10 Jobs that I Will Never Take

May 1, 2009 in Uncategorized with 14 Comments

Earlier this week, I posted the 10 Jobs I’d Consider Taking Now that I Don’t Work at a Church. I thought it might be helpful for you to also see the jobs that I would never consider taking no matter how much you paid me. With that, here are the:

10 Jobs that I Will Never Take

  1. Dentist
  2. Wal-Mart greeter
  3. Yard boy
  4. Proctologist
  5. Country music singer
  6. Personal trainer
  7. Missionary to Nebraska
  8. Cliff diver
  9. Clown
  10. NASCAR mechanic

Again, you can determine what this list says about who I am. Or, feel free to share your own list.

14 Responses to “10 Jobs that I Will Never Take”

  1. Alex May 1, 2009 at 9:42 am #

    I’m feeling a calling to Nebraska for you! Never say never Tony! ha

  2. Cliff Marshall May 1, 2009 at 9:46 am #

    During the 15 years I did student ministry I said I would never be a pastor. Here I am today almost five years into a church start as pastor! I’ll still read your blog when you’re living in Omaha. ;)

  3. Geoffrey May 1, 2009 at 9:56 am #

    I will never again work in the hog industry. The autograph seekers…

  4. Scott Mathews May 1, 2009 at 10:02 am #

    Not a Walmart greeter…WHAT? Come on! You get to pass out happy face stickers to kids! Oh well, I think that you have to be 30 years older anyway!

    If you visit Dallas, love to have you come and visit with our staff!

  5. jonathan May 1, 2009 at 10:15 am #

    So from your list it’s safe to say that your uncomfortable with both holes…

  6. Chris Hill May 1, 2009 at 10:17 am #

    Q. What’s scarier than a trip to the proctologist?

    A. A trip to the clown proctologist.

  7. becky May 1, 2009 at 10:32 am #

    ummmm…I’ve always heard NEVER say NEVER see you in Nebraska!:)

  8. Steve McCoy May 1, 2009 at 10:57 am #

    I’m going to agree with some of your commenters. The fact that you say “no” to Nebraska pretty much makes it a guarantee. I’m assuming it will be rural. It may include a clown ministry. The good news is that it probably won’t involve cliff diving.

    Also, you won’t be a yard boy, but I see you are still open to pool boy. Interesting.

  9. Vito Mazzara May 1, 2009 at 12:12 pm #

    Funny, I was going to suggest to my senior pastor that we hire you for consulting: Seriously!
    I now hesitate to send him your URL. Our church lies just north of Omaha Nebraska

  10. Lisa May 1, 2009 at 2:13 pm #

    Dental hygienist, love it; I don’t want to be the dentist either. Met a proctologist once (socially, thankfully). Asked him if he got tired of getting ribbed about his profession. He said, “No, I always say that I wanted to be a Dentist, but I couldn’t take the bad breath.
    Agree with most of the rest….but the country singer. Would love for you to be open minded and listen to some of the amazing voices and lyrics of some of them….really, would change you mind…promise. : )

  11. daveallen May 1, 2009 at 7:38 pm #

    Lisa, re: proctologist
    ROFL all over the place!!

    Tony, we may be searching for a youth minster and can pay you less than you ever dreamed of. And we’re not in Nebraska.

  12. Jim Gray May 2, 2009 at 10:02 pm #

    i used to say “I could never work from home or be self-employed like my dad…”

  13. Kevin Shorter May 4, 2009 at 8:45 am #

    Looking through you list makes me wonder how you survived living in South Carolina. You probably met someone from your list each day, except possibly 7 and 8.

  14. Chris Rosebrough May 6, 2009 at 8:59 am #

    My list looks similar. But my number 1 is Ab Model