# Is there a job on earth more worthless than fashion modeling? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 16, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549 "2003-11-16T14:33:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka1)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/41 "2003-11-16T21:31:44Z")
Well, you’re entitled to your opinion. And there are certainly enough totally worthless rec therapists out there. Taking the kids out to a movie certainly gets you off the hook for a day’s work, but I’m not sure it teaches the kids anything… …but, then, that ain’t what rec therapy is supposed to be about. As to fashion modeling… well… models can walk. Mannequins can’t. Therefore, I prefer fashion models wearing the clothes to mannequins wearing the clothes, and toted up and down the runway by sweaty Teamsters… ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/42 "2003-11-16T22:11:53Z")
**Master Wang-ka** the second half of my post was not aimed to you specifically. I apologize if it seemed to be an attack on you I did not intend it to be such. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/43 "2003-11-16T22:16:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mac Guffin \* > \*\*English royalty. > > Pope. > > That’s it. \*\* You win. We need the traffic control guys. Job must suck, but sometimes it takes a person. Has any one EVER seen those FASHIONS on a regular person? Yep, my wife is gonna walk into work with her tits hanging out wearing angle wings. Very practical. It’s not a fasion show, it’s art. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/44 "2003-11-16T22:39:05Z")
Telemarketers. I’m surprised no one suggested that one before now. ---
**Author:** ![cromulent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b4bc9f/32.png) [@cromulent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cromulent)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/45 "2003-11-16T22:55:05Z")
Heirs. And heiressess. What have _they_ done for me lately?! ---
**Author:** ![Azure\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@Azure\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azure_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/46 "2003-11-16T22:55:49Z")
Actually, **Drastic** already mentioned telemarketers. It was the seventh post in. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka1)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/47 "2003-11-16T23:03:32Z")
I did not consider your post an attack, Krisfer. I regarded it as a rational, polite, respectable difference of opinion. Apology appreciated, but not really necessary. 🙂 And I HAVE known some pretty worthless rec therapists. For some reason, though, I don’t seem to know many fashion models… ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/48 "2003-11-16T23:11:31Z")
Am I going to be the only person to point out that fashion modeling apparently has _great_ worth, given the large sums that top fashion models are paid to walk the catwalk? If walking said catwalk didn’t add to the sales of the fashion designer, he wouldn’t pay the astronomical sums to the model. And if just anyone could do it, the aforementioned catalog models would be prowling the runways for significantly less; why would the designer pay more than he has to if he doesn’t see added value in hiring a top model? It’s no different than paying top pro athletes large sums. They sell seats; models sell clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/49 "2003-11-16T23:47:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Azure Eternity \* > \*\*Actually, **Drastic** already mentioned telemarketers. It was the seventh post in. \*\* Ah shoot. And I looked before posting, too. OK…anyone mentioned spammers yet? 😃 How about perfume counter salespeople? Gosh. It IS hard to think of a more useless job than fashion modeling… ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/50 "2003-11-17T00:11:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bucky \* > \*\* > Advertisers will occupy a special circle of Hell. \*\* Said circle has [recently been completed.](http://www.theonion.com/onion3408/tenthcircle.html) ---
**Author:** ![fushj00mang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fushj00mang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fushj00mang)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/51 "2003-11-17T03:26:12Z")
Fashion is the ugliest, most putrid farce in the universe. Tell me what else has to change every six months lest it become vile? ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/52 "2003-11-17T08:24:17Z")
“Modern” art? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/53 "2003-11-17T08:32:57Z")
Drug Reps. Cheerleaders who never graduated college, or if they did graduate college, whoring out that pre-med or biology degree into a high-paying job pushing overpriced drugs on overworked doctors just so they can think they can afford their Blahniks. The lowest form of life on the planet. I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/54 "2003-11-17T08:38:23Z")
Oooo Good one! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/55 "2003-11-17T08:44:04Z")
Fashion model is not the most pointless job. MY job is the most pointless. But, IMO, everyone involved in the fashion industry is an agent of Satan. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/56 "2003-11-17T09:02:18Z")
What do you do, **spooge**? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/57 "2003-11-17T15:18:39Z")
The Makeover lady at the cosmetics counter is a pretty pointless job. But I hate to dis any jobs. It beats robbing banks or rolling drunks. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/58 "2003-11-17T15:41:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dewey Cheatem Undhow \* > **Am I going to be the only person to point out that fashion modeling apparently has _great_ worth, given the large sums that top fashion models are paid to walk the catwalk?** You seem to have whooshed yourself. Money = Worth? NOT! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/59 "2003-11-17T15:52:56Z")
Okay, “scent spritzer lady” is not only worthless, but annoying. She may have the gold medal in the Worthless Job Olympics. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549/60 "2003-11-17T18:56:06Z")
> [@](#): > > One chappie I can think of right off …didn’t know there WAS anything to do for fun except television and masturbation. There is? Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-job-on-earth-more-worthless-than-fashion-modeling/213549.md?page=4)