Eight Weird Jobs
Eight ways to make a living that you may have never heard of before.
Are you tired of doing the same old job day in and day out? If so then some of these jobs just might be the thing that you are looking for.
Odor Tester
This job does seem to be more than a little unpleasant, and I’m sure that not just anyone would want to do it. But someone has to, and I’ve heard that the money can be good. If you have the nose for it, that is.
Weed Farmer
No, I’m not talking about the weed that you can smoke! Weed farmers actually grow weeds and then sell them to horticulture schools and labs for research purposes. I know it sounds a little more exciting than it really is but they do provide an important service.
Carny
Who didn’t dream about running away to join a circus or carnival as a young child? If you love to travel and meet new people then this just might be the job for you. True you usually don’t spend more than a couple of nights in each town, and the work is hard. But the pay is good and you’ll never find yourself bored with this job.
Pet Food Tester
It’s hard to believe, but some pet food manufacturers actually employee human taste testers. I would think that they would do better using pets, but the testers say that they have trained their palate to detect the types of foods enjoyed by cats and dogs.
Furniture Tester
This is one job that’s sure to excite any couch potato. Can you imagine actually getting paid to sit on a couch? This would be the perfect job for me, just as long as I had my laptop. But unfortunately the job isn’t as glamorous as it sounds. After all not just anyone can do a job like this one.
Snake Milker
A snake milker collects venom from a live snake, snake milking is vital to produce antivenin. With the price of some snake venoms bringing $2000 per gram, in spite of the obvious dangers snake milking can be a very profitable job. Most snake milkers will be bitten several times during their career. Luckily for them antivenin is always close at hand and because of this death from the bites is extremely rare.
Laughter Therapist
Laughter it has been said, is the best medicine. Believe it or not there really is a big calling for laughter therapists. Laughter has been found to relieve pain and stress and contributes to a persons overall health by boosting a persons immune system. Overall this one sounds like a pretty good job.
Wrinkle Chaser
This job actually has nothing to do with your skin. And I guarantee that if you try and use an iron to remove facial wrinkles all you’re going to end up with is a nasty burn. But it would be nice of we could just smooth out our skin so easily. A wrinkle chaser, a job by the way that is in high demand inspects and removes wrinkles from shoes using a specialty iron.
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Missy1549
On September 7, 2008 at 11:21 am
Nice article! Never knew about some of those jobs. Pet Food Tester? EWWWWWWWW!!!! but good article
Cremnlin
On September 7, 2008 at 11:35 am
Haha! I taste my cat’s food all the time. Great article.
Lauren Axelrod
On September 7, 2008 at 11:40 am
Very strange. Although I would love to be a couch tester. That would probably be great exercise. Up, down, up, down.lol
Karen N
On September 7, 2008 at 11:49 am
I did want to join the circus as a child, but now I would prefer a job as a couch potato:)
CHAN LEE PENG
On September 7, 2008 at 11:54 am
strange jobs indeed! I don’t want to be one of them!
BC Doan
On September 7, 2008 at 11:56 am
Those are really strange jobs, snake milker and odor tester are out for me…Great article, Karen.
Icy
RJ Chamberlain
On September 8, 2008 at 4:52 am
I’m with couch tester. Great piece.
nobert soloria bermosa
On September 8, 2008 at 5:22 am
weird jobs indeed,i’m contented with my job though,
Liane Schmidt
On September 8, 2008 at 1:33 pm
The laughter therapy job sounds like it’s right up my alley! Nice article.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt.
ivyblack
On September 9, 2008 at 6:52 am
Chris Stonecipher
On September 11, 2008 at 12:10 am
I had to laugh about the oder tester. It reminds me of the fart game fathers play with the sons. It would be great being a couch tester!
ThisNachoIsCalledNic
On September 13, 2008 at 1:35 am
Haha! Amusing! Trained for pet food taste testing? Do they have a university coures on it? Snake milker hmmm sounds fun, but couch tester here i come. Thanks for sharing!
shaun simpson
On October 7, 2008 at 2:17 pm
nice idea, great fun!
stuart
On October 8, 2008 at 3:32 am
wierd
sam
On January 6, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Definetly couch tester
darryl
On January 7, 2009 at 4:52 pm
great job!!
ive always wanted to be a carny
kinkooo
On January 11, 2009 at 3:10 pm
hah.
nice job…..and very interesting…..wrinkle chaser?!?!
lol
mkat
On January 19, 2009 at 6:26 pm
omg oder tester ewwwwwwww
Cristine Daae
On May 12, 2009 at 1:16 am
good idea.. but, I want more about weird jobs..can you give me know what is weird jobs? I need it for my english scrapbook..
Raoul Vecomte de Chagny
On May 12, 2009 at 1:23 am
very intereting…I’m very excited read it… I hope we have more information soon..
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