Most boring job?

Lando Griffin

What is the most boring job you have ever had or possibly could have. Mine was in a jarring factory had to make sure all the jars were upright on the convayer belt and if one was over turned, press a button and put it upright. Was on the fifth or sixth hour when one came knocked over and I missed it, then couldnt remember which button to press so I pressed everything which made everything go faster resulting in a distastersous domino effect.

Bulktohulk

Any 9-5 office job. *shudder*

The_Kew_Tour

Teacher, nothing to do for next 3 months

TestTransmission

I used to wash and pack daffodils years ago,lasted a week

mikom

Driller on an oil-rig.

KeithM89_old

I know a guy who spent 8 hours a day, 5 days a week for 2 years putting lids on pens...

starbelgrade

Keithm89 wrote: »

I know a guy who spent 8 hours a day, 5 days a week for 2 years putting lids on pens...

That's weird. I know a guy who spent 8 hours a day, 5 days a week for 2 years taking lids off pens.

I hope they didn't work in the same place.

Cinful

Addressing, stuffing, and posting envelopes for a survey.
/shudder!

BrianJD

Toll booth operator especially at night.. I wonder are they allowed to read or something.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Picking shhtones

Lando Griffin

BrianJD wrote: »

Toll booth operator especially at night.. I wonder are they allowed to read or something.

Maybe they guess the make or model of the next car

bonerm

BrianJD wrote: »

Toll booth operator especially at night.. I wonder are they allowed to read or something.

I'm guessing if they ended up working in a toll-booth that they weren't big fans of reading to begin with.

Lando Griffin

mikom wrote: »

Driller on an oil-rig.

That sounds exciting.

stepbar

indexing boxes of files.....

thetonynator

mikom wrote: »

Driller on an oil-rig.

Driller on a BP oil rig.




Too early???

Ulysses Gaze

Data Entry

GAAman

BrianJD wrote: »

Toll booth operator especially at night.. I wonder are they allowed to read or something.

Have seen at least two operators at the port tunnel with nintendo ds's

Chuchoter

Keithm89 wrote: »

I know a guy who spent 8 hours a day, 5 days a week for 2 years putting lids on pens...

I would actually kill myself :P

Colonel Sanders

Toll booth operator was the one I thought of too

Dunjohn

Back in school, my commerce teacher explained why bank dockets are colour-coded: it makes it easier for the guy who has to sort them all out once they've gone through the system. He told us that this job actually existed, sitting in a sorting room for eight hours endlessly sorting piles and piles of bank dockets by colour, and that it was the most boring, brain-killing job anyone could possibly do, and that if any of us found ourselves doing it, we'd really hit rock bottom.

Having actually done the job, I can say it's not so bad, there's decent chat in the office.

BrianJD

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Maybe they guess the make or model of the next car

While that sounds exciting.. I think the novelty would wear off after say....1.4 minutes. I wonder what the pay is?

AnonoBoy

Independent Paint Dry Observer






God that was an awful summer working for Stokes Kennedy Crowley.

Genrikh Yagoda

Porn actor

derfderf

Worked in a burger factor in the summer holidays, had to stick a label on each burger as it came out of the packing machine. Not the worst ever itself but each burger had the time printed on it and i couldn't avoid seeing it when putting the label on.

thetonynator

Genrikh Yagoda wrote: »

Porn actor

Repetitive maybe, but hardly boring???

bazmaiden

thetonynator wrote: »

Repetitive maybe, but hardly boring???

Yeah but you'd be borin' it in to them

thetonynator

bazmaiden wrote: »

Yeah but you'd be borin' it in to them

Im a bit slow today . . .:o

starbelgrade

AA radio traffic reporter... "It's busy at the Red Cow roundabout in Dublin, the Headford Road in Galway & the Jack Lynch tunnel in Cork".

I dunno why they don't just use a recording of the first ever traffic report.

mikemac

Chill meat operative

In reality, working in a boning hall.
And if you're inclined to make "boning" jokes you wouldn't last 10 minutes in such a job.
Sweltering heat, heavy knife, wearing all sorts of protection including a chain mail apron and Kevlar gloves and making the same repeated cutting stroke thousands of times a day.

Repetitive Stress injury must have been first highlighted in such a place!

AskMyChocolate

Lando Griffin wrote: »

That sounds exciting.

I think it was a play on the word boring.;)

I'd have to say Directory Enquiries nearly broke me.

recylingbin

Door to door salesman selling doors.

Red Hand

Packaging computors. While I was on the line, 5 were dropped. Not by me!

Magenta

BrianJD wrote: »

Toll booth operator especially at night.. I wonder are they allowed to read or something.

I wonder if they are allowed to bring in a laptop or something to keep them amused... to be honest if I was working at a toll booth I'd probably be nervous of getting robbed- you're kind of isolated if anything happens! Or do they use some sort of shatter-proof glass?

I have to say, there's a lot to be said for a boring office job. Come in, switch off your brain, and just do whatever it is for 8 hours. Beats running around stressed in a restaurant kitchen or a retail shop!

Lando Griffin

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

I think it was a play on the word boring.;)

I'd have to say Directory Enquiries nearly broke me.

Thank you, just turned off the light.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Data entry clerk... :mad:

Mycroft H

Magenta wrote: »

I wonder if they are allowed to bring in a laptop or something to keep them amused... to be honest if I was working at a toll booth I'd probably be nervous of getting robbed- you're kind of isolated if anything happens! Or do they use some sort of shatter-proof glass?

If i was a criminal intending to rob a place it would hardly be a toll booth......

All i'd get is 50 quid in small change :pac:


Footing turf is the most boring repetitive job that ive experienced... its awful

jester77

I had a summer job which involved a lot of steel work in factory attics. I would have to stand in the attic holding a fire extinguisher beside a guy welding. I couldn't sit or take a break in case the safety inspectors came by. Those were long days just standing there being half blinded and I never even got to use the bloody thing!

storm2811

Wheeling around on a little chair picking mushrooms,the gossip was constant though with the staff being middle aged women.

I know someone who used to have to sort buttons.

Eoin

Margot Panicky Mirror wrote: »

Data entry clerk... :mad:

I'd have to agree. Seriously boring, but needs just enough attention that you can't zone out and operate on auto-pilot.

scudster

Talking Clock...



...at the tone it will be.......

rednik

Those blokes standing on the path in town holding a sign for a specific shop sale, can't imagine anything worse.

some_dose

Worked in a toilet paper factory for 3 months. I shit you not

ep71

worked as a flag man on the gort to crusheen dual carriageway! sit on the side of a minor road for 12 hours a day 5 days a week and get up with a stop go sign everytime a truck comes i would have went insane if i didnt have the radio!!

questionmark?

Being a Moderator



/ gets hit over the head with a big oversized ban hammer

Azure_sky

I did one days work in my life. I was nearly bored too death. Thankfully I got sense. I decided to sign on the dole and let ye tax paying goombeens pay for my pizzas...with extra toppings.:cool:

caprilicious

1. Paper cup salesperson.

Yes some company thought up this cruel and unusual job.

P1$$ poor basic, commission on sales made. I had to ring companies that had purchased their water dispensers & ask them did they require cups.
The majority of the replies were 'you rang me for what? f*** off!' or 'They're cheaper in the wholesalers, I get them there' or 'I'll ring you you when I need them'. (I was mainly ringing bookies/hairdressers)

I lasted a month then had to leave as my brain was shrinking from lack of use :rolleyes:

2. Twisting & shooting tomato plants (pulling shoots of their bases/twisting the top bit around a wire so they grow up straight)
Sooo repetitive

3. Picking tomatoes (excruciating heat/filthy dirty work/all your skin turning green then brown from the pollen & taking an hour to scrub it off)
Equally repetitive

SoulTrader

My most boring job was in a vegetable packaging factory. It went like this:

Lift four cucumbers, put them in a box.

Lift four more cucumbers, put them in a box.

Lift four more cucumbers, put them in a box.

Close box. Fill another box.

Take both boxes and place them on a pallet.

Start again, lift four cucumbers, put them in a box...

Even reading this post is boring! I lasted 9 weeks of that.

Pauleta

I was Jessica Alba's nipple tweeker for a while. Such a diva, she wanted me to do it every 2 minutes :mad:

rainbowdrop

some_dose wrote: »

Worked in a toilet paper factory for 3 months. I shit you not

Worked in a Nappy factory for 6 months. I shit you not.

:cool:

LoanShark

The most thankless job would have to be a door-to-door salesman..I would never do it..

The most boring job I've ever had was working for a guy who owns two Pizza shops in Dublin..I was there to work as a manager for him and spent the first week at his house listening to him waffle She-ight for housr non stop on how he was going to be massive in this country..
In one conversation he went from talking about making pizza to adding on Kids meals and his own style of Mc Flurry....I'm all for enthusiasiam BUT walking before running is also a good thing too!

Adyx

I worked in a radio station years ago before digital music really took off. One of my jobs was to edit the music that had been recorded onto a computer. I basically had to cut out any silent bits at the start and end of each song so they were ready for broadcast. There was approximately 20,000 songs when I started.