Awful Celebrity First Jobs

First jobs and summer internships are notoriously bad; you're at the bottom of the corporate barrel and your "pay" (if it exists) barely covers subway fare and lunch. The good news: everyone's been there. If these celebs could go from waitressing and dressing as chickens to mega-stardom, then even the worst of your first jobs can be seen as learning experiences that you'll one day write about in your memoirs. Just keep telling yourself that...

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Jennifer Aniston, Telemarketer

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If you hung up on a telemarketer in the early nineties, you may have ruined pre-Friends Jen's day. But don't worry, Karma's got it covered--these days you'd end up paying her for 10 minutes on the phone.

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If you hung up on a telemarketer in the early nineties, you may have ruined pre-Friends Jen's day. But don't worry, Karma's got it covered--these days you'd end up paying her for 10 minutes on the phone.

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[wk2hrd]

07:29 PM on 06/01/2011

well, shoveled horse poo, greenbroke stallions, worked in a fast food joint or two. went on to bartend, sell insurance, bookkeep, wine steward, then fell back to being a low life customer service rep online. guess what goes around comes around as my job now is a bottom feeder job with no pay and am stuck here.

[writeon1]

09:56 PM on 05/30/2011

Let's see, I was a babysitter, shampoo girl, waitress (I was awful), retail, bartender and then on to my newspaper profession of 25 years. All those jobs actually helped me in some way, even if it was just financial. I was awful in a few of them but the jobs weren't awful at all. I was willing to do anything to achieve my goal and it worked.

[NVEd]

08:29 PM on 05/26/2011

Big deal. We all had lousy jobs at least once but few of us make what these people do, ever.

[Hopethisworks]

08:29 PM on 05/26/2011

I had to clean pens on a mink farm.

[coolroski]

08:24 PM on 05/26/2011

What a surprise? Jen Anniston again. Come on Huff Post. Move on already.

[twigtrigtrack]

07:04 PM on 05/26/2011

what's "awful" about these jobs? what was their qualification at the time of employment? What is it now?

[LogicCircuit]

07:01 PM on 05/26/2011

What's with the puns...

[moslef]

06:38 PM on 05/26/2011

Kanye raps about working at the GAP on her first album.

[Porche Gourdine]

06:10 PM on 05/26/2011

So Brad was the giant chicken that gave Peter Griffin the bad coupon.

[LebronJeremy]

04:46 PM on 05/26/2011

I was a theater concession worker. That is only topped by the clown (Jackman) and the giant chicken (Pitt).

[Paintio]

04:36 PM on 05/26/2011

I call my left butt check Hugh Jackman. I have nothing against either Hugh Jackman or my left butt cheek.

[Rharte]

04:32 PM on 05/26/2011

I guess after the HP/AOL merger, any other job is now classified as *awful*. Shame on you HP.

[Rharte]

04:29 PM on 05/26/2011

Nothing *awful* about these jobs. These are everyday jobs for everyday people. We can't all earn big pay as celebrities you know. I wouldn't mind the article except it's a story on HP -- supposedly a side that champions the working people. Oh well..

[wordcarr48]

05:18 PM on 05/26/2011

I agree on both your post, surprised that your words were published.HP has potential just needs some guidance. Some editors would be helpful.

[Rharte]

08:02 PM on 05/26/2011

Hahah! It's a hit or miss with comments. Nothing worse than taking the time to write a lengthy comment only to have it sit in mod limbo.

[veritas88]

08:01 PM on 05/26/2011

True, but would anyone really want to work as an ice-cream scooper? It's tough on the wrists and you get frostbite.

[Rharte]

08:12 PM on 05/26/2011

...Except for the fact that SOMEONE has to scoop that ice-cream. I also don't pay money for a Bigmac in the first window only to exit my vehicle and man the grill. Someone has to do these things.

[Jabandit]

04:05 PM on 05/26/2011

my first job was at Cold-Stone

[SuperBenFranklin]

03:27 PM on 05/26/2011

Jennifer Aniston, Telemarketer....

How about Jennifer Aniston, Nutri-System girl on the Howard Stern show.

[Buddy Lee]

03:53 PM on 05/26/2011

Nicely done, SBF!

I remember that show