Anna Lech Dream Jobs?

A nine‑to‑five jobnine‑to‑five jobnine‑to‑five job in the officeofficeoffice is not for everyone. Look at this list of very unusual and very interesting jobs. Maybe there's something for you here!

Do you like tests at school? They're not always fun. These testing jobs look much more interesting!

• Pet foodpet foodPet food tester. Our petspets [pet]pets should get healthyhealthyhealthy and tastytastytasty mealsmeals [meal]meals. That’s why we need pet food testers. These people try the food and make sure it has the right qualityqualityquality. The smellsmell (verb)smell and tastetaste (verb)taste are important as well. Does it sound like a job for you?

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Zdjęcie przedstawia metalową miskę z suszą karmą w kształcie kostek.

• DestinationdestinationDestination tester. This is a perfect job for holiday lovers. It’s about visiting new places and making sure they're a good holiday destination. You have tohave tohave to think like a tourist – is the beach nice and clean? Is the hotel staffstaffstaff nice and friendly? Are there many ice‑cream flavoursflavours [flavour]flavours? Can you think of a better job?

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Zdjęcie przedstawia rozłożoną mapę, a na niej ułożone przedmioty przydatne w wędrówkach górskich. Wokoło mapy oraz na niej ułożono: złożoną kurtkę, obok której leży aparat, kompas, notes, pod nimi są buty trekkingowe oraz plecak.

• And finally, a dreamdreamdream job for a teenagerteenagerteenager – computer games tester. Playing your favourite computer game and making money at the same time? Why not! Be careful though, it’s not only about playing. You note downnote downnote down all the mistakesmistakes [mistake]mistakes you see in the game and write a special reportreportreport.

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Zdjęcie przedstawia dwie dziewczynki siedzące na krzesełkach na dworze. Jedna z nich trzyma laptopa na kolanach.

Testing is not everything, there are many more unusualunusualunusual jobs which will not let you feel bored at all! Have a look at these:

• People pusher. Public transportpublic transportPublic transport in Japan can be full of crowdscrowds [crowd]crowds. There may be so many people in one carriagecarriagecarriage that the doors don’t close. Pushers push the travellers into the carriage so that there is more spacespacespace and the doors can shutshutshut. Does that sound like a job for you?

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Zdjęcie przedstawia pociąg stojący przy peronie. Na peronie przy drzwiach pociągu stoi dwóch mężczyzn. Jeden z nich trzyma ręce na osobie, która częściowo wystaje poza drzwi.

• LivinglivingLiving statuestatuestatue. Do you like standing in one place? This job is for you! Living statues are people who wear special costumes and make‑upmake‑upmake‑up. Very often they look like stone or bronzebronzebronze statues. They can stand stillstand stillstand still for a very long time and when you throw some money into their hat, they suddenlysuddenlysuddenly come alivecome alivecome alive and shake your hand or do something funny. You can see living statues in many places all over the world.

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Zdjęcie przedstawia mężczyznę ubranego oraz pomalowanego całego na złoto. Mężczyzna jest ukazany w pozycji siedzącej, lecz bez żadnego podparcia. Postać siedzi w powietrzu.

So, what do you think? Which job is the most interesting?

1 Źródło: Anna Lech, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.