Part of my last job actually was taste testing water. A very small part lol takes about 20 seconds all told from grabbing the cup to filling it and then tasting it a few times to make sure it's good and then recycling the cup.
this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2024
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Most of these “tester” positions are boring to the point of testing your sanity. Monotony is the state of doing little outside of a simple, repetitive routine and it offers a unique hell to each of its occupants. When one is consumed by tedium, they are compelled to consume it in turn, reshaping themselves to fill their fresh wounds like a reluctant ouroboros. You dip, you walk, you place, you return, you dip, you walk, you place, you return. The shining isn’t far off.
~former apple sauce sampler
I want those hotel bed tester job.
Turns out the job is dipping paper strips in bodily fluids found on hotel beds.
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That's the job I want.
Honestly, if it paid well enough and I were to lose my current job, I’d live to be in this sort of job. Life’s too short to be stressed about work. Just go, do job, get paid, and live my life.
Everyone believes they’re unaffected by indefinite boredom until the wallpaper starts dancing.
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This is the kind of job I need. Boring and repetitive. Show up, do the work, get paid. No additional demands or expectations.
Back in the beginnings of my career, I’ve had a job or two like that and it drove me bananas. I couldn’t stand the tedium, so I left to find “greener pastures”. It took me several years, and burning out twice (twice) before I landed on my boring and mundane job that I have now. It’s not even the job itself; it’s the company and their chill attitude. I’m not going anywhere else if I can help it.
The kicker is Anon may have gotten the job because they put so much effort into it even if it was the wrong direction of effort.