6 Of The Weirdest Jobs On The Planet

Work can often become mundane and boring. It can become very easy to feel that nothing interesting is happening, and that can be a real drag. However, most people have normal jobs like an accountant, a florist, a school teacher, or a chef. These jobs, like every other job, are necessary to making sure that the world functions properly and everyone is happy. Not all jobs are quite so predictable though, and this list is proof of that!


6. Bed Warmer

Bed warmers are typically staff at a hotel that warm up the guests bed before they arrive, so that it isn’t cold when they get into it.


5. Professional Sleeper

This is a job that many people would excel at. A professional sleeper was a job posting advertised by a Finnish company, who needed someone to test comfort levels for different sleeping products.


4. Professional Apologizer

This profession is really only a thing in Japan, where some people hire a company to apologize on their behalf.


3. Professional Elephant Dresser

This is mainly a job in Sri Lanka, where elephants are dressed up for ceremonies and parades. It has to be someone’s job to dress them up, and that certainly can’t be easy!


2. Ostrich Babysitter

Why the ostriches need to be babysat, we’ll never know. However, they are probably being very well cared for.


1. Duck Master

People with this title are often hired by hotels, and they are tasked with taking care of the ducks on the hotel grounds, and parading them around for hotel guests to see.