Pointless Jobs

So my friend has a job walking around a building making sure it isn’t on fire. It is an old building and is no longer up to fire code. So untill the building gets renovated in 2–3 years 3 people have to walk the halls and make sure it isn’t on fire.

Chris Blattman found a Reddit thread of some of the most pointless jobs in existence, and there are a lot of gems. There is also a long discussion about why you can’t pump your own gas in New Jersey and Oregon. [Thanks to our pal Jon Custer for the pointer.]

Photo: DVS

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