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What job would you never do, even if you were paid a million pounds a year and had all the training in the world

152 replies

Moveorstay2022 · 26/04/2022 22:16

For me, it's a commercial pilot. I just would never trust myself to make the right decision in a situation of distress. I'm in awe of pilots

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Libre2 · 26/04/2022 22:17

Anything medical. I am in awe but I just couldn’t.

SisterGabriel · 26/04/2022 22:17

One of those people who has to break up fatburgs in sewers.

Kite22 · 26/04/2022 22:18

Chiropodist

NellesVilla · 26/04/2022 22:18

Working- in any capacity at all- in an abbatoir

QuebecBagnet · 26/04/2022 22:18

SisterGabriel · 26/04/2022 22:17

One of those people who has to break up fatburgs in sewers.

I used to do that. Pays well.

anon12345anon · 26/04/2022 22:18

Abbatoir worker (I'm a veggie)....

thebear1 · 26/04/2022 22:18

Couldn't work in an abattoir, just could not do it.

Tiddlywinkly · 26/04/2022 22:19

Portaloo cleaner. Anything poop/ bodily fluids I guess

MichonnesBBF · 26/04/2022 22:19

Sewer maintenance 😷🤢
Not just because of the smell and revolting mess that needs cleaning but also the rats 🐀 and enclosed space...no no no and no.

DuckiePancake · 26/04/2022 22:19

Skyscraper window cleaner

QuebecBagnet · 26/04/2022 22:20

MichonnesBBF · 26/04/2022 22:19

Sewer maintenance 😷🤢
Not just because of the smell and revolting mess that needs cleaning but also the rats 🐀 and enclosed space...no no no and no.

Honestly being a sewerage technician is a good job. I never saw a rat in 3 years of doing it. You get used to the smell.

i couldn’t be a refuse collector though because of the smell. Makes me retch.

NellesVilla · 26/04/2022 22:20

Also, couldn’t do the following jobs:-


  • Nanny

  • Nurse

  • Flight attendant

  • Carer

  • Bus driver

  • Pilot

  • Athlete

XenoBitch · 26/04/2022 22:21

Slaughter house type roles. Just no.

DuckiePancake · 26/04/2022 22:21

Good waste bin collection. Maggots 🤢

Ducksinthebath · 26/04/2022 22:21

Anything in a submarine.

DuckiePancake · 26/04/2022 22:22

*Food

watcherintherye · 26/04/2022 22:22

Air Traffic Controller - just imagine if it all went horribly wrong.

Whelmed · 26/04/2022 22:22

Any medical job. I couldn't handle the stress and responsibility of someone's health and potentially life.
Also teacher, it seems so full on all the time.

veronicagoldberg · 26/04/2022 22:22

Police.

RedCabbageHowMuch · 26/04/2022 22:23

Dentist or dental nurse, teeth just make me 🤢🤢

cheekaa · 26/04/2022 22:23

Any of the above!

Original poster
Moveorstay2022 · 26/04/2022 22:23

Breaking up fatbergs didn't come into head but now that you mention it, it would probably be up there!

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WDTABNONONO · 26/04/2022 22:23

Military - I couldn't see myself being able to cope with possibly being killed or killing as part of my job.

Pearbear · 26/04/2022 22:24

Be a zoo keeper in the reptile house, massive phobia’s

Carrotmum · 26/04/2022 22:25

Work isomewhere like Lush or somewhere selling Yankee Candles I’m so sensitive to smells I would be retching and having terrible headaches ALL the time.