Okay, so you hate your job. You’re sick and tired of clocking in day after day just to rot away in a cubicle. Your measly paycheck just isn’t worth the daily drudgery and never-ending grind.
It’s called a “job” for a reason, and remember, it could always be worse—the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. In fact, it could be quite smelly and dangerous
Remember all of those times you’ve said, “You couldn’t pay me to do that?” when confronted with a vomit-inducing task? Well, someone does do that for a living. So be thankful for your mundane job. You could be working in one of these fields.
Crime Scene Cleaner
No, cleaning up blood and guts is not as glamorous as CSI may have you believe. This job is grisly. Besides sweeping up rotting body parts and other biological waste, cleaners may be called in to mop up hazardous fluids, dangerous chemicals, and illegal drugs. If you’ve got an iron stomach and a strong will, this job is all yours.
Stool Sample Analyzer
Wondering who gets to the bottom of your bathroom dilemmas? Stool analyzers dive into patients’ samples to diagnose digestive conditions. The dissection tests check the color, weight, shape, and odor of the droppings. The techs also identify any blood and mucus present in the samples. All day long.
Deodorant Tester
Deodorants are made to reduce perspiration and mask unpleasant body odors. How do you test them? Easily—by taking whiffs of subjects’ underarms and rating their pungency on a scale of one to ten. And we’re not talking about the pits of the idle. To best test a deodorant’s strength, the subjects will have moved, shaken, and perspired their ways to evaluators’ noses. So if sniffing noxious BO all day is your cup of tea, Dove is awaiting your call!
Breath Smeller
How do you tell how well gum and mouthwash mask odors? You test them on garlicky mouths and unbrushed teeth, of course. The lucky odor analyzers sniff everything from nasty morning breath to mouths scrubbed with onion to evaluate an odor-reducer’s strength. And what about Fido? Dog-breath analyzers interested in the effect of diet on a dog’s teeth seek out the filthiest canine mouths. The categories they use to sort the stench? Sweaty, salty, musty, fungal or decaying. Yum.
