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30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Once got paid for a month of 40-hour work weeks for sitting at a gate and watching to make sure no cows got out. I was a "Bovine Identification and Exit Prevention Specialist." Never saw a f@#$%g cow. Read some good books, though.

thehumanscott , Jackie ... Report

Final score:

378points

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Libstak 3 years ago

Lol, nose deep in book as a herd of a 100 cows quietly tiptoe past.

300points

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group In Japan my wife got a job as "Designated Foreigner at Weddings". Apparently they like the idea of foreigners at their weddings as it makes the photos more interesting. She used to earn up to 20,000 yen a day. Also met a Canadian guy there who had a job as "Designated Foreigner at Bar". He used to get pissed and make conversation with salary-men.

james_james1 , Guilhem Vellut Report

Final score:

347points

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Otter 3 years ago

Tell me more about the "designated foreigner at weddings" job! Does she have to have a huge wardrobe of wedding-appropriate clothes? Does she need to fake a backstory every time, to explain her presence? Is she required to have good dancing skills, or an inhuman bladder capacity?

119points

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group A few years ago my job was to timestamp Netflix videos for the "Skip Intro" button.

It was the single best job ever until they stopped allowing remote work for what I was doing. I would wake up, login to a special page and have a list of videos/series, etc. to timestamp.

TexasCplL , Stuff Report

Final score:

320points

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Laura Zappenduster 3 years ago

This sounds awesome! why did they stopped allowing remote work for such a perfect job to work from home?

111points

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I used to build hiking trails. A lot of people assume they just are naturally formed or something, but that's the goal of a good trail builder.

Lo-def , Bonnie Moreland Report

Final score:

317points

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M O'Connell 3 years ago

This job is essential, as true 'naturally formed' trails are often a major source of erosion.

70points

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group You know those fire evacuation maps that are entirely useless because no one's gonna stop and look at a map on their way out of a burning building?

Yeah, I design those.

Stebraul , Tom Woodward Report

Final score:

313points

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M O'Connell 3 years ago

If it makes you feel any better, I always look at those. I often find myself in buildings where the stairs are somewhat hidden while the elevators are front-and-center.

153points

Bernd Herbert 3 years ago

me too! Everytime I stay at a hotel

18points

Vicky Z 3 years ago

And that's the correct thing to do but i never do it! This is how you stay alive at a disaster!

3points

Ann Dennis 3 years ago

Thanks! Duh, never thought of that as a quick way to find the stairs.

2points

Pernille Dyre 3 years ago

I do to...

1point

Wandaluzt 2 years ago

Yes I'm sure it would make them feel better if you hopped in your time machine, went back 7 years and told them on Reddit. When they posted it.

0points

Martha Higgins 2 years ago (edited)

I also look at these in hotels. Always being aware of exits is something all new stewardesses/ flight attendants learn in training.

0points

Joanna Werman 3 years ago

Post a copy in the bathroom. It will be read more often

24points

just cruising 3 years ago

genius!

3points

E B 3 years ago

I try to look at them when the building is not on fire, like when I'm waiting for the elevator.

17points

Robert T 3 years ago

You're supposed to look at them when you first enter the room, not when you are trying to leave in an emergency!!!

9points

Faramir10 3 years ago

That's one of the first things I do when I get into a room.

2points

Sheila Stamey 3 years ago

I always look.

6points

howdylee 3 years ago

Like that's your sole job? I've had to do many of those, but I also helped design the building, and was the only one who knew how to photoshop in a red line...

4points

Natalie Kelsey 3 years ago

I'm very afraid of fire and if I see one of these in a hotel or hospital I definitely study it so I don't get caught with no way out

4points

Squilmo 3 years ago

I look at those pretty soon after checking into the room.

4points

Kainaath Khan 3 years ago

Thank you for making those fire maps. I see them, always.

2points

Jaguarundi 3 years ago

I'm one of those people who diligently looks for the exit signs and frequently turns around to see what my return/exit route will look like from my destination. I was in a hotel fire once.

2points

Don't Look 3 years ago

Hey, I knew someone did it. Just like I know the guy who creates the safety brochures inside airplanes.

2points

Nika Strokappe 3 years ago

I would probably not stop to read them when the building is on fire, but I do look at them while the building is still in perfect shape, just in case...

1point

Vasiliki Kekridou 3 years ago

Did this job as well...

1point

Joel Emmett 3 years ago

I look at them -- in advance, just in case.

1point

Truth Speakin' 3 years ago

Better to be safe than sorry!!!

1point

Hannah Hudson-Lee 3 years ago

I also design these plans. I can assure you the Fire and Rescue service do look at them when dealing with an incident. They're not just for the building occupants.

1point

Valley Girl 3 years ago

We have those at the HOSPITAL I work in. There are nothing on them to show your location. You'd be meatloaf before you found out which door to use.

1point

Sue User 3 years ago

You using the term " meatloaf"...

1point

Richard Willis 2 years ago

50 years ago I was taught that during a fire alarm in a public building, people will pass a viable exit to use the one that they normally use.

0points

Richard Willis 2 years ago

0points

Marvin HoG 2 years ago

I look at them when I enter the hotel so that I won't need to find it when I'm trying to exit the hotel in an emergency.

0points

An Be 2 years ago

First movie of Jason Bourne came to mind ^_^;;

0points

Fuzzy spectrum 3 years ago

I read those plans. Gives you idea of your location within complex

0points

plain bOrEd not panda 3 years ago

I looked at those when a boring colleague did small talk. Seriously, good stuff! :D

0points

Xan Maranya 3 years ago (edited)

I would look. Could save my life and others as well.

0points

bdunbar@kcls.org 3 years ago

I'm on the 3rd floor of an administration building. I need a walker to get around. The elevator is my friend. I do look at your maps and pray I don't have to try to not only be quick, but use my cane to get down 3 flights of stairs some day (at the other end of our floor) Thank you, you are appreciated and give some of us peace of mind.

0points

Board Pan, duh. 3 years ago

I always look at those!!! Lol thank you. 😊

0points

Tami 3 years ago

I can relate. I worked for a company that made electronic test instruments, writing those manuals that no one reads.

0points

oddkiddo 3 years ago

I read them! <3

0points

Sawdust 3 years ago

"This Fire Evacuation Map is sponsored by Stairs. Stairs, better than elevators."

0points

Mazer 3 years ago

Now if we could get people to understand that where this is placed on the door, during a fire is absolutely useless.

0points

Kel 3 years ago

I try to look at them if I notice there’s one

0points

Paradise 3 years ago

Since nobody looks at them, write something f****d up on there. I did before when I was to create a monthly calendar of events for people who never read them and half were literally illiterate. Nothing against illiterate but it was pointless. So I wrote funny s**t and nobody said anything..

0points

Kyan Q 3 years ago

look like a boot from a 6 bit video game

0points

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I used to make fake children's art for a TV show set in a kindergarten classroom. Every episode had new, themed art. Real kids aren't good enough artists. Sorry kids.

doctor_puppet , Craig Allen Report

Final score:

306points

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Softball05 3 years ago (edited)

Of course this is a thing *said sarcastically, ofc*

48points

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I work as a falconer, using birds of prey to keep other birds away from train tracks, airports, farms, you name it. it's like being a bird bounty hunter.

[deleted] , The Minsta Report

Final score:

304points

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Squilmo 3 years ago

That sounds badass!

62points

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Stimperonovitch answered:
A person who travels around checking that gas stations actually pump one gallon of gas when the pump shows that one gallon has been pumped.

plcwork responded:
Ah, the department of weights and measures. Unsung heroes of the consumer.

Stimperonovitch , formulanone Report

Final score:

286points

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M O'Connell 3 years ago

They also check scales of all descriptions to ensure that when you buy something by weight, you get precisely what you have paid for.

49points

#10

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group aziraphale60 said:
I attempt to read addresses on mail that machines can't.

way_fairer responded:
So basically you take those CAPTCHA tests all day long and get paid for it?

aziraphale60 , Kevin Simpson Report

Final score:

271points

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May 3 years ago

Did a doctor write that?

61points

#11

When certain, highly expensive pieces of jewelry are sold to buyers in different countries (say a $300,000 watch, for example), often times the company selling the watch will send someone to wear it on the plane over to said buyer country, since to import it would cost them a lot in taxes, but to pay for someone to wear it as their own watch costs significantly less.

speakingofsegues Report

Final score:

269points

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Pezor Zass 3 years ago

so basically help super rich people and companies get out of paying their fair share of taxes.

316points

#12

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Im an IT guy at a buddhist retreat center.

manifoldmandala , Dushan Hanuska Report

Final score:

266points

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Adam Belaire 3 years ago

Dr. Strange: Well, what's this? My mantra? Mordo: The Wi-Fi password. We're not savages.

168points

#13

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group My mom is a horse braider, not a breeder but a braider. She braids horses manes and tails for horse shows, it’s quite lucrative as people who own horses know, everything to do with horses is expensive.

illbethegreatest , Dan Report

Final score:

261points

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Otter 3 years ago

I know a couple of horse people, and they do their own braiding. Where does your mom live where people outsource this?

27points

imaf@#$%^gmessdude , Cape May MAC Report

#14

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I sell private murder mystery events.

I learn about your event (birthday party, corporate event, holiday party, etc. ) and then I send out trained actors to perform an interactive murder mystery.

It's literally such a killer job.

Final score:

257points

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Softball05 3 years ago

It's all fun and games until the person who hired you actually uses your stories to commit a murder...

56points

#15

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I work as a stand-in bridesmaid. Basically: If a bridesmaid decides not to arrive at a wedding you can hire a stand-in bridesmaid. Stand-in bridesmaids do everything a normal bridesmaid does except you pay them and they usually do it better since it’s their job. It’s a lot of fun going to a wedding as a stand-in bridesmaid, even if I don’t know anyone there. A wedding I attended had an open bar and the real bridesmaid bailed LAST SECOND because she apparently just realized she was worried things would get too crazy with the open bar. Her loss. The people there were really great, and the bride just told everyone that I was the one who encouraged her to start dating her (now) husband. Me and the bride ended up actually becoming great friends and we are still in contact to this day. They (the bride and groom from the wedding) are now happily married and have a beautiful daughter.

Vivian-Valerie , micadew Report

Final score:

249points

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kim morris 3 years ago

I have never heard of this, what country/state/provence does this job take place?

52points

#16

I walk up and down city streets inspecting trees planted and/or maintained by municipalities for damage, risk factors, condition, diseases, pests, and structural issues. I get to talk to a lot of homeowners, homeless people, a few cops, a few hookers, and generally every other order of mankind considering I walk about 4-6 miles each day from tree to tree spanning any neighborhood in whatever city I get assigned to for my company (usually 1-3 month travel assignments with one long weekend a month to fly/drive home that gets paid for). I can identify about 300 species of trees and woody shrubs, most of which are native to eastern North America.

AcerRubrum Report

Final score:

239points

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kim morris 3 years ago

Wallingford, CT. Keeps replanting the same damned ornamental Callery pear tree up and down the city streets. They're awful. Smell terrible. Ruin the sidewalks. And when they have to be replaced, they go with the same tree!

46points

#17

Service to drive people with a fear of bridges over the bridge in their own vehicles...

Wellbetr Report

Final score:

222points

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M O'Connell 3 years ago

I assume this is the Mackinac Bridge? It's not a trivial bridge at all.

41points

#18

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Not any more, but when I was a kid, I had a job where I'd wander around llama pastures and scatter their s@#t out. They have a habit of pooping in communal piles, which, if you don't scatter them, get quite large and end up nitrogen burning the grass. Then the grass around them grows really well, but they won't eat it, because it smells strongly of their poop. So, instead, you go out with a snow shovel and scatter the poop and all the grass in the pasture grows really well and none of it smells too much like poop for the llamas to eat it.

TL;DR: I'm not too fond of llamas.

Fearlessleader85 , Kaius Coolman Report

Final score:

220points

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R Carson 3 years ago

Turd herder

148points

castironskilletmilk , David Drexler Report

#19

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I caption telephone calls In real time for the deaf and hard of hearing as my part time job.

To those who are worried my job is in jeopardy because of automation etc. this is my part time job not my career. I do this because as I learned more about the deaf community, I wanted to do everything I could to help them. They are a truly amazing community who do not get enough support from the government or the hearing community. I want you all to think of the last phone call you made. Now imagine you can’t hear the other person. How much more difficult would your life be? Thanks for all the comments!

Final score:

215points

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Pezor Zass 3 years ago

i've spoken to deaf people this way a few times and it's hard! the interpreter is speaking to you as the deaf person, you are to answer back as though you are speaking directly, but you still end up accidentally saying "ask them to...."

41points

#20

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I compose music and design sound effects for slots. I live in Vegas, but still, few people outside of the slot industry know my job exists. Makes for a bit of interesting conversation.

musicman702 , Aaron Report

Final score:

193points

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Laura Zappenduster 3 years ago

oh, i assumed they are always taking the same 5-10 different jingles and sound effects

52points

PresidentCheeto420 , Asim Bijarani Report

#21

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Essentially I watch TV all day.

It's actually digital archiving of old video tape, but it's for major networks who have massive tape libraries of stuff like BETA, VHS, umatic, 1" and 2" tape and anything else in between. All the old magnetic tape is starting to expire so they ship pallets of tapes to the company I work for and we record them in real time then send back the files.

It takes years to completely digitize a tape library. Some of our older big clients have been sending us pallets every month consistently for the past 5 years, and there's still roughly another 5 years left.

Its pretty interesting, and I never knew about it before getting into the field, so if anyone has any questions I'll be happy to answer.

Final score:

192points

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Rijkærd 3 years ago

The question is HOW do I get this kind of job. Feel happy to answer in detail.😎

60points

PabstBlue_Gibbon , Antti T. Nissinen Report

#22

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I program simple video games for monkeys, complete with a joystick and pellet dispenser.

Final score:

189points

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snipergun 3 years ago

Wait when they start sending you reviews.

95points

#23

If you’re white and happen to be in China, you can do "white monkey gigs".

That’s the term used to describe jobs in which white people are hired by Chinese companies to do random jobs to enhance its image.

Foreigners = international = connection = money.

These jobs include:

- Pretending to play instruments in a fake band at gigs.
- Being a fake emissary of Barack Obama.
- Pretending to live at a luxury apartment complex.
- Posing as the company director at a ribbon cutting ceremony.
- Nodding and smiling at business meetings.

deathBlad3 Report

Final score:

181points

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kim morris 3 years ago

Nothing racist about this job.

87points

#24

I program the moving/vibrating seats in 4d movie theaters. My official job title is "motion designer."

pFunkdrag Report

Final score:

177points

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snipergun 3 years ago

Definitely cool title, result is also great (I guess, never went to cinema like that), but I assume the job os often overlooked. Anyway, sounds cool to me.

23points

#25

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I’m a commercial diver, I do underwater construction/ salvage /inspection. People don’t think about it, but pretty much any job that requires something be done underwater we get a call. It’s loads of fun and the pay is great!!

19jos95 , SCUBATOO Report

Final score:

165points

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May 3 years ago

That's a dangerous job. Lots of commercial divers get hurt.

46points

#26

Planetary Protection Officer.

Sounds like a kinda awesome job title, even if it's only about making sure that we don't contaminate other planets with Earth microbes when landing or crashing spacecraft on them.

ygra Report

Final score:

164points

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Softball05 3 years ago (edited)

...That description still makes it sound like a pretty interesting job!

55points

#27

I was talking to a dad in my scout troop a few years back who said that one summer while he was in college he got hired by the government to drive along freeways and verify that mile markers were accurate. They paid for his gas and lodging, so he basically just road tripped with with two of his friends for the whole summer and earned a profit.

pjokinen Report

Final score:

164points

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Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago (edited)

I worked with a guy who quit his office job to do something similar. He and his wife worked for a new internet provider measuring the distance between utility poles and marking the distance of each driveway from the last pole on rural roads in our state. He'd walk a road with one of those measuring wheels spray painting numbers on the road. Red for distance between poles, blue for distance to last pole for a driveway. The next day the company would send out teams to install the lines and junction boxes. One of them would drop the other off at an intersection and drive either 10 miles or to the next intersection to start their own walk. They'd leapfrog each other for the day then head back to a hotel. First month he got paid more money than his old job to walk from the entrance of our local national park to the various campgrounds so they could get wifi.

30points

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#28

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I make virtual clothing and sell it for money on a dress up chat game.

exhilarance , unknown Report

Final score:

151points

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RandomBeing 3 years ago

OOOH

25points

#29

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Trucking companies employ people whose job it is to recover abandoned trucks and cargo. Apparently truckers will just be like "f@#k it" and leave their trucks and trailers on the side of a road. These companies pay pretty well and you are on call 24/7. But they fly you all over the country to retrieve their stuff and pay well. Sounds kinda neat really.

Smitesfan , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

145points

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SCamp 3 years ago

Friend of mine, an ambulance officer, also has a side gig doing overseas insurance retrieval jobs. You break your back in Peru, he flies home with you. Pays a fortune.

17points

julieannluna , South Australian History Network Report

#30

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I get paid to be a living mannequin. No, not a model that poses in pictures, gets her make up done, and gets put in magazines. I'm a completely different type of model. I work behind the scenes, in the warehouse- designers for huge chain stores will use my frame to show of their looks to the CEO of the company who approves or rejects the looks. Clothing on a mannequin looks totally different on a real person.

Final score:

141points

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Don't Look 3 years ago

I saw one of these years ago at Tysons Corner. My first question was, why? My second question was how does one get that job?

29points

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#31

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I'm a sound effects librarian for films, TV, commercials, and games.

Basically, I maintain a high quality searchable database of every sound you could possibly imagine so that they can be used in whatever entertainment medium we're working on. We've got everything from military aircraft to superhero fight sounds, footsteps on almost any surface in almost any type of shoe, nearly every type of gun out there...whatever is needed for the work we do.

The fun part is that I get to run around recording custom stuff for many of the shows. Most recently were some really high end cars and a few surround sound ambiences from various places around the state that I live in. It's almost like taking a vacation for work every few weeks!

FrskyDng0 , Lindsey Turner Report

Final score:

47points

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Jaguarundi 3 years ago

I watched a program about the sound engineering for the first "Star Wars" movie. The origins of the sounds were quite fascinating. It made the movie so much more interesting to watch for the second time afterwards.

11points

#32

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Not the only thing I did at the job, but definitely the weirdest.

I worked at a Grocery Store last winter, right around Christmas time. I had to sprinkle dirt on the potatoes in the produce section to make them look freshly picked.

Then the customers would get home and erase all my hard work.

big_fella672 , Carol VanHook Report

Final score:

46points

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GoodWolf 3 years ago

Ha! I always said they're doing that! I thought I was joking, though... 🤔

21points

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#33

I know someone who is an agent for pets. When you see a pet on tv they have an agent, and she does that.

thefoolz41 Report

Final score:

46points

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Robert Bailey 3 years ago

Client can't turn down a role. But they can pee on you.

3points

#34

Underwater lumberjacks, harvest old growth trees that have been covered over by diverted/dammed waterways.

liberal_texan Report

Final score:

44points

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R Carson 3 years ago

Wow

12points

#35

That's a lot of military jobs that most people wouldn't realize exist.

For example, in the Marine Corps, there's a civilian employee called a Family Readiness Officer (FRO). They do a lot of different things in support of the families of servicemembers, but are most known for handing the family readiness plans, which all Marines are required to have. They're basically an official contingency plan in the event that they are deployed, which are very important for families where both parents are military, so the continued care and education of their children is laid out in advance. It makes one less thing to worry about or plan last minute when orders to deploy come down.

ePants Report

Final score:

43points

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Cass Malone 3 years ago

This is essentially what my MIL does for the Air Force.

10points

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#36

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I work at a company which will remain nameless that gets rid of commercials in sports bars and now in the home, replacing it with endless amounts of media customizable by the consumer. My job as quality control is to push a button on an iPad when espn for example switches to commercial from the program. which triggers the change in all restaurants/bars using the service. (btw every Dave and Busters in the nation uses our program).

heny935 , shankar s. Report

Final score:

42points

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Softball05 3 years ago

okay, thats pretty awesome

11points

#37

Underwear cockroach inspector.

Guy or gal in a factory, inspecting garments for insects before they get shipped out to the retailers.

It's a thing.

GIDAMIEN Report

Final score:

41points

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MikeWheelerFan 3 years ago

Good to know

16points

#38

When companies have paperwork that they want to make digital, the documents need to be scanned. Before this can happen someone needs to go through all of the documents and remove EVERY. SINGLE. STAPLE. And that's how I spent my summers while I was in college. I actually liked it quite a bit though.

betty_netch Report

Final score:

41points

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Don't Look 3 years ago

Dammit. I wish I'd known I could have been paid for this!

17points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#39

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I seriously have the job of trying to contact people who place orders on a very, VERY popular website and then try to cancel their card before it actually gets charged.

See we don't charge until right before the item ships which is sometimes a day or two. Some people have figured out that occasionally... not even close to every time... but OCCASIONALLY one will slip out and ship before we've actually charged the card. There are literally thousands of people out there who go on our site, make a purchase, and then try to cancel or somehow block the charge going through and hope that the product will ship out. I call 25-40 people per day trying to get them to update their payment method.

Sometimes it's honestly innocent and you can always tell. Like their card expired or got lost during the interim. But most of them play stupid and hang up on you.

CDC_ , Sari Montag Report

Final score:

38points

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Kanuli 3 years ago

Sounds more like you need better IT? Or finance department.

6points

#40

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I'm a demand planner. My job is to make sure when you walk into a store or order online we have that specific thing you want in stock. Most jobs I've worked required us to have 95%+ product in stock at all times. Usually when we have a stock out it's because some genius decided he needed 64 hammers or 500 gallons of milk at once screwing up the demand model.

braaibros , Seika Report

Final score:

38points

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Softball05 3 years ago

And when that happens, we finally meet the people from the math problems!!

36points

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#41

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Funeral homes need to run 24/7, 365, except that's unrealistic in today's society. Funeral directors and embalmers already suffer from massive burn out and piling weekends, night calls, and mandatory working on holidays just makes it more miserable.

So you basically open Uber for the dead. They are called "pickup companies" or "commercial embalming facilities" depending if they only do pickups and deliveries or also embalming. I worked at one while I was in school for embalming and it is brutal work. Funeral homes fax over the call sheet and you take the call instead of the funeral home staff. It's 100% legal and incredibly common.

You drive around in a van all day or all night depending on your shift with 2 cots and just pick up and drop off bodies. Sometimes you get to embalm if the embalmers are nice, and it's slow, otherwise it's mostly driving as a student, until you get your embalmers license.

CorpseJenga , Kevin Dooley Report

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34points

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Jaguarundi 3 years ago

My long-ago boyfriend did this. The bottom person at the funeral home was on night calls and had to do all of the overnight pick-ups. He did not enjoy Saturday nights nor holidays for years afterwards. Too many visuals.

8points

#42

30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group I had a job where I fed folded up and wrinkled dollar bills into test machines. I was surround by thousands of dollar bills and was constantly watched by a guard in a locked room. It was boring and weird, the guard didn't ever talk to me except when it was time to leave the vault for break or lunch.

tigger880 , unmatched value Report

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33points

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Beck 3 years ago

I had a job where I would test CD players before they were put into cars. I did not keep it long. I listened to the first 10 seconds of a fleetwood mac song over and over and over and over.

9points

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#43

Worked in a warehouse that distributed soda. (Fill in the company name as you will). There was a guy on hire whose only job 8 hours per day was to dump expired soda down the drain. Apparently they can't legally sell it or give it away.

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32points

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M O'Connell 3 years ago

It sounds like what that warehouse actually needed was better inventory control.

33points

#44

Car sitter. Finding a park is hard and parking lots are expensive. So you hire guys to sit in your illegally parked car and drive away when the cops/merermaids come around.

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28points

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Claire Stanfield 3 years ago

Meter maids? Because I definitely read that as mermaids.

52points

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30 Jobs People Actually Do That You Might Not Have Thought Of, As Shared By Folks In This Online Group Not any more but, for a while I was an ocular procurement technician. I would harvest corneas or entire globes from recently deceased people for transplant or research.

toastie2313 , Simona Report

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27points

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My O My 3 years ago

Cool!

4points

Some time ago, Robertas used to spend his days watching how deep the imprint in his chair will become as he wrote for Bored Panda. Wrote about pretty much everything under and beyond the sun. Not anymore, though. He's now probably playing Gwent or hosting Dungeons and Dragons adventures for those with an inclination for chaos.

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martin734 3 years ago

As well as working in healthcare, I also do Braille transcription. I convert text documents into Braille documents. It can be anything from a bus timetable or restaurant menu, to a novel or educational textbook. One of the most fun things is creating the tactile pictures in the Braille document, I basically make a 3d model of the picture you see in the text book.

26points

Carrie de Luka 3 years ago

Are braille printers any quieter these days? Used to work in a room that had one and, wow, LOUD!

0points

Magoomba 3 years ago

In 1971, before the internet, I had a job as a document courier. Every Friday afternoon I would take a briefcase of documents from Mpls to NYC & take another one back with me Monday morning. I could have done both trips on the same day but my company let me do it that way because I wanted to spend weekends in NY with friends. Pretty sweet deal while it lasted.

8points

Kristal 3 years ago

Mpls?

4points

Brandy Grote 3 years ago (edited)

One year as a temp I proofread the entire Denver phonebook, back when those were needed. I was a waffle cone cook, a dog washer, and a file clerk for a patent attorney. Spent my days reading the books from USPTO, and once was asked to compile a checklist of all known Beanie Babies. I was an art model, sitting nekkid under a heat lamp holding poses. That was physically demanding. I was a cashier at a gun store. I worked in property management when the 94 earthquake hit, that was a learning experience. I was a helicopter avionics mech in the Marine Corps. Now I'm a certified antiques appraiser and music librarian for a famous community chorale.

7points

Bobby 2 years ago

Always have a backup plan, aye. Stenographer, typist, mechanic, roughing in electrician, stagehand, USN ASW avionics instructor, 2M instructor, children's advocate and social worker. Also: Thank you for your service, Marine. Be safe.

1point

Treessimontrees 3 years ago

I tested power tools until they broke (in a controlled environment - i.e. a boat load of safety gear...) Anything with a motor that made a "neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyaaaaawwwwwwwwwww" type noise for sale between 2002-04 was tested by me.

7points

Bobby 2 years ago

Ha! That's the best job description to ever fit on a resume.

0points

Chris 3 years ago

I had a job pressing bags of salad as they came off the line to see if they had holes in them. It was a chilled, nitrogen infused atmosphere. Did it for two weeks over Christmas and earned a fortune.

5points

Patti Vance 3 years ago

i recorded the counted and sized melons. also, it was the graveyard shift as this grower shipped all over the world so i also had to get the faxes for order.

5points

James016 3 years ago

I used to work for a tour operator setting up the hotels’ IT systems ready for the season. One of the hotel staff asked what I did so I told them that I was from head office to test the quality of the mattresses by sleeping on one of them.

4points

Otter 3 years ago

I want to be a driver for those "4K Driving Videos" I like to watch on youtube. I can follow directions and keep quiet! Hire me, somebody!

4points

Sergio Bicerra 3 years ago

My friend told me his first job was to sit in a computer, take a pile of 3.5 diskettes, and write their contents on a list and label them. All day long. It was for the archives of a big bank in my country.

3points

Ellen Ranks 3 years ago

I once got a government job counting passing cars. After every hour of counting we had 2 hours (fully paid) rest because it was supposed to be very mentally tiring work. Best job I ever had.

3points

Ellen Ranks 3 years ago

Oh and I also spent 3 months putting stickers on medication for cow mastitis (udder infection).

3points

april jenkins 3 years ago

i used to test ptototype games for microsoft back in 2001 in japan. was flown there, given an apartment with 4 huge screen TVs and consoles for different games other than microsofts. amateur programmers would submit me their games for me to test and if it is good or fun i would mark them as potentials for microsoft to produce. others are chucked in the bin. i also have to play competitors games for research purposes to feedback. basically, get up when i get up, log my time and game i am playing, log report, on to another game. take break whenever and log back in rince repeat until i do about +-8hrs, five days a week. as long as i clocked 40+ hours a week then i am good. i get overtime pay in cash or time in lieu. if i need a new motherboard, joystick, headset or a particular thing to help with my gaming, i order and they pay for it. had to give up the job after i got married lol

3points

Bobby 2 years ago

Wow. Do you still game or did you burn out on the activity?

0points

Nicholas Kramer 3 years ago

NASA created a string of beads that can be placed in a filter which turns urine into drinkable water. You'd never guess that they paid a group of teenage boys $12/hr for 8 hours each Saturday to sit in a room to watch TV and play video games. But when anyone had to "go", we went into the lab, went in a beaker, tested the ph level, then ran it through the filter and tested the ph afterwards. Once done, it was disposed of in a 55gl drum which you had to open and dump into. My God I can still smell that.

3points

Bobby 2 years ago

Now that's a job description I've never seen. Must have been quite the experience, with or without that 55 gallon drum.

1point

Robert Thompson 3 years ago

My dad does barcode proof reading. He has a huge data base of all the barcodes his clients use (new ones every day) and he checks to make sure the description matches the item. As a rule, any time we buy something, it has to travel though his home office to "get scanned". All grocery trips, birthday presents, impulse buys, nothing is exempt.

3points

RandomBeing 3 years ago

I love these

3points

Jane Alexander 3 years ago

My friend was an egg-breaker. Yep, broke eggs at a big restaurant, that's all he did.

2points

Kayla J 3 years ago

Eons ago, I temped for a guy who made labels for folders for other people in the office. They'd send him an e-mail or give him paperwork saying what they needed on the folder/folders and he'd make the labels. For a week, I answered the phone, listened to the radio, and put labels on folders.

2points

Chich 3 years ago

I once timber cruised (assessed the amount and quality of timber in an area for harvest) as well as did seedling surveys on reforested land. All this mainly so that city people who don't like logging would have paper to wipe their bums.

2points

Robert Thompson 3 years ago

I remember learning about this in college. It was a forestry class.

1point

Sergio Bicerra 3 years ago

I have another form a friend: she watches movies for a streaming service and looks for glitches or drops, then uploads them to the server. Latelly they,ve asked her to do some other stuff, but minnimal scince she works at home. It's great 90% of the time, but has to watch some really boring movies and obviously can't fell asleep during them.

1point

Higgleton 3 years ago

I tested the DVDs sent to movie award judges to check they worked eg no scratches on the discs. Had 16 DVD players set up in front of me, boxes of discs, and spent the evening loading them up, fast forwarding, and throwing out any duds. Took two weeks, easy money, but monotonous!

1point

Dani_has_arrived <3 3 years ago

I'm just going to say that historians years and years and years into the future would love this post

1point

Sergio Bicerra 3 years ago

I was hoping someone telling "I design 2d animations for super villians to explain their world-conquering plans. Also help hack tv signals to warn the givernment about the consequences of not seizing power over to them"

0points

Jo Choto 3 years ago

I love reading these. You read so much about people hating their jobs and having to spend their whole lives being unhappy at work. I love my job. It's continually interesting and educational. I work from home and can work anywhere in the world with an internet connection. I've been doing it for 17 years now and it's the best job I've ever had (I've had a lot). Find jobs that you love!

0points

Pris Biswane 3 years ago

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martin734 3 years ago

26points

Carrie de Luka 3 years ago

Are braille printers any quieter these days? Used to work in a room that had one and, wow, LOUD!

0points

Magoomba 3 years ago

8points

Kristal 3 years ago

Mpls?

4points

Brandy Grote 3 years ago (edited)

7points

Bobby 2 years ago

1point

Treessimontrees 3 years ago

7points

Bobby 2 years ago

Ha! That's the best job description to ever fit on a resume.

0points

Chris 3 years ago

I had a job pressing bags of salad as they came off the line to see if they had holes in them. It was a chilled, nitrogen infused atmosphere. Did it for two weeks over Christmas and earned a fortune.

5points

Patti Vance 3 years ago

i recorded the counted and sized melons. also, it was the graveyard shift as this grower shipped all over the world so i also had to get the faxes for order.

5points

James016 3 years ago

4points

Otter 3 years ago

I want to be a driver for those "4K Driving Videos" I like to watch on youtube. I can follow directions and keep quiet! Hire me, somebody!

4points

Sergio Bicerra 3 years ago

3points

Ellen Ranks 3 years ago

I once got a government job counting passing cars. After every hour of counting we had 2 hours (fully paid) rest because it was supposed to be very mentally tiring work. Best job I ever had.

3points

Ellen Ranks 3 years ago

Oh and I also spent 3 months putting stickers on medication for cow mastitis (udder infection).

3points

april jenkins 3 years ago

3points

Bobby 2 years ago

Wow. Do you still game or did you burn out on the activity?

0points

Nicholas Kramer 3 years ago

3points

Bobby 2 years ago

Now that's a job description I've never seen. Must have been quite the experience, with or without that 55 gallon drum.

1point

Robert Thompson 3 years ago

3points

RandomBeing 3 years ago

I love these

3points

Jane Alexander 3 years ago

My friend was an egg-breaker. Yep, broke eggs at a big restaurant, that's all he did.

2points

Kayla J 3 years ago

2points

Chich 3 years ago

2points

Robert Thompson 3 years ago

I remember learning about this in college. It was a forestry class.

1point