# Jobs that don't require good attention to detail **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 25, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-that-dont-require-good-attention-to-detail/629367 "2012-07-25T18:33:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-that-dont-require-good-attention-to-detail/629367/21 "2012-07-25T22:18:40Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Garbage collector. There is some attention to detail so that you don’t miss big piles of trash but you basically just have to grab things and heave it into a large opening in the truck. It pays pretty well in many places as well. And if folks don’t like the way you do it, you give them your garbage back. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-that-dont-require-good-attention-to-detail/629367/22 "2012-07-25T22:49:38Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > SDMB Mod? That’s not a job; it’s an adventure. Lawn mowing is a nice mindless job. I spend 3 hours in meditation every 7 to 10 days. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-that-dont-require-good-attention-to-detail/629367/23 "2012-07-26T00:39:13Z")
Yeah, but I doubt you leave 20% of your lawn uncut. 😉 Even though, sometimes I do. The backyard is fenced-in, so I get lazy on occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-that-dont-require-good-attention-to-detail/629367/24 "2012-07-26T00:53:01Z")
Quite a few rural tasks are way more laborious than they are exact. Pitch gravel off the back of a truck into potholes. Clean out livestock barns. Pick rocks out of fields and toss them on the stone boat. Cut back brush. Hoe weeds between crop rows. Stack firewood. Cast scratch for the hens. Turn compost. Clean out ditches. I could go on for a long time in the same vein. Don’t prune fruit trees or set fence posts with the same attitude though. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-that-dont-require-good-attention-to-detail/629367/25 "2012-07-26T01:10:19Z")
I’m working policy analysis right now, and while it does require a lot of brainpower, it doesn’t require much more attention detail than it takes to write clearly. Most of my work is tracing broad level trends, making connections between them, and thinking about what this all means to my organization. It helps not to be completely wrong, but my work is more about putting the organization into the big picture rather than sweating the nitty gritty details. As long as I can say “The plane is rapidly falling and you should probably use the ejection seat” i don’t really need to work out exactly how fast it is falling or where it is going to crash. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-that-dont-require-good-attention-to-detail/629367/26 "2012-07-26T01:38:05Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > And if folks don’t like the way you do it, you give them your garbage back. In Honolulu, if you don’t like their service, you get DOUBLE your garbage back! Really! I saw a dump truck in Honolulu once with the slogan painted on it: “Satisfaction guaranteed or double your garbage back.” The dump trucks there are also painted with the same color pattern as the municipal transit buses. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-that-dont-require-good-attention-to-detail/629367/27 "2012-07-26T04:30:20Z")
Some others: Prophet Futurist Financial quant for a too-big-to-fail bank Tony Robbins Faith Healer Witch Doctor ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-that-dont-require-good-attention-to-detail/629367/28 "2012-07-26T04:54:22Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > No, that’s attention to de tail. > > _flees_ That was actually good. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-that-dont-require-good-attention-to-detail/629367/29 "2012-07-26T05:55:35Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > They bleach their assholes fer chrissakes! Tell me that’s not attention to detail. How many jobs are there where people would even notice that detail? ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jobs-that-dont-require-good-attention-to-detail/629367/30 "2012-07-26T08:02:03Z")
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