Thingology Specialties – Jobs

Just so you know, this will be my last Thingology Specialties post. They take a long time to make (even if they seem half-hearted) and, well, they aren't actually anything... special. (Sorry. Pun intended.)

You know, took me a while to even come up with a specialty to feature. I don't know why I decided to do this "specialties" thing. Well, here it is – weird jobs.

As usual, here is a list of weird examples:

• Ice Cream Taste Tester (self-explanatory) – pays ~$56,000/year (Forbes)
• Live Mannequin (like a mannequin but a person) – up to $100/hour (Forbes)
• Duck Master (take care of and lead ducks around to parades and stuff) – salary unknown (livecareer.com)
• Bed Warmer (roll around in a hotel bed so it's nice for the guests) – salary unknown (livecareer.com)

Anyway, my point is that there are plenty of jobs beyond the basic things people think of (teacher, doctor, arsonist, etc.) and a lot of entertaining ones, too.

You can get paid to become a mermaid, for example. Basically, you wear this skin-tight tail and swim around a huge tank in front of your audience, lip syncing and modeling dat tail. Buzzfeed made a video about it, too:

If you're into swimming, it may be the perfect career for you.

I'd also like to elaborate on the Duck Master career I briefly explained. As well as herding the ducks, you are in charge of their welfare. The only place I know of that has a Duck Master position is the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. Here's a quote from the Peabody on the job:

Responsible for handling and maintaining the health, diet, rotation and living quarters for the five mallard ducks and conducting the daily march of The Peabody Ducks before hotel audiences and off-property audiences. Required to take the ducks to schools and give presentations about wildlife, ducks, and the environment. Required to work closely with management to do media interviews and hotel tours...

Look at the whole job description page here. It says the posting has expired, however, so I don't know if the job is still available/even a thing. It also later says you need to be able to lift and carry 50 lbs, and push 150 lbs. up an incline. I have no idea why.

I suggest looking at that livecareer.com link I cited to in the original interesting jobs list. It links you to a page full of weird jobs and a sentence or two describing them.

Anyways, thanks for listening, thingologists, and I'll see you later!

Also, while making this post, I took a quiz and apparently...

I paid attention during 79% of high school!

68-84% Pretty good, you know that there are libraries and newspapers, and you remember what you've read. You were a child that wasn't left behind!

Do you deserve your high school diploma?
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