re: Worse job you ever worked

When I was a senior in high school, my mom got me a job at a local grocery store. When I met the owner, he told me I would be stocking shelves and cleaning. I went to school half days so my schedule was Mon-Sat 1pm-9pm. Owner told me I would get paid $20 cash per day. My dumb arse didn't even realize that was less than minimum wage and I was just thinking about $120 in my pocket every week.

So, my mom brings me to work since I didn't have a vehicle and the first day, the owner tells me that I need to stay outside and learn how to cut bait. They also ran a crawfish business. Only problem was that it was January was 35 degrees and I wasn't prepared to work out in the cold. So, I'm outside cutting fish with only a windbreaker on, no gloves, no hat. After a few hours, I ask the owner if he has a spare set of gloves I can borrow so he goes inside and grabs some that they sold and handed them to me. I then ask if me cutting bait was just a temporary thing and he told me no, that was my job. I was supposed to cut 3-4 buckets per hour and I only did 8 buckets that entire day. At the end of my shift, the light above me fell and broke.

The owner tells me to come inside and wash up. He berates me for being "too slow" and to come back the next day and work faster. He hands me a $5 bill and tells me he had to take the gloves out of my pay and also the light that I "broke". When my mom came to pick me up, he tells me before I leave that I need to go bring the buckets in the back of the store. I walked outside, kicked over one of the buckets and left. Never went back.

The store burned down a few years later and no, I had nothing to do with it.