“They Woke Up Screaming For Six Months”: 50 Messed Up Jobs That Actually Exist

Thank you so much for performing this invaluable service. The young lady that came to my home after my husband lost his battle with cancer was so gentle and respectful with him. It truly helped make a terrible day not quite so terrible. You are appreciated.

Absolutely necessary for us. Fear of the unknown is natural. I have a huge family and have been to more funerals than I can count. It's always been interesting to me and obviously has influenced my humor. However, when you visit a cemetery that houses several generations of family and extended family there's a million interesting stories to hear.

Thx for doing this.

It takes a special kind of person to do that job. I worked on ambulances, and home-nursed for the hospice. It takes respect, empathy and a genuine caring attitude. It can't be just a job. that doesn't work.

My Dad had made arrangements with The Neptune Society as soon as he got the terminal diagnosis (stage 4 lung cancer), so he could be cremated and his remains "buried" at sea. The two gentlemen who came to collect his mortal being were the kindest guys I could possibly imagine. They were very soft spoken and the utmost of professionals. When his ashes were spread, all family members were sent a certificate listing the longitude & latitude. Those of us who wished to have some were also sent a small bag. I have the picture we used at his memorial, in a small teak frame and about a tablespoon of his cremains in an olive wood salt cellar on the bookcase in my office. I come down & every morning I say, "Hi, Daddy".

When coming across that job in tv-series etc., I always thought that must be one of the worst jobs in the world. The ppl actually doing this job are true heroes and they are saving so, so many lives.

My brother-in-law (lawyer) was a Marine and worked in Iraq preparing to prosecute insurgents. He worked 16 hour days 7 days a week for months, and a lot of that was spent looking at photos of babies and children bombed to death or otherwise murdered. He ended up being hospitalized for severe pneumonia, likely caused by greatly lowered immune system due to the extreme stress and lack of sleep. He came home a week or so early after that, and clearly had major PTSD, though he saw no combat, other than a couple of times flying over areas with active fighting. Poor guy. He was a sweetheart who loved children.

Can't speak for other countries but in Australia our governments fight ptsd payments for this stuff. C*nts.

I worked as a dispatcher for a small police department many years ago. We had a string of child abuse cases, and our detective had to do interviews with the kids over and over. One evening as I was in the dispatch room, I heard a series of clicks and a snap, over and over coming from the detective room. I went to investigate, and found the detective with his revolver in his mouth, dry firing it. When I asked him what was going on, he said " just practicing". He was put on permanent medical leave. These crimes take a toll on everyone involved.

My friend does computer forensics and has seen some awful images. This is in the UK. He and the team get mandated therapy on the company’s budget. He found it rough before he had kids. Almost impossible after.

Sad. Thank you for your service.

My FIL used to be part of the Disaster Identification Team as part of the national police force. He was sent to large scale disaster areas (biggest one the 2004 Southeast Asian Tsunami) to help identify bodies and provide closure to relatives.

The effort we go to to undo what cant be undone.

That's a job which I didn't even know existed - I can't even begin to imagine the horrible sights you must see, so thank you for looking after the soilders and their families....

My Brother had switched to the Oklahoma National Guard when he retired from Active Duty with the Army. My Brothers Battalion was activated the night of the May 3, 1999 tornado and was first sent out for search and rescue. After they had rescued or recovered all of the survivors and fatalities they were sent to the County Medical Examiner. Their job was to help with tagging and identifying bodies as they came in since there was 46 fatalities from the tornado. My Bro said that one thing really stuck out was a guy that walked into the reception area with a gym bag. When he opened it up there was a human arm that he had found in a field behind his house. He brought it in and asked "if you guys can find the body this goes too?" It takes a lot to faze my brother, but he said that was a true WTF moment, because up until then he had been able to kind of mentally shut down and not think about them as "Real" people and just another mission.

Oh, that is so sad 😔 what an awful job. But somebody has to do it.

Where I interned as a nurse, they used to do transportations of dead very somber and anonomius. Then they asked the grievers and the Staff what they would prefer. Now the death-bed is very clearly adorned by spesific cloth, because as caring humans we actually want to pay respect. Even if it is a stranger, in passing. And the same goes for grievers. Its disrespectful to hide the dead. They are us. Eta this is norway btw. We are not typically very warm people - sans alcohol.

But a newborn is not a fetus

That's heartbreaking, again, another job which I didn't know existed, that poor lady, I don't even know what to say, bless her....

Why is are they in a suitcase?

We are fortunate they are there ❤️

I feel like this job would make me so angry that I would eventually come to hate humans.

I have a huge amount of respect for the people who voluntarily do the jobs no one else wants to do, especially if they do them well and completely. Kudos.

I am glad there are people who can do that job, because if I had to, I'd probably be in prison for murder.

For unfortunately most male doctors to chase victims out.

I have seen the documentary and it is insane.. That is an inhumane job, but they have no other option because caste system in India is so engrained.

This is actually done by the people who are deemed less than in their country. They can not get normal jobs or have a normal life. They are the unseen and treated as such. It is part of the Caste system that has been going on in the world for generations. Unbelievably sad and horrific. No human on this planet should ever feel the effects of caste systems yet it has and is still happening even in the United States.

A job for an AI robot.

Where do I apply and what are the qualifications?

Plant operator is one thing, then there are the guys who have to clean the lines, run the vac-con trucks, and occsionally get sprayed with sewage. On plus side, I have a nice aquamarine ring that was in the "grit pit".

All this is great, but isn't it "as a matter of fact"?

My 12-year-old is fascinated by our wastewater treatment plant. And they offer tours! Unfortunately, it's not disability friendly and the tour is about a mile and a half of walking, so it'll be a miracle if I can ever actually TAKE him...

How much to have them clean *before* law enforcement arrives?

There's a German series called "The Tatortreiniger " (The crime scene cleaner). It's fascinating and surprisingly funny.

One of my friends works in that field and some of the stuff he's seen is INSANE. But he is oddly fascinated by some of it. His favourite story to tell is of the extremely obese man who died in his recliner in early summer and was not discovered until late August. It had been in the upper 80sF - upper 90sF the whole summer and the dude had basically MELTED into his recliner. Friend told us this story in vivid detail.

As someone who walked into a violent crime scene with my boyfriend, these people are fantastic. We found his daughter murdered.

One of my friends did this and he said he regularly saw rats get dissolved by stomach acid on the fatal gunshot scenes. 🤔

I have seen documentaries on this. Renting a mom or grandma seemed to be most popular.