Pay-wise, worst I ever had was my first job as a kitchen porter at a 'local' hotel. £1.60p/h and it was a 3 mile walk to get there (buses were once every 2 hour

Pay-wise, worst I ever had was my first job as a kitchen porter at a 'local' hotel. £1.60p/h and it was a 3 mile walk to get there (buses were once every 2 hours and 2hrs wages). I once did a 22hr shift with one half hour break when the other 2 KP's failed to show. Earned just over £20 after tax for that :) The minimum wage kicked in a year later and would nearly tripled my pay if I hadn't quit. Worst otherwise: cardboard box production line. Worked on the gloriously named ZOR-D machine. It had a speed dial that went up to 21 but anything over 8 resulted in instant jamming. Of course the floor boss would always run over and turn it right up to prevent slacking. Cue 40 minutes unclogging machinery. Worst part though was washing your hands at breaks/end of day. You'd have thousands of tiny paper cuts and applying water would cause what we knew as 'involuntary fisting' (ooh er!). Your hands would clamp shut as the acids reacted. I enjoyed both these jobs considerably less than my current work.