• Question: What job would you least like to do? It doesn't have to be science related :)

    Asked by ccrellin to Kate, Kieren, Nicola, Rowena, Roy on 10 Mar 2014.
    • Photo: Rowena Fletcher-Wood

      Rowena Fletcher-Wood answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      Well, I’ve always grown up saying I will NEVER be a teacher. So many of my friends and family are teachers, so I know ALL the drawbacks. I’m okay at teaching, and I like tutoring and climbing instructing, so it seems strange, but I don’t want to have to control a class and fight against students who have to be there but don’t want to be. I have tried it and I am rubbish.

      This obviously isn’t the most horrible job I can think of, but it is a job that would make me unhappy every day. I guess a worst case job would be something like pest control, butcher or farmer. I am a vegetarian, like animals and don’t want to kill them. I once did a job aptitude test in school and it told me I should be a fish farm manager. 🙁

    • Photo: Kieren Bradley

      Kieren Bradley answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      I’d be very poor at a factory job, I spent a year at a company that had a factory line and whenever I went to the lines I was always impressed with their ability to do the same repetitive task thousands of times an hour without messing up too often. When I attempted the same tasks I would inevitably take much longer for each task and even when I got into the swing of it and started catching up I would stop paying attention and do something a bit stupid. I don’t think I would want the job particularly, but I think the employers would want me even less.

      I think chef would be my least favourite job, I’m not keen on fancy foods and all the cooking shows on TV make the job look so stressful. I’d rather not spend every evening at work getting shouted at.

    • Photo: Kate Nicholson

      Kate Nicholson answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      Probably chemical waste disposal, that would be my nightmare never knowing what could possibly kill me next.

      Not sure I would do too well in a call centre either, I interviewed for one while I worked at the job centre and it was exhausting work.

    • Photo: Nicola Rogers

      Nicola Rogers answered on 10 Mar 2014:

      I haven’t ruled anything out! I would hate doing a job where I couldn’t make any decisions for myself.

    • Photo: Roy Adkin

      Roy Adkin answered on 13 Mar 2014:

      Hello there,
      I wouldn’t like to do any job that involves heights or confined spaces…simples…:-)

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