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- Hey, are you tired of your job?
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Well, boy do I have some options for you.
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Everybody has to do something to make a living.
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Some jobs are better than others of course
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but then there are some jobs
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that aren't necessarily good or bad
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but just kind of fall into a really gray area of weirdness.
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Seriously, you might have a hard time believing
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that the following jobs exist but I assure you they do.
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Here are the 10 weirdest jobs on earth.
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Number 10 is underwater pizza delivery.
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If you're a scuba diver looking for a job,
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you're probably thinking along the lines
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of teaching scuba diving or even working with tourist groups
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but there's one scuba diving job
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that you're not gonna believe.
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At Jules Lodge in Key Largo, Florida,
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guests can call out for some pizza.
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However, it can be pretty difficult to deliver
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considering that the hotel is underwater.
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That's where the underwater pizza delivery guy comes in.
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His name is Rob Doyle and after getting into some scuba gear
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and sealing the ordered pizza into a waterproof case,
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he then deep dives underwater.
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After entering up through an airlock,
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he emerges, unlocks the case and delivers the pizza unharmed
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and most importantly, dry unless it's Pizza Hut pizza
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in which case you're gonna be bathing in grease.
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The guests can then eat the pizza
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while watching marine life float by through a window
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though they better tip this guy real good.
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Number nine is odor tester.
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Most people are repelled by bad smells.
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Right here.
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When presented with a terrible odor,
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must of us run the other way.
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Hey, nice to meet you.
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Oh, God, did you rub yourself down with onions?
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However, an odor tester's job is to do the exact opposite
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and get their noses up nice and close to the source
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taking a deep breath.
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Smell testers are employed in various industries
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from deodorant companies
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who require their testers to smell sweaty armpits
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to see how effective a deodorant is
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to breath mint companies needing to know how bad
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a person's breath smells after eating garlic.
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Even nail polish companies have to hire odor testers
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to inhale their product
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to see if the fumes cause any side effects.
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Yes, I inhale nail polish all day.
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Nothing's wrong with it.
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Yeah, nothing wrong with it.
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In all seriousness, that last one is a dangerous job
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but the money's good and you get all the free nail polish
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you could ever ask for even the sparkly ones
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which I find delightful.
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Number eight is the apologizer.
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The apologizer kinda sounds like
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a Denzel Washington movie gone bad
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but it's actually a real job.
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Some people find it almost impossible to say sorry.
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This can happen for a variety of reasons
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including pride or maybe just the other person
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won't give them the time of day to say it.
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That's where the apologizers come in.
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As you might have guessed, this service is in Japan
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where you can actually hire someone
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to perform the apology for you.
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This saves you time and face
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while the other person gets the apology.
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However, things can get a little dark
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when apologizers are hired to break up with a person
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who doesn't have the guts to do it and their fee varies.
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It is not cheap.
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It can be $250 for a face to face apology
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and about $100 for a quick email or phone apology
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which I don't understand 'cause you could do that yourself.
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Wait a minute, that's lucrative.
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I think I should change my profession.
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After all, I'm Canadian, I'd be a billionaire by now.
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Sorry, sorry, eh.
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Number seven is the human scarecrow.
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If you're a college or university student right now,
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you might find it difficult
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to get into your chosen profession right away.
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So while you wait,
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why not try your hand at something totally bizarre?
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That's what a graduate from Bangor University
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in the UK did in 2012.
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Going by the name Mr. Fox,
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he found employment as a human scarecrow.
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Now, luckily, this didn't mean
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that he had to tie himself to a wooden cross
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and pull weird faces at bird trying to eat the field crops.
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Why did I sign up for this, how do I go pee?
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Instead, he wears a bright orange coat and hat.
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Much better.
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Whenever the birds hover nearby,
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he'd start playing either a ukulele or an accordion
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eight hours a day.
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This was enough to frighten any nearby animal
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keeping his employers' fields free of pesky critters.
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Number six is a train pusher.
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A train pusher is a bizarre but necessary job.
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Though this job is typically characterized
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as being a Japanese and Chinese phenomenon,
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train pushers were actually quite common in the US
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up to the 1950s.
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The job involves pushing commuters into a train
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or subway car as far as possible
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to allow other passengers to join them.
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Yeah, yeah, thanks for paying your ticket.
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Just suck in your fat, get to the back.
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Train pushers are occasionally still seen in Japan
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during rush hour squeezing every person onto the train
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until the doors close.
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This isn't the case with every train
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and in fact, there aren't many train pushers left in Japan
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but in China however, the Beijing Subway network
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has been using train pushers extensively
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due to overcrowding.
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Yeah, that sounds like a nightmare to me,
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being squeezed onto a train with someone this close away
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breathing into my face.
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How you enjoying your ride?
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Number five is the dog food tester.
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You're probably not surprised to hear
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that there's such a thing as a dog food tester..
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However, you might be when you realize
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those testers are not of the canine variety.
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That's right, human beings are employed to eat dog food.
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This is of course to test the quality of the product.
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Testers are asked to get into the canine frame of mind
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and try and anticipate which flavors a dog will enjoy.
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This sounds so nasty and gross, no thanks.
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The more a dog likes its food,
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the more likely it's said that the dog's owner
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is going to keep buying that brand.
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The dog food tester can also identify
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when things have gone wrong such as meat being off
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or an ingredient being difficult to stomach.
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Invariably, dog food testers are also employed
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to eat cat food and other pet foods.
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Apparently, the job is paid well enough that it's enjoyable
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though I'd ask them to pop in a mint once in a while
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from time to time.
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Number four is the car guard.
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If you love your car
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and want to take extra special precautions
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to ensure that no one steals or vandalizes it
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then you might want to hire a car guard.
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They're usually self-employed
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but sometimes they work for an agency or company.
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They do the work of a car valet
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and will find a safe place to park for a customer.
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However, they will also guard the car while it's parked.
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In countries where automobile theft is especially high,
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a car guard can come in pretty handy and it's an easy job.
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That is unless an armed car thief tries to take the car
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in which you case you may be forced to use lethal force
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to protect the customer's vehicle with your life.
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On the plus side, you get to sit around a lot.
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So that's good, right?
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Number three is the professional sleeper.
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Now, this is a job I can get behind.
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Who doesn't love to have some sleep?
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In places like Finland, some hotels have an unusual way
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of making sure that their rooms at up to standard.
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They hire a professional sleeper
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to spend one night in each room
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when they're vacant of course.
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Otherwise that would be weirder.
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The sleeper then rates each bed
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and will identify which rooms are uncomfortable.
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Professional sleepers can also find work
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with sleep researchers.
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All they need to do is literally just go to sleep
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while researchers observe their brain waves.
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Even NASA is in on this, hiring professional sleepers
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to stay in bed for days at a time
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to see what the long term effects would be
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on astronauts traveling to Mars.
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I just realized that sounds like
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astronauts are traveling to Mars on their beds.
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I meant beds inside the spaceship
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in case you didn't catch that.
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Just clearing that up.
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Okay, moving on.
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Number two is a vomit cleaner.
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Have you ever watched those people on rollercoasters
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throwing up everywhere?
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No, me neither.
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Really though, have you ever wondered where the vomit goes
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besides all over the people on the ride I mean?
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This is why I don't ride rollercoasters.
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That stuff doesn't just clean itself up.
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Somebody has to do it.
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That's the job description of a vomit cleaner.
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Yum yum.
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Some amusement park owners specifically hire vomit cleaners
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to do this thankless job.
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This involves not just cleaning the rides
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but identifying where vomit lands from above.
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Sometimes it's on the walkway or on a rail
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but other times it's on the roof.
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The vomit cleaner must get to these places
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to keep each park from smelling foul.
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So the next time you throw up in an amusement park,
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don't feel bad.
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You're actually keeping someone in a job
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and contributing to the employment market.
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It's good for your country, noble person.
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And number one is a professional mourner.
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Funerals are of course tragic events
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and emotionally draining.
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Well, unless you're being paid to pretend to be sad
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then it's a hoot.
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Professional mourners were all the rage
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thousands of years ago but in some Asian countries
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the practice is still carried out.
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In China for example, professional mourners
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are trained to sing the equivalent of hymns
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and even in some cases bring a band with them.
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Okay, everyone, get the drums and guitars ready,
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we're right over grandma, here we go and a one and a two.
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In the United Kingdom, there are businesses
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which also rent out professional mourners to families.
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This is usually to increase numbers at a funeral
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to make the ceremony larger than it would have been.
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In some cases, it's because many of the deceased's friends
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or relatives are no longer alive
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or they just weren't a very loved person.
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That's sad but for a small amount of money,
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you can send them off in style
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even if they were a serial killer.
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What a lovely sentiment.
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So there you go, the 10 weirdest jobs on earth.
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If you guys want a job and you can't find one,
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maybe apply for these.
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I'm not saying you'll get it but if you do,
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at least you'll make some money
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but you'll be spending it on therapy bills
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so maybe it's not worth it.
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- Oh, this is gonna be such an ordeal but it's not.
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I'm here.
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This is splendid.
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- No, it's amazing, well, I'm glad you're comfortable.
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I made sure you had a water.
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- I got a good water, the place is actually not that cold.