The Worst Job in the SEAL Teams Isn't What You Think 😂
Two individuals share stories about their worst jobs, comparing a terrible summer internship at a printing company to the chaotic role of designated driver for the SEAL teams. Both jobs involved physical discomfort and difficult circumstances that ended after short periods.
Summary
The transcript features a conversation where two people discuss their worst career experiences. The first speaker describes working at his stepdad's printing company during one summer, where his primary responsibility was cleaning ink tanks for PennySaver magazines and coupon inserts. He recalls the job as claustrophobic, messy, and physically harmful—the ink got everywhere and even infected his ear, leading him to quit after just two weeks. The second speaker shares a darker and more comedic account of being a designated driver for SEAL team members. This role involved driving intoxicated and aggressive SEALs who had struck out at bars, enduring physical abuse throughout the night. He elaborates on the situation by describing scenarios where he became either a witness to their aggressive behavior or effectively a getaway driver after they got into fights, with drunk SEALs throwing shoes and other objects at him from the back of a government van while trying to evade police. Both anecdotes emphasize the unpleasant and sometimes dangerous nature of these informal 'worst jobs' that preceded their more prominent careers.
Key Insights
- Working at a printing company cleaning ink tanks caused physical harm, including an ear infection from ink exposure, making it unbearable enough to quit after 2 weeks
- Being a designated driver for SEALs involved enduring physical abuse from drunk, aggressive team members who had failed to meet women at bars
- The designated driver role made the speaker a witness to violent incidents involving SEALs, potentially implicating them in altercations
- After fights, the designated driver would transport SEALs in government vans while evading police, with passengers throwing objects and creating chaos
- Both worst jobs ended unfavorably—one through illness-induced quitting, the other through chaotic and legally risky circumstances
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Transcript
[0:00] What's the worst job you've had earlier in your career and how did it end? >> Worst job is probably working for my stepdad's printing company. PennySaver magazines, coupons, and stuff. The crap that you throw out from the mail, they printed that [music] stuff. One summer, my job was to clean out the ink tanks. Claustrophobic, [music] you're covered in ink, it was getting everywhere, clogged up one ear, that got infected. It was a terrible job. I lasted 2 weeks. >> Mine was >> Probably being a designated driver for the SEAL teams, which means you pretty much just drive a bunch of drunk angry [0:31] SEALs that struck out at the bar. And then they just…
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