Menial Task Quotes

I worked in a petrol station on the A1 one summer. I enjoyed it except when I was on latrine duty.

I had rather tug at the oar than to occupy such a place.

One of my first office jobs was cleaning the windows on brown envelopes.

'Concierge' comes from the Latin for 'slave.'

No one's dream job involves a kiosk.

When I was 18 years old, I had a Saturday job working in a clothing store on London's Bond Street. I would fold T-shirts for ten hours at a time and get paid £19 for the privilege.

I think my darkest days were probably when I was catering. I would go to these parties and pass out hors d'oeuvres, and it's like you're invisible. I remember one catering captain told me that all you are is a tray that comes into their space for a moment and then you leave. It was one of the most depressing things I've ever been told.