QotD: Worst. Job. Ever.

What was the worst job you ever had?
Submitted by salaryman.

Selling coupon books on the phone. Oh, man it sucked.

I was 18 and my band and a few associated friends had moved from Ft. Worth to Austin to be where the action was. Three of us stumbled on this job and if you could read the script and stay awake, you were hired. It was strictly commission. No hourly wage. I felt bad enough doing phone sales (our shift started around dinner time to make sure we got people at home), but to compound it, I didn't even really think the coupon book was that good a deal. I guess if you ate at fast food joints indiscriminately, and your primary criterion for choice was the price of the food, then maybe. But I sucked at it. I think I worked there for a month and maybe made $150. This was 1982, so that wasn't that bad a deal. The three of us working there also shared a one bedroom apartment that rented for $300/mo, so that job did get us through the first lurch of being on our own, but I got a job bussing tables as soon as I could. At least I didn't have to sell anything.