I thought I’d switch gears for the weekend from my daily post challenge, to continue with an odd topic: Odd jobs. This batch has some doozies; people actually get paid to eat dog food, or smell a dog’s breath! And while the deer urine farming sounds intrinsically disgusting, the purpose is even more dubious in my opinion: To lure bucks to their deaths through hunting with the urine as bait. Whatever happened to fair play… giving the buck a fighting chance? I think I’d much rather prefer training dogs to surf, or wrangling ducks or training elephants; or maybe we could even come up with a job that combines all three! Enjoy perusing the jobs below – just click on the links to learn more about each.
Dog Food Taster – Photo Credit: Nancy Rica Schiff
- Deer Urine Farmer
- Diener (Forensic Morgue Technician)
- Dog Food Tasters: Hired by pet food companies to test the quality of their products. They also evaluate the nutritional value, and usually spit out the food once they taste it.
- Dog Sniffer: Once a week, they analyze the odour of dog’s breath to test the effect of their diet on their teeth. Breath is graded on a scale of zero to 10 and is categorized as sweaty, salty, musty, fungal or decaying.
- Dog Surfing Instructors: Found at certain ocean resorts: People you pay to teach you and your dog to surf.
- Doorman
- Duck Master: Some hotels hire these to take care of the ducks in their pond and parade them around the grounds.
- Elephant Trainer
- Elevator Inspector
- Embalmer
Stephanie Huesler 