The worst jobs in America?

January 15, 2002 8:55 AM

The worst jobs in America? Wiping butts in nursing homes, shovelling horse manure, pathologists' assistants... but do they compare to customer service? Did any of them look at the rigors of collecting bull semen?
posted by headspace (11 comments total)

#2: Crack whore

#1: Crack whore's assistant
posted by Dirjy at 9:25 AM on January 15, 2002

I was looking through the Boston Globe's "Big Help" section this past Sunday (just for giggles) and noticed an ad looking for "Eldercare Nurses." The line that got me to send in my resume was "Experience with dementia a plus."
posted by tpl1212 at 9:32 AM on January 15, 2002

Replying to myself...it looks as though dementia experience isn't exactly a rare requirement...
posted by tpl1212 at 9:39 AM on January 15, 2002

Certain porn sets require the cleaning of various props between takes: the official job title is "dildo wrangler."...got me through grad school.
posted by quercus at 11:29 AM on January 15, 2002

one word -- 'electroejaculation'
posted by gnutron at 11:55 AM on January 15, 2002

i worked as a housekeeper at a resort in Breckenridge Colorado one winter. if you take a pack of low altitude yuppie guys & put them at 9,600 feet without their wives & feed them fondue & lots of jagermeister they will throw up on the floor & sometimes crap their beds. it's a fact!
posted by tinaguppie at 12:17 PM on January 15, 2002

Whaddaya call the guy who has to shove the ejaculator mechanism up the cow's vagina? yeah, that.
posted by Ty Webb at 12:18 PM on January 15, 2002

I clipped this ad and put it on my bulletin board to remind me that there was always a worse job.

Cleaning Person
Position open of responsible, conscientious, substance-free person. Great pay, AM hours, health benefits.
Drop off resume anytime or pick up application
BLOW BUDDIES
933 Harrison St., S.F.

You could be the janitor at a gay mens' bathhouse.
posted by Mack Doggy at 12:45 PM on January 15, 2002

Hey, where'd you find that ad, Mack Doggy? I need a job here in SF. It's barren out here!
posted by Down10 at 3:02 PM on January 15, 2002

It was in the B.A.R. (Bay Area Reporter) It was listed last year, but I imagine they have a bit of turnover in the position, so there's always hope.
posted by Mack Doggy at 4:09 PM on January 15, 2002

You could always be an airline security worker...
posted by schlaager at 9:57 AM on January 16, 2002