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* {{Squick}}: What did you expect from a show that centers around jobs that involve blood, guts, urine and feces? One of these examples is the violin string makers. Sounds simple, right? Wrong. It involves disemboweling a sheep, then removing the feces from the intestines, then coiling the intestines together to make the violin strings. Another example is the tanner who makes leather using a process that involves urine and liquid feces.
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* {{Squick}}: What did you expect from a show that centers around jobs that involve blood, guts, urine and feces? One of But keep in mind, without these examples is gross jobs, history as we know it wouldn't have happened.
** Fulling involves the cleansing of cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities, and to make it thicker. And how does it work? By marching up and down in a vat for hours in stale human urine, a rich source of ammonia.
** The violin stringmakers. Sounds making sounds simple, right? Wrong. It involves disemboweling a sheep, then removing the feces from the intestines, then coiling braiding the intestines together to make the violin strings. Another example is the strings.
** The tannerwho makes leather using a process that involves urine and liquid feces.feces. Tony even mentions that it is without a doubt the worst job he can ever think of.
** Fulling involves the cleansing of cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities, and to make it thicker. And how does it work? By marching up and down in a vat for hours in stale human urine, a rich source of ammonia.
** The violin string
** The tanner
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* PurpleIsPowerful: Purple colored dye was created by mixing fermented crushed shellfish. As you can imagine, the smell is horrific.
** A similar process is made to make blue colored dye, using fermented woad and the smell is just as bad. In fact, the process was so smelly that Queen Elizabeth I banned woad dyers from living in cities.
** A similar process is made to make blue colored dye, using fermented woad and the smell is just as bad. In fact, the process was so smelly that Queen Elizabeth I banned woad dyers from living in cities.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: Working as an asphalt spreader was guaranteed to result in burnt feet.
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** Working as an asphalt spreader was guaranteed to result in burnt feet.
** Working as an asphalt spreader was guaranteed to result in burnt feet.
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* HighTurnoverRate: There were plenty of people who ended up quitting their jobs after realizing the money was just not worth losing their health, and very possibly their life, over it. One of these examples was being a garden hermit during the Georgian times. You had to stay in a cave, stand at the entrance and pose for people who walked by, but you could not talk to anyone, have a vacation, shave, trim your nails, bathe, or wash your clothes, and you only got paid in full after seven years. Needless to say, most hermits ended up quitting before they got fully paid and in one case, a hermit was sacked after three weeks for getting caught drinking in a local pub.
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** There were plenty of people who ended up quitting their jobs after realizing the money was just not worth losing their health, and very possibly their life, over it. One of these examples was being a garden hermit during the Georgian times. You had to stay in a cave, stand at the entrance and pose for people who walked by, but you could not talk to anyone, have a vacation, shave, trim your nails, bathe, or wash your clothes, and you only got paid in full after seven years. Needless to say, most hermits ended up quitting before they got fully paid and in one case, a hermit was sacked after three weeks for getting caught drinking in a local pub.
** There were plenty of people who ended up quitting their jobs after realizing the money was just not worth losing their health, and very possibly their life, over it. One of these examples was being a garden hermit during the Georgian times. You had to stay in a cave, stand at the entrance and pose for people who walked by, but you could not talk to anyone, have a vacation, shave, trim your nails, bathe, or wash your clothes, and you only got paid in full after seven years. Needless to say, most hermits ended up quitting before they got fully paid and in one case, a hermit was sacked after three weeks for getting caught drinking in a local pub.
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* HighTurnoverRate: There were plenty of people who ended up quitting their jobs after realizing the money was just not worth losing their health, and very possibly your their life, over it. One of these examples was being a garden hermit during the Georgian times. You had to stay in a cave, stand at the entrance and pose for people who walked by, but you could not talk to anyone, have a vacation, shave, trim your nails, bathe, or wash your clothes, and you only got paid in full after seven years. Needless to say, most hermits ended up quitting before they got fully paid and in one case, a hermit was sacked after three weeks for getting caught drinking in a local pub.pub.
** And in some cases, people died before they even had a chance to quit. One such unfortunate case was the child laborers working in the factories and mills. Since there were plenty of orphans to spare, they could easily be replaced if a work accident resulted in injury or death.
** And in some cases, people died before they even had a chance to quit. One such unfortunate case was the child laborers working in the factories and mills. Since there were plenty of orphans to spare, they could easily be replaced if a work accident resulted in injury or death.
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* HighTurnoverRate: There were plenty of people who ended up quitting their jobs after realizing the money is was just not worth losing your their health, and very possibly your life, over it. One of these examples is was being a garden hermit during the Georgian times. You had to stay in a cave, stand at the entrance and pose for people who walk walked by, but you could communicate with not talk to anyone, have a vacation, shave, trim your nails, bathe, or wash your clothes, and you only got paid in full after seven years. Needless to say, most hermits ended up quitting before they got fully paid and in one case, a hermit was sacked after three weeks for getting caught drinking in a local pub.
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* HighTurnoverRate: There were plenty of people who ended up quitting their jobs after realizing the money is just not worth losing your health, and very possibly your life, over it. One of these examples is being a garden hermit during the Georgian times. You have had to stay in a cave, stand at the entrance and pose for people who walk by, but you cannot could communicate with anyone, have a vacation, shave, trim your nails, bathe, or wash your clothes, and you only get got paid in full after seven years. Needless to say, most hermits ended up quitting before they got fully paid and in one case, a hermit was sacked after three weeks for getting caught drinking in a local pub.
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* HighTurnoverRate: There were plenty of people who ended up quitting their jobs after realizing the money is just not worth losing your health, and very possibly your life, over it. One of these examples is being a garden hermit during the Georgian times. You have to stay in a cave, stand at the entrance and pose for people who walk by, but you cannot communicate with anyone, have a vacation, shave, trim your nails, bathe, or wash your clothes, and you only get paid in full after seven years and ''only'' in seven years. Needless to say, most hermits ended up quitting before they got fully paid and in one case, a hermit was sacked after three weeks for getting caught drinking in a local pub.
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* HighTurnoverRate: There were plenty of people who ended up quitting their jobs after realizing the money is just not worth losing your health, and very possibly your life, over it. One of these examples is being a garden hermit during the Georgian times. You have to stay in a cave, stand at the entrance and pose for people who walk by, but you cannot communicate with anyone, have a vacation, shave, trim your nails, bathe, or wash your clothes, and you only get paid in full after seven years and ''only'' in seven years. Needless to say, most hermits ended up quitting before they get got fully paid and in one case, a hermit was sacked after three weeks for getting caught drinking in a local pub.
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* Catch22Dilemma: The poor fishwives of Tudor times really had it rough. In order to sell their wares, they had to shout to catch people's attention, but the problem was that Tudor folk hated anything that disrupted order, so they would have the fishwives arrested for disturbing the peace and sentence them to wear a scold's bridle or, if that didn't work, strap them to a dunking chair.
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* Catch22Dilemma: The poor fishwives of Tudor times had it rough. In order to sell their wares, they had to shout and catch people's attention, but the problem was that Tudor folk hated anything that disrupted order, so they would have the fishwives arrested for disturbing the peace and sentence them to wear a scold's bridle or, if that didn't work, strap them to a dunking chair.
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** On a similar note, woad-dyers were so pungent that for a time, they were forbidden from living within London.
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** On a similar note, woad-dyers were so pungent that for a time, they were forbidden from living within London. As if that wasn't bad enough, their skin was stained blue and they even ''sweated'' blue.
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** While cleaning sheep in a stream, Tony had the misfortune of one stepping on his bare foot.
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Creator/Tony Robinson, of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' and ''Series/TimeTeam'' fame, introduces us to the worst jobs in history: occupations that are dangerous, unhealthy, boringly monotonous, disgusting, immoral or otherwise terrible from throughout most of British history. The show has aired two seasons, the first of six episodes, each focusing on the worst jobs in a given era ([[AncientRome Roman]] and [[TheLowMiddleAges Anglo-Saxon]], TheMiddleAges, [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance Tudors]], [[TheCavalierYears Stuarts]], [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfHanover Georgian]] and [[UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain Victorian]]), a ChristmasEpisode, and then a second season of five episodes, each describing the remaining awful jobs in five different fields (urban, royal, industrial, maritime, and rural).
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Tony Robinson, of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' and ''Series/TimeTeam'' fame, introduces us to the worst jobs in history: occupations that are dangerous, unhealthy, boringly monotonous, disgusting, immoral or otherwise terrible from throughout most of British history. The show has aired two seasons, the first of six episodes, each focusing on the worst jobs in a given era ([[AncientRome Roman]] and [[TheLowMiddleAges Anglo-Saxon]], TheMiddleAges, [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance Tudors]], [[TheCavalierYears Stuarts]], [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfHanover Georgian]] and [[UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain Victorian]]), a ChristmasEpisode, and then a second season of five episodes, each describing the remaining awful jobs in five different fields (urban, royal, industrial, maritime, and rural).
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* CareerRevealingTrait: Plenty of worst-jobbers could easily be recognized by the effect of their work on their bodies.
** Reddlemen were stained permanently red by the ochre they peddled, and were frequently mistaken for the devil by superstitious country folk.
** Thanks to carrying around the immensely heavy kegs of water on their backs, water caddies were recognizable by a permanent stoop.
** Tanners were distinguished by the smell of faeces and rotting meat that surrounded them.
** On a similar note, woad-dyers were so pungent that for a time, they were forbidden from living within London.
** Castrati could often be recognized even when fully clothed: quite apart from the high pitch to their voices, the lack of testosterone resulted in them sporting unusually tall, long-limbed frames without body hair.
** "Bufferlasses" charged with buffing cutlery would end up getting the cleansing mixture of dirt and oil splattered all over their hands and faces, sometimes to the point of getting their skin impregnated with it - making it impossible to remove. Also, they stood a very good chance of getting dermatitis.
** Briant and May matchgirls glowed as a result of the white phosphorous they used to make the matchsticks. More unpleasantly, they suffered from an industrial disease called Phossy Jaw that caused their teeth and jawbones to decay as a result of accidental ingestion of the phosphorous, leaving them treated like lepers.
** Lead-white paint manufacturers who'd been too long on the job suffered from a unique form of brain damage that prevented them from keeping their hands outstretched and level.
** Reddlemen were stained permanently red by the ochre they peddled, and were frequently mistaken for the devil by superstitious country folk.
** Thanks to carrying around the immensely heavy kegs of water on their backs, water caddies were recognizable by a permanent stoop.
** Tanners were distinguished by the smell of faeces and rotting meat that surrounded them.
** On a similar note, woad-dyers were so pungent that for a time, they were forbidden from living within London.
** Castrati could often be recognized even when fully clothed: quite apart from the high pitch to their voices, the lack of testosterone resulted in them sporting unusually tall, long-limbed frames without body hair.
** "Bufferlasses" charged with buffing cutlery would end up getting the cleansing mixture of dirt and oil splattered all over their hands and faces, sometimes to the point of getting their skin impregnated with it - making it impossible to remove. Also, they stood a very good chance of getting dermatitis.
** Briant and May matchgirls glowed as a result of the white phosphorous they used to make the matchsticks. More unpleasantly, they suffered from an industrial disease called Phossy Jaw that caused their teeth and jawbones to decay as a result of accidental ingestion of the phosphorous, leaving them treated like lepers.
** Lead-white paint manufacturers who'd been too long on the job suffered from a unique form of brain damage that prevented them from keeping their hands outstretched and level.
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