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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Tree-Mac, Aug 19, 2012.

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  1. Tree-Mac

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    What useless jobs can you think of? Here is one that I want to bring up. I'll put more if I can think of another one.

    1. The Wheel of Fortune lady who touches the screens. The letters show up without her touching when a contestant solves a puzzle. So why the hell do they hire a person to touch those screens for the letters to appear?:confused:
     
  2. Xerobull

    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!

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    The person at Walmart who checks your returns at the entrance / takes an inordinate amont of time because they are usually over 100 and don't understand 'this darned scanner thing'

    Every other store just trusts that you will walk to the returns counter. It does seem that walmart has eliminated this position recently, though.
     
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    There was a time when she did have to turn the letters. The producers are not gonna fire a piece of eye candy just because technology has advanced.
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  4. BigMaloe

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    wal-mart greeters...

    i dont need no stinkin 80 year old lady telling me have a good day everytime i walk into the store...
     
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    The bathroom attendant. I'm actually weirded out by having some guy give me soap and towels.
     
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    I was about to say this. Absolutely the most pointless job and it's awkward as **** too.

    Seriously what is the point?
     
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    Door greeters are suppose to be theft deterrents, you don't know how easy it is to load up a shopping cart and just walk out with it scotch free. Same thing with those people at frys and best buy.
     
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    Weathermen. I've got an app for that.
     
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    So there is a witness when you **** up their bathroom because your ass **** drunk.
     
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    That guy that stands behind that Mcdolnalds on 529 that always tells you to undress and let him check you for sexy cancer before you go in.....am i the only one that thinks this is a useless job?
     
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    texas governor since ann richards left office.
     
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    useless to whom? The job or the person who has a job when they probably wouldnt work elsewhere?:eek:
     
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    so thats who got hired over me!!!
     
  14. v3.0

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    Rockets parade coordinator
     
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    Useless? Thanks to his persistence I know I'm cancer free.

    Shoe salesman aren't useless, but I hate it when they try to put the shoes on for me.
     
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    The security at the gates of reliant stadium. They search you for maybe 10 seconds and half the time they don't even contact with you.
     
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    Astros playoff ticket salesman.

    Brad Mills, er, I mean Tony DeFrancesco.

    People that stand on the road and hold signs for stores going out of business, gold buyers, etc.
     
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    My girlfriend is visiting New Jersey and she says there are gas pump attendants. It's illegal to pump your own gas there, and nobody even knows how to do it. That job is so pointless. I mean really, how hard is it to pump your own gas?
     
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    Yeah, some moron blew himself up smoking a cigarette while pumping gas- so there's a statewide ban on self-service gas. It's nice in the winter time- although it can be a pain in the ass when there's one attendant who only speaks Russian trying to run an entire station.

    Most people know how to pump though, simply because you have to know how to do it if you ever want to go to the other 49 states.
     

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