What Is The Worst Job?, That you've had... Options

[Kiln]

I don't generally make topics but I thought of some of my worst jobs and kinda wondered what the worst job the other forum members have had. Probably the worst job I ever had was a janitorial job cleaning houses and apartments, average pay but the job just didn't fit me.

[Grits]

Talking about being poor (in another thread) reminded me of my college jobs.

So while I was in college I qualified to have two jobs (simultaneously) on campus. (Because I was that poor.) One was in food service. I started off as a runner, which is the person who brings food up to the serving line. The other was in a lab doing the devil’s work or possibly averting the next energy crisis, depending on where you stand on environmental issues. As an environmental biologist I quickly realized that I was in service to the devil. A little bit of my soul died every day that I worked there, but it was quite awesome to be in charge of all those machines. I felt like I was in a spaceship. It kind of looked like the engine room of Serenity. But I have now forgotten my point.

Oh yes, something worse than grunt work in a cafeteria. Deliberately advancing the cause of evil.

Oh, and my runner job in the cafeteria rapidly led to a grill cook position even though I was not remotely qualified. I had however been cooking for my brother and other people’s children since I was ten as I related above, so I got the job. That was pretty fun. I got a huge grill to work on and I was right behind the serving line where I could talk to all of my friends (and cook them eggs and burgers!) as they came through to get their meals. Everyone ate on campus, and everyone knew everyone, so it was a pretty good deal. But here’s the very bad part. After work I had to go straight to my afternoon labs smelling like onions. There can be no doubt that had a negative impact on my social life. All through college I never dated any fellow science majors.