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In human history, there were many professions that even the most nebrezglivogo forced to wince in disgust. They assumed long hours, humiliating work and have often been associated with a serious risk to life and health.

Nevertheless, even the most disgusting profession had its pluses and thus attracted people desired warehouse. Among these were the following professions:

10. The servant with toilet





Servant with toilet called the servant who was responsible for the cleanness of the seat of His Majesty the king Henry VIII after the governor emptied your bowels to the royal pot. Among other responsibilities, such servants were the release of the pot and the purification of the royal rear seat with sponge, impaled on a stick. It was a job in which you had to get its hands dirty in the worst sense.

And despite the fact that the sole concern of the servants was messing around with the faeces of a man who was so fat that his body burst after death, this post was considered "a tasty morsel." According to the book devoted to the subject is more important than the post office of chamberlain was considered only as soon as the situation allowed to be near the King the greatest amount of time.

It must be admitted that there is a certain sense. Cleaning the rear seat fat - a small price to pay for keeping the most powerful man in the state in the literal sense of the eggs three times a day.

9. whipping boy



When we talk about the profession whipping boy, we mean it in the whipping boy. For this post took a little boy who penalized instead of another rich boy (often Prince). In other words, the whipping boy got the belt every time Rich asshole mischief.

As awful as it sounds, but most boys would give anything for this job because whipping boy received training together with a rich scion and enjoyed many of its privileges and benefits. For example, a small named William Murray whole childhood was a boy to fight with the young Charles the First. When both grown and Charles became king, he gave the boy to beat former title of Count. Today, many would agree on the spanking, if in the future it guarantee the receipt of the beautiful castle.

8. Jester



Jesters were the walking objects of ridicule in medieval England - they were forced to wear humiliating costumes and dance for the amusement of others. If the dinner ladies and gentlemen would be willing to run into you fruit, you would have to take it with a smile and waved. Jesters had to stay around the clock ready to appear at the first request and is responsible for ensuring that the King and Queen were always in a good mood. It was a very thankless job, assumed to be constant blatant humiliation.

However, such an abuse paid off substantial bonuses. Let's start with the fact that clowns have full freedom of speech, so could say whatever vzbredet their minds without fear of consequences. Jester could openly insult people who do not like him, you can even hook the king and be sure that you do for it will not. Jesters trusted to report bad news, because they could do so without risking a head.

Moreover, since the clowns spent a lot of time in the society of the king and the court, they were often able to work their way up the social ladder. Sometimes they have gained such influence, that they even consulted before the battle, as it does now Prezidet Obama consulting with Melissa McCarthy before the bomb ISIS.

7. Porter sandals



Work porter sandals may seem boring, but it is very difficult to exaggerate all the boring of this work. This position was held by the people ministered unto Pharaoh in ancient Egypt - all day long, they only those involved to wear sandals everywhere Pharaoh in case they need it. Porters sandals had to be ready to appear on the first call and humbly briskly everywhere follow the pharaoh under the scorching Egyptian sun.

Despite the fact that this work could handle and specially trained monkey, this profession universally revered. All for the same reason that people dreamed to while away the days near the royal ass - it just be close to the Pharaoh's worth it to carry all day wooden sandals under the Egyptian sun.

6. Herald



The Proclaimers - it guys you meet in movies about the old times, as in the episode "Simpson" where the guy from the Assassin's Creed 3 is on the central square and tells everyone that taxes are about to raise. For lack of bad news, which would need to trumpet the whole district, heralds still woke everyone ringing the giant bell that believe someday necessarily result in cuffs from disgruntled citizen. They had to get up before dawn and worked all year without a single day off.

Nevertheless, the voice of King heralds considered, therefore attack the herald would be akin to an attack on the king himself. That is why the heralds enjoyed a certain kind of immunity. In other words, the position of the herald gave the right to wear a nice hat and yelling at people without worrying about what they will put you Fingal.

5. Bestiary



Bestiary in ancient Rome were a group of people who were forced to fight to the death with wild animals. If you are attracted to this kind of work, we can recommend a good therapist. Very often bestiary died from the claws of the beasts, but to top it off they were considered entertainment lowest order.

How to be a psychopath to voluntarily subscribe to a death in the jaws of a lion? Psychopaths who pay with a capital "P". As noted here, free men voluntarily sold themselves into slavery to try to visit a skin bestiary. It was believed that the fight with animals is much easier than with people because animals usually no giant swords and post bestiary, moreover, guaranteed shelter, food and glory. It's kind of ancient Roman version of "Big Brother", but not so shameful.

4. The Pied Piper



If we talk about jobs involving contact with terrible diseases, the piper will still be higher than the guard * specify the name of the celebrity you hate *. Unpresentable work Pied Piper was not only her untidiness character, but also in the constant exposure to the risk of being bitten by rats contagious. Jobs, moreover, assumed to be constant finding knee-deep in filth, because usually the habitat of rats - sewage.

What are the hidden benefits could be this occupation to uravnovestit those pesky risks? With a certain degree of sharpness, Pied Piper could earn unlimited amounts of money by growing rats to participate in the rat fights, by analogy with the low-budget cockfighting. More advanced breeding Pied Piper "elite" rats caught and sold them to the rich as pets. If you have enough brains, then being Piper, you could make a fortune without even touching his vile street rat.

3. Squire



If you've ever watched "Game of Thrones", then have an idea of ​​what the squire - namely, doing all that he will order his knight. The duties of the squire was to fulfill every whim knight, including ensuring its safety during sleep and the content of his armor and weapons polished and in working condition.

Squire united a butler and bodyguard, worked for two and virtually nothing for it did not earn. However, he had to know the code of honor knight, that is, among other things, he had to learn and be tested. We have already said that the squires took 13 years?

The reason why the squires willingly agree to be running for the knight, was the fact that having served long enough, they could also become knights. This is how to work seven years for a boss-jerk to the end to be able to become a boss of this most-jerk and do the same with their own squire. It looks like a modern training, only several times longer.

2. Drummers



The drummers were an important part of military activities until the second half of the 19th century. Their main responsibility is to stand in the middle of the battlefield, and beat the drums until around trying to shoot them or pierce them with a knife. Drums helped the soldiers to withstand the rhythm and sometimes communicate complex military orders. This profession is one of the most dangerous in history, as the boys performing the functions of drummers are often subjected to serious risk of being crippled or killed. As drummers helped coordinate the actions of the soldiers, they became the main target on the battlefield.

Whatever it was, but when the drummer did not need to be on the battlefield, the responsibilities they have almost was not, and they enjoyed special privileges and benefits, in recognition of the risks to which they subjected themselves. Thanks to this boy, boys and men left their homes and families to participate in the presentation of drummers.

1. Dabbavala



Imagine a job where you need every day to deliver food to hundreds of people. Now imagine that in this case you can not be late, make a single mistake and take time off, even if the rainy season came. So a brief description of the profession dabbavaly, Indian courier who pay about three dollars a day to deliver meals office employees. This work is so complex that the whole team Top Gear transmission failed to deliver even half a dozen meals on time.

Despite the low wages and difficult working conditions, people are lining up to get the opportunity to become dabbavaloy because the service is known around the world. Performance dabbaval shakes, according to reports, they make only one mistake on the six million deliveries, which is 99, 9999999% success rate. Thanks to this impressive statistics dabbavaly are highly respected in the business environment. Often, members of the profession are invited to give lectures on business management.

Tell an incredible story that Prince Charles once asked for a meeting with the team dabbaval to praise them for their incredible professionalism. They agreed on the condition that he adapt to their schedule, and he willingly accepted this condition. We believe that the work dabbavaloy worth at least then, to be able to tell people that once you made the Prince waiting for you on the platform.