Odd Jobs: Portraits of Unusual Occupations
by Nancy Rica Schiff

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Book Review: Yikes!! People Really Do These Things For A Living!
Summary: 5 Stars

Yes, these are really funny things to read about. The sweetly proud faces tell of the pride of these holders of unusual jobs. I actually visited a packaging operation where ladies were testing condoms on steel "devices" and I was delighted to see a similar job shown in Ms. Schiff's hilarious book.

One reviewer myopically advised school librarians to not buy this book because it was for adults. That's pretty strange advice to this reader who was exposed to the French Impressionists and the wonders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other highly "adult" topics when I was a boy. This early appreciation for the unusual things in our world provided me with the freedom to choose from a bigger buffet of options. I used to sample a number of unusual occupations with pride instead of embarrassment. The beauty of Ms. Schiff's book is that it's both really funny and eye-opening at the same time. What could be a better occupation carousel of the unusual for a students wondering what they might want to be in life?

Buy it for your teenagers. It's a perfectly charming and meaty gift for all ages.

C. H.
Current author and former Ford plant 2nd shift "emblem slammer." (My job was to just snap the Ford Emblem under the hood ornament of every car leaving the Edgewater Assembly Plant.)

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• Subjects > Arts & Photography > Individual Artists
• Photography > Photo Essays
• Portraits
• Business & Investing > Job Hunting & Careers > Guides
• Humor & Entertainment > Humor