What's the weirdest job someone you know does?

[BowerOfBramble]

I mean the ones that you'd never heard of until someone you met/a friend of a friend said "oh yes I run a bat sanctuary/teach maths to prisoners/paint portraits of dead hamsters".

I used to know a woman who studied psychology, and understanding people with problems. she got a job for a while in a prison, and did some therapy stuff with the prisoners. But one of the things she decided to do whilst there, was to teach some prisoners how to dance, some times in their cells. But she had trained at the ballet years before,, so I just imagined the scenes in the cells,or in a bigger communal area,, of all the prisoners, leaping around like Wayne Sleep in their ballet shoes.

Ear print specialist

Chicken sexer. I don’t know anyone who does this but I once saw the job advertised. They had to work out if chicks were male or female, I assume so they could be kept for future breeding or eaten in adulthood.

I know someone who’s a space lawyer. He helps write laws governing space.

My friend use to write the leaflets you find in boxes of tablets.

Tea tester, he works for a tea company and works out the blend needed from each batch to produce tea that tastes the same. If his annual leave coincides with a new batch he has some delivered to wherever he is staying along with ‘local’ water.

Equine shiatsu therapist

Potato geneticist and a female fighter jet pilot.

@scoobydoo1971

Makeup artist working for funeral directors. Makeovers for the dead, esp open casket ceremonies.

Useless information - Whoopi Goldberg used to do that job.

I seem to have boring friends and acquaintances, when I was a child we had a neighbour who worked for a firework company.

Not weird but we had a local bonfire and he would do the fireworks display, so we got a cross between garden fireworks and professional display.

As a kid that was a cool job

Family member used to write the 'bongs' for the News at Ten.

My friend use to write the leaflets you find in boxes of tablets.

That must be such a disheartening job. Knowing that 999 people our of a thousand are going to just chuck it straight in the recycling without even removing it from the box - yet you still have to be so meticulous with it, for the 0.01% who do read it, to cover the company in case of any potential legal issues, so you can't even have a laugh by writing stuff like "Can give you the windy-pops and a voice like Rod Stewart!"

I know a man who builds models at legoland Denmark.

@BowerOfBramble But whyyyyy?

Erm I think he smells their hair to make sure that their products smell right on all different types of hair in different climates etc they use products not on the market yet and will compare several very slightly different recipes to see which smells best in different situations.

Whip maker

@Fishingforhappiness

My friend harvests the eyes of the dead for eye transplants, making sure they are suitable etc... creepiest job ever.

I applied for this job not long ago. It's fascinating. It have also taken skin and bone tissues too.

Stripper (although I might just add she's doing it whilst doing her PHD). Makes great money and has lovely girlfriend. She always said that she's glad she likes girls because the behaviour of some men in her line of work would be enough to create real issues later down the line.

I know someone who electrocutes rivers just enough to stun the fish for long enough to count the stocks and species, to monitor breeding.

Horse willy washer

My friend is a Cat Welfare Advisor

I know someone who transports wild animals around the world, for zoos and animal rescues

A cow pathologist

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

My friend use to write the leaflets you find in boxes of tablets.

That must be such a disheartening job. Knowing that 999 people our of a thousand are going to just chuck it straight in the recycling without even removing it from the box - yet you still have to be so meticulous with it, for the 0.01% who do read it, to cover the company in case of any potential legal issues, so you can't even have a laugh by writing stuff like "Can give you the windy-pops and a voice like Rod Stewart!"

Yup, I was headhunted to write instruction manuals for kitchen appliances. How freaking dull, I just couldn't, no matter how good the money.

@JudgeJ how wonderful. I have just been reading about the women transport pilots. Your Mother was a very brave woman.

@GraceJonesBiggestFan

Prosthetics maker, arms dealer.

Are they the same person?

Oh yes, a friend of mine used to be a psychologist for spies. She can't talk about any of it though, obviously.

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@JustUseTheDoorSanta

Oh yes, a friend of mine used to be a psychologist for spies. She can't talk about any of it though, obviously.

I knew someone who worked as a translator/interpreter (or something) for GCHQ. Another mutual friend used to tease her by asking seemingly innocent questions about her job, "do you work in an office, are you mostly reading or listening, etc" and she just used to reply, "I can't say" all the time.