“So what do you do for a living?” is a common enough question when engaging in small talk with somebody you’ve just met. But for a select few of the world’s workers this signifies the beginning of the end of any conversation, followed by awkward excuses and another evening spent stood alone in the corner at a party.
Here is our guide to the top ten odd jobs from around the world, so if you’re sitting in your office bored out of your mind just be thankful you’re not doing one of these.
10. Egg Breaker/Smeller
The smell of rotten eggs has to be one of the least pleasant, most vomit-inducing aromas known to mankind. It’s no coincidence that the sulphuric pong is the main ingredient in stink bombs, an enduring favourite of school pranksters. Yet there are people out there who are actually paid to sniff out this sickening stink.
Egg smellers, also more pleasantly known as egg breakers (but with no less unpleasant duties), are employed to separate yolks and whites for use in food products and sniff out the bad eggs in the batch. It’s enough to put anybody off
omelettes for life.
9. Worm Picker
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To catch a fish you must first catch a
worm. Or get somebody else to catch it for you. That’s right, for the princely sum of as much as 4 cents per worm you can make your living crawling across Canadian farm fields pulling up wiggling bait and stuffing them into a cup.
As if that’s not fun enough, the best time to do this is normally in the dark in the rain. Still, at least you’ll have the day free for a spot of relaxing fishing.
