Comments on: Book Giveaway: THE WOMAN WHO DIED A LOT by Jasper Fforde

By: Anita Yancey

Anita Yancey — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:50:21 +0000

I have never had a cushy job. But I have always wanted to be a librarian. To be paid to be around books, which I love, would be great.

By: Kristen M.

Kristen M. — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:28:05 +0000

I have never been lucky enough to have a cushy job. I don’t think there’s very much that’s cushy that’s actually called a job but movie stand-in seems pretty simple for the money!

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 05:27:40 +0000

I’ve had three cushy jobs.

The first was when I worked as a temp for an advertisement agency. All I had to do was sort mail and answer the phones. Unlike most places they didn’t care if I read magazines and surfed the web all day as long as I did my work quickly and efficiently. It was great to be at a job that didn’t care about fake busyness!

The second was as a caterer. I arrived at the gig after the first crew had already unpacked and set things up. All that was left was napkin folding which I got to do at an outside table facing the ocean. It was a gorgeous day in Malibu and you could even see dolphins. When one of my co-workers asked me if I needed help, I told him that at this point I felt like I should be paying someone.

The third was as a model for a promotional job. All I had to do was take pictures with anyone who came to our booth. Someone else would print out the pictures and put it on a key chain. I had been doing a lot of promotional jobs at that time and this was by far the easiest, plus it paid almost twice as much as the harder jobs. Go figure.

By: Akeime

Akeime — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:24:40 +0000

After stumbling into parenthood, I’ve come to the realization that 12+ hours on set is cushy! I don’t have to multi-task, I just show up and do my job, I get fed at least two meals a day, and if I have to travel I get an uninterrupted night’s sleep in a hotel room that SOMEONE ELSE CLEANS. Bliss!

By: Paulette

Paulette — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:53:48 +0000

Oh…a timeout in the play schedule? Have a blast at B’Con.

By: Paulette

Paulette — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:49:56 +0000

A cushy job? The one I would want is restaurant critic….I’m a good little eater.

By: Allison

Allison — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:42:39 +0000

My last job was pretty cushy albeit a nightmare when things went wrong. I was a Hyperbaric tech and I got to watch tv, read books, and play on my iPhone all while the patients lay in the chambers and watched tv as well. I did have to hear two tv’s at the same time, but I have seen all the Ax Men, Pawn Stars, Biography, all those cable shows they rerun during the day. I could talk some people into watching what I want! I got into country music by someone who wanted to watch CMT or GAC. I read countless books. It’s where I got into Harry Bosch. Caught up on all those books. Found Virgil Flowers and GASP! Elvis Cole!! But the few times when things went wrong….. Scary deal. But we all survived and I now have a job where I work my butt off!

By: Brooke Bove

Brooke Bove — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:58:25 +0000

I can’t think of one job I’ve had that could really be described as “cushy,” but the most chushy job I can think of is ironically the U.S. Army. I mean, it was physically demanding, and Basic Training was anything but chushy. But once training was over, I was lucky enough to be able to spend over a year at the Defense Language Institute, where it was my job every day to get up, exercise, eat, and then sit in a classroom all day learning a foreign language. That’s it. I was getting paid to study. Best. Job. Ever.