Bad Jobs Celebrities Have Had

Jeff BezosIn honor of Labor Day, Newsday asks different celebrities what their worst jobs were. Gothamist especially likes the humiliating job stories, because it gives us hope that bigger and better things are out there. Some of the notable professions:
Jerry Orbach, Law and Order Hauling gravel."
Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com I really enjoyed my summer working at McDonald's, but on my first day a 5-gallon ketchup dispenser fell off the wall, crashed onto the floor and splattered everywhere. Five gallons of ketchup is a lot of ketchup. Since I was the new guy, I got to clean it out of the nooks and crannies."
Mike Williams, The Wire Working at the Gap was difficult. I was a folder, a greeter, a stock person. It was brutal."

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