Do you remember the time I told you about the bat being in our house? Or about the week following that adventure we had a baby owl nearly mauled to death in our backyard? These close encounters with wild life got me thinking that the one job I could never do would be that of an animal control officer.
To that point, I could never work with animals. Period. I do like animals. I have a cat. Sometimes I like her. Sometimes she likes me. Sometimes those times happen at the same time. Know what I mean?
But, back to the animal control officer bit for a moment. I could NEVER go into someone’s home and remove a bat or a squirrel or a skunk.
I am too afraid.
Animals act like…animals. They scare me most of the time. You can’t reason with an animal. There is no talking them out of doing anything. If there was, our leather couch would have lasted longer than two years. (Fell victim to the aforementioned cat.)
There I said it. I am too afraid to work with animals. I am feeling anxious just thinking about it.
What do you think would be the hardest job for you to do?
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I could not be a teacher to young kids, no patience 🙂
The one job I could never do is be an Police Officer. Not that I don’t want to help people, don’t get me wrong. But the thought of seeing people suffer or pass away is too much for me to be able to bear like they have to.
Oh how you make me giggle inside:) First off, I have a cat I don’t like. He is my daughters cat and I REALLLY don’t like him. I still feed him and pet him and we have a mutual agreement to play nice while my daughter is around (he sometimes hisses at me but only when she isn’t around…odd) . I keep him because having an animal is a life long commitment and it wouldn’t be fair to him if I got rid of him..Now that I got that out of my system…The only reason I wouldn’t want to be an animal control officer is because of all the abused animals I’d have to rescue. It would be heart breaking. The squirrels and bats wouldn’t bother me at all. A friend of mine was having a get together on her huge screened in porch and needless to say a bat got in. Well, here is me, 5 ft 1 and at the time tiny as heck…I felt like Mighty Mouse singing “Here I come to save the day!” I caught the bat and took him outside. When I let him go that little stinker flew right back at me….I screamed like a little girl.
My dad worked for the sewer dept when I was a kid. He told me some horror stories about being in the sewer fixing something and flusssshhhhhhh…..Yeah, I could NEVER work in the sewers.
I could not be a nurse or doctor. Blood freaks me out!
a job i could never do is be a surgeon. EWWW!!
I’m with you on the animals thing! They freak me out, especially when they cock their head at me … what are they thinking? Are they getting ready to pounce on me?! My poor kids are not happy that Mom is not a “pet person” … I tell them they are welcome to get a pet, as soon as they get their own place LOL!
I could never be a parent or teacher. I hate kids. (of all ages)
I could never sit at a desk all day long. I do not sit still well 🙂
I could never be a semi truck driver! I would never be able to maneuver a massive semi, and I would be SO worried about causing an accident and injuring, or god forbid, killing someone! Not to mention, I really don’t like driving long distances!
Oh – and what about those trucks that haul vehicles? I hate being behind those!
OMG! Don’t even get me started on those, lol! Anytime I see one I have an irrational fear that one of those insanely positioned vehicles (seriously, they’re defying gravity up there!) is going to somehow fall off and crush a poor unsuspecting driver!
A nurse. I don’t know how all nurses do their jobs, I truly respect and admire their patience and skills.
makes total sense to me — I was not an animal person at all until we got our puppy. I love her so much but I am still sktitish around other animals and wild animals? totally scary! rodents? EWWWWWWWWW
so i definitely agree with you!
I think that there are a lot of jobs that I’d have a hard time doing. But one that comes to mind is working as a welder or construction worker on a high-rise building. Oh noooooo … wouldn’t want to be up there. 🙂
Im pretty sure I could work with animals, people on the other hand..lol. I actually have a degree in psychology and LOVED studying it. When I got out of college I went to work for our local community mental health center as a case manager….AWFUL. It was so stressful and depressing i only lasted a year.
I couldn’t do that job either. I’ve even seen them have to deal with snakes, or … oh my, alligators!
Also, the entire reason we decided on dogs instead of cats was because of the leather couch. Hehe. 😉
I could never be a politician. I’m one of those people that says exactly what I’m thinking, and have trouble holding back. I’m sure that would make me a very unpopular candidate. 🙂 Cute post!
i could not have a job that had anything to do with rats or mice…eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek…they freak me out!
I used to want to train dolphins & the likes. Even started to major in Marine Science in college, then calculus and all the higher classes needing “smart” math caused a change of heart to health promotions. Didn’t prevent a life time leading to customer service work though, lol.
As far as a job I couldn’t do, I don’t think I could ever be a teacher, especially to younger kids. I don’t seem to have the patience for younger children much any more these days! Kudos to the educators though!!
I couldn’t be a Doctor. The sight of blood and vomit, makes me vomit.
I couldn’t take any job that you had to serve people in any way. I don’t have the patience or tolerance I once had.
I couldn’t do that either. No way. The worst job ever would be exterminator. I have such a phobia, fear of rodents I’d pass out just at the thought. loll Don’t know where it comes from but it’s a fear I can’t control just at the thought of a rat or mouse.
Carol L
I know for sure that I would epically fail as a waitress. Forget the fact that I’m incredibly uncoordinated, but I also get very easily overwhelmed, have a terrible memory, and find it impossible to keep track of more than one thing at a time.
i could be animal control officer they have it bad some time but ilove animals
I can relate. I like my wildlife to stay out in the wild. One job I can’t do is work as a medical professional. I am a big germ-a-phobe and would be bathing in hand sanitizer all day, not to mention the thought of handling body fluids makes me gag
Animals are great to work with … but specific animals like dogs…. Im sorry but I couldnt work with any other animal…. they are unpredictable and may hurt me
Yes I dont like bats either I have had a few in our house and got hole in the wall to prove it. Tho I love dogs and like cats .
I dont think I could handle working on a garbage truck – YUCK to smelly for me
I could never be a nurse or a doctor. Although I love to help others, the thought of someone bleeding or being in pain makes me lightheaded.
A trash man or woman. I can only imagine the things they see everyday
I couldn’t do animal control either, i’ll bet lots of snakes are involved!
I could never be a surgeon! One wrong incision or snip and a person’s life could end. I could not live with that guilt….
I could never be a Nurse. I would be scared when it came time to stick a patient with a needle.
The hardest job for me would be to work in a High School. Teenagers are TERRIBLE! I have 2 of them 16&13 and they are more stressful for me than the 8&1 year old.
I don’t think I could ever be a Teacher! Sometimes I don’t have a lot of patience!
I love animals, but could never work with them-because I would hate seeing them sick or ill or hurt-and geez, if they are anxious and bite me…even worse. I don’t think I could be a dr. or nurse. I can’t stand blood and guts and all that stuff I watch on TV (I love horror and zombie movies, but kind of peek at the screen between my fingers during the gross scenes lol) and I know I would be physically ill if I saw the real thing close up.
I think being a police officer would be difficult. I don’t have the guts to do it.
I could never be an animal control officer either mainly because animals are so dirty, they smell bad too. I could never be a doctor or nurse either and it’s for the same reason…….people are dirty and smelly too. I have a weak stomach. 😉
I find it very hard to work with groups of children. I enjoy one or two at a time, but get overwhelmed with more.
I couldn’t work anywhere that would put me way off the ground. Roofing, telephone or electrical lines are just too high up and I would be frozen in place.
I’ve removed more than one bat from our old house, and even a squirrel got inside once and make himself at home for several days. It got so the cats just ignored him (and I did too). I’m not sure how he found his way out because he sure didn’t pay attention when I left windows and doors open for him.
LOL! Those cats can be trouble!!! I couldn’t work with animals, I’m too sensitive. I once saw a dog on the side of the road, killed by a car, and I cried half the day about it. It broke my heart!
I would love to be an animal control officer! I wish we had animal “cops” down here. I would love to rescue animals from owners who treat them like crap and starve them and watch them explain why in front of a judge! Instead I am settling for being a real “cop” LOL I am a police officer and have been for 13 years (in a public school district to boot so I get to deal with kids all day)! I’d also love to teach HS criminal justice. I’ve been hoping and praying a position comes open somewhere around here soon!
I agree…I could never work as animal control. I love animals…but not those kinds. I’d be too afraid they’d come at me or attack me.
One job I could never do….funeral director. Too depressing.
This post cracked me up! ha ha I could be an animal control officer, i love animals (sometimes more than humans ha ha). I’m sure some wild animals would make me nervous, but any job dealing with animals would most likely make me happy!
I couldn’t be a doctor….I do not want the responsibility of other people’s health/lives. That gives me major anxiety just thinking about it.
i could never be a vet, i have extreme allergies and i would get to attatched and i would probaly always cry
I could not be a plumber. I just could not handle dealing with someone’s nasty toilet or hair stuck down a drain. I hate having to clean my own toilet with two kids, I can’t imagine dealing with someone’s plugged up toilet. Yuck!
I think it would be hard for me to be a nurse in a children’s hospital. I love kids, but to see some of the things that they see has to be emotionally draining.
I also couldn’t never been an animal control officer, snakes freak me out.
One job I could never do would be driving a cab for a living. I hate driving and even with GPS I would still get lost.
I could never be a Doctor or a Nurse. I am totally squeamish. I can’t even watch the fake stuff on CSI.
Putting aside jobs I am not physically strong enough for, I couldn’t do general “office work” – things like filing and answering phones, etc. I tried it years ago as a temp and felt like I was in prison. Most workers were looking up at the clock every 15 minutes and sighing mightily. I need something more stimulating and with some variety. I have no problem with challenges 🙂
I couldn’t do a job that involved working with children that were hurt and injured.
I agree! One of my friends was a social worker at a city hospital. She had to quit after becoming a mother, she said it was just to tragic what was happening to children at the hands of their parents.
I could never be a nurse or a doctor. Blood, cuts, organs, bones, it all freaks me out. I turn my head on Grey’s Anatomy for pete’s sake. I give people in those jobs huge props. I could never have a job where you have to touch people. I’m a touch phobe, haha.
any type of outside work like construction would be impossible for me! especially since i’m pregnant!
I could never do that job either.