Pointless clipboard wanderings and covert spying activities
1) Council 'security' job:

T'was a temporary job for 6 months, which i signed up after being on the dole for too long. The job basically consisted of being given a baby-blue uniform, a radio and a clipboard. My job description was 'council community security' and it basically involved wandering around a set route in town, visiting local shops, car parks, and other public buildings and asking the staff to tick a box which told me that everything was 'ok'.

Quite literally i got paid to do not very much at all... there was absolutely no trouble, no inconveniences and I only ever used my radio once to report a flat battery on shop mobility scooter.

All for £9 and hour. The council also overpaid me £100.

2)

The EASIEST / dullest job i have EVER had was the 'spy' job i was given by an agency. Far from the MI6 shennanigans or anything of the sort, i was paid by the agency to 'monitor taxi ranks' - and make a note of how many black cab taxis used each designated rank every hour.

For the first two weeks or so, i was told to stay in a certain area and would be told to just observe the taxis and make note of any cabs that either stayed in the rank or picked up passengers. Sadly this was incredibly dull, and for many hours there were zero pick ups or in some cases zero taxis.

So i quickly learned that my valuable time could be spent sat in local cafes reading books, drinking coffee and getting paid for it. Or in some cases, staying at home and making up results and getting paid for it.

Good days indeed. Sadly this job only lasted a few weeks but it made me feel special.
(mr-lizard Hell's teeth man!, Sun 12 Sep 2010, 14:48, Reply)