Top Ten Oddest Jobs

1. Breath odor evaluator
Hiring Now: Tester Jobs
What They Do: Odor judges smell nasty morning breath or breath "insulted" with strong scents, like garlic or coffee. They rate the breath on a scale from one to nine, one being the worst. To test odor-reducing products like gum or mouthwash, they smell the breath again and assign it a new rating.

2. Diener
Hiring Now: Diener Jobs / Mortuary Jobs
What They Do: Prepare cadavers for the pathologist before autopsies are performed in hospitals.

3. Ribbon Candy Puller
Hiring Now: Candy Factory Jobs
What They Do: After a heated combination of sugar, corn syrup, water and coloring agent has cooled, batches of different colors are laid out side by side. Someone then pulls the candy thin until it's about an inch wide. The final product is a multicolored hard candy.

4. Ocularist
Hiring Now: Optician Office Jobs
What They Do: In short, they paint artificial eyes. It sounds easier than it is, since as with real eyes, no two are exactly the same.

5. Flatulence smell-reduction underwear maker
What They Do: Create underwear that protect against bad human gas for people who suffer from gastrointestinal problems. The underwear is made with various materials and filters to help remedy hydrogen sulfide gases, the main offender in foul smells.

6. Beer Tester
Hiring Now: Tester Jobs
What They Do:Taste -- and spit out -- beer all day to approve new and existing flavors.

7. Crack Filler
Hiring Now: Grounds Maintenance Jobs
What They Do: Using a silicone sealant, they repair the wear and tear inflicted on monumental structures, like Mount Rushmore.

8. Ball Tester
Hiring Now: Tester Jobs
What They Do: Assess basketballs, footballs, volleyballs and soccer balls for air-retention, inflation, roundness, weight and reboundability.

9. Video Game Tester
Hiring Now: Tester Jobs
What They Do: For eight hours a day, five days a week, a group of males and females of all ages play video games. They repeat levels, games and characters, looking for any bugs and/or glitches in the software.

10. Tampon Tester
Hiring Now: Tester Jobs
What They Do: Check all sizes of tampons for absorbency and cord strength in accordance with FDA standards. Most testers check up to 125 pieces per day.

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Comments

[Cassidy]

I guess the main question is - how does one go about testing 125 tampons...?