Who Would Want That Job?

[Emperor Inferno]

Have you ever seen somebody working a job that must be incredibly boring? Maybe very hard, or demeaning? Have you ever seen anyone with a job that made you think, man why would you pick that job?

For example:

Ticket checkers at the airport. That has got to be a hard, boring, incredibly frustrating job.

 

[Amnestic]

Phone Sex line operator. I remember because I picked up a "World's Worst Jobs" book in HMV(or was it Virgin?) to have a glance through and that was number 1 in the list.

 

[XzarTheMad]

I worked for a week as a Burger King Employee. That work sucked. And I think parking police work must be horrible.

 

[DannyDamage]

Ass doctors, that's all I've got. Sorry

EDIT: If it's just me looking down on a job, then I've always wondered who'd get up at 5am to clean the streets up after the littering, puking, fighting pissheads from the night before?

That and fast-food staff. I really couldn't be bothered for that sort of work.

 

[smallharmlesskitten]

retail workers...

Also just go watch a series of Dirty jobs

 

[smallharmlesskitten]

I worked for a week as a Burger King Employee. That work sucked. And I think parking police work must be horrible.

It's not too bad if it is a decent country or a slightly below average or above neighbourhood.

Anything lower than that and it is shit

 

[Lord Krunk]

Yeah. I used to do a Paper Run.

Being a minor, they ripped me off (about $3 per run), and it was agonising, long and tedious work.

And I wish I was exaggerating.

 

[oobee]

Flatulence Analyst - its an actual job omfg. Any job that involves placing your face near someone?s butt and telling them to fart on you will never be worth the money you?re paid for it.

 

[oobee]

Yeah. I used to do a Paper Run.

Being a minor, they ripped me off (about $3 per run), and it was agonising, long and tedious work.

And I wish I was exaggerating.

lol i did a paper run as a minor too but i just dumped all the newspapers, never bothered actually delivering them...

 

[gooneybird71]

Don't worry, if your anything like the vast majority of workers today you'll pretty much think whatever job your doing now is ass anyway.

-Gooney

 

[Scorched_Cascade]

Im seconding street cleaners especially the ones in paris-have you seen how much dog "mess" appears there in just a day?

 

[Labyrinth]

Prostitute, especially in a third world country. Also, child labour.

 

[Ultrajoe]

Pimp, especially in a third world country.

 

[XzarTheMad]

Flatulence Analyst - its an actual job omfg. Any job that involves placing your face near someone?s butt and telling them to fart on you will never be worth the money you?re paid for it.

This wins the thread! Hands down.

 

[Duck Sandwich]

The guys that work in construction that stand at under-construction roads all day and hold those signs that say "STOP" on one side, and "SLOW" on the other. Not only would that be boring as hell, but you constantly have to be alert, lest you end up being partially responsible for a car accident or two. If I had to do that job, I'd probably mentally fall asleep after an hour or so.

Working as a cashier also sucks, but at least you only need to be alert when a customer comes. I know of a handful of high-school students that work as cashiers, and they just chill and talk to the cashiers next to them, at least until they see me putting my groceries down on the conveyor belt. The whole memorization of product codes (ie, entering 3068 whenever someone buys a bag of triangle buns) has got to be a pain, though.

 

[Xhumed]

Ass doctors, that's all I've got. Sorry

EDIT: If it's just me looking down on a job, then I've always wondered who'd get up at 5am to clean the streets up after the littering, puking, fighting pissheads from the night before?

That and fast-food staff. I really couldn't be bothered for that sort of work.

Proctologist or colorectal surgeon are the words you're looking for.


Commission-only salesman is pretty soul-destroying.

 

[TomNook]

Customer support. My heart goes out to you brave, brave, men and women.