30 Unbelievable Jobs People Have Held
Most bosses may be peeved to find their employees napping on the job, but for one Redditor’s uncle, who worked overnight shifts as a psych ward security guard, dozing off played a major role in keeping things safe and sound.
“His supervisor told him, ‘Sleep your shift away. If something happens that wakes you up, get me ASAP,’” his nephew recalled of the role, one that essentially boils down to counting sheep. “He basically got paid to sleep for eight hours.”
Catching some much-needed ZZZs while on the clock, however, is far from the only strange gig out there. Here are some of the other unbelievable jobs people have had, the wildest of which include professional jousting, managing a Mongolian folk metal band and looking after tens of sled dogs.
