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I've not had any really horrible jobs, luckily.
I temped in a hospital, getting the X-ray films from the store for each patient coming in for clinics. That was pretty grim, the dust and dirt accumulated in the filing, and they were very heavy.
Being a chalet girl nearly 20 years ago was quite good fun
I know someone who had to help the boar service the sows. Its not just the tail that is curly is the way I got told about it. He had to reach down and look for it then catch it and help it in. One time he bent down to look for it and the boar did a big thrust that coincided with it getting excited and it went where my mate didn't want it to go. There are times you keep your mouth shut is all I can say. And before anyone questions the "mate" bit it was seriously a friend and not me. He told us at a party and being a bit of a raconteur he was full of stories which would get more risque as the night and beers went down. He regretted this story I can tell you. Even if he couldn't remember telling it there were sufficient who did!!
I knew people who worked at biscuit and chocolate factories. They were allowed to pick stuff off the line to eat. Shortly after I found out about that I got a job in a company that bottled those miniature drinks bottles. They did everything from wine to whiskey and every other type in between. Anyway, unfortunately I wan't allowed to help myself there. It was all very strictly controlled. The content of the huge tanks were strictly controlled and the outflow to the bottling equipment was strictly monitored and controlled. There were spillages of course. My job was to clean them up. They did good toast in the canteen too. I learnt that toast with butterand brown sauce on it is actually better than it sounds. Best job was going around with the floor sweeper. Noone bothered you with that and you could waste a lot of time on it.
That would be my ideal job, I have such a sweet tooth I don't think I would ever get sick of it.
I was a cleaner for a few weeks in the summer holidays while I was at uni in the 80's. Most of the time it was cleaning flats that has just been redeveloped so it wasn't too bad.
The exception was the flat that recently been fumigated for cockroaches. There were dead ones everywhere and my tough boss was hoovering them up for us squeamish people. There was a horrible crunching noise as they went up the nozzle
Worst part of the job - I was paid £2 per hour
How can jobs like that really exist, they just seem to good to be true.
they reckon this is the worlds best job
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7824395.stm
application form anyone???
My last job was at a brewery (free bar at lunch and after work). Once a month I was on the tasting panel where a select group would drink for an hour and score the beers on various points. It was definitely a job with some good benefits.
Sounds familar too, to anyone who works in a busy A&E department.
We've got no coat-hooks in the toilets/cubicles, & 'breakaway' curtain tracks, so none of the depressed/'psych patients' can string themselves up!
Not that much to tell - lots of skiing, lots of drinking, lots of cooking. The fishmonger in town took a shine to me, so I used to get free smoked salmon
And he hasn't worked since......Worst job... Working as an electrical salesman at Comet. Selling product and extended warranties everyday was soul-destroying, and by the end of the year I'd began to hate myself and the job.
Luckily, it was only my gap year and I never had to go back.
My brother was a chimney sweep I used to help him out in summer holidays.It was a great job, filthy but fun met some great people (and before you say, I wasnt shoved up the chimney I was too big,we had a YTS boy for the from the orphanage)
It was back breaking heaving all the gear around.
The weddings were the best where you kissed the bride and wished them luck £30 for ten minutes work and and then attack the buffet we did 5 weddings in a day sometimes in the summer.
My brother didnt shave in the week before a wedding so he looked scruffy enough, he had this amazing crooked top hat he got from a junk shopp he looked like the Artful Dodger.
My sister in law used to work for Cadburys
on the production line, quality control.
.....she has never eaten a chocolate since the smell makes her sick !!!
Had some great jobs - worked making guitars in a factory in Australia, working the night shift on a friday / saturday in a 24-hour service station (or just "servo" if you're in Oz) in the middle of a red-light district - you saw some sights!
I guess the oddest job was when I worked for a while collecting data for government and academic research projects - one was a 3-year longitudinal study on the sexual habits of the nation. Some funny (and occasionally slightly depressing) conversations were had when you're asking folk fairly detailed questions about their experiences...