Many people earn money by retrieving sunken golf balls or tasting pet food. There are also those who get paid to hug. Take note.
If you can dive, for example, you’ll be paid a fortune to enter a lagoon and retrieve a golf ball. If you’re a glutton, for eating ice cream. If you like animals, for walking ducks. There’s demand for tasks as absurd as they are well-paid, and they don’t require university degrees.
Here are some examples:
Golf ball retriever diver
They dive into the lagoons of golf courses to retrieve lost balls. A diving certificate is required, as the job involves looking in sometimes murky and sometimes very deep waters.
Offers for this job can be found in golf-related companies. The recommendation for finding more opportunities for this job is to look in regions with a high concentration of golf courses, such as Los Cabos or the Mexican Caribbean.
Ice cream taster
They’re hired to help brands discover new flavors and determine if they’ll be profitable. You have to be willing to try anything, because you might get a flavor like pepper or cheese. These jobs are offered by large chains, and the requirement is that the taster be an ice cream fanatic and have tried many flavors from various brands.
Mattress tester
You have to test mattresses and beds and then rate them. They may provide the furniture for you to sleep on or invite you to a hotel to try them out. The work is also done in factories and stores during non-customer hours. You must assess the density, comfort, appearance, and possible defects that could affect sales.
Line stander
It involves waiting in a line, holding someone else’s place, and they’re usually hired by those who handle paperwork for clients, such as obtaining a certificate or passport. Lines are also formed for access to exhibitions, museums, events, festivals, concerts, or for shopping on festive or heavily promoted dates.
Sex toy tester
Before going on sale, toys must be tested to ensure they don’t harm health and are pleasurable. You have to use them and write reviews. Sometimes the job includes responding to customer queries or explaining to customer service what each item is for. You have to be very tactful and subtly ask the customer what they want, because not everyone has the same preferences.
Armpit smeller
Armpit smellers are well-paid and work for cosmetics brands. They have to smell someone’s armpits after they’ve tried a new product after physical activity. The goal is to ensure that the deodorant works and blocks bad odors.
Professional hugger
Most work independently, and the highest hiring rate is in countries outside of Latin America. A Mexican or Colombian wouldn’t buy a hug, but a Nordic person would. The problem is that it requires physical presence, so if you live in Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, or a country less fond of physical contact, you can start offering your hugs.
Pet food taster
They must taste the food and chew it, and then prepare detailed reports describing the aroma and flavour of these foods.
This type of job is generally done by technicians in agricultural sciences and the food industry, that is, true experts in the field, because to someone without knowledge of the subject, everything will seem horrendous.