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a new TV show called Nightmare Jobs gets commissioned , you appear in it , what would be your nightmare job?

38 replies

MeiganMcSeinna6 · 24/08/2021 23:57

anything with selling things to people for me.

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DirtyBlonde · 25/08/2021 00:33

Anything in an abbatoir

pastaparadise · 25/08/2021 00:40

Also go with abbotoir, or anything involving creulty to animals (fisherman the added bonus that i get very travel sick). Even pest control and butchery must be grim.

PastMyBestBeforeDate · 25/08/2021 00:41

Steeplejack or one of those window cleaners in a cradle (fear of heights)

pastaparadise · 25/08/2021 00:42

I actually remember a show like this about 30 years ago. Something along the lines of "I'm a 'shit job' but I'd never be a 'worse job'. Ie I'm a toilet cleaner but I'd never be a fisherman'

Shelovesamystery · 25/08/2021 00:46

Working in a nursery or preschool. I'm not a fan of toddlers, babies or other people's children in general. I have 2 dc's of my own and that was more than enough crying, tantrums and nappy changing for me. What is weird is that I'm actually brilliant with children Confused

BashfulClam · 30/08/2021 23:48

Refuse collector, I really appreciate how hard they work, the smell of a bin lorry if you get near it makes me heave. I also have a phobia of maggots and assume there will be a fair few of them in summer.

TSSDNCOP · 31/08/2021 00:00

Tarantula keeper at London Zoo

Imcatmum · 31/08/2021 00:03

Anything to do with children.

PepsiHoover · 31/08/2021 00:08

Anything involving blood and guts for me. Human or otherwise.

AuraofDora · 31/08/2021 00:08

Abattoir, anything involving animal cruelty same as pp
Working with general public, sewage, marketing

Anoisagusaris · 31/08/2021 00:09

Chiropodist

YesItsMeIDontCare · 31/08/2021 00:11

Well if appearing meant I had to actually do my nightmare job...

My nightmare job would be grooming and playing with cats in a cattery. Definitely. Honest guv.

Birdkin · 31/08/2021 00:16

Stand up comedian

FictionalCharacter · 31/08/2021 00:41

Personal masseuse to Mr Boris Johnson.

Well played @YesItsMeIDontCare Grin

Forgothowmuchlhatehomeschoolin · 31/08/2021 00:50

Pest control.
Couldn't do it for all the money in the world

FriedasCarLoad · 31/08/2021 00:57

Air traffic controller.

I have severe ADHD and poor spatial awareness. It would be everyone's nightmare for me to do that job. Blush

Hoppinggreen · 31/08/2021 17:31

Nursing, I’m not squeamish at all but caring for people isn’t my thing.

Squit · 31/08/2021 17:32

Bus or HGV driver.

SevenOldLadies · 31/08/2021 17:32

Phlebotomist.

I can’t handle the sight of blood.

Backtobacktheyfacedeachother · 31/08/2021 17:35

Sewerage worker.

I used to work in a building that regularly had the septic tank emptied.
The smell of that shit truck, as it was locally known, in the summer months was Envy

Winterfellismyhome · 31/08/2021 17:36

Having to sell things to people
Anything involving bugs
Nurse

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 31/08/2021 17:38

Optician

A psychiatrist for sex offenders in prisons etc. Or a defence lawyer for one. I seriously don't know how they can do it.

MadMadMadamMim · 31/08/2021 17:39

I am claustrophobic.

Submariner. Miner. Anything that involved me crawling through small spaces and feeling trapped.

RubyGoat · 31/08/2021 17:51

Picking & packing. I did it, briefly. Some of the other employees had been there many years. They looked much older than they actually were. On the morning I quit, I woke up & cried; I couldn't get out of bed I was so stiff. They still paid me, apparently about 50% of new employees didn't come back on their 2nd day, & 90% of people didn't manage a full week. Maybe it's easier now, with automation /machinery etc. Maybe not.

I'm also claustrophobic. I'm ok as long as I can at least sit upright. If it's tighter than that, hard pass. I'd have to be in significant danger to voluntarily get into a tight space.

bizboz · 31/08/2021 17:53

Campsite toilet cleaner.

Anything involving being up high like window cleaner or scaffolder.

Bus driver - must be stressful!