Last night, I was lucky enough to sit directly behind the bench at a collegiate hockey game. There I witnessed a job that I do not want: a hockey skate maintainer. Hockey equipment manager? Whatever this guy is doing, I don’t want to do it. One of my phobias is slicing. I hate movies that feature knives or swords. Every hockey game I anticipate the moment when a player’s Achilles, leg, or face will be sliced open by an errant skate. This guy has to pry blades out with a wimpy plastic tool, sharpen them, and then use his bare hand to press them back in wall while pucks and sticks and players fly about. I couldn’t stop watching him, anticipating his hand being cut in two. Gak.
My list of jobs I don’t want now includes:
- Hockey skate maintainer
- Glass sharpener
- Spider wrangler
Please don’t recommend me for any of the above opportunities. Thank you.
Afthead 
Very bad jobs. Add this one: City Pooper Scooper, otherwise known as a Waste Technician. Eck!
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Yuck. That’s outside of my personal phobias though, so if pressed I might have to take the Waste Technician job over the Skate Technician job. (Thankfully this is all hypothetical and I can keep working at my sharp-object-less poop-less job.)
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Yes. I agree.
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Yikes! Seems like an easy way to get a finger sliced open (or off)!
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Honestly I kept missing big plays because I couldn’t stop watching the man who was certain to be sliced open at any moment.
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I’ve never seen hockey live but watching on tv gives me anxiety… fast-paced, fights, pucks flying, sharp skates. Can’t imagine being right there on the ice.
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