Jobs That Look Simple But Are Surprisingly Difficult

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Eric Lund
Dec 5, 2021 2:00 PM EST

Different jobs come with different challenges, be they physical, emotional, or have you leaving every day with pants full of dirt. It's extremely easy to look at another person's profession and idealize it in your mind, but more often than not, the parts you get to see are just the easiest or most glamorous. These insider zookeeper secrets are a good example of the kind of behind the scenes crap everyone has to put up with. And of course some jobs are so ridiculous that people just quit on the first day.

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    People explain surprisingly difficult jobs they had - Font - driver_dylan 10 hours ago I used to work for a Murder Mystery Troop. Basically, people would pay us to come to their house, restaurant, or one time a public park, and bring them into a murder investigation. People think that all we do is show up to your party, give you a binder of info and a silly hat all while talking in a silly accent. The truth is, everything we do is carefully choreographed and we are all professionally trained imp
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    People explain surprisingly difficult jobs they had - Vertebrate - bop66 14 hours ago 2 Zookeeper! People think we just play with animals all day. However, 90% of the time is spent cleaning and trying (sometimes in vain) to stomach some of the foulest smells known to man.
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    People explain surprisingly difficult jobs they had - Font - Miss-Anthrope90 12 hours ago Just about any position at a Veterinary clinic. I get so tired of hearing how fun it must be to play with kittens and puppies all day. Yes, there are puppies and kittens but we don't play with them. We may sometimes sneak cuddles if time permits on a bad day. The reality is that most of the time we are dealing with clients who are rude and unreasonable. Or even worse sometimes, clients who would move mounta
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    People explain surprisingly difficult jobs they had - Font - SpaceDave83 12 hours ago It really grinds my gears when certain politicians tell people put out of work that they should just learn how to program computers. Not everyone has the temperament to be a programmer, plus there's not that much call for people to write simple programs. Good, complicated programs are very hard to do and people who can do it earn their large salaries. Those politicians are projecting an elitist image of themsel
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    People explain surprisingly difficult jobs they had - Font - lhuthien 13 hours ago I thought nursing would be way easier than it turned out to be. I thought it would be technically difficult (actual physical skills) and emotionally difficult (in terms of trauma and seeing people suffering) but It's actually really draining; dramatic coworkers, demanding patients, bad bosses, angry families.
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    People explain surprisingly difficult jobs they had - Rectangle - SquishHotS 12 hours ago Social work especially when working with traumatized people. The amount of emotional pressure you have to deal with is insane. If you don't have excellent coping strategies and are not 100% professional this job will break you.
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    People explain surprisingly difficult jobs they had - Font - Aprils-Fool 13 hours ago Teaching 537 Reply Share Report Save BlueAndFuzzy 11 hours ago I was going to say specifically teaching kindergarten, but teaching in general absolutely is. Everyone thinks kindergarten is just naps and coloring but it is so much more challenging than that. Especially when you have 25 kids in a class, ranging from "doesn't know which way up to hold a book" to "I'm ready to start reading chapter books," some of
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    People explain surprisingly difficult jobs they had - Font - 2 clockwork_skullies 12 hours ago Being a trash collector. You know how much juices get poured on them? 1 531 + Reply Share Report Save rvrdrppr 11 hours ago Same for working at a recycling plant. I don't if it really fits this post because it is already pretty obviously hard and dangerous, but, damn. Hardest job I ever had and I had some hard ones. 14 hours standing in place using both arms to grab trash flying by and throwing it into
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    People explain surprisingly difficult jobs they had - Font - SethAndBeans 11 hours ago Its not physically or mentally difficult, but customer service gigs (fast food, bartender, cashier, etc.) are all extremely emotionally difficult at times. You try keeping a smile on and being polite when someone thinks they have the right to be a complete (racist/douche/karen) to you, and in the worst cases, your boss has to side with them, or they risk their job which is only slightly less st.. y.
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    People explain surprisingly difficult jobs they had - Plant - weirdgrapefruit6 12 hours ago Receptionist. You take a lot of crap from everyone for things you have no control over. "Yes Betty, I also wish the optometrist was running on time for your appointment."
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    People explain surprisingly difficult jobs they had - Font - Over_Shock_2610 12 hours ago Surprised nobody said fast food workers. Lots of people have said it was the worst job they ever had. Now keep in mind that millions of them work two jobs, and both jobs will deprive them of benefits by limiting their hours to just under the legal requirement. Imagine working 14 hours a day with no benefits, and barely being able to make rent.
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    People explain surprisingly difficult jobs they had - Font - zuul99 9 hours ago Librarian, especailly if you go into specialized fields. I am a law librarian most of the time, it is easy. Other times you get things like "I need a legislative history on this regulation on global finance and its effects on the healthcare industry in the midwest. and I need it by 4:30" Guess who needs to become an expert in global finance and healthcare policy is 2 hours.
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    People explain surprisingly difficult jobs they had - Font - BeanPhrog 11 hours ago I spent a decade in the military but the one server job I had for a few months before that was the hardest thing I have ever done for work. Edit: I take that back, being a recruiter in the military was only slightly harder.
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    People explain surprisingly difficult jobs they had - Font - karma_dumpster 11 hours ago People fantasise about a bucolic lifestyle, but farming is hard. It's lots of work, a mix of many different skills, and knowledge about how to maximise crop yields etc.
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    People explain surprisingly difficult jobs they had - Font - slimeyslime123 11 hours ago Labouring. It doesn't sound hard. It requires no qualifications, you don't have to think. Digging isn't hard. Heck it's even fun!.. For the first half hour or so. When you're digging from 8am to 5pm in the scorching sun, blistered hands, pain from your back you've never felt before and dirt in every single crevasse... You start to realise it's really not as easy as you first thought. Breaking down a wall wit
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    People explain surprisingly difficult jobs they had - Font - FervidBerry 11 hours ago Being a wedding photographer. It's a lot more physically demanding and exhausting than it seems and the amount of drama you have to navigate sometimes for over 1-2 years per client can be very taxing. It's very common to only last a few years before quitting weddings.
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