Filmmaker looks for the worst job on Earth
SCRIPPS HOWARD
You think your job is bad.
Imagine having to euthanize pets, beautify the dead or put lotion on people's hands who've just gone to the bathroom. And then there are the people who stand street-side with giant promotional signs, only to become targets for motorists ridding their cars of garbage and empty beer bottles.
So what is the worst job on Earth?
It's a question that's hard to answer, but producer Michael David Jensen is going to try. Jensen's film company, D.C.M. Productions, has launched a contest to find the person with the world's worst job.
"We're talking to people everywhere, and we're getting a lot of fecal-type stuff," said Jensen, who is launching a national tour to find candidates. "But we're looking at it critically. What really makes a job good or bad?"
The company started its search six months ago by soliciting entries online at www.worstjobonearth.com, and hundreds have responded.
The search will be the subject of a documentary, and the person selected by producers as having the worst job will win more than $1,000 and be featured in the film.
Jensen said he's talked to dozens of people who agree that any job can be horrible or wonderful depending on a variety of factors. So his production team is compiling a list of criteria for good and bad jobs, including workplace relationships, bosses and flexibility.