# Is this the best job ever? A professional sex toy tester. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 1, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547 "2014-08-01T02:48:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/21 "2014-08-01T17:12:02Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > As an insurance professional I look forward to setting the workers comp rates for the new occupational category of sex toy tester. I _especially_ look forward to studying the claim files to determine the nature and frequency of hazards. I think it should be mandatory that all claims be written up in Penthouse Forum style. (I never thought this would happen to me, > but . . .) yeah - but isn’t “pain and suffering” part of the job description? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/22 "2014-08-01T17:53:41Z")
I must be old. My first thought was “No way am I getting by on $25k a year”. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/23 "2014-08-01T17:55:28Z")
I’m sure you could come up with a way to stretch your budget. But if that poor lady has been doing this for years she is probably already in the hole. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/24 "2014-08-01T18:20:31Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > It sounds like a good job, but what happens when you get the toys that don’t work right? Think about all the misshaps! heh… reminded me of [Top Secret](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcvgst8qQfI): _Apparently, he didn’t realize that in Germany, we use 220-volt currents. It took us 30 minutes just to get the smile off of his face_ ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/25 "2014-08-02T01:34:11Z")
> [@simster](#): > > yeah - but isn’t “pain and suffering” part of the job description? You’re forgetting “loss of use”. ☹ Yeah, lets see the actuaries calculate that dollar figure out: “She’s blonde… 26… non-smoker… and can’t use her hoo-ha. Use the chart on page 46?” ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/26 "2014-08-02T01:42:40Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > You’re forgetting “loss of use”. ☹ > Yeah, lets see the actuaries calculate that dollar figure out: > “She’s blonde… 26… non-smoker… and can’t use her hoo-ha. Use the chart on page 46?” [QUOTE=Husband’s Affidavit] Eventually, it was like throwing a hot dog down the hallway - [/QUOTE] … ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/27 "2014-08-02T02:42:16Z")
I think I mentioned this once before…I was walking down the hallway at an old job with a good friend of mine… Friend: I just heard about the best job! Me: Blowjob tester? Friend: \ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/28 "2014-08-02T02:54:50Z")
[Don’t try this at home](http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/woman-arrested-for-battery-after-poking-boyfriend-in-groin-with-her-sex-toy/1017052) And of course, I have to ask: What is the difference between a Republican and a vibrator? The Republican is a real dick ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/29 "2014-08-02T03:00:30Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I must be old. My first thought was “No way am I getting by on $25k a year”. I did think it was odd that that said she “rakes in” $25k per year. I don’t know at what point income requires a rake, but I’m sure it’s somewhere over the poverty line. ---
**Author:** ![prettydorky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@prettydorky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prettydorky)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/30 "2014-08-02T17:38:05Z")
I thought the same thing- but I wondered, as it is a UK-based story, whether they failed to convert that from Pounds. If so, $40k is nothing to sneeze at. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/31 "2014-08-02T17:57:00Z")
She’s also not single, and it’s implied that her partner also works. Even 25k USD isn’t too bad for a second income. And the picture in the article is making use of forced perspective, same as that famous picture of the camel spiders. The toys aren’t as big as they look. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/32 "2014-08-02T20:19:23Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I must be old. My first thought was “No way am I getting by on $25k a year”. If as said above its 7 hours a week, that’s pretty damn good. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/33 "2014-08-02T23:49:12Z")
Well she could triple her income if she set up a web cam site. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/34 "2014-08-03T00:06:23Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > I’m not sure that such reviews are all that helpful due to the subjective nature of the experience. What if she gives some item a C-Plus rating just because it wasn’t the kind of thing she was in the mood for? Or a mediocre item gets rave reviews because damn, she needed it bad that day? Or the obvious fact that what she likes is not what others may like? I’ve never read this particular woman’s site, but I have read several similar review sites and they’re often VERY sensitive to this exact issue. They generally try to objectively review the quality and design, not merely whether it pushes their particular buttons. Some are very adept at this. Some toys have genuine design problems, some have materials issues, and some will only work for people with specific anatomical layouts, and the best reviewers are very good at pointing this stuff out. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/35 "2014-08-03T00:28:45Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I must be old. My first thought was “No way am I getting by on $25k a year”. I agree, but it appears she is getting _off_ on $25K a year. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/36 "2014-08-03T05:56:48Z")
Wouldn’t her body become desensitized to the stimulus’s like vibrations after awhile so they would require stronger settings? ---
**Author:** ![JohnClay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/37 "2014-08-03T07:37:58Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/38 "2014-08-03T10:04:20Z")
Let’s see now. $25,000 a year at 15 orgasms a week… that calculates to… Help me Dopers, help me. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/39 "2014-08-03T16:21:50Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > [Don’t try this at home](http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/woman-arrested-for-battery-after-poking-boyfriend-in-groin-with-her-sex-toy/1017052) My favorite line from the link: > [@](#): > > Kimberly Lynn Calvert, 45, of 11875 3rd St. E, Apt. 4, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of simple battery. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547/40 "2014-08-04T13:38:06Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Wouldn’t her body become desensitized to the stimulus’s like vibrations after awhile so they would require stronger settings? Would this fall under occupational hazard? Are there OSHA regulations regarding such dangers? There are lots of occupations that use equipment that vibrates who might experience this phenomenon. Including guys who operate, coincidentally, industrial vibrators. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-best-job-ever-a-professional-sex-toy-tester/694547.md?page=3)