Article: 'Worst job in the world' may not be what you think

receptionist. I'm the one that has to limit visitors to two at a time. This upsets people and they try to sneak around and lie to us. I hate the fact that I look like an a------ because I'm preventing them from seeing their loved ones, but someone has to do it."

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"I have the worst job in the world. The guaranteed conversation- killer. The job that could not arouse even a feigned interest from a stranger. A job so boring, so utterly meaningless, that I will lie to my grandchildren about what I did for a living. I am an accountant.

"People hate taxes. They dread April. They hate speaking to their accountant. I am a happy person only because I have great co-workers and my husband has a ...

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