Ultimate job for a grumpy bastard

_Whimsical_

I know someone who has done research into light house keepers mental health and he was telling me that in Ireland throughout the many years there have been lighthouses not one person has quit the job. Despite the isolation, particilarly years ago, people have only left the job due to injury or illness, retired or died there, but no one has said "I quit! Im off to find something different".

I wonder how many jobs have such a record? Must be an ok number!

Egginacup

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

I know someone who has done research into light house keepers mental health and he was telling me that in Ireland throughout the many years there have been lighthouses not one person has quit the job. Despite the isolation, particilarly years ago, people have only left the job due to injury or illness, retired or died there, but no one has said "I quit! Im off to find something different".

I wonder how many jobs have such a record? Must be an ok number!

How many lighthouses are there in Ireland?
Sh1t job. You actually have to work like painting the fecker during the summer when the waves aren't battering you and you're nice and snug with the bottle of Scotch and your heavy jumper.....actually scratch that.....you're working so NO alcohol.

What will you do to pass the time? Polish the bulb and then....listen to the radio because you hate people but still need to hear about them. BOLLOX

Best job if you despise people is VERY simple. GARDENER. You sniff around lovely shrubs and plants, prune some hedges mow and hew and all the while (if you are in acceptable physical condition) you will be invited indoors and perhaps upstairs by the lady of the house.

braddun

meter maid-parking tickets


slurry spreader



lumberjack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL7n5mEmXJo

winnie the schtink

Deleted User wrote: »

Indeed it does

The Commissioner of Irish lights employs them!

the last manned lighthouse in ireland was the bailey which was automated in 1997

_Whimsical_

Egginacup wrote: »

How many lighthouses are there in Ireland?
Sh1t job.

I'd trust several generations of people and research into them over you my anonymous poster friend!
I hope you're not offended

Lyaiera

Primary school teacher teaching the first communion class.

mickdw

winnie the schtink wrote: »

the last manned lighthouse in ireland was the bailey which was automated in 1997

Fair enough but they still have a huge staff.
I know a chap that used to spend months on a rock in a manned lighthouse before it was automated. He is still employed by them though and he still regularly makes trips to the lighthouse on the rock for a few days at a time for maintenence purposes.

pragmatic1

Hitman. The money would be good and you get to kill people.

winnie the schtink

winnie the schtink wrote: »

the last manned lighthouse in ireland was the bailey which was automated in 1997

They still have to be maintained.

TOEJOE

A Bomb disposal expert :
A medical lab tech ,Scientist.

homerjay2005

any job that has a Union in it - my word those people are bitter, whinging f*ckers.

paulbok

taxi driver - it's expected of one.

Field east

State pathologist. Guaranteed work, a very varied type of work, travel all over Ireland , job guarantees that you will normally have to work with only one person at a time , maybe once or twice a week but critically you are not obliged to engage with them in conversation if you choose not to which should give you tremendous satisfaction. and you even get well paid for your ideal post

Wabbit Ears

Programming. Srsly, a lot of them have zero social skills and hate being around other people. You can even do correspondence courses in it so you don't have to interact with stupid happy college people.

Lyaiera

Wabbit Ears wrote: »

Programming. Srsly, a lot of them have zero social skills and hate being around other people. You can even do correspondence courses in it so you don't have to interact with stupid happy college people.

Hungover? Probably. Horny? Most likely. Happy? They don't know how good they've got it.

roadsmart

President.

Oh wait.......

gozunda

An interesting position as Climate modeller in the Antartic is available ...

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/employment/vacancies/job.php?JobID=1011

Field east

Dear OP( (sideways) any possibility of you giving an opinion on the suggestions to date, maybe we are all on the wrong track and need to be put back on the right one

peckerhead

He left. He said to say fück youse all.

Reoil

Software QA engineer.

smcgiff

Deleted User wrote: »

They still have to be maintained.

Or... Kept

smcgiff

peckerhead wrote: »

He left. He said to say fück youse all.

Yeah. From what part of the OP's post did they think social interaction was likely

gammygils

GATSO van operative

Slideways

Hitman appeals.

I'd even do pro-bono work for this I felt worthy of my wrath.

Dealing with the public is a definite no-no, customs officer etc just wouldn't work

NZ_2014

gozunda wrote: »

An interesting position as Climate modeller in the Antartic is available ...

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/employment/vacancies/job.php?JobID=1011

So free parking in Antarctica then?

No, read the ad! The job is in the UK!

Sir Oxman

Slideways wrote: »

People are arseholes. I can't stand working with people,

Apart from a lighthouse keeper I'm looking for a job that could keep me away from people.

I'm an angry little man so no jobs where being tall is a necessity..

Amen.

Field east

Slideways wrote: »

Hitman appeals.

I'd even do pro-bono work for this I felt worthy of my wrath.

Dealing with the public is a definite no-no, customs officer etc just wouldn't work

Am here to help. I don't think you have thought true enough re the hitman idea . The action, when you have a target, might give you an ecstatic level of satisfaction for an instant or two immediately after a successful hit - possibly one less person to have to engage with- but you would then have a rake of intested parties looking for you and if they find you, then you could be their guest for a long time- they calling all the shots and you calling none

gozunda

NZ_2014 wrote: »

So free parking in Antarctica then?

No, read the ad! The job is in the UK!

Yeah but the travel opportunities are endless ...

groucho marx

Garden gnome