Worst job ever

[Langdon Alger]

What's the worst job you have ever had?

Mine would be doing inventory. We had to go to stores and scan all their inventory. I only lasted a week.

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[Bubba Thudd]

Took an IT job out of college for the Dept of Corrections.

Was supposed to work in Publisher and design their newspapers, etc.

Turned out, the boss expected me to get him coffee -- and I was expected to repair computers in the prisons.

Quit after about a week.

 

[Butchered]

I had a job soliciting people for donations to the special Olympics. That was definitely the worst. Next was working at a call center taking warranty claims on stuff people bought at Best Buy. Nightmare.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Worst job I ever had was as a dishwasher at a resort in Muskoka.

The kitchen was absolutely filthy, the chefs were mean, and I was 15 years old.

Quit after two days, and ended up spending the next week (and following three summers) as a dishwasher for a rival Muskoka resort. Much nicer work space, great chefs, they even cooked meals for me since, let's face it, who brings a packed lunch to a restaurant? Good times.

Funnily enough, two years later one of the chefs from the first resort, eventually ended up working in the kitchen I had moved to.

He remembered me, too. I don't think he was happy that I quit on such short notice...but whatever, **** that guy I made my choice and I stand by it.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

Stocker at a grocery store in high school.

 

[AnAceOfKidneys]

working in a slaughter house killing goats and chickens. Way too much blood and inbred co-workers

 

[Langdon Alger]

Worst job I ever had was as a dishwasher at a resort in Muskoka.

The kitchen was absolutely filthy, the chefs were mean, and I was 15 years old.

Quit after two days, and ended up spending the next week (and following three summers) as a dishwasher for a rival Muskoka resort. Much nicer work space, great chefs, they even cooked meals for me since, let's face it, who brings a packed lunch to a restaurant? Good times.

Funnily enough, two years later one of the chefs from the first resort, eventually ended up working in the kitchen I had moved to.

He remembered me, too. I don't think he was happy that I quit on such short notice...but whatever, **** that guy I made my choice and I stand by it.

Well, at least you didn't quit in the middle of a shift. I'm sure they found someone else to take your place.

I washed dishes for about 8 months. Sunday mornings were the worst. Also had to take out the garbage, clean the bathrooms and sweep and mop floors. Hey, that job sucked too

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Diaper Factory.

 

[Bee Sheriff]

Social Media manager for the Anaheim ducks

 

[cupcrazyman]

working in a slaughter house killing goats and chickens. Way too much blood and inbred co-workers

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

Telemarketing for the Globe and Mail. I was about 19 at the time.

I had a job soliciting people for donations to the special Olympics. That was definitely the worst. Next was working at a call center taking warranty claims on stuff people bought at Best Buy. Nightmare.

Were you one of the people who hung out in the middle of the sidewalk and said "hey...quick question for you"?

 

[Langdon Alger]

Social Media manager for the Anaheim ducks

That doesn't sound so horrible.

 

[Bee Sheriff]

That doesn't sound so horrible.

Have you seen their social media pages?

 

[D Fresh]

I hand dug trenches for a landscaping company so they could lay pipe. I did it with a few college buddies for the fun of it. They needed to get jobs and I had free time to waste.

Turns out digging trenches in the middle of the day in the middle of summer absolutely sucks. Combine that with that idea that senior construction guys don't have to work very hard and it gets demotivating really quick. All my college buddies quit, and I was very quickly on board with leaving.

 

[hotcarle]

Well, at least you didn't quit in the middle of a shift. I'm sure they found someone else to take your place.

I washed dishes for about 8 months. Sunday mornings were the worst. Also had to take out the garbage, clean the bathrooms and sweep and mop floors. Hey, that job sucked too

I think dishwasher is a pretty consensus pick as a common terrible job that many of us did as a first job. The pay is bad, the work is hot, dirty and smells bad.

Other jobs like the slaughterhouse are different. I'm sure they're psychologically uncomfortable, but they have premium pay for your mental stress.

Factory jobs are boring, but let's face it, many people hate their jobs, but go back every Monday. And they generally pay ok.

 

[Langdon Alger]

I think dishwasher is a pretty consensus pick as a common terrible job that many of us did as a first job. The pay is bad, the work is hot, dirty and smells bad.

Other jobs like the slaughterhouse are different. I'm sure they're psychologically uncomfortable, but they have premium pay for your mental stress.

Factory jobs are boring, but let's face it, many people hate their jobs, but go back every Monday. And they generally pay ok.

I had a friend who worked in a factory making smart boards. He was there for close to ten years and by the end he was making close to 20 dollars an hour with full benefits. He hated the job, but admitted he was completely overpaid for what he was doing.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

I had a friend who worked in a factory making smart boards. He was there for close to ten years and by the end he was making close to 20 dollars an hour with full benefits. He hated the job, but admitted he was completely overpaid for what he was doing.

I hate that guy.

I'm constantly having to fix SmartBoards. They're garbage.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Have you seen their social media pages?

No, but I'm guessing you had a nice work space. Comfy chair and desk? You're worst job doesn't sound so bad compared to other people in here.

I hate that guy.

I'm constantly having to fix SmartBoards. They're garbage.

Haha they actually shut down the location and moved to Mexico. Maybe they realized paying people 20 bucks an hour to work on an assembly line wasn't the best plan.

 

[ruhroh*]

What's the worst job you have ever had?

Mine would be doing inventory. We had to go to stores and scan all their inventory. I only lasted a week.

I was a vacuum cleaner man in a giant electric filter for 13 hours.
There was 30cm's of dust and the roof was about 120cm's tall.
It was the first and the last time I did **** jobs.

 

[hotcarle]

I hate that guy.

I'm constantly having to fix SmartBoards. They're garbage.

I'm a teacher. Smartboards have replaced blackboards, and even when the smartboard is broken, we're not allowed to use the little sliver of blackboard not covered by the broken smartboard, for fear the dust will break the broken smartboard.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

I'm a teacher. Smartboards have replaced blackboards, and even when the smartboard is broken, we're not allowed to use the little sliver of blackboard not covered by the broken smartboard, for fear the dust will break the broken smartboard.

I'm an IT guy at a school district, so I hear ya.
IMO, most teachers here don't even use the SmartBoard wisely.
It's an "interactive" board; let the students interact with it -- especially at the elementary school level. I've seen a few teachers use the board to involve the students, and the kids love it. But most just use it as a screen for videos or document cameras, or they alone interact with the board. Such a waste, IMO, of an opportunity to engage the students and involve them in the lesson.

 

[Canadienna]

Bricklaying.

Good, honourable work for sure. But holy **** it will destroy your body.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

Bricklaying.

Good, honourable work for sure. But holy **** it will destroy your body.

Yeah, especially when you have to start out as the hoddie.

 

[EON]

dishwasher at a buffet restaurant, what a nightmare

 

[HisIceness]

Swimming pool construction. Long story short it sucked and it wasn't what I originally had signed up for, they had me working under their troubleshooting guy so they could have two but then they decided that "being a day laborer is whats best for you".

It wasn't.