Worst job you've ever had

**Epaphras** · 06-25-2008, 02:17 PM

In the spirit of things...

What is the worst job you have ever held? How long did it last? Funny story or anecdote?

Probably my worst was a month at Burger King when I was 16. I was already planning on going to college but having that job scared me straight into taking things seriously at school.

Second-to-worst was working three summers for my home town's Department of Public Works, especially hot-patching potholes in 90 degree 100% humidity weather.

I'm sure many of you can top that.

**redbaron** · 06-25-2008, 02:27 PM

my current job. I've been doing it since 2003.

I don't really want to talk about it.

rock_show_host · 06-25-2008, 02:35 PM

I've only had about 4 jobs, but easily the worst was working as a movie theater ticket collector. Standing for 8 hours straight minus a 15 minute lunch break is no fun at all, and my coworkers were kind of obnoxious. Thankfully I found a new job and quit after 2 days.

Although one of those days happened to be opening weekend of Over the Hedge, and I was on staff when one of the projectors broke down midway through the movie. So I got to deal with hordes of angry parents who, for some reason, thought that they should complain to me instead of the manager.

jthomas1600 · 06-25-2008, 02:56 PM

The worst job I ever had was also the best job I ever had. I was a commercial fisherman off the west coast for 15 years. It was dirty and hard. We often times worked for 6 days on less than four hours of sleep a day. It killed my back and knees. I broke fingers, smashed fingers, sustained multiple serious lasserations, stuck a hole in my foot and then fished four more days with a wounded foot and a boot full of water, fished for a week one time and because we didn't catch enough fish to cover expenses I went in owing the boat $100, spent a Christmas on a crab boat in Neha Bay (a small Indian village on the Washington/Canada boarder), had to abandon ship once, have the coast guard fly my out a pump once to keep the boat from sinking and heres the best story. We had an equipment failure causing the boat to lay over and was on the verge of capsizing. We were with in cell phone range so I called my Pastor and said "I can't talk now, but we are in serious trouble--please pray". I then called my wife and said "we have some work to do, but I just had a minute and wanted to call you and say I love you". It took a while but we righted the ship and I called my wife and told her what had realy happened. She was kind of ticked off but I told her I didn't say what was wrong because I didn't want to scare her, but I didn't want to die with out telling her one more time I loved her. All that being said I wouldn't trade those experiences for nothing. One cool thing that happened was after the near capsizing event one of the other guys on the boat said "I know you're a Chirstian. Can you tell me how to know Jesus?" Nothining like a near death experience to open a guy up to the gospel.

Big_al · 06-25-2008, 03:03 PM

I worked in a call center for about three months. It was pretty lame.

**The Phantom Mullet** · 06-25-2008, 03:55 PM

Target sucked. I got to be there at 4 AM, and run up and down ladders carrying large boxes, while being timed, for 7 bucks an hour. Not the worst job in the world, but it annoyed me to death.

**Tallahassee** · 06-25-2008, 04:08 PM

Machine operator in an injection molding factory. One particular machine was the worst. Eight pound plates had to be inserted and removed from the tool every cycle. We would run around a thousand cycles a shift. And the plates got heated up to about 300 degrees from the molten plastic that was injected around them. Not to mention I worked grave shift.

So in summary, lots of burns and I never got to see the sun.

j2_da_k · 06-25-2008, 09:51 PM

The job I'm working now.

I work in a watermelon warehouse. Farmers bring us watermelons and we process them. That means doing a thousand meaningless odd jobs that I don't wanna go into. Suffice it to say I spend my days running a scale, keeping track of forklifts, and throwing watermelons. It's rough on the back.

akaukal · 06-25-2008, 10:06 PM

Boston PIzza. Horribly obnoxious and perverted managers. How many hours you had depended on how many you wanted and what kind of mood the store manager was in.

JesusFrEaK0077 · 06-25-2008, 11:16 PM

Hmm probably a bagger job at a grocery store... Worked for Tips... I lasted 2 days there and quit...

ibanez_dude · 06-26-2008, 04:23 PM

i was a dining hall supervisor for a company called chartwells at school. I was forced to work too much, but i couldn't quite without putting up money for my meal plan. none of the managers gave a crap about any of their employees, including my immediate boss, who was the hugest jerk ever...

Big_al · 06-26-2008, 10:57 PM

Working in a call center was a soul numbing venture of jumping through corporate hoops and following the ever changing script; ultimately making me want to play chicken with a speeding log truck.

TravisR · 06-26-2008, 11:25 PM

The only real job I've ever had was working at Hot Dog on a Stick for a year and a half. It wasn't so bad. I actually had a lot of fun, made a lot of friends, and got free food. (The lemonade is bomb, especially when I make it...haha) But I also hated it at times. Most of my coworkers were really cool, but there were a few who bugged the heck out of me. I hated when it was busy because customers were just grumpy and it got me to be grumpy and that was never fun. And then we had to clean... everything. It wasn't so bad except when we would have to get down and clean the drains and... euuuck that was always just so disgusting. But over all it was a fun job. I'd never work in fast food again, though.

**H.M. Murdock** · 06-26-2008, 11:34 PM

PJ's Coffee & Tea, without a doubt. Well, after the first manager left. Then the second manager I worked under was... terrifying? Some of the coworkers were alright, but most of them were terrifying. I stay in contact with two of them, one through mutual friends and the other because she works in wal-mart (and is a nice girl). Finding out that your manager goes commando in an odd situation is, however, a terrifying event. Especially when combined with finding out just how far down her back that tattoo really goes. In front of customers.
Ugh.

pompernikkle · 02-15-2009, 09:02 PM

My worst job was easily working as a "maid": going around to customers homes and cleaning them. Most of the houses were owned by rich families in the suburbs. There were a couple houses we were at with many pre-teen to teenage children, and one house we were cleaning the kids were just sitting around watching TV and playing computer games. Oh, let me count the way I hate suburbia!

And one time, maybe one week before I quit (I stayed for about six weeks. needed the money!) I was cleaning a house with some beautiful dogs, and my partner was cleaning one bathroom, so I took the bathroom in the master bedroom. I really had to go to the bathroom (number 2!!) and I knew that some of the other maids would go in the customer's bathroom, so I thought it wouldn't matter. Luckily I chose the toilet that doesn't actually work. I did my business, then pulled the handle to flush. Nothing. And it was a pretty big number 2, if you know what I mean. (luckily it didn't smell too bad!) So, the rookie (your truly) went to tell her partner, and then we figured we couldn't do anything about it, so we might as well clean the rest of the house. So we did. Then we left. I was so embarrassed and tired and it was our last house, so my partner drove me home, and then the next day I talked to my partner, and she said that she totally forgot, so she called our boss, who called the owners of the house, and oh, it was really awkward. Now it's a little funny. I like to say that I left the customers a "present". hehe.

yeah, I never want to do that job again!