The worst job I ever had was working at a cultured marble factory. I say factory, but it was actually this shitty building that had insulation for walls and wired with extension cords outside the owner's house. I worked from about 6am in the morning til usually 4-5 in the evening, busting ass non-stop all day. You are exposed to various chemicals, most of which will burn if you get them on you, i fucked up the interior of my car permanently because of all the cultured marble that I would be covered with when I got off of work. All for 6 dollars an hour (finally got a raise to 6.50 after some bullshit). I had to work over 50 hours a week just to make 300 dollars on my paycheck. The worst part was that due do the hours and shitty pay, I made just enough to live on and I never could take off to go look for a better job, nor could I afford to have a gap in pay that happens every time you switch jobs. Getting fired and losing my aparment on the same day turned out to be the best thing ever though I ended up getting a better job installing fiber optic cable (like hundred mile stretches) and I was bringing home like 1000-1500 every two weeks, not bad for a 19 year old at the time.

My last job I just quit yesterday was good/bad. I made 8 bucks an hour cutting grass and I pretty much had no supervision and pretty cool bosses, but it was a lot of work. I'd be mowing anywhere from 18-30 houses a day, usually about an average of 23. I mowed vacant houses on a large military base, and let me tell you, soldiers know how to fuck up a yard like you wouldn't believe. Honestly, some of the shit I ran over in backyards just makes you wonder how the hell it got there.

Remember kids, stay in school and you won't have to bust ass at manual labor jobs. College starts monday, w00t!