The choice of a profession that will have to deal with most of life is one of the most difficult in a person’s life. But what if you cannot find your dream job among all these ordinary and boring professions such as lawyers, teachers and doctors?
In this collection, we have collected the strangest professions in the world, a work that seems too unusual, too exciting, too enjoyable to be real. Perhaps one of them is exactly what you need.
10. Princess or Prince at Disneyland
Professional princesses and princes earn a little more than $ 30,000 (1.8 million rubles) a year, which is not very much for America. But the benefits of this profession include the right to bring friends to "their" park, discounts at Disney hotels and free passes to Disneyland around the world. Not to mention the fact that you can dress and act like a true princess at work.
By the way, princes and princesses in Disney parks get more than Goofy, Mickey Mouse and other characters in the form of animals. This is explained by the fact that human characters appear before the public without a mask, actively communicate with people and spend more time with them.
9. Dry Paint Supervisor
No, this is not a joke. Someone really makes a living observing how the paint dries.
It is the responsibility of such an employee to color the sheets of cardboard to check how long it takes to dry the new paint mixtures and how their color and texture change. Perhaps this is the most boring of the most unusual professions in the world.
8. Netflix Regular
Imagine being paid to watch TV all day! Well, for some lucky ones this dream has come true. Netflix pays these people to watch all the content before it becomes available to the general public.
The task of these employees is to assign each program the correct tag, which helps us, the audience, to determine exactly what we need, whether it be a crime film, a mystical series, a comedy or a witty TV show with talking animals.
7. Professional mourner
In Southeast Asia, there is a tradition of mourning loudly at a funeral. According to legend, it helps the dead when they go to the afterlife. Therefore, professional mourners scream loudly, sob, and even try to rush into the coffin throughout the funeral ceremony.
Two-hour mourning services cost about $ 55 (3,466 rubles)
By the way, in ancient Russia there was also a similar profession. She was engaged in by women, "loosened up" (with loose and disheveled hair), who participated not only in the funeral, but also in annual memorial feasts.
You must admit that this is a rather sad and gloomy occupation, but it is far from the most disgusting profession in the world.
6. Television corpse
Of course, posing as a corpse is not the best job in the world. But earning $ 200 (over 12 thousand rubles) to stay idle all day, not to mention getting into a movie or series is not the worst way to make money fast.
5. Psychologist for dogs
Who did you imagine seeing the name of the profession? Dog lying on the couch and complaining to the psychologist that the owner too often says "bad boy" to him? No, this is not exactly what pet psychologists do.
They provide their services to owners who have difficulty raising their pets. They help correct it and identify triggers for abnormal behavior.
Representatives of one of the strangest professions in the UK earn from 15,000 to 50,000 pounds a year, which is equivalent to 1.9-3.9 million rubles.
4. Professional bridesmaid
Exhausted, scattered or angry bridesmaids can easily ruin the most important day of your life. And some women do not have close friends who can be invited to a wedding.
The solution is to hire a professional “undercover girlfriend.” The American company Bridesmaid for Hire takes for this service from 300 to 2000 dollars (18-126 thousand rubles) for the wedding.
3. Poison Collector
And this work is not for carefree people. The job of the snake milkmaid is to collect poisonous snakes venom in jars. This dangerous substance will then be used to prepare an antidote and other medicines.
2. Bed tester
NASA's space agency sometimes employs people to participate in patient care research. In one study, people were paid $ 5,000 (314 thousand rubles) a month so they could lie in bed and sleep — 87 days in a row.
Test participants are allowed to use a TV, laptop and game console. Hey, where to schedule an interview?
1. Sex toy tester
For most professionals, the office is filled with important documents and the like. What ordinary offices do not have is collections of products with a clear erotic bias. But with sex toy testers, it's the other way around.
These people, mostly women, experience how convenient and safe this or that dildo, and other accessories for sexual games. They also evaluate the properties, appearance and packaging of such toys, as this is important for many customers.
Foreign sex toy testers receive about $ 35,000 (2.2 million rubles) per year.
City legend about the most unusual profession in the world
You may have heard that there is such a job - penguin flip. Allegedly, when approaching the planes, the poor birds are so surprised that they fall on their backs and cannot rise themselves. A specially trained person who receives about 6,000 dollars (377 thousand rubles) per month puts penguins on their feet.
However, the story of the penguin flip is an urban legend that has been roaming the Internet since the 90s of the last century. And the first mention of it dates back to the 80s of the twentieth century, in connection with the flights of British aircraft to the Falkland Islands. Now, look at how penguins actually behave when they fall on their backs.
In Russia, the story of the penguin flip became popular with the light hand of comedian and satirist writer Mikhail Zadornov.
