Worst. Job. Ever.

If you've ever sen the show on the Discovery cable network, Dirty Jobs, you know that the host, Mike Rowe, has done some truly awful jobs. I've seen one episode where he went down in sewer tunnels and was patching mortar. He had to clear most of the cockroaches out of the way before slapping the mortar in place. That was a really dirty job. But it is a vacation compared to this one:

Sewage diver.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Julio Cesar Cu wanted to be an oceanographer but instead he swims through foul-smelling sewage in underground tunnels where the occasional dead body bobs beside excrement and car parts.

Paid just $400 (203 pounds) a month to de-clog the miles of sewage tunnels running beneath the Mexican capital, diver Cu comes across the nastiest of flotsam.

"The oddest have been dead animals, animal heads, dead people," he said. "Unfortunately a lot of bodies end up here."

Cu's job is to prevent blockages in tunnels of up to 20-feet (6-metre) wide that could cause sewage to flood onto city streets. "Once, we fished out car parts which I think would have fit together to make a whole car," he said.

You have to hand it to him, he actually likes his job. I mean most people would consider that certifiable behavior.

Other Links to this Post

1. Blue Crab Boulevard » Worst. Death. Ever. — Tuesday, 19 December , 2006 @ 9:34 pm