PEOPLE spend the majority of their lives at work, slaving away to make a living.
You may be despondent about the job you do, but always remember there are people worse off.
Some testing occupations are:
Professional sleeper – A hotel in Finland hired a member of staff as a ‘professional sleeper’ to test the comfort of their beds. The individual slept in different beds every night and wrote a review about about it while earning a salary.
Drying paint watcher – A man in the United Kingdom spends his days painting sheets of cardboard to test how long new paint mixes take to dry and watches for changes in colour and texture.
Train passenger pusher – In Japan, ‘Oshiyas’ are hired to help cram as many people onto a train as possible by pushing them from the outside until the doors will close.
Professional mourner – It is a tradition in South East Asia that a loud funeral will assist the dead as they travel to the afterlife, so professional mourners are hired to cry and weep loudly throughout the service.
Snake milker – The job of a snake milker is to collect the venom of poisonous snakes in jars for use in the development of anti-venom and other medication.
Dog food taster – The dog food tester’s job is to taste new dog food products, including bones, tinned meat and biscuits. They do this to test for flavour and texture in comparison to rival dog food brands and human food.
Odour judge – In order to test the effectiveness of new products, odour judges are hired to smell volunteers’ breath, feet and armpits.
Marmite taster – Marmite tasters are responsible for ensuring each batch of Marmite has the correct texture, consistency and flavour.
Scuba diving pizza delivery man – An underwater hotel in Florida has a scuba diving pizza delivery man, who supplies them with pizza by carrying them through the sea in a watertight case.
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