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ANFSCD: Would you take a £ job requiring you to sit in a pitch black room and do nothing 8hrs a day?

LoOkOuT
LoOkOuT Posts: 10,853
edited June 2012 in Fun, Jokes & Captions
Would you accept a handsomely paid job offer, on footballer's pay of £30k/week, where you get paid to sit in a pitch black room and do nothing for 8 hours a day? Remember, you're on footballer's pay.

The job description is straightforward. You must remain in a small, pitch-black room on your own from 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday.

You are not allowed to bring anything with you. You are literally getting paid to do nothing and that is the point of employment.

You must be awake during all 40 work hours for the week otherwise you do not get paid for that week.

Most importantly, you cannot quit this job until you've been doing it for at least a year, the length of the contract, on order of severe penalties.

Would you do it?
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  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,801
    yep, where do I apply
  • mart77
    mart77 Posts: 5,658
    Yep, you could retire after the year, although you may be mental by the end!
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    On the basis that I fall asleep in front of the TV waiting for Charlton matches when I want to stay awake no not now.

    When I was younger and fitter I might have gone for it though.
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,853
    I expect a few lifers could pass the time in full blown arguments with themselves ;-)
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Yep!
  • Addickted4life
    Addickted4life Posts: 7,467
    Where do I sign?
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,072
    What about food and toilet breaks?
  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    Ha, I knew all those years in local government wouldn't be wasted: had years of practice for this challenge!
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,853
    Sorry, no breaks, toilet or otherwise. Do your business before you go in for the day, or just do it in the room. Every night the room is cleaned to its original condition, ready for the next day.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Absolutely not. Would you allow yourself to be tortured for 40 hours a week for a footballers pay? No of course not!
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  • Vinnie V.
    Vinnie V. Posts: 1,509
    I'd fall asleep. So not get paid.
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325
    No problem! Was a nightime sniper in Nam and those foxholes were pitch.
  • Strasburger
    Strasburger Posts: 957
    Yes I would sounds like the best job in the world. Sitting meditating
  • Red Fraggle
    Red Fraggle Posts: 635
    I can't last 5 mins without something to keep me amused. No music or books & no ciggie breaks, no trips to the ladies would be hellish! Sleeping within minutes.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,213
    Do you get a good pension and a company car?

    What are the promotion prospects? Can I be locked in a dark mansions within three years.
  • stilladdicted
    stilladdicted Posts: 4,307
    I'm scared of the dark, am I allowed a teddy bear night light?

    Absolutely no way would I do this job. Sounds like hell to me.
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    No problem! Was a nightime sniper in Nam and those foxholes were pitch.
    Was that Briming nam?

  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,103
    I think I'd last about 5 mins in that job. Wouldn't be able to stay awake for 8 hours a day in pitch black conditions
  • cafcsinger
    cafcsinger Posts: 5,548
    No.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,914
    yes please
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  • gilbertfilbert
    gilbertfilbert Posts: 2,282
    Sounds like CL during the close season.
  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    Sorry, no breaks, toilet or otherwise. Do your business before you go in for the day, or just do it in the room. Every night the room is cleaned to its original condition, ready for the next day.
    Ah, that could be problematical. As one gets older one finds the word 'bladdered' has more than one meaning.
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 26,272
    Nope. Lack of toilet breaks and requirement not to fall asleep in order to get paid are dealbreakers.
  • smiffyboy
    smiffyboy Posts: 4,314
    Could do that no problem, can you send me an application form.
  • T
    T Posts: 1,348
    Sounds like a tube driver. But yes no problem
  • cafcsinger
    cafcsinger Posts: 5,548
    I seriously doubt many of you would take it. 40 hours a week of doing nothing for a year. I firmly believe you mind wouldn't cope with it.
  • LeaburnForEngland
    LeaburnForEngland Posts: 2,291
    Going to the Valley during the Parkinson years would have to count for you in the interview?
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    What a seriously weird thread.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    I'd give it a go, but think I'd fall foul of the sleep penalty. And as for my sanity...
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,590
    Will there be a supply of kleenex available?

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