What would be the Job of your Nightmares?

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If there was ever a Job that I wouldn't be able to handle, it would have to be the position of a Cashier. This has popped into my Mind, when I was the next person in line, at Safeway, Yesterday. The Hells Angel in front of me spoke with a bit of a Southern Accent and everybody here knows about my Accent. The Cashier served the man who was in front of me, than it was her turn to serve me. When I've told her my Phone#, in order to get a discount, she thought that the first number was four, instead of five. Than I've had a dream that I was working there, as a Cashier. I've had to serve five very different people with five very different Accents, in a row. I didn't understand any of their Accents, and neither of them understood me, either. One of them even had the gall to sneer, "Go back to London, where you were born!" Since it's hard to convince people that I'm Canadian, in real life, I've told that Old Lady, "You're right! I should move back to London!" I'm never working in a Supermarket. The fact that I have Breasts would be enough for some Idiot of a Boss to put me on Cash.

I think the most nightmarish job of all would be as personal assistant to someone impervious to reason, even in his or her own self-interest.

Sorry about your accent troubles. I always cut the cashier and front line clerk some slack since they have to deal with and please both customers and managers.

Game show host, possibly.

Or perhaps assistant to a really emotional game show host.

I wouldn't want to be a secretary, I'll tell you that.

Wow, I've read this hot on the heels of having posted about Sainsbury's as well. Every single cashier I've spoken to at Sainsbury's says it's a hard job. They almost always say they "can't be bothered", "can't wait to get home" or are "shattered".

I actually wouldn't mind being a cashier, especially because of my highly developed numerical skills.

Nightmarish jobs for me would be:

- Exactly what GreyBadger said. Haven't worked as a PA in name, but to all intents and purposes I have.

So I would say working in a confined, isolated office where I am alone with the director(s), with the directors either being narcissistic or at least showing narcissistic traits. I have been in this situation for the great majority of my career. I speak from experience, it has really drained the life out of me and all but destroyed me. It's requiring time to recover and rehabilitate on my part, only God knows how long I need, and I am making serious efforts to never again land in such a job.

- Otherwise: Jobs such as working as a barista, or in a restaurant, or cleaning, or as a security guard etc. You know, jobs like that where you're likely to be mistreated in any way. Again nightmarish for me, because of the experiences I've mentioned above.

A fluffer. Or a bog cleaner.

a job where i was expected to work excessive overtime or shift work..urk. Or cleaning up peoples vomit.

Any type of job dealing with large numbers of people would be bad cashier,waitstaff,phone sales.

Any kind of job which requires social abilities. Like a tourist guide at a museum -a job I had for five years before I was transferred to the Historical Archive in the same museum.

Telemarketing. Oh, god, the horror.

I actually worked as a cashier for over a year. My only problem was counting my money box fast enough.

Telemarketing, salesman, or anything with high pressure writing deadlines would be on my list.

How about working in the returns department, your sole purpose is to deal with angry people, and at the same time tell them why you're not going to pay they're money back.

That and nursing homes, or prison guards

any job where I constantly deal with the public and have an abusive, psychotic as*hole for a boss/problems with other staff...yes I have had at least one job like this. In terms of job description, being a high school teacher would suck... or anything where I have to constantly, repetitively deal with people.

Being a waiter or comedian

Even worse, trying to be both.

No, on second thought, being a teacher would be my most nightmare-ish job.

A greeter at Walmart. I have inappropriate facial expression problems associated with AS.

A typist. I have fine motor difficulties, also associated with AS.

A cashier or anything requiring even rudimentary math. I have a diagnosed learning disability in math.

And just about any job where I have to interact socially, work to deadline, follow sequential instructions or do anything with precision.

Not much is left....