The worst job ever - From Motorcycle Pizza delivery to Choco

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The worst job ever - From Motorcycle Pizza delivery to Chocolate testing
Monday, November 13, 2006 - 7 Days - 7days.ae



Motorcycle pizza delivery-man
Pizza delivery, or any sort of delivery job involving a motorcycle and Dubai traffic must be the most frightening and high-risk job in the world. Firstly, the deliverymen have to deal with hungry customers who just want to be fed, and quickly. And secondly, their job forces them to take their lives into their own hands by mounting a motorbike and battling with all the arrogant and selfish drivers on the road. Often seen driving without even helmets on their heads, these deliverymen could make the MTV Jackass gang of daredevils look tame.

Call centre worker
This profession has to be one of the most excruciating jobs on the market, and especially in a place like Dubai where customer service is dismal and complaints are rife. Being a call centre worker – or punch bag for customer complaints – must feel like being back at school: you’re not allowed to talk back no matter how much you want to. And, thanks to all of the people who think it’s fine to scream profanities at call centre workers since they can’t actually see them, everyday of work must be like being stuck in a room with a swearing hyena. Full respect to all call centre workers who have not yet lost their mind – but you must still hear voices in your head after you take the headset off - no?

Dentist
This dentist may be smiling in the picture below, but the truth is that people in his profession as frequently take their own lives as they do fill cavities. When it comes to getting up-close and personal with a mouth, kissing is one thing, but getting right into every single nook and cranny of a stranger’s mouth is quite another - especially when these strangers have different standards of personal hygiene. It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it

PA to a demanding diva
Job security is a priority for most of us, but why someone would choose a job where they could be fired at the drop of a Jimmy Choo because Madame’s low-fat, cappuccino doesn’t have enough organic whipped cream is anyone’s guess. A demanding diva boss does nothing to help self-esteem and isn’t going to encourage anyone to climb the corporate ladder – well who would be there to pick up her pieces if you left?

“I used to work for a devil of a woman,” says Rasha, a Dubai-based PA. “She would throw things at me, only let me go to the bathroom on my lunch break and literally shout obscenities at me from morning till night. Luckily last year, I plucked up the courage to tell her where to put her job. I hear she has gone through seven PA’s since.”

Beauty therapist
Whoever said getting pretty is an ugly business is right. While this job has many lovely aspects, such as creating blushing brides or boosting many a woman or man’s confidence, there is also a seamy underbelly, or underarm, rather. Waxing hairy gorilla backs and women’s intimate bits can’t be the most pleasant of experiences.

“Most people that come in to me are well groomed and just need touch up,” says a waxing professional from a Dubai salon. “But, there are of course times where I get a client that is, shall we say, less than hygienic. What can I do? But just hope that they don’t become regulars.”

IT administrator
IT administrators would be living the high life, if only they were appreciated. Just because they may be cleverer than us - mostly for being able to remember our passwords and to restart the computer when it’s being difficult - poor IT administrators get a bad rap for being socially inept geeks. Even though, without them we’d all be about as useful as a monkey in the office. But despite this logic, IT administrators spend their days getting harassed, screamed at and accused for everything and anything that may go wrong with a computer.

“Sometimes I have to brace myself and take deep breaths if there is a problem with our company’s server,” says Kalid, an IT administrator. “The minute something happens the entire company is on the phone asking me what’s wrong, and they want answers to a question they don’t even understand on the spot. Computers are forever failing in ways, but staff rarely seem to realise this and will always demand to know why. It’s often feels like a fruitless job.”

Chocolate taster
One would imagine that being a chocolate taster seems like a dream job – but unfortunately in reality it’s like meeting your idol and discovering they’re actually a horrible person. The first couple of days on the job are probably bliss, but after a while you would never want to see the stuff again.

Sam has been working in a sweet factory for a couple of years and says that he would rather eat his own toenails than indulge in a tasty sweet these days. “I initially had the childish fantasies that I would be in heaven working in a sweet factory, but it wears off fast” says Sam. “My job is fine, but I don’t drink and I don’t smoke, so chocolate was my only vice, and this job has taken that away from me.”