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Article: 'Worst job in the world' may not be what you think
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- July 31, 2003
- Author:
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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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