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easiest job you've had/work ideas

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  • Sublime_2
    Sublime_2 Posts: 15,741 Forumite
    I've had some really easy jobs, with grand titles that paid carp money. I did loads for a company, and looked good on my CV, but they took me for a ride.
  • jimmy2times
    jimmy2times Posts: 151 Forumite
    diable wrote: »
    Male Prostitute in a niche market?

    Caveman type especially if you like cracking rocks........ ;o))))
    Sublime wrote: »
    I've had some really easy jobs, with grand titles that paid carp money. I did loads for a company, and looked good on my CV, but they took me for a ride.
    FATBALLZ wrote: »
    Easiest job I ever had was putting tickets in envelopes for a company that sold concert tickets. You could safely turn your brain off for the day and chill out. I'd go back to it in a second if I could live off £6/hr

    that's the sort of thing, maybe.
    How would one find such a job? Agency? Just ask for a mundane job??
    diable wrote: »
    Male Prostitute in a niche market?

    Caveman type especially if you like cracking rocks........ ;o))))
    lol
    Sublime wrote: »
    I've had some really easy jobs, with grand titles that paid carp money. I did loads for a company, and looked good on my CV, but they took me for a ride.

    thanks, thread's taking the intended route now
  • jimmy2times
    jimmy2times Posts: 151 Forumite
    pinkshoes wrote: »
    What about factory shift work, working on a production line?

    good. Another possibility.
  • Loanranger
    Loanranger Posts: 2,439 Forumite
    Window cleaner?
  • Car washing? Seems to be an upsurge in people paying to have their cars washed and a number of places offering this service.
  • diable
    diable Posts: 5,258 Forumite
    Loanranger wrote: »
    Window cleaner?
    Funnily enough if you can find an affluent area then you will make some money as I haven't seen one around my area for ages. £10 to £20 for a small house (3/4 bed not detached) won't take you more then 30 minutes to clean.
  • Ilona
    Ilona Posts: 2,449 Forumite
    I am thinking small manufacturing company with less than ten employees, on an industrial estate near you. Walk or bike to work, a boss who will take time to train you on an assembly line, and a few people to pass the time of day with.
    Ilona
    I love skip diving.
    :D
  • Claytone
    Claytone Posts: 48 Forumite
    I say try landscaping. Get your hands dirty, it's a real workout and you usually don't have to work if the weather's bad.
  • ceridwen
    ceridwen Posts: 11,547 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    O.P. - you've had some good suggestions so far - so hope you find something suitable.

    By the way - you don't actually come over as "thick" to me. I HAVE seen a lot of posts on MSE where I have thought that - and, believe me, some of the posts on here are ones I really "struggle" with interpreting. It's surprising/shocking just how many people seem to not be able to convey quite basic ideas clearly in their posts. When I see a thread started by someone like that - then I tend to give up reading at the outset, rather than trying to work out what they are trying to say for them.

    Your post comes over quite clearly - so I wouldn't think you are "thick" as you put it. There may be some difference in "brain wiring" as you put it - but there ARE other differences in "brain wiring" besides being "thick". So - don't put yourself down - as I would say that self-assessment is not an accurate one. To me - it smacks more of average level intelligence - but not that good at relating face-to-face with people for whatever reason is causing that.
  • morganedge
    morganedge Posts: 1,320 Forumite
    what sort of speech problem is it?
    and anxiety? Maybe you could take some sort of drug to relax you before interviews or something?

    I had an easy/brain-dead job basically stapling cheques and cash to letters once, working at a marketing place who were dealing with the paperwork etc of a charity. loved it.
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