The 'lowest' Job You Would Take?

Fukuyama · 11-05-2011 03:56PM #1

Had a conversation with a mate about the jobs we'd never do no matter how bad things got.

For me it's those charity street Concern guys who get to keep half the takings. Low IMO. I'm looking for work at the minute and the savings are starting to run out. I don't get the dole or JSA because I'm a student - but I still couldn't do that job. I'd flip burgers, mop up ****, but not scam people.

A few other things I wouldn't do -

Kill puppies in dog pounds!
Deliver Leaflets

So how low would you go if worst came to worst?

Superbus · 11-05-2011 03:58PM

Anything involving bodily waste.

orourkeda · 11-05-2011 03:59PM

The jobs you will and wont do depends on how bad your situation is and what the accompanying sense of desperation is.

If you have no money to eat you'd be surprised what you'd do for money

kfallon · 11-05-2011 04:01PM

Hand job, I'd take one of them but only if she throws in a 'sneaky finger' :pac:

Show Time · 11-05-2011 04:02PM

You would never know until you are rightly in the dog muck how low you would go to keep a roof over the family.

Kalimah · 11-05-2011 04:03PM

Just to set the record straight the Concern street fundraisers are paid 13 euro an hour. No commission whatsoever.

PS And it's not a scam either. 88 per cent of everything raised goes to the developing world. I should know. I've been working for them for long enough. But hey this is AH. Let's not let ignorance get in the way of the truth!

Fukuyama · 11-05-2011 04:03PM

kfallon wrote: »

Hand job, I'd take one of them but only if she throws in a 'sneaky finger' :pac:

You're a right lad for the 'aul sneaky finger aren't ya?

Irish_wolf · 11-05-2011 04:04PM

Working down at the bottom of the sea, I don't think I could ever sink that low.

Fukuyama · 11-05-2011 04:05PM

Kalimah wrote: »

Just to set the record straight the Concern street fundraisers are paid 13 euro an hour. No commission whatsoever.

Is there not two companies doing the concern. I'm pretty sure one of them is commission + wage. same with the WWF fund-raisers and the PAWS people selling keyrings etc...

YFlyer · 11-05-2011 04:05PM

I'll take one below the belt

kfallon · 11-05-2011 04:06PM

Dean0088 wrote: »

You're a right lad for the 'aul sneaky finger aren't ya?

I'm becoming that fond of them that the 'sneaky finger' in now becoming the 'expected finger'

phill106 · 11-05-2011 04:06PM

kfallon wrote: »

Hand job, I'd take one of them but only if she throws in a 'sneaky finger' :pac:

You and the sneaky finger....

http://www.boards.ie/search/?q=%22sneaky+finger%22&f=&subforums=1&u=340009&title=&threads=&date_from=&date_to=&sort=newest

The Shtig · 11-05-2011 04:07PM

I would never want to be a debt collector, but like people have said it's hard to tell unless you are in a terrible situation.

overshoot · 11-05-2011 04:09PM

Dean0088 wrote: »

For me it's those charity street Concern guys who get to keep half the takings. Low IMO.

didnt know they get half the takings... now i hate them even more! id always say to them id never give my account to people on the street, reply but here is my badges. here is my laptop which has photoshop. give me 10mins and il have the badges!

would hate to be a meter reader, so repetative, never really get to talk to people seen as you arrive at random times and your finished at each house in 30seconds

CrackisWhack · 11-05-2011 04:09PM

I wouldn't sell my ass in the phoenix park;)

thebigbiffo · 11-05-2011 04:09PM

sorry about this because i know it's very commendable work and not 'low' at all...but a nurse in an old folks home or home for the mentally disabled, no way could i ever ever handle that. wiping ass, wiping dribble, feeding them, changing the clothes, giving them baths - not for me.

and btw...for all the 'ohhhhh hope you never get old/braindamaged' crowd; i'm a hunter s thompson fan in more ways than one.

Kalimah · 11-05-2011 04:10PM

Dean0088 wrote: »

Is there not two companies doing the concern. I'm pretty sure one of them is commission + wage. same with the WWF fund-raisers and the PAWS people selling keyrings etc...

No no. Street and house to house fundraisers are directly employed by Concern. Deffo no commission. Just flat wage.

dvpower · 11-05-2011 04:10PM

The Shtig wrote: »

I would never want to be a debt collector, but like people have said it's hard to tell unless you are in a terrible situation.

What's so bad about working in a credit control department?

Captain_Generic · 11-05-2011 04:11PM

Worked in a bar where I was regularly cleaning puke off stairs, and the occasional turd explosion in the toilets. Didn't really bother me tbh, a jobs a job. I didn't really need the money either, did it more for the experience so I can't complain about subsequent jobs being bad

westendgirlie · 11-05-2011 04:12PM

phill106 wrote: »

You and the sneaky finger....

http://www.boards.ie/search/?q=%22sneaky+finger%22&f=&subforums=1&u=340009&title=&threads=&date_from=&date_to=&sort=newest

:D not enough fingers on 2 hands for all them posts. Might have to start requesting the big toe Kfallon

:D

kfallon · 11-05-2011 04:13PM

phill106 wrote: »

You and the sneaky finger....

http://www.boards.ie/search/?q=%22sneaky+finger%22&f=&subforums=1&u=340009&title=&threads=&date_from=&date_to=&sort=newest

My name is Kfallon and I'm addiced to 'sneaky fingers'

:rolleyes: :pac:

phill106 · 11-05-2011 04:13PM

Kalimah wrote: »

Just to set the record straight the Concern street fundraisers are paid 13 euro an hour. No commission whatsoever.

PS And it's not a scam either. 88 per cent of everything raised goes to the developing world. I should know. I've been working for them for long enough. But hey this is AH. Let's not let ignorance get in the way of the truth!

So your €13 per hour is taken out of the remaining 12%? Assuming that, you would need to collect €108.33 per hour to fund your €13 per hour. Not bad chugging...

Fukuyama · 11-05-2011 04:14PM

Kalimah wrote: »

No no. Street and house to house fundraisers are directly employed by Concern. Deffo no commission. Just flat wage.

Still is kinda sick. Using charity to earn. Would it not be better to give directly to the charity? I'm pretty sure most people assume they're volunteers (maybe not people on boards because there are numerous threads but the average person).

Also, as a final note as I don't want to derail the thread - I never give to the big charities like Concern, Trocaire, Oxfam etc... They're corrupt as hell with director getting six figure salaries. SVP or donations to local African orphanages/schools all the way...

kfallon · 11-05-2011 04:14PM

westendgirlie wrote: »

:D not enough fingers on 2 hands for all them posts. Might have to start requesting the big toe Kfallon :D

One finger is enough to make the 'magic' happen

orourkeda · 11-05-2011 04:16PM

CrackisWhack wrote: »

I wouldn't sell my ass in the phoenix park;)

who;d buy it

Kalimah · 11-05-2011 04:17PM

phill106 wrote: »

So your €13 per hour is taken out of the remaining 12%? Assuming that, you would need to collect €108.33 per hour to fund your €13 per hour. Not bad chugging...

The 12% includes all salaries and expenses. Office light and heat etc. All audited and tightly controlled.

kfallon · 11-05-2011 04:17PM

orourkeda wrote: »

who;d buy it

Could be the next Donkey Derby winner

ejmaztec · 11-05-2011 04:19PM

The Shtig wrote: »

I would never want to be a debt collector, but like people have said it's hard to tell unless you are in a terrible situation.

I wouldn't fancy being on the receiving end of both barrels of a 12 bore through the letter-box, so I'd give that job a miss.

mirwillbeback · 11-05-2011 04:21PM

I wouldn't mind being a clamper.

[ in a gynecologist's office ]

Lustrum · 11-05-2011 04:23PM

I'd never take a job in Holland, much to low for me

holystungun9 · 11-05-2011 04:23PM

CrackisWhack wrote: »

I wouldn't sell my ass in the phoenix park;)

Selling somebody else's ass is where it's at nowadays

The 'lowest' Job You Would Take?

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