Subway pusher
Many people have experienced what it's like to be on public transportation. During rush hour on the Tokyo Metro, people are "packed" in. Subway pushers push people into gaping carriages during the morning and evening rush hours. When there are more than 200% of the subway's capacity, the doors won't close, but the pushers keep pushing people into the cars. When they first appeared in subway stations, they were known as passenger evacuees, and most of them were part-time students. But now, subway pushers are gradually becoming a regular profession.
World of Warcraft Experiencer
Do you play World of Warcraft? If so, do you play it well? Can you win 200 gold in an hour and reach level 80 within a good walk of Lyon? If the answer is yes, then you can apply for the job that all 12 million game fans dream of as a gamer! They have a lot of Blizzard on their website to apply for Mmorpg positions, but most of them are for WoW. They are currently only hiring World of Warcraft experiencers and are actively looking for foreign players, so if you can speak a language other than English, why not apply? But you will need to play for at least 4 hours every day.
Luxury bed experimenter
Ms. McKee, 22, was awarded $1,000 after trying out a bed created by a designer for a month. The Birmingham-based student was assisting Simon Horn with a survey on luxury beds. Ron Rice, the company's managing director, said, "We wanted to find out what you guys thought after sleeping on our bed for a month." He says they put up an ad and within a day they had almost 400 people apply, and another 200 the next day. Ron Rice says the 22-year-old could have slept in the bed from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and recorded how he felt. "We knew exactly what we wanted him to do." He added: "Not only did she try out the bed for us, we would keep changing her sleeping environment."
Hotel bed tester
One job where you can make money from sleeping is that of a hotel bed tester, and Leigh McCarron's job is to sleep three or four nights a week at Travelodge hotels to make sure the beds are up to scratch. This position pays ￡60,000 a year.
Beer taster
Helen Morse, a global buyer for British supermarket Tesco, is also a beer expert. Her job - beer tasting - is arguably what most men dream of. She usually starts work at 9:30 a.m., tasting beers from all over the world. She says she sometimes tastes more than 20 beers at a time. That's why her boyfriend is so jealous of her.
Sommelier, blogger
Imagine you move to Sonoma County on the north coast of California, where there are about 450 more wineries. You get free lodging, free lessons in the intricacies of winemaking, and you get paid $10,000 a month to share your experiences with people on a Twitter site. Hardy Wallace of Atlanta was the first to get the job, working at Murphy-Goode Winery for $10,000 a month for six months, with free lodging and the responsibility of sharing his life on Twitter and Facebook. The interview process is simple: upload a YouTube video showing how you'd be a good fit for the job, and wait.
Candy taster
Harry Willsher, a 12-year-old boy, got one of the best jobs in the world as a chief taster in a candy factory.Harry's job is to try out top-secret recipes. He got the job after winning the Swizzells Matlow recipe-finding competition. He said that the first time he visited, he felt like he had entered Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The most screaming thing he did was describe the taste and smell of Drumstick lolly.Derby, which also produces Love Hearts, Rainbow Drops and Parma Violets, gave the youngest chief taster overalls and made business cards. As well as trying out samples, he is also responsible for testing the company's production at its New Mills factory in Derbyshire. I don't know if it's the best job, but it's definitely the sweetest.
Odor identifier
The job was offered by a company that researches mouthwash. People's bad breath is as disgusting as a gust of wind, but Michael, a Minneapolis gastroenterologist, recently hired two people brave enough to be willing to sniff other people's breath. 16-year-old volunteers would eat a lot of disgusting things and then exhale the gas, which was collected in a plastic bottle. The odor identifiers would be made to sit in one place to sniff at least 100 of the odor-collecting bottles. The unpleasantness of the odor is determined by the look on their face.
Professional Queue Standers
Still annoyed with queues? You don't have to worry about it with Pro Standers, SuperOyster.com is calling for a group of Pro Standers to stand in line for people who need to buy a variety of tickets. Applications for this position are hot, and SuperOyster.com plans to provide a list of requirements so that applicants know what they need to do, and demanders know what services they can expect, providing a platform between them.
Antarctic electrician
TonyMcLaughlan might not quite agree that the work he does in Antarctica for the British Antarctic Research Team is the best. After all, being an electrician in temperatures as low as -50 degrees, 9,000 kilometers away from home and a place less suited to human survival means you have nowhere to spend the money you earn. Still, the ￡23,000 salary, including room and board, had Brits clamoring for the job when it was first advertised on the BBC.
Water slide tester
Being a water slide tester is attractive to those who prefer warm weather and water play, and Tommy Lynch's job is to test the quality of slides in water parks around the world. He has been on water slides in Cyprus, the Algarve, Egypt and many more countries and says "I do have the best job in the world, but no one believes me when I tell people what I do."
Body painter
When it comes to the most satisfying job, there's no better job than that of Beto Arminia. Beto starts work at 11am every day before the Paris Carnival, and his task is to paint the most beautiful women. It usually takes two hours for an artwork to be completed, and for a fee of ￡660 a day, he says: "You don't even know how many people apply to be my assistant, but it's not a good job, I'm serious about my work."
Condom Experiencers
An Australian manufacturer is calling for condom experiencers. Durex Marketing Experience Sam White has hired a group of Australians over the age of 18 who can apply to be one of 200 condom experiencers. Unfortunately, there is no commission for the position, though successful applicants will receive $60 worth of Durex products for free and are asked to give honest feedback to the company on how the experience felt and how the products worked. One lucky winner will also receive a $1,000 bonus. Maybe the prize isn't a lot, but one thing's for sure, no one's going to mind taking this job home and staying up all night working late.
Museum Fun Guide
Sam Pointon, a 6-year-old boy who wanted to be a guide at the York National Railroad Museum, got his dream job as a fun guide. The ambitious boy was offered the position after his application was successful, and Sam Pointon requested an interview with a handwritten letter titled "Application for Tour Guide. The letter listed his qualifications for the position, including his ability to play with toy trains. "I'm only 6 years old, but I think I can do the job," Sam wrote, "I have electric train tracks. I play with it great. I can control two trains at the same time." The staff was so impressed that they named Sam "Director of Fun," whose job it is to propose to them that they turn the museum into a favorite place for kids.
Google Maps' biking photographer
Google has hired two lucky young men to ride around France on something that looks like a bicycle, taking pictures of historical sites that cars can't reach. The tricycles are unique, with nine cameras on long poles, a GPS, a computer and a generator. But you really need all that to add 3-D images to a Google city map. Wearing Google T-shirts and white helmets, they visit famous sites like Versailles, the Jardin du Luxembourg, and the busy Arles district in the center of the French capital, then snap photos.