My Dream Job (Hands off Phil, its mine)

[Mike]

Island Caretaker

Summary
No qualifications required.
Salary: £70k per year (AS$ 150k).
Accommodation: Rent free in a 3 bedroom Villa with Swimming Pool.
6 month contract (bit of a bummer really - only downside)
12 hours a month contracted to work; exploring, collecting mail, feeding fish and snorkeling in a barrier reef.

[mr_e]

Ooh, don't know... exploring can be dangerous. Dangerous I tell you!

[Mike]

How much exploring do you think you are going to be able to do in 12 hours a month?! I think it will take me at least 6 hours a month to get the expedition going and then another 12 1/2 hours travelling too and from the Villa to make it really worth while.

[stimpsonslostson]

I'm genuinely thinking of applying. why the hell not? If you're remotely tempted then you should too!
Whats the worst that could happen? You get the job.

[Bambi]

According to the Metro the website advertising the job crashed because they had something like 40,000 hits - there could be a bit of competition for that job!!

Whats the worst that could happen? You get the job.

I have a feeling I've heard that line before............

I'd have to spend the extra wages on sunblock!

[Mike]

The job has gone. Neither I nor Phil managed to land this one. Oh well, better luck next time!

[Andy]

It's an outrage that the job has gone to someone who looks like Boris Johnson's lovechild.

[johnriley1uk]

There is an article in the Daily Mail today written by someone who had a job like this. He gave up after four months because it isn't the idyllic paradise that we think it is. He describes it more like a nightmare....

[Mike]

I would just have to motor through the pain till the end of the time. Lets be honest, its better than a 8 till 6 in smoggy, smelly Manchester.

[mr_e]

For £75k I'd certainly find a way to deal with it. Besides, he'll get used to all the bugs and spiders and stuff, plus get fitter in the process.

[johnriley1uk]

It was actually the in-fighting of the locals that was the problem, all very nasty from the sounds of it. Nothing idyllic about small, isolated populations.