It can be a struggle to get through the second half of the day.
Working for a living sucks. Even the best jobs come with annoying coworkers, demanding bosses, and irritating clients. But it could be worse, a lot worse. I stumbled across The Worst Jobs in History on YouTube which got me thinking about some truly awful ways to earn a wage. If you want to feel better about your current position consider a couple of the more unsavory gigs of the past.
Leech collector During the middle ages people would wade into the marshes and bogs allowing the parasites to attach to their bare skin. Then they were plucked off and sold to the local barber-surgeon.
Sin Eater During the 18th and 19th century it was believed that a piece of bread laid on the body of the dying absorbed their sins. A man was hired to eat the bread, taking on the transgressions of the departed who could now gain entry to heaven. Only the very poorest were willing to defile their own souls for the meager pay, crust of bread, and a lifetime of being a social pariah. There’s an excellent episode of Night Gallery starring a young Richard Thomas as a boy entering the family business.
You can get through that afternoon staff meeting. It can’t be as bad as bloodsucking worms and eternal torment, right?
Dude, those are both on the agenda for my 2 o’clock. Bummer.
I see you’ve met my boss.
Maybe you could reschedule the torment for later in the week.
“Maybe I can pencil you in at 4:30, right after the waterboarding.”
‘Welcome to Hell: Monday Meeting Circle; would you like to be seated in “flambeed” or “broiled”?’
Met him? I think I used to live with him.
second half of the day!?!?!?!?!?
Its only 9:30!?!?!?!?
In my never ending search to avoid the Kobe stuff I’m streaming the Biathlon World Cup on Olympic channel but earlier had fun with Friday’s Gist podcast.
https://slate.com/podcasts/the-gist/2020/01/hits-of-1983
“In the interview, Chris Molanphy is back to talk Mike through the hits of 1983. Enjoying vegemite sandwiches, the rains in Africa, and a bunch of sweet dreams, they indulge in the pop mainstays that continue to persist on the radio and at the karaoke bar.”
I really expected a Huey Lewis and the News tune too…(ETA: in this post)
Some days won’t end ever and some days pass on by
I’ll be working here forever, at least until I die
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
I’m supposed to get a raise week, you know damn well I won’t
CBS Sunday Morning did a great profile on Huey this week. Turns out they had to abruptly stop touring because he suffers from a rare disorder which makes everything he hears sound like it’s coming through a Marshall cabinet with the speakers blown out.
i like my job….i make fancy pants coffee machines (im a welder technically)
anyhoo….its a good gig…just tinkering with shit all day long
pay could be better tho
I like my gig too. It can be a drag but the office is cool and they don’t bitch about us playing online or streaming tv/music if the work is done and we avoid regular OT.
We are given wide latitude with our phone use, and most of us have headphones on the whole day, but don’t bring your Switch along, even if you’re the best worker in the group…
thats one of two gripes i have with me work…..strictly no phones on the shop floor
the other one is strictly no coffee on the shop floor
im pretty sure thats ironic
LOL. I had to ask Jeeves what a Switch was. I am so L7…
Do you get one of the fancy pants coffee machines for free?
It’s going on 1 in my neck of the woods. I just finished my first power yoga class. I need coffee and maybe a gurney.
What makes it Power Yoga??
Hot and cold I get but not sure I can think of what Power might be. Sseems like anything power would be anti-yoga.
It combines cardio and yoga. We did about 10 minutes of stretching followed by a maniacal 40 minute of rapidly changing poses. No holding the pose, just constantly shifting from cobra to plank to downward dog. That kind of thing. And a 10 minute cool down. I can do all the poses but I’m not used to going that fast. My legs were super wobbly when I left. I’m going to be very sore for my regular slow flow class tomorrow.
Cool. Sounds a bit like down-ups.
I’m not familiar with that term. It’s pretty much like any aerobics class, you go through a series of exercises. It’s just in this case they’re all yoga poses. It gets your heart rate up and supposedly builds strength.
I enjoyed the work commentary. I like my job and the people, but almost everything has the annoying and crushing occasion. I may add manager of bloodsucking worms program and director of eternal torment division to my job description, however.