What job do you want when you grow up?

Well here are 10 weird jobs that might be what you’re looking for…

or maybe not…

1. Egyptian nose-picker.

King Tut had his own personal nose-picker!

The young Egyptian pharaoh hired this royal assistant for the low, low price of three head of cattle and, naturally, food and lodging.

It’s best to keep an imperial snout excavator well fed and rested.

2. Royal toilet assistant.

The Groom would care for the King’s toilet, known in the Tudor period as a ‘Stool’.

He would be responsible for supplying water, towels and a washbowl for the King when he had finished his business.

3. Professional sleeper.

A hotel in Finland hired a member of staff as a ‘professional sleeper’ to test the comfort of their beds.

The individual sleeps in a different one of the hotel beds each night and writes a review about her satisfaction with each one.

4. Paint watcher.

Someone actually earns a living watching paint dry.

A man in the UK currently has the job and he spends his days painting sheets of cardboard to test how long new paint mixes take to dry and watching for changes in color and texture.

5. Professional cryer.

It is a tradition in South East Asia that a loud funeral will assist the dead as they travel to the afterlife, so professional mourners are hired to cry and weep loudly throughout the service.

6. Dog food tester.

The dog food tester’s job is to taste new dog food products, including bones, tinned meat, and biscuits.

They do this to test for flavour and texture in comparison to rival dog food brands and human food.

7. Odour sniffer.

In order to test the effectiveness of new products, ‘odour judges’ are hired to smell volunteers’ breath, feet, and armpits.

They make sure their judgment is accurate, the members of staff have their sense of smell tested monthly.

8. Train pusher.

If you think the London Underground is bad, you should see the trains in Japan.

‘Oshiyas’ are hired to help cram as many people onto a train as possible by pushing them from the outside until the doors will close.

9. Professional line stander.

A professional line stander will do exactly what the job title states: wait in line for other people.

A job that’s useful during major events like Black Friday or new product launches, such as an iPhone release.

10. Human alarm clock.

How did people get up for work before alarm clocks?

They hired a knocker-up to tap or shoot peas at their windows at an appointed timee.

Must’ve been pretty effective; after all, people don’t have snooze buttons.