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50 Jobs Worse Than Yours
by
Justin Racz
You think your job is bad? Try being a Sherpa, a Saddam Hussein Double (now unemployed), or the person who operates the "It's a Small World" ride. Satirist Justin Racz has spanned the globe to find fifty jobs worse than yours, so we can all feel better about our own. Fully illustrated, featuring color photos of the undesirable and unfathomable, Fifty Jobs Worse Than Yours...more
Hardcover, 112 pages
Published
November 13th 2004
by Bloomsbury USA
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Good for a chuckle when red during my dinner break at work. There's nothing wrong with my job, I love it. Still, it's interesting to contemplate what my future could be had I not gone to college and furthered my education. Some of the jobs in here are one-in-a-million, like Saddam Hussein's body double, the human regurgitator, or a grown woman who serves as a 'little boy' hand model in toy commercials. Others, like telemarketer, fast food produce chopper, or grocery store buggy wrangler are amon...more
I picked this up one day and read it cover to cover, which wasn't hard because it's very short, about one page of text and another full-page photo for each of the 50 jobs deemed worse than yours by the author. I'm not sure data entry is really that bad (I do it and my fingers are not currently bloody and bandaged). The one job that seemed pretty OK to me was "chicken sexer." It pays pretty nicely and you get to handle baby chicks all day. I mentioned it to my friend and she pointed out the bigge...more
ehhh dont bother buying or borrowing this book, its pretty old and pathetic....and even if it was up to date..a job is a job, as long as it gets you money to live your life, then thats what it matters most....right??
Sadly I have aspired to hold some of these jobs. Adult store video clerk? Think of the interesting people you would encounter on the job. Or Human Canvas. Who doesn't love street performance art?
A fun little book. Although not all of the jobs were truly that bad (like temp, for example). And I've heard of worse jobs. But, a fun little book, nonetheless.
now that Mike Rowe's 'Dirty Jobs' TV show exists, this book simply pales in comparison, but still a neat little quick read.
Started and finished this on my lunch hour. Eh. I've had some of the jobs in this book. However Mike Rowe has done far worse on "Dirty Jobs". Although I did skip one job as I have a SEVERE fear of it. Vomit. I think it was Vomit Inspector or something for a site called Rate My Vomit. Ummm no thanks. I'm all set.
Read over the last few weeks whenever waiting for my department head to get back.
Some of these were quite good...
This is actually a pretty informative little book. There were no page numbers, but each job took up 2 pages, so 51 jobs (including the write-in space for your job) = 102 pages. There’s a picture of a person performing each job, with information pertaining to skills needed, educational requirements, uniform, pay scale, job description, opportunities for advancement, benefits and drawbacks.
If you ever think that you've got the worst , bored work ever.... So I'll highly recomend this book to u .... Sooo many funny stories about other job that pathetic than yours.
Amusing and quick to read but the book isn't much more than fluff.
5 stars
( disclaimer: I feature as job no. 35 in this book )
( disclaimer: I feature as job no. 35 in this book )
My job isn't so bad!
a quick read and quite funny
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