Sunday, June 11, 2006

Employee of the month club

I wish I'd thought of this...
Stanley Bing has written a book on the 100 most ridiculous occupations (well, he really refers to them as bullshit jobs and come to think of it, I am sure we all know several people who have one). Here's just a few of from his list:
1. Cleaning aquariums for the rich (NYC Mayor Bloomberg apparently has three of these guys working for him).
2. Pet Therapist
3. Road Kill Collector (mostly because it's seasonal and doesn't give steady work. Then again, who the hell wants the job anyway?).
4. Crumb Collector (these are the guys that work in your local restaurant and do little else but come by your table to rid it of your left over food stuffs with some device made especially for this task).
5. Closet Organizer (I take offence to this one. I pride myself on being a great closet organizer and would love it if someone paid me for my services. It's a lost art, as far as I am concerned).
6. Human Billboard (There's a guy out there, who you might remember from the news, think it was last year some time, who sold the space on his forehead to some ad company. Talk about entrepreneurial!)
7. Cable News demagogue (This one had me laughing aloud, as Tucker Carlson was voted amongst those having a really bullshit job and getting paid a lot to do it...I read somewhere that he wasn't too happy about making the list).

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