The BEST job in the world.....

[jbeany]

Like Chicago, you can vote early and often....

I vote for:

Curator and Acquisitions Manager at the Smithsonian Museum.

National Geographic writer and photographer.

[Riki]

I'm not sure what the best job in the world is, but I know what the best job I ever had was..

I was an MSN Chat Guide in 2003.  Anyone remember MSN Chat? *LOL*  We looked after the US rooms.  What I did mostly was close rooms that violated terms of service (some of them even violated US law), and help users with issues in the help desk.  One day a week, though, I got to hang out in the chat rooms.  I'd help out the volunteer moderators with removing troublemakers, and just chat.  I got to know a lot of the regulars in the chats.  It was great.  I loved that job.  I hated the company I worked for, and I hated the people I worked with, but I loved the job.

Dad's girlfriend's son in law works for Bacardi in Bermuda.  Dad wants him to hire him as a tester. *LOL*

My dream job, however, would be as a writer on The Colbert Report

[MooseMom]

1.  Backup singer

2.  Evolutionary biologist or anthropologist or botanist

3.  Genetic counsellor

4.  Transplant coordinator (yes, I wanted to do that before I had any idea I'd one day need one myself)

5.  Perfumier

What we should add to this thread is what we ended up doing!

I ended up being an Energy Reinsurance Broker for underwriters at Lloyd's of London.  I was the first female ever on the brokers' floor in the company I worked for.  I loved my job! (And I always smelled nice!  LOL!)

[skg]

I'm awfully fond of my job: Computer Game Design professor.

Here are some links to projects my students are working on:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Arcana-A-Ceremonial-Magick-Simulator/493173014049314?fref=ts

http://www.facebook.com/FuryVoid

http://www.facebook.com/CheckpointDestiny

https://www.facebook.com/VoltaicBastion

https://www.facebook.com/PendulumAscension

cheers,
skg

[kitkatz]

Samantha Brown's travel show job

[willowtreewren]

Restaurant critic! I LOVE good food.

But honestly, I think I have a pretty awesome job. We celebrated 35 years since founding our school yesterday and alumni came form far and wide to visit. It was incredible to see where so many of the kids have gone and what they are doing now. I kept tissues out and around and I needed them!!!

One former student, who is now a nurse, drove 10 hours yesterday to be here for the event! There isn't a smiley that evens begins to express my joy at seeing her and so many others. The cards and messages were pouring in from around the world (Australia, Yorkshire, Spain, South Africa, Singapore). I can truly say that my influence spans the globe! Now THAT makes for immense job satisfaction!

Aleta

[geoffcamp]

Lotto winner!!!!!  LMAO!!  G.

[okarol]

Like Chicago, you can vote early and often....

I vote for:

Curator and Acquisitions Manager at the Smithsonian Museum.

National Geographic writer and photographer.

OMG I wanted to do both of those!!

[Bill Peckham]

Dressing in a Panda suit to play with baby pandas


http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2010/12/panda-costume.html

[Riki]

My goal has always been to win the Giller Prize for Fiction, but I need to finish one of my books first. *L*

[cattlekid]

My personal best job in the world would be to own a combination yarn shop/coffee house. 

The best job I ever had was when I was 16 years old and working in a very small party goods/balloon store.  I loved helping people plan their weddings and other social functions (balloons, invitations and silk flowers). 

[Rerun]

The best job in the world (for me) would be to write for Rush Limbaugh or Saturday Night Live.  I wish I could have done that.  I would have also liked to have been a TV Talk Show Host. 

I guess just having a normal career without being interrupted would have been nice.   

[Riki]

My personal best job in the world would be to own a combination yarn shop/coffee house. 

I have a friend who would probably partner with you on that, if she can bake cupcakes.

The best job in the world (for me) would be to write for Rush Limbaugh or Saturday Night Live.  I wish I could have done that.  I would have also liked to have been a TV Talk Show Host. 

Rerun.. you and I should write something for my friend Kelly to perform

[Sugarlump]

I would have loved to have trained as an artisan breadmaker and had my own bread shop, making sourdough, olive, sundried tomato etc etc
I love the smell of bread cooking 

[Rerun]

I would also like to train the Budweiser Colts to pull the wagon.  Or maybe just brush the colts.  I love horses.

                 

[Sugarlump]

Mmmmm me too.
Always wanted to be a racehorse trainer. Sure I would have made a damm good one too1

[talker]

Hmmmnn, ah, running for the President of the Procrastinators Club. 
Oh Oh, better do some thing to get on the voting ballot. 

Actually I'm there right now, no place to go and all day to get there, except Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays when I go to keep my appointments. 

Ha, see how I avoided using the 'D" word here   

talker

[kristina]

I would vote for a win in the lottery...
... because a lottery win would make a move into a larger place more plausible and possible...
... or I would vote to belong to the (UK) Royal family ... one would not have to move but would have several huge places to go to ...
...plus many holidays and freebies thrown in every year ... free classical concerts with freebie tickets to everything everywhere...
plus no worry about doctors or future treatments because of special treatment at all times...

[talker]

I would vote for a win in the lottery...
... because a lottery win would make a move into a larger place more plausible and possible...
... or I would vote to belong to the (UK) Royal family ... one would not have to move but would have several huge places to go to ...
...plus many holidays and freebies thrown in every year ... free classical concerts with freebie tickets to everything everywhere...
plus no worry about doctors or future treatments because of special treatment at all times...

Please do buy a lottery ticket, as I feel you are going to win in the very, very, near future.

talker

[kristina]

Thank you talker, I shall give it a go...

Another fascinating "best job in the world" for me would be to work as an archaeologist in Egypt or Peru...
... because there are  still so many interesting historical conundrums  and mysteries to be explored...
... or to take part at an expedition into unknown territories and discover whatever there is to discover ...
... that could be fun as well... one of the explorers I really admire a lot was Sir Ernest Shackleton...
Shackleton was most reliable, an inventor when an invention was urgently needed and he always kept his word, even in the most difficult situations...
...As a student I once took part in a short archaeological discovery tour through the South of Morocco
and it gave me the opportunity to study a lot about the people and their history and I thought it was very stimulating for "the grey cells" and most fascinating...

[Sugarlump]

I would vote for a win in the lottery...
... because a lottery win would make a move into a larger place more plausible and possible...
... or I would vote to belong to the (UK) Royal family ... one would not have to move but would have several huge places to go to ...
...plus many holidays and freebies thrown in every year ... free classical concerts with freebie tickets to everything everywhere...
plus no worry about doctors or future treatments because of special treatment at all times...

Being a member of the UK Royal Family would have it's advantages, but imagine never being able to nip out in your jeans...or to have bodyguards following your every move...and all that hand shaking 

[Michael Murphy]

Best job I ever had was going to Walt Disney world in the late 80s to set up AT&T computers for trade shows held in Epcot .  AT&T had a marketing center in the big globe and every other month I would spend most of a week there setting computers for trade shows.. The best part was after setting up the systems Iall I had to do was go over every morning and check the systems at 6 am then I was free to spend the day in the park.  If there was a problem I would be paged and thanks to the monorail system you can get around the park quickly.

[kristina]

I would vote for a win in the lottery...
... because a lottery win would make a move into a larger place more plausible and possible...
... or I would vote to belong to the (UK) Royal family ... one would not have to move but would have several huge places to go to ...
...plus many holidays and freebies thrown in every year ... free classical concerts with freebie tickets to everything everywhere...
plus no worry about doctors or future treatments because of special treatment at all times...

Being a member of the UK Royal Family would have it's advantages, but imagine never being able to nip out in your jeans...or to have bodyguards following your every move...and all that hand shaking 

Hello Sugarlump,
I think the Windsor family (the Royals) have a very comfortable private life and they can go out as they like, very much unobserved by the public...
... a different coloured wick plus sun glasses here, a false moustache there... and the bodyguards are surely very understanding here and there...
The hand shaking can’t be too difficult either and infections can be avoided by wearing fashionable gloves...

But just imagine: the lifestyle, the endless holidays all year round plus interesting state visits to take away the attention from business people and politicians in their entourage ...
...plus they never have to do their household  or their washing or cooking or ironing (they even have staff to iron their socks...)
...and they are being  well looked after every day by servants ... or the best doctors when they are unwell...
... without ever spending money on any of it and they are being paid millions every year as a thank you...
... I could not imagine a better or more comfortable life style...

The only disappointment is that they don’t make more of these privileges and they don’t  seem to make more of their life...
... just imagine, they could go on archaeological tours or even take part in any of it...  or sponsor it....
(expeditions and archaeological excavations are very expensive and need lots of financially assisting sponsorship)
...or they could do more for the people in the UK (especially pensioners who very often have a very hard time...)
...or they could take part at an expedition or at least sponsor part of it... they could sponsor real art... sponsor classical concerts...
sponsor artists/composers etc. ... or they could sponsor some independent medical research ...

[Sugarlump]

I have high hopes for William.
He is very committed to some of Diana's interests and he has recently set up some kind of charity in Africa that works
with the African people to make mini safaris for tourists that work for the natives and that encourage conservation rather
than shooting animals to protect their villages...
http://www.tusk.org/up-4-africa.asp

[kristina]

Thanks for the information Sugarlump...

... Hopefully some practical assistance is found soon to help the poorest pensioners in the UK as well...