Worst Job ever?
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Tony*T3

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20,911 posts

277 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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Some people have some pretty awful jobs, especially in other parts of the world.

But whats the worse job you've ever heard of someone doing here in the UK?

Guy I know has one that makes my stomach turn.

His job is to visit commercial premises every day, usually before the working day starts. He has to go to every female toilet, and empty and clean those 'special' bins that women need to use at 'that time' of their month, you know, instead of flushing their used 'toiletries' and thus clogging up the pipes..

I cant think of a job with less going for it.

Can you 'better' that career path?

st_files

5,443 posts

211 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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Working in HR and dealing with 3rd party complaints about "offensive" jokes in the workplace.

Arese

21,369 posts

217 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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Tony*T3 said:
His job is to visit commercial premises every day, usually before the working day starts. He has to go to every female toilet, and empty and clean those 'special' bins that women need to use at 'that time' of their month, you know, instead of flushing their used 'toiletries' and thus clogging up the pipes..
cloud9lick Where do I sign up?!

Joke.

alfa pint

3,856 posts

241 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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One of my summer jobs as a student involved wearing a latex glove and extracting ste from sheeps' arses and putting into pots for analysis (all to do with working out what species of grasses sheep prefer).

The worst thing is that latex gloves are actually slightly porous, so that you had to be very careful with your sandwiches at lunchtime - at least 2 of your fingers would be slightly greeny/brown in colour.

Didn't help with some of the older ewes either - couldn't always tell which hole was which until the ewe either backed down onto your hand or tried to pull away.....and you had all those skanking dags hanging down where the ste had soaked into the wool.

Nice work if you can get it.

anonymous-user

84 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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There is a foot tunnel in Greenwich that goes under the river

At each end there are large manned lifts

The guys that operate it have a wooden stool, a radio and a paper, the radio doesn't work when you are at ground level

It's the same guy when I arrive at 7:30 am and when I go back at 5:30 pm, now thats got to be a dull dull day

lawrence567

7,507 posts

220 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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A mate of mine was working for a temp agency, different job every day type thing.
One day he had to work @ a large linen service place, which deals with nearly all the area's hotel's sheets / towels linen etc etc etc.
His job was after the linen had been into the tumble dryer (he said these things were the size of family living rooms) with a paint scraper & a pair of gloves & scrape the melted nappies full of baby st off the sides that people had wrapped in hotel sheets / towels, and since they'd not come out in the washing they'd come out in the tumble dryers & melt warm week old baby st to the sides of the dryer, he simply used his hands & a paint scraper to get it off.

Beefmeister

16,482 posts

260 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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Worst.

Say it with me - worst.

Edited by Beefmeister on Tuesday 13th April 10:00

markmullen

15,877 posts

264 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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Tony*T3 said:
His job is to visit commercial premises every day, usually before the working day starts. He has to go to every female toilet, and empty and clean those 'special' bins that women need to use at 'that time' of their month, you know, instead of flushing their used 'toiletries' and thus clogging up the pipes..

I cant think of a job with less going for it.
One of my girlfriend's friends does this.

He has a rota of so many premises to visit a week. It is up to him how he spends his time. He works like a dervish for 3 days a week and finishes his rounds, then has Thursday and Friday free, every week. He earns around £35k a year for 3 days a week.

mat13

1,977 posts

211 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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The worst thing I've ever had to do was a cleanup job after the septic tank on the caravan park ruptured. The bottom car park was a foot deep in places and we (me and my dad) had a mini digger and a shovel to clean it up. To be honest though you got used to the smell after awhile, it was just some of the "discoveries" I made whilst shovelling that turned my stomach.

Justayellowbadge

37,057 posts

272 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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Beefmeister said:
Worst.

Say it with me - worst.
Worst.

WorAl

10,877 posts

218 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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I don't feel jealous at all about the people who come round our house and empty then get in and clean the septic tank.

However, the WORST job I can think of, must be being a dentist hurl

Edited by WorAl on Tuesday 13th April 10:13

was8v

2,013 posts

225 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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markmullen said:
Tony*T3 said:
His job is to visit commercial premises every day, usually before the working day starts. He has to go to every female toilet, and empty and clean those 'special' bins that women need to use at 'that time' of their month, you know, instead of flushing their used 'toiletries' and thus clogging up the pipes..

I cant think of a job with less going for it.
One of my girlfriend's friends does this.

He has a rota of so many premises to visit a week. It is up to him how he spends his time. He works like a dervish for 3 days a week and finishes his rounds, then has Thursday and Friday free, every week. He earns around £35k a year for 3 days a week.
I once followed one of the vans through town. It went round a sharp corner, and yes a few bins fell off onto the pavement.

MacGee

2,513 posts

260 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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there was a poor chap who had to wipe Henry VIII's arse.....

hondafanatic

4,969 posts

231 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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Beefmeister said:
Worst.

Say it with me - worst.

Edited by Beefmeister on Tuesday 13th April 10:00
Whorst.

anonymous-user

84 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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hondafanatic said:
Beefmeister said:
Worst.

Say it with me - worst.

Edited by Beefmeister on Tuesday 13th April 10:00
Whorst.
Würst

ZOLLAR

19,920 posts

203 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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MacGee said:
there was a poor chap who had to wipe Henry VIII's arse.....
IIRC my history lesson's (or QI can't remember which one hehe ) that was a very important job that servants wanted to do!

JB!

5,255 posts

210 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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we have some special matting in one of the platforms in one of the stations in our area, it sits between the rails, and all the st and piss from the toilets on the trains drops onto it when people ignore the "do not use while in station" sign on the train.

then some blokes in white chemical suits ahve to roll it up an lay a new one, after its been festering for 12 months.

grim.

Beefmeister

16,482 posts

260 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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hondafanatic said:
Beefmeister said:
Worst.

Say it with me - worst.

Edited by Beefmeister on Tuesday 13th April 10:00
Whorst.
As in Cool Hwip?

anonymous-user

84 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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Beefmeister said:
hondafanatic said:
Beefmeister said:
Worst.

Say it with me - worst.

Edited by Beefmeister on Tuesday 13th April 10:00
Whorst.
As in Cool Hwip?
hehe

Ooooma mow mow.....

Justayellowbadge

37,057 posts

272 months

Tuesday 13th April 2010
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Updated list.

1) Guido
2) Keyser Soze