If you are currently “suffering” at some uninspiring desk job with what you consider to be long hours and pitiful pay, this chart should put your situation into perspective—and you will probably feel better about your lot after reading it.
History quarterly magazine has created this interesting matrix that highlights some of the worst jobs in history—ranked by how difficult, disgusting, treacherous and tedious each job is, the featured jobs were undertaken at some point in a time period that stretches from the Roman Empire era to 2010.
From the highly dangerous position of being a food taster of an emperor to the miserable existence of a factory worker in China today, these jobs are far from being just unpleasant—in many cases, they would likely get you killed in a horrible way.
Read the chart in full below—and stop complaining about your “unbearable” job.
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[via Lapham’s Quarterly]
History quarterly magazine has created this interesting matrix that highlights some of the worst jobs in history—ranked by how difficult, disgusting, treacherous and tedious each job is, the featured jobs were undertaken at some point in a time period that stretches from the Roman Empire era to 2010.
From the highly dangerous position of being a food taster of an emperor to the miserable existence of a factory worker in China today, these jobs are far from being just unpleasant—in many cases, they would likely get you killed in a horrible way.
Read the chart in full below—and stop complaining about your “unbearable” job.
Click on image to enlarge
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Click on image to enlarge
[via Lapham’s Quarterly]
