Choosing a profession that you will have to do most of your life is one of the most difficult in a person's life. But what if you can't find your dream job amid all these mundane and boring professions like lawyers, teachers, and doctors?
In this collection, we have compiled the strangest professions in the world, jobs that seem 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 perks of this profession include the right to bring friends to "their" park, discounts at Disney hotels, and free passes to Disneylands around the world. Not to mention, you will be able to 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 animal characters. 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. Observer of drying paint
No, this is not a joke. Some people actually make a living by watching paint dry.
It is the responsibility of such a worker to color the sheets of cardboard to check how long it takes for new paint mixtures to dry and how their color and texture change. Perhaps this is the most boring of the most unusual professions in the world.
8. Regular Netflix Viewer
Imagine being paid to watch TV all day! Well, for some lucky ones, this dream has become a reality. Netflix pays these people to watch all of the content before it's available to the general public.
The job of these workers is to assign each program the correct tag that helps us viewers know exactly what we want, whether it's a crime movie, a mystery series, a comedy, or a witty TV show with talking animals.
7. Professional mourner
There is a tradition in Southeast Asia to mourn loudly at funerals. This is believed to help the dead as they travel to the afterlife. Therefore, professional mourners scream loudly, sob and even try to throw themselves into the coffin throughout the entire funeral ceremony.
Two-hour services of a mourner cost about $ 55 (3466 rubles)
By the way, in ancient Russia there was also a similar profession. Women were engaged in it, "slack" (with loose and disheveled hair), who participated not only in the funeral, but also in the annual funeral feasts.
Agree that this is a rather sad and gloomy activity, 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 lie idle all day, not to mention getting into a movie or TV series, is not the worst way to make money fast.
5. Psychologist for dogs
Who did you introduce when you saw the name of the profession? A dog lying on the couch complaining to the psychologist that the owner too often tells him "bad boy"? No, that's not exactly what the pet psychologist does.
They provide their services to owners who are facing difficulties in raising their pets. Help correct it and identify triggers for inappropriate behavior.
Representatives of one of the strangest professions in the UK earn between 15,000 and 50,000 pounds a year, which is equivalent to 1.9-3.9 million rubles.
4. Professional bridesmaid
Exhausted, distracted, or angry bridesmaids can easily ruin the biggest day of your life. And some women have no close friends at all to invite to the wedding.
The solution is to hire a professional undercover girlfriend. The American company Bridesmaid for Hire charges for this service from 300 to 2000 dollars (18-126 thousand rubles) for a wedding.
3. The poison collector
And this job is not for carefree people. The snake milkmaid's job is to collect venom poisonous snakes to banks. This dangerous substance will then be used to prepare antivenom and other medicines.
2. Bed rest tester
The NASA space agency occasionally employs people to participate in nursing research. In one study, people were paid $ 5,000 (314,000 rubles) a month to stay in bed and sleep for 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
Most specialists have an office filled with important documents and the like. What ordinary offices do not have are collections of products with a clear erotic slant. But the opposite is true for sex toy testers.
These people, mostly women, experience how comfortable and safe this or that dildo and other accessories for sexual play are. They also evaluate the properties, appearance and packaging of such toys, as this is important for many buyers.
Foreign testers of sex toys receive about $ 35,000 (2.2 million rubles) a year.
Urban legend about the most unusual profession in the world
You may have heard that there is such a job - a penguin flipper. Allegedly, when the planes approach, the poor birds are so surprised that they fall on their backs and cannot get up on their own. And a specially trained person who receives about $ 6,000 (377 thousand rubles) a month puts the penguins on their feet.
However, the story of the penguin flipper is an urban legend that has been wandering around the Internet since the 90s of the last century. And the first mentions of it do date back to the 80s of the twentieth century, in connection with the flights of British aircraft to the Falkland Islands. Here, look at how the penguins actually behave when they fall on their backs.
In Russia, the story of the penguin flipper became popular with the light hand of the humorist and satirist Mikhail Zadornov.