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30 Folks Share The Easiest And Most Fun Jobs They Had Tesco in store bakery. 4am-12pm shift. Baking (and tasting) doughnuts and pastries, radio on full blast, not a single customer or manager to interrupt you and the smell of fresh bread.

ExPristina , Vaibhav Jadhav Report

Final score:

99points

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ucp 4 months ago

I’d be 20 stone!

29points

Few_Butterscotch_969 , Natalie Bond Report

30 Folks Share The Easiest And Most Fun Jobs They Had Working at the reception desk of a small childcare company. I loved getting to talk with the children and their parents and see all the different families that would come in every day.

My favorite moment was watching this very small little boy with huge glasses wait eagerly by the doorway.

A large, heavily tattooed and imposing man walked in the door, and the little guy's face absolutely lit up. The man picked up his son and twirled him around, beaming like he had just won the lottery.

I think their family dynamic and custody arrangement was a bit complicated, but that is a man who truly loves his son.

Final score:

98points

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Robert Trebor 4 months ago

Very small little boy, huge glasses - how i felt for years. Then I grew. A lot.

11points

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Volunteer cat socializer at my local humane society. I go in, sing some very off-key Lionel Richie to some frightened strays for 2-3 hours, and help them realize that humans don't want to hurt them.

Final score:

98points

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Kimberly Carlino 4 months ago

I do this, too, and it is the highlight of my week

4points

30 Folks Share The Easiest And Most Fun Jobs They Had I put on a wet suit, got into armpit deep freezing water, and fed penguins 3x a day at the New England Aquarium.

Yummy_Honey204 , Paul Carroll Report

Final score:

97points

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Serial pacifist 4 months ago

Cool on several levels

26points

AdorableSunshine02x , Leif Blessing Report

30 Folks Share The Easiest And Most Fun Jobs They Had I used to work for the US National Parks Service out in the Rocky Mountains. I worked on the trail crew, clearing, maintaining, and building new trail and assorted structures. Maintaining a system of trails that had originally been built by the Civilian Conservation Corps back in the depression.

Since I had some experience as a mason, most of my time was spent moving rocks. I was Sisyphus, but the view was spectacular.

Final score:

81points

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Ranger Kanootsen 4 months ago

This is my job! :) I love it. I get to explore, travel, sleep in trees and help the planet.

32points

30 Folks Share The Easiest And Most Fun Jobs They Had Had a 5 year run in a high end residential construction company where our 4 person crew was basically 4 best friends. Worked together, gamed together, hit the bar or dinner after work together, went riding on off days, etc.

Honestly one of the best parts was just having a super motivated group that we never had to discuss dumb stuff like setting up in the morning or cleaning up at the end of the day. Everyone knew that is what we always did so we just talked s**t and went about our business.

Once we all went our own ways work wise it was terrible having to work with normal idiots again.

Misterstaberinde , Yury Kim Report

Final score:

74points

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Leanne Hailes 4 months ago

🤣 "normal idiots"

29points

Current job, I’m a manager in charge of a team of 7 that plan the operations side of the business for the whole country, I’ve gotten so good at my job that I get the full weeks worth of work done inside 6 hours. So I get up on a Monday do 6 hours work, then basically chill Tuesday-Friday. Got Teams and Outlook on my phone to deal with urgent stuff otherwise my team is on it.
Also I am not some lazy manager, I give my team all the freedom they want and not shy about it, want Friday afternoon off to go see the kids sports day, go ahead. Need to start late for a dentist appointment? I’ll see you after lunch. Treat people right they reciprocate it 10x in return. I love my team, and my job, hate my company hence the f***s I give to be 0.

BurningVeal Report

Final score:

64points

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Lewis KR 4 months ago

Doesn't sound like you give zero f***s. Sounds like you give all the right f***s!

18points

Technicolor_Reindeer , Laura Paredis Report

30 Folks Share The Easiest And Most Fun Jobs They Had Museum aid at the Smithsonian Natural History museum. Got to see the storage center where most of the collections are housed. Amazing stuff most of the public won't ever see.

Final score:

59points

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Lewis KR 4 months ago

Important to note that many museums only have about 1% of their stuff on display at any given time. It's part of why there is so much outcry over the biggest ones keeping so much stuff that was 'saved and/or stolen' from other countries. The British Museum for example. Once you realise that countries are asking for their stuff back that the Museum has kept in a box in a back room for 100 years, you realise why they are so annoyed

28points

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#10

30 Folks Share The Easiest And Most Fun Jobs They Had Pizza Hut 2000-2005 in high school. I got all my friends jobs there, then i became an assistant general manager at 19. the General manager had 2 stores, i pretty much ran the store, put my friends on my shifts, played whatever music i wanted, made my own schedule, got any days off i wanted, traded pizzas for movie passes, food, gym membership. it was awesome at the time, even looking back now, it was sweet.

Final score:

57points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 4 months ago

Worked at Pizza Hut 1998-1999. We'd get off work around midnight and then smoke pot and drink beer until the sun came up. Crash and do it all again. First restaurant job I ever had and I was underage but nobody cared. Favorite story: My friend we were all dropping acid after work one night and Shawn had to open the next day so he took two more hits before rolling in. Found out he spent two hours washing the same window. Good thing it was a slow dayshift.

19points

#11

30 Folks Share The Easiest And Most Fun Jobs They Had My current one. I’m a full-time science professor at a community college.

chemical_sunset , Yan Krukau Report

Final score:

57points

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Laura Cook 4 months ago

And students who want to be there.

2points

#12

30 Folks Share The Easiest And Most Fun Jobs They Had 12 years old. Worked at a Hawaiian shaved ice place in a summer town. Learned to talk to people (girls), be chill, learned a lot about reggae music. Mostly wish I could do that now as a job.

Silky__Smooth , Dustin Belt Report

Final score:

56points

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Bernd Herbert 4 months ago

Wile I was there I learned that it's actually called "shave ice", just a fun fact

5points

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#13

Preschool teacher. I got to teach little kids skills, play with them, and be creative and plan fun lessons. If it paid more I’d still be doing it but it’s undervalued as a profession. .

Final score:

51points

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Leanne Hailes 4 months ago

Way too undervalued. As in any & every sort of teaching position. 😥

21points

#14

My current work. I work as many hours I want as a landscaper in Norway. I make 60k a year (8 months of work) plus benefits and I have 4 months off in the winter where I spend my time in the Philippines.

CloverLandscape Report

Final score:

51points

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Ample Aardvark 4 months ago

Now that's a great job!

9points

#15

30 Folks Share The Easiest And Most Fun Jobs They Had Beer cart at a golf course. Tips, everyone was happy to see you, nice weather. Easiest, most fun job I've ever had.
emmy_lou_harrisburg: I made $18k in 2001 in 3 months as a caddy cart girl. I... was able to pay my junior year of college tuition in cash.
"I would park under a tree, smoke a doobie, and read a magazine. Cash only and I did my own inventory. That job was the best.

WIPackerGuy , Dean Report

Final score:

47points

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Marcus Trevelyan 4 months ago (edited)

Commenting to hide an unnecessary comment

1point

Darth Oswin 3 months ago

*tips hat* Thank you. Proof that not all heros wear capes (even if they are great in just about any weather).

0points

Brian Droste 4 months ago

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Jessica SpeLangm 4 months ago

@Brian....was it really necessary to make that kind of a comment?

13points

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#16

Elevator technician. I started at $8.50 per hour 30 years ago today it’s $50 per hour. Overtime is 1.7 and x2. I must say way more ups than downs!

Final score:

43points

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Robert Trebor 4 months ago

As long as they are ups and not oops.

13points

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#17

The one I have now. I started a business from scratch 8 years ago and now employ 10 staff. They all make above average salaries, and I am yet to have anyone leave. We are growing year on year but not too crazy. It's manageable. This time next year, I'd like to think there are 6 more on staff.
It's a lot of fun.

Vast_Jellyfish122 Report

Final score:

41points

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THE COOL ZACH 4 months ago

Good for you!

10points

#18

I’ve said this before. When I was a teenager I worked at Kings Island (just north of Cincinnati,Ohio) I worked at a ride called White Water Canyon. There’s a little shack out in the woods where it overlooks the ride and you can blast people with a water cannon. It was my favorite job, if I could do it for the rest of my life I would. I’d sit out there in a secluded booth with snacks and blasting people with water. What else could be better? I don’t know, I don’t think there is a better job. I’m in my later 30’s and I think about that job constantly.

buckeyemountain Report

Final score:

41points

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Lil Miss Hobbit 4 months ago

Where can I sign up?

7points

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#19

30 Folks Share The Easiest And Most Fun Jobs They Had The job I have now. Get paid 110k/yr with great benefits. Only have to go in to the office 2 days a week, and the other 3 days work from home. I do about 10- 15 hours of actual work a week. Rest of the time I am just monitoring email while gaming.

ImaRiskit , EVG Kowalievska Report

Final score:

38points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 4 months ago

I could never work from home. The urge to nap is too great.

18points

#20

I teach personal finance at a credit union. I get to help people understand money and don’t have any pressure to sell anything. It’s awesome.

MrLittle237 Report

Final score:

37points

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nancy 4 months ago

When I was a gr.7 teacher, my units on financial literacy were always my favourite. Kids get excited about saving, investing, budgeting... their eyes light up when their (fake-online) stocks are up. So much fun!

5points

#21

30 Folks Share The Easiest And Most Fun Jobs They Had Pasta Maker at Olive Garden. 30+ years ago, Olive Garden made all their past in house from scratch. My machine was in the lobby so customers could watch. I wore a chef coat and poofy hat. I loved working weekends and interacting with people asking how it was made and why I was hanging it on the wall (to dry it before cooking). It was loads of fun and I really enjoyed it. Then they switched to dry premade commercial pasta and it wasn’t as good. Tried other positions but restaurants suck to work at.

dragon-rae , Lisa Fotios Report

Final score:

37points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 4 months ago

*curls up in the poofy hat for a nap*

9points

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#22

Tour guide at a brewery. Met so many cool people. Was paid to talk about beer, and to drink on the clock.

Particular_Walrus_85 Report

Final score:

37points

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nottheactualphoto 4 months ago

I would take out-of-town friends on the tour at a local brewery. At one point they had built a brewpub, but it wasn't open yet. The owner would finish up the tour there, and say "We don't have our license yet, so I can't sell you a beer. However, I can give you one. What'll you have?"

10points

#23

30 Folks Share The Easiest And Most Fun Jobs They Had Night watchman in a huge office building during summer.

Clock in at 6 pm when the office "closes". Be on guard till 8 pm when the last guy leaves, grab my laptop, play world of warcraft will 2 am, sleep, clock out at 7 am, go home, sleep 2-3 hours. Do things. Back to work.

13 hours "paid" 1 hour worked. Nothing ever happened. Got paid 30 bucks an hour (always 200% pay, because it was night). On weekend nights 40 bucks an hour.

I worked 12 weeks, 7 days a week.

Best.

Summer.

Ever.

LovelyPrincess201 , Sergei A Report

Final score:

34points

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Kisa “Kizna” Kitsugi 4 months ago

What they failed to mention was they probably weren't supposed to do that and got lucky nothing happened.

35points

#24

Worked at an animal shelter. Looked after cats. Cleaned the cages. Their litters. Changed out what needed to be changed out. I loved it. Sometimes messy but I was happy.

BagelCatSprinkles Report

Final score:

34points

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Jessica SpeLangm 4 months ago

And just think of all the thankful purrs and rubs you get as a reward.

12points

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#25

30 Folks Share The Easiest And Most Fun Jobs They Had Custodial work for a textbook distributor. My one and only job was to empty waste baskets in the offices. It was an 8 hour shift, and I had gotten my routine down so well I could finish my work in 3 hours. I would sit in the CFO'S office and read, I would take naps in conference rooms, just generally f**k around for 5 hours. My supervisor resented my position, as she also supervised production, so as long as she never heard complaints, I was completely out of sight out of mind. Occasionally I would be seen sweeping a floor in a warehouse or emptying a card board bin, which made it seem like I was getting all of this extra work done. That would last maybe 30 minutes, longer if I was really bored. When I left I was told I was the best person to ever work that position. I used to get stoned on the CEO's balcony!

BoardOld8124 Report

Final score:

33points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 4 months ago

I'm noticing a trend in these. That trend is the best job is to get paid for 8 hours while working 3 hours. Good on anyone who finds that job.

25points

#26

30 Folks Share The Easiest And Most Fun Jobs They Had I used to do bottle service at a nightclub lounge off the strip in Vegas. This was right as things were opening up after covid. The amount of pent up people with money ready to have fun was amazing. I made so much f*****g money and people were just so excited and happy to be out and having a good time, literally throwing cash around and getting hammered. Great music, great money, great vibes.

Beginning_Way9666 , Vika Glitter Report

Final score:

29points

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Bernd Herbert 4 months ago

What's "bottle service"?

4points

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#27

30 Folks Share The Easiest And Most Fun Jobs They Had Classical car restoration is the most fulfilling and satisfying job ever! You get to see a rusty old car transform into a beautiful purring machine, from start to finish. And the best part? No stress, no complications, and no strict deadlines!

djhamilton , Issam Hajri Report

Final score:

29points

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nottheactualphoto 4 months ago

That big old Benz has something seriously wrong with its rear suspension.

11points

#28

Fireman in a small town. Had free wifi, free food, pool table and dart board, only 1 fire happened in the 7 months I worked there.

anon Report

Final score:

28points

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Nina 4 months ago

Wow... In the small town I lived we had volunteers with a pager.

12points

#29

Commercial Diver, everyday is different, average 35- 40 min dive, a few water stops, decompress in chamber on deck, 13 hrs later, do it again...loved it.
Old school, back in the 80s.

No-Effort6590 Report

Final score:

28points

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AKA AKA 4 months ago

sounds fun

1point

#30

Ice cream shop, it was pretty simple except when I had to clean up the sticky ice cream bits, or when someone would get a peanut butter ice cream and say something like “This doesn’t have peanuts in it does it?”.

HumanHuman_2003 Report

Final score:

27points

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LaserBrain 4 months ago

Because of peanut allergies?

2points

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What's the best job you've ever had?

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Oskar vanZandt 4 months ago

For me, the most important aspect of any job (I realised later in life) is autonomy... Variety and flexibility are also very important to me.

7points

Ali H M Salehuddin 4 months ago (edited)

Below are not the easiest jobs, but they are certainly very satisfying. You voluntarily do free work to a person, a community or animals and post them online. The compliments and encouragement you received are very satisfying. You also got paid from YouTube and received donations from your viewers. (1) A group of volunteers in Namibia rescues seals from entanglement with discarded fishing lines. A physically demanding job because you have to catch and to hold the seals while simultaneously cutting them free. The seals are quite strong and can bite you. A successful rescue is very satisfying and rewarding. https://youtu.be/CuSg6TSdvXY?si=DUm6wFiWbgvUfe5R (2) Storm drain unclogging. You unclog public drains on roads and other public properties and post them online. A hard job and you must not be squeamish at bugs and dirts. Again, seeing water able to freely flow again afterwards is very encouraging. https://youtu.be/D9Clzx_L628?si=4yWocPn2JzJGRApo

4points

bbfa 4 months ago

Dancing the Can Can on the bar at the Calico Saloon at Knotts Berry Farm, Archaeologist right out of college for 2 years, and bass player in club bands and opening for headlining acts at local concert halls intermittently for 50 years. I've had a great time.

3points

KnightOwl 4 months ago (edited)

I worked for a charity that aimed to encourage children to be more active. We would visit schools and community centres and spend around 30 minutes dancing and around 90 minutes of inflatables. We had huge inflatable play areas, with climbing walls, slides etc. (Basically an inflatable soft play) The kids always loved it. The best thing is I'd start work at either 11am or 2pm depending on what we were doing that day, (school visits were during the day, community centre events were in the evening) "work" for 2-3hrs then spend around 5hrs just hanging out in the small boxing gym we were based in. We would spend hrs every day playing cards and talking s**t, and most of us started taking (free) boxing lessons with the boxers who used the gym. There was a small team of just 8 of us and we all got on amazingly well, most of us are still friends 20yrs later. Best job ever.

3points

Foxxy says goodbye. 4 months ago

I started working last year in a field I had never even thought of only 2 years ago. I love my job, it's pretty cruisy (most days) and the people I work with are awesome. I truly lucked out. Pay isn't terrible, but it's not the greatest, especially for how vital my role is though. I work in sterilisation services. I clean/decontaminate, set up trays/wrap and sterilise medical equipment ready for surgeries.

3points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 4 months ago

I would have hated most of these jobs. I am a barely adequate soft can-opener, though, so there's that.

3points

Auntriarch 4 months ago

Don't listen to those sharp pawed little ratbags, you are an admirable soft can opener

4points

Nom E. De Plume 4 months ago

My current job. I am a walking French Quarter tour guide in New Orleans. My expenses are low, so I can support myself with this part-time job, and generally enjoy my life. Met so super great people, and made some very wonderful friends.

2points

LokisLilButterknife 4 months ago

I love how my work helps other people (translator/language project manager), but I feel like I get paid absolute s**t for what I do. We have such an important role helping people communicate across language and cultural barriers, yet many people see us as nothing more than commodities and are just like, "Pfft, who the hell needs translators. I'm just going to run this bad boy through Google Translate and post in on my website." It's infuriating and sometimes I wish I never went into the field.

2points

Steve Hall 4 months ago

I worked weekends at our local flea market for about 5 years selling beer and pizza. It was a blast and I got free beer and pizza when nobody was looking.

1point

Bertha Madott Premium 4 months ago

I worked as a young teenager at an end-of-summer annual fair. In the food building at a booth. Soooooooo enjoyable. Free samples! Other kids! Midway rides! I loved it.

1point

Michael Largey 4 months ago

When I was teaching if someone asked me about retirement, I would reply "What? And give up show business?" I finally retired, and , yes, that's what it felt like.

1point

LooseSeal's $10 Banana 4 months ago

25 years old working on a golf course in North Dakota. Mow grass until 3, pull a 6 pack out of the fridge, golf 18 holes for free.

1point

Katie Vitts 3 months ago

Doggy daycare is the most fun, most rewarding, most therapy cost saving job ever. I literally get paid to hang out with dogs all day. I am required to play with them. I'm living the dream.

0points

John Nelson 4 months ago

When my health began to decline, I retired from machining/fabrication and took a job at a charitable organization repairing medical equipment for people who couldn't afford to pay to repair or replace. Got to put my skills to work without time pressures, etc. Things like repairing electric wheelchairs, delivering and assembly of other medical hard goods, etc. It was nice to help people directly, not just ship another whatsit out the door for some corporate client I never met. Sometimes my work was life changing for the client, most times it wasn't so dramatic, but I always got to leave someone better off.

0points

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Oskar vanZandt 4 months ago

For me, the most important aspect of any job (I realised later in life) is autonomy... Variety and flexibility are also very important to me.

7points

Ali H M Salehuddin 4 months ago (edited)

4points

bbfa 4 months ago

3points

KnightOwl 4 months ago (edited)

3points

Foxxy says goodbye. 4 months ago

3points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 4 months ago

I would have hated most of these jobs. I am a barely adequate soft can-opener, though, so there's that.

3points

Auntriarch 4 months ago

Don't listen to those sharp pawed little ratbags, you are an admirable soft can opener

4points