeah, well now you know not to do it again.
And yes, I am.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:48, Reply)

yes miss, sorry miss.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:49, Reply)

ha ha.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:53, Reply)

I once had a crap summer job
I wasn't 28 though
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:43, Reply)

I did telesales for a month, that was fucking horrific
Seriously though, why do you keep complaining? If it's so shit, quit.

Alt Q: Work in McDonalds. Pay might not be great, but if there's a chance you'll work with anyone as funny as the ones I worked with, it's worth it.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:43, Reply)

I think I'm complaining a lot as I really thought I'd put all this behind
me when I packed in recruitment 2 years ago. Just finished my access course for Uni and find myself doing fucking sales again. I know it's only temporary but it is the most soul destroying job I've ever known. But enough of that it's money and I will man up.

plus if i worked in McDonalds I would undo all the work I've done to shed some flubber, 3 stone gone so far in 5 months and on track for my goal weight to go back to uni. Beeeeeeffffcakeee!!!
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:45, Reply)

Man up faster, please.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:46, Reply)

Urrrrnnnngggghhhhhhhh
done
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 11:48, Reply)