Do you know what it’s like watching paint dry? A boring one isn’t it?
Keith Jackson better knows what it’s really like to watch paint dry, because he watches paint dry for a living. He is into this profession from the age of 16 years. He gets paid to figure out what paint will dry fastest, time how long it takes for different types of paint to dry, and tell them when their paint will dry.
Here are some more tasks to do while watching paint dry- they conduct various tests, anduse microscopes to determine how durable a particular type of paint is and how particular environments effect a specific brand/type of paint.
So wanna do it?
Oh nothing cant be a more apt job for sleepyheads! Lodges pay professional sleepers to test out their beds, and write about their experiences. And do you know what the qualification is?Being fluent in the official language(s) of the hotel and being able to doze off!!
But the competition isn’t that easy! In 2010, a Chinese lady Miss Zhang was selected out of 7,800 candidates as a hotel test sleeper for the Chinese web platform Qunar.
Not only hotels, professional sleepers are hired by doctors and researchers too. But that sleeping is accompanied by bunch of machines to test out sleeper’s heart rate and brain activities. In either way, cooler to do when you are getting paid!
No they don’t iron out your regular shirts, but the wrinkles on shoes using only a hand iron and a hot air dryer. They make shoes look shiny, new, wrinkle-free and ready for you to spent money on. And do you their income? $19,00 – $49,000 a year.
We already have our moms for this, but we don’t pay her. But you can get paid if you do this for the busy professionals. Daily Wake Up Call assigns customers a real live person who will call them either daily, or on a specific day that’s scheduled in advance, in order to remind them of their responsibilities, daily routines, and special events. This is a great way to make money off other peoples’ business and yes, for the sleepyheads too.
Who wants to stand in long queues and get done a task? Not boring for you? Then do it for others and earn money! An American company named linestandings.com provides you eager line-standers at long line-ups for $36 per hour. In our country where it’s actually quite common for a bank line up to take half a day, Professional Queuers would of great demand.
Being one of the highly paid jobs with $100 per hour, human mannequins, though sound apparently crazy, but is a tough job to do. Very few people who can successfully stand still for periods of time without getting bored can avail this.
Such a warm job to do!
Professional bed warmers are paid for wearing a special, all in one-sleeper suits, and warming up the beds of Holiday Inn guests, before they get under the covers.
A recent study said that old beds inhibit sleep, and warm beds, approximately 20 to 24 degrees Celsius, help people have a good night’s sleep. This gave rise to this amazing job!