From feeding ghosts to being a “foot double,” the Planet Dolan crew re-enact some of the
best true stories from our subreddit about the dumbest jobs we’ve ever had.
I’m Doopie/Pringle, and today I’ll be your narrator.
Number 10 was Submitted by MostMagical Legna
Legna was pretty skeptical when his friend told him about a tree-climbing job where the
person who climbs the furthest up a tree gets paid by the public.
That was until he saw a crowd of people gathered around a 20-foot tall tree, cheering as four
people tried climbing it at the same time.
Legna’s friend got him set up in the job, and he got ready to climb in front of a huge
crowd of people in his town.
He got about halfway up, but then slipped, fell out of the tree, broke his arm and leg,
and injured his hip.
Legna not only lost his own tree-climbing job, but he got everyone else fired as well,
as they decided it was too dangerous.
Number 9 was Submitted by Llamaalpacalord1966 Grgak
Grgak’s science teacher decided to have the entire class do some community service
one year.
Grgak actually thought that was a pretty good idea.
But the teacher split the class into halves.
Half the class got to go to the Humane Society and help puppies.
Grgak’s half got to go pick up sticks off the ground.
For three hours a day.
In rain and cold.
Not only was it miserable, it was also pointless.
The sticks were all back the next day, because, you know, nature.
Number 8 was Submitted by reblequeen13 Honeybits
Honeybits had a job housesitting and taking care of her neighbor’s cats.
But there were a couple of other weird requests included.
Honeybits was also told to sing to the flowers so they didn’t get lonely and die.
She got an extra 40 dollars if she washed the cars, but only if she told the cars they
were sexy while she “rubbed all over them.”
Honeybits was also told to make sure Tom got food.
And Tom wasn’t one of the cats.
Tom was the ghost that lived in the house and played with the cats.
A ghost that needed food to live.
Number 7 was Submitted by WonderDino Robo
Robo used to work at a Chili’s restaurant.
He worked not as a server, or a cook, or a host.
No, Robo worked… as a silverware roller.
His job was to stand in front of the manager’s office for 4-to-7 hours a day and make sure
there were three forks and a knife rolled into every napkin.
After about a year and a half of this, Robo was demoted to silverware BAGGER, where he
bagged up silverware as if he was in a grocery store.
Number 6 was Submitted by AkiAce-BunnyLuv Spincess
Spincess’s grandpa always seemed like he had just come back from some heavy drinking
when she visited.
Spincess would just sit on the couch for a few hours, until her grandpa would give her
a job.
He told Spincess to watch his dog while he was gone, and then leave.
Her grandpa didn’t have a dog, though.
By “his dog,” he meant a porch decoration with the word “welcome” written on it.
Spincess would bring the porch decoration inside, continue sitting on the couch for
a while, and wait for her grandpa to come home.
He paid her 50 dollars for this.
Number 5 was Submitted by Shelltoon Tolop
One night, Tolop was hanging out in an arcade, playing some Dance Dance Revolution.
He was approached by some people who wanted to hire him as a “foot double.”
A pop-punk band called The Starting Line was filming a music video, and wanted to film
him playing as part of the video, capitalizing on the game’s popularity at the time.
The footage was never actually used in the video, but they gave Tolop 50 dollars and
a copy of the single.
Number 4 was Submitted by Liz_ofDa_coolkidz Princess Proton/Spinalpalm
One day, Princess Proton and Spinalpalm were approached by a random stranger.
He said he knew them, and even though they didn’t recognize him, he offered them a
job.
That seemed weird, but it turns out the guy ran a furniture store.
The job he gave them was to test the furniture to see if it was comfortable.
It turns out it was actually a real job, and they had it for over a year.
They made enough money testing couches and chairs to each buy a Macbook Air.
Number 3 was Submitted by tpmunkeepoop SweetCommando
SweetCommando had two different jobs at the same place.
Both of them were 12-hour night shifts.
The first was to watch boards go by on an assembly line.
If he saw something wrong with a board, he had to tell someone on the other side to take
it off the line.
The second was to press a button.
Every 45 minutes, they needed someone to hit a big run manual override button.
So SweetCommando sat there for 12 hours with a stopwatch, hitting the button every 45 minutes
until his shift ended.
Number 2 was Submitted by Sugarygirlforfun Ladybot
When Ladybot was 21, she worked as a janitor at a restaurant in the mall.
And even though the restaurant was closed for Thanksgiving, she still had to come in
to clean the place.
She agreed, as long as she could leave a bit early to join her family for Thanksgiving.
Her boss actually told her she needed to work the whole shift, but Ladybot just assumed
he was joking.
Then, when Ladybot started to go home, her boss grabbed her wrist and shoved her in the
closet!
She heard the closet door lock and, then he walked away.
Ladybot called the police on her cell phone, and her boss was arrested.
In the bosses office, there was a set of knives, and
a notebook with her name in it, along with a note that said, “I
will make her work on Thanksgiving, and ELIMINATE HER.”
Number 1 – What’s the dumbest job I’ve ever had?
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