Most/Least Mentally Challenging Jobs

jaysusjones

Inspired by a Similar thread in AH.

So what are they and why?

Would be interesting to get a Broad overview across a number of different areas

For me :

Least: A draw between Supermarket self stacking - like a big game of tetris that never ends(Not without it's charms though- a lot to besaid for being able to switch your Brain off) and Cold Calling Sales - Basically knew the script off by heart and repeated it about a hundred times a day.

Most: IT Support - Constantly challenged in a large corporation with tonnes of every changing technology and changing user needs. Brain was always on

MagicMarker

jaysusjones wrote: »

Most: IT Support - Constantly challenged in a large corporation with tonnes of every changing technology and changing user needs. Brain was always on

''Have you tried turning it off and on again?''

Yeah, I can see how that could be challenging.

javaboy

Blow jobs need you to use your head a fair bit. Hand jobs not so much.

JPA

I thought both of your examples were in the least challenging section and you were being sarcastic. Guess not.

partyatmygaff

Only ever worked as a waiter....

It was a mix of both really,
Mostly routine order taking, going to the kitchen, doing drinks etc....
Mind numbingly boring when its quiet.

When its new years eve etc, its like hell on earth, you have atleast 20 things running through your head and your running around in a hot loud room trying to work through everything while still being given new tasks.

LadyMayBelle

Worked as a shelf stacker as a young wan, went back to it part time to get myself thru my masters..couldn't hack it. No offence to anyone who does it but I got so depressed...

Current job is pretty challenging I have to say, palliative and bereavement area...go knows the stuff you come up against everyday...

My name is URL

My cousin is an Air Traffic Controller and looks like a nervous wreck when he finishes work

can't be easy

Midnight_EG

Most mentally challenging?

Must be being the Health Minister, seeing as there's no physical for it

Midnight_EG

LadyPennyworth wrote: »

Worked as a shelf stacker as a young wan, went back to it part time to get myself thru my masters..couldn't hack it. No offence to anyone who does it but I got so depressed...

Current job is pretty challenging I have to say, palliative and bereavement area...go knows the stuff you come up against everyday...

These words just do not compute well together

jaysusjones

JPA wrote: »

I thought both of your examples were in the least challenging section and you were being sarcastic. Guess not.

Good Lad, use your words

ejmaztec

My name is URL wrote: »

My cousin is an Air Traffic Controller and looks like a nervous wreck when he finishes work

can't be easy

Was at one time the most stressful job, and probably still is.:eek:

If I did it, no-one would survive.

jaysusjones

MagicMarker wrote: »

''Have you tried turning it off and on again?''

Yeah, I can see how that could be challenging.

I told you to log a call!

WIZE

javaboy wrote: »

Blow jobs need you to use your head a fair bit. Hand jobs not so much.

Did you make a career out of it

4zn76tysfajdxp

Least: Personal trainer.

Most: AH mod.

dyl10

Yeh, air traffic control requires periods of serious concentration.

El Guapo!

jaysusjones wrote: »

Supermarket self stacking -

Self stacking??...............like a human pyramid?? Jesus, Tesco have high standards. :eek:

kittensoft1984

For me the least would have to be working on the checkouts in Dunnes.

The most is my current one: Working in a day/respite centre for the Alzheimers Soceity. Always have to have the brain turned on, but I love it though

Gummy Panda

jaysusjones wrote: »

Most: IT Support - Constantly challenged in a large corporation with tonnes of every changing technology and changing user needs. Brain was always on

Now lets play "Guess the OP's occupation!!"

Davidius

Least: God

Most: Batman

Gummy Panda

Most Challenging: Stunt cock

Naikon

Least: 'Lifeguard'
Most: Anything in the medical field(Nurses especially).

jaysusjones

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Most Challenging: Stunt cock

Least Challenging: Plain old..Cock?

Gummy Panda

jaysusjones wrote: »

Least Challenging: Plain old..Cock?

ah.. you don't know what a stunt cock is?

Stunt cock work is a very common "workhorse" position in the pornography industry. The majority of prominent male pornographic actors have worked in this capacity at least once. Some actors work as stunt cocks specifically out of a desire for anonymity.

Work on a pornographic film can be very demanding, and it is often difficult for actors to perform on demand as needed. A common function of a stunt cock is to stand in for an actor who is unable to achieve erection or ejaculation or an actor who has a penis of a relatively small size, so that filming can continue on schedule. In some situations, a stunt cock might also stand in for an actor whose penis is considered too small or otherwise undesirable by the director.

jaysusjones

Gummy Panda wrote: »

ah.. you don't know what a stunt cock is?

Stunt cock work is a very common "workhorse" position in the pornography industry. The majority of prominent male pornographic actors have worked in this capacity at least once. Some actors work as stunt cocks specifically out of a desire for anonymity.

Work on a pornographic film can be very demanding, and it is often difficult for actors to perform on demand as needed. A common function of a stunt cock is to stand in for an actor who is unable to achieve erection or ejaculation or an actor who has a penis of a relatively small size, so that filming can continue on schedule. In some situations, a stunt cock might also stand in for an actor whose penis is considered too small or otherwise undesirable by the director.

Yes, I've seen Orgasmo too

(*think my thinly disguised insult was missed)

tech77

My name is URL wrote: »

My cousin is an Air Traffic Controller and looks like a nervous wreck when he finishes work

can't be easy

Really?
I know people say it's stressful but i imagined "pushing tin" would be kinda like a "controlled" stress- e.g very black and white with not much room for uncertainty- presumably suiting the personalities drawn to the career.

So it's not all zen Billy Bob Thornton figures who get to go home to Angelina Jolie lookalikes then?
Wow.

Riddle101

Least- Dog Walker

Most- A solider in a warzone. Have to be alert and switched on as well as being ready for anything the enemy might throw at you. As well as that, having to deal with all the trauma and stress that occurs in a warzone cannot be good for the brain.

Gummy Panda

jaysusjones wrote: »

Yes, I've seen Orgasmo too

(*think my thinly disguised insult was missed)

My cock is not plain or old!!

It has sparkles!!

4zn76tysfajdxp

javaboy wrote: »

Blow jobs need you to use your head a fair bit. Hand jobs not so much.

Correct. In my experience, I've found blowjobs to be real back-breaking work.

Agent Smith

Josephine Victorious Trailer wrote: »

Correct. In my experience, I've found blowjobs to be real back-breaking work.

your doing them wrong :P

thomond2006

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Most mentally challenging?

Must be being the Health Minister, seeing as there's no physical for it

No, a lot of physical stamina required to consume and **** out 50 queen cakes a day.

Midnight_EG

thomond2006 wrote: »

No, a lot of physical stamina required to consume and **** out 50 queen cakes a day.

I'm sure she see's it as mental in her mind.

'I CAN EAT 50 CAKES TODAY YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH'

jaysusjones

thomond2006 wrote: »

No, a lot of physical stamina required to consume and **** out 50 queen cakes a day.

Honorable Mention to Thomond2006 - for the use of "Queen Cakes"

Old School *snap

BallyG

Traffic Warden!

Sanjuro

jaysusjones wrote: »

Least: A draw between Supermarket self stacking...

Of course that's least taxing. If the supermarkets stack themselves, what need is there for humans?

flahavaj

LOL at those lazy f*ckers in the IT Dept, "Did you log a call."

sock puppet

Finishing can be some of the most mind-numbing work in the world. "Here's 100,000 leaflets. You're going to spend the next week folding them in half."

SoWatchaWant

Least: Sweeper/Cleaner. At least with shelf stacking you have some room for some fcuking creativity

Soby

thomond2006 wrote: »

No, a lot of physical stamina required to consume and **** out 50 queen cakes a day.

Ah jaysis fair play to her.She cut back on them a bit so

thomond2006

Soby wrote: »

Ah jaysis fair play to her.She cut back on them a bit so

:D:D

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orestes

Josephine Victorious Trailer wrote: »

Most: AH mod.

Still in your first week and you're already playing the "poor AH mods" card? Dude, don't fire the big guns first! People try to shred Terry on feedback/help desk regularly, javadoc get constant accusations of nefarious intimacies (granted, mostly from me), sharpshooter has a neverending stream of internet nerds with female authority-figure issues going mental at her, and Tar is too busy doing the actual modding while the rest of them deal with that crap to even come to peoples notice. You're here a few days, at least wait till you have been a big enough bastard to warrant using the get-out clause!

Sorry Josephine Victorious Trailer, you just used the ace in your sleeve way too early, you gotta at least wait till your first monster Feedback/Help Desk thread to pull that one, for double points use it to counter-troll a Rozie re-reg or something else that is guaranteed to lead to someone going into completely hysterical overdrive.

Oh, and anyone working in the emergency services has the most mentally taxing job, end of.

kumate_champ07

sock puppet wrote: »

Finishing can be some of the most mind-numbing work in the world. "Here's 100,000 leaflets. You're going to spend the next week folding them in half."

I worked in a big software packaging/printing warehouse. It was a temp job that lasted a week. one of the days was spent putting inlay cards in cd cases.A whole bunch of us did 3 days of training and then 5 days of work and on the friday afternoon were told that the job was finished and we wont be needed anymore.

3 days of training for putting stickers on boxes and cards in cases.

I spent 2 weeks in an irish tile company. they let me use the forklift with no license or training!, but just for practicing, I did get to use it a few times to take stuff down from the top racks. I used to race it down the aisles and make turns at full speed.

I crashed it on my 18th birthday, the front sliding door to the warehouse was slightly lower than usual, I didnt notice. job ended the next week

they had a diesel forklift that could do 40mph, someone with a brain noticed I was dangerous on it and got me off fairly quickly!

witnessmenow

There is two types of rolling doors when fork lifts are around

Those that have been crashed into,

Those that are going to be crashed into.

Its inevitable, i'd sue for unfair dismissal tbh

FearDark

Bouncers... least mentally challeging job ever!

Qualifications include:

• Being a fat bastard.
• Being an ignorant bastard.
• Just being an incredible douchebag.

kumate_champ07

witnessmenow wrote: »

There is two types of rolling doors when fork lifts are around

Those that have been crashed into,

Those that are going to be crashed into.

Its inevitable, i'd sue for unfair dismissal tbh

the thing is that it was 2weeks probation, the manager told me they didnt get the sales they were expecting so couldnt keep me on.

the funny thing is they hired a guy soon after that i had worked with in the last job. a drug dealer on probation with kids with 2 women, early 20's. he'd come in to work chewin the jaws off himself at the weekends.

they made him a superviser in that first job after I left! the warehouse/business eventually closed down because the manager was stealin money and mixin whiskey and painkillers up in his office overlooking the warehouse floor. I could have sued that time as he let me go because there wasnt any work, only to rehire latvians after I had gone that worked for 3euro less an hour. this was 8 years ago before all the eastern europeans came and tuk urr jurbs!

kumate_champ07

witnessmenow wrote: »

There is two types of rolling doors when fork lifts are around

Those that have been crashed into,

Those that are going to be crashed into.

Its inevitable, i'd sue for unfair dismissal tbh

and also a few of the guys there told me they did it themselves at one stage. Ive just had terrible luck with jobs

4zn76tysfajdxp

orestes wrote: »

Still in your first week and you're already playing the "poor AH mods" card?

Sorry Frada, you just used the ace in your sleeve way too early,

How many card-playing metaphors do you need Orestes?

Bob Z

To be a Goverment Minister


I dont know what i would pick as the MOST mentally challenging job

Bandit12

Least....Any job in I.T.

Most....Air traffic controller

WIZE

Least : Binman

Most - Space shuttle Engineers

Davidius

BVB wrote: »

Most - Space shuttle Engineers

Yeah, turns out that's really easy. You see, anything public is always made to seem overcomplicated in order to justify the neccessity of the role.

Having gone undercover I've found that it is literally making a "make fire go" button with the proof of phythagorus drawn on the side of it.

Pygmalion

Bandit12 wrote: »

Least....Any job in I.T.

Programming included?