Out-of-the-Ordinary Jobs Around the world, there are some unexpected jobs that might just leave you scratching your head in surprise. Train Pushers In Japan, the railway system is so extensive and busy that it’s almost a culture in itself. With trains constantly packed during rush hours, a special breed of station attendants, known as ‘pushers’ or ‘oshiya’ do the strangest job in the world – they push passengers into carriages. Pushers have to cram people in as tightly as possible so that a ...

Out-of-the-Ordinary Jobs

Around the world, there are some unexpected jobs that might just leave you scratching your head in surprise.

Train Pushers

In Japan, the railway system is so extensive and busy that it’s almost a culture in itself. With trains constantly packed during rush hours, a special breed of station attendants, known as ‘pushers’ or ‘oshiya’ do the strangest job in the world – they push passengers into carriages. Pushers have to cram people in as tightly as possible so that a large number of commuters can arrive at their desired locations on time. While this may sound uncomfortable, they must endure the squeeze daily as part of urban life.

Cleaners of the World’s Tallest Building

Have you ever wondered how the towering Burj Khalifa in Dubai keeps its windows sparkling? It takes a team of 36 window cleaners a total of three months to clean the tower’s reflective windows, which reduce the need for air conditioning but are prone to dirt accumulation. Working from the height of over 800 metres, the cleaners battle fierce winds and unsteady weather to polish the skyscraper’s hundreds of windows. It’s no job for the chicken-hearted – they must be the bravest cleaners in the world!

Golf Balls Divers

Every year in the UK, millions of golf balls go astray, sinking in the water around golf courses. This gave rise to the demand for golf ball divers whose job is to dive deep into the lakes and ponds to retrieve them. Most of them are professional scuba divers, but they spend long hours crawling around in mud and carrying heavy buckets. On average, they find 5,000 balls per lake. Once cleaned, the balls are resold or recycled. Sounds dangerous, doesn’t it?

Legal Bank Robbers

Imagine robbing a bank without the potential for punishment and the unpleasantness of concrete walls. A licensed bank robber’s role is to outsmart security systems and expose vulnerabilities. In the past, the job involved physically breaking into banks; today it has expanded to include identity theft, computer hacking, tricking operators into handing over customer information, and even posing as police officers to install surveillance equipment in vaults. It sounds like a profession that former secret agents would be good at.

(Adapted from Global Success & Bored Panda)