Monday, December 1, 2014

Weirdest job ad you'll see today: extraction tutor

From the inbox (thanks, WW!), a pretty strange one: 
Temporary Organic Chemist  
Silverberry Botanica` - Wilmington, IL 
Organic chemist needed for a one-day position here at Silverberry Botanica'. Position consists of sitting in chair, dictating extraction instructions while company owner performs extraction of single alkaloid. Excellent opportunity for easy holiday cash. Experienced candidates ONLY! 
Successful extraction results absolutely necessary to receive payment!
Salary: $500.00 /day
Sadly, "This job posting is no longer available on Indeed." 
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5 comments:

  1. Captain PeglegDecember 1, 2014 at 5:12 PM

    No website... but found this: http://www.chemnet.com/Global/Offer-to-Buy/heterocodeine-hcl-283897.html

    Might not wanna deal with these guys.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 1, 2014 at 5:48 PM

    WW... Walt Whitman ?

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  3. AnonymousDecember 2, 2014 at 12:57 AM

    Only $500?!

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  4. AnonymousDecember 2, 2014 at 7:52 AM

    CJ: Can I dictate sitting in chair from out of state, Skype etc.? Just curious'!

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  5. Kristin DaltonDecember 3, 2014 at 5:25 AM

    I don't think so. I was looking for a maths tutor for my son's Test Prep and since we are having C2 Mclean in our neighboring. We got a home tutor from there.

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looks like Blogger doesn't work with anonymous comments from Chrome browsers at the moment - works in Microsoft Edge, or from Chrome with a Blogger account - sorry! CJ 3/21/20