Can you imagine what the world would be like if everyone became that which they dreamed of becoming as children? The world would have more than its fill of race car drivers, astronauts, doctors, teachers and firemen, but who would answer the ads for actuaries, insurance salespeople, and IRS agents?
German TV is very instructional, especially on the weekends. This weekend, German television has enlightened me in the category of "If I had Only Known When I was 10 or so..." Following are a few of those professions that I really never considered. And probably still wouldn't.
- Caretaker of largest cuckoo clock in the world
- Administrator of pachyderm pregnancy tests (previous experience with elephant enemas required)
- Guy who invents new toothpaste flavors (who the Germans in their trademark francophone style call an Aromatiseur)
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Professions that make me go "hmm"
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Jen -
I seriously wonder about this on a fairly regular basis. Whenever I encounter someone doing what I see to be an obscure profession, I wonder how they even applied for the job. Even something like a podiatrist. When someone goes to medical school they dream of being an ER doctor or a neurosurgeon. . . who wants to be a podiatrist?
food for thought. . .
Okay, but what about proctologists?
"Okay, but what about proctologists?"
I'd buy a T-shirt with just that written on it.
I once read an article on jobs you wouldn't believe were actually jobs, let alone disgustingly well-paid ones. There's was this one guy that got interviewed who tasted ice cream flavors for a living. He even had a little gold teaspoon that wouldn't affect the taste of the ice cream.
I saw a TV show about a guy who's an ice cream taster. I thought that was about the coolest job in the world.
Sorry, Rachel, you beat me to it! I was so excited to comment that I didn't read first. I apologize.
Jen... I shadowed a podiatrist (my uncle) for two weeks once. At the end of thsoe two weeks I discerned that I did not want to go to med school. :-) Although Joanne is right - the schedule is to die for, and they earn plenty of moolah!
Yeah, proctologists. Charlie, you could make a t-shirt on cafepress!
And yeah, oh, to be that ice-cream taster. Cool. Plus you get a spiffy gold spoon.
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