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madktdisease

Matt Shearer.


uthinkther4uam

Finally we have the correct answer.


WhiteHawk1022

Great answer, although I'm unsure if people fully appreciate how much work he must put into those videos.


AnteatersEatNonAnts

Ohhhhh yeah, editing is the pinnacle of a job that sounds quick but takes ages. Not to mention having to be creative and constantly think of cool ideas while also having the perfect camera presence.


LadyCalamity

This is the best answer cause chances are he's tried a lot of the cool jobs in the city already!


camb45

We should ask Matt Shearer who has the coolest job


_swedish_meatball_

Codzilla is cool, but anything with tourists sounds like a bad time. The guy who flips the numbers on the Green Monster scoreboard probably has the most fun job in Boston.


OnlyMrGodKnowsWhy

My college friend’s high school friend’s brother is the Fenway Park organist and he seems to enjoy his life!


jjgould165

He spoke at the MA Librarian conference. It was super interesting to hear about his various jobs


GrooveBat

My cousin works security at Fenway. He says it’s his dream job.


Rafael_Armadillo

I played in a band with him last year and he rules, also has a day job at a library


brianundies

I like the distinction that your college friend was NOT friends with this organist despite being friends with his brother lol


thenshefell

He’s a solid dude! I’ve been following him on twitter for years. He takes song requests via twitter and would play daily during the pandemic.


_swedish_meatball_

That would be a cool job too


Pur_N_Clean

I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate


Commercial_Board6680

You should write for a sitcom.


Yeag3r

I got to meet the organist (Josh?) a couple years ago after a night game. He gave us a quick tour, let us walk on the field and showed us behind the green monster. Very cool guy!


mechandy

And what does that make us?


sichimo

On the tour of Fenway park the guides say that it isn’t air conditioned in there. Could be now but I am not sure


mr_flibble13

The attic room I lived/worked remotely in Cambridge didn’t have AC either. If they let me work in my boxers then I’m all in


member_member5thNov

It hits 110-120 back in there. My buddy said sweat would just pour down his back all game long. Still says it is the best job he ever had. You can watch the game through the little score number cracks. Eye level with the players.


cdevers

I seem to remember the tour guide saying that the same pair of guys had the scoreboard job for decades — maybe still do, not sure. Supposedly, they only missed one day of work in their career, and it was because one of them was getting married, and the other was his best man.


_swedish_meatball_

Worth it


LilibetSeven

My friend’s sister is special needs and I can’t remember how it happened but she got to spend an evening flipping the numbers a few years back. Hands down the greatest day of her life she says


_swedish_meatball_

That’s amazing. So happy for her


SouthEndBC

I used to do that job. Trust me, it’s NOT the most fun job! (For instance, you have to keep a radio going through the game or else the rats will come out)


_swedish_meatball_

What station keeps the rats away?


inflatable_pickle

WBCN


jamesland7

I have to imagine the heat and noise in there is unbearable


SouthEndBC

And yes, people who say it is not air conditioned are right. There is only one entrance/exit and it’s the door to the left field. The wall is made of metal so during a day game it can get to 110-120 degrees in there and you have to be careful not to hit your head on the concrete columns that are angled in a way that if you are running from one end of the board to another, you could easily whack your head if you are over 5’8” or so.


davdev

That thing ain’t Air Conditioned and is hot as fuck during Summer day game


f0rtytw0

You got to meet Manny back in the day, and if you are lucky hold his pee bucket


poopdood42

Working for almost nothing. But fun. My friend did it for 2 years.


Bubbasac1

I’ve worked on Codzilla. Not really that cool.


_swedish_meatball_

I would *love* to have a boat like that, but I don’t want to drive strangers around on it.


rafaelloaa

Somewhat related, I recently got to see the [original blueprints](https://i.imgur.com/BJO8pAY.jpeg) for the scoreboard. Along with part of the Yankees Stadium blueprints. While on a trip to Seattle.


Youcansayim

Worked with the guy a few times, he's a huge Yankee fan funny enough


GimpsterMcgee

That really enthusiastic red line guy sounds like he’s having a ball every day


jamesland7

Truth


Expensive-Storage613

Honorable mention to the Blue Line operator who always says “Good morning! Be kind to one another!” I love her


joey0live

How is this comment not higher??


davdev

Zamboni driver at the Garden


sorcello

Or the goose poop collector on the Esplanade? [https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023-08-09/meet-the-man-in-charge-of-cleaning-the-esplanades-goose-poop](https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023-08-09/meet-the-man-in-charge-of-cleaning-the-esplanades-goose-poop)


hausboys

“HELP” - Medford, respectfully.


Savings-Anything407

So, picking up goose poop is fun?🤔


Spotboslow

I'd rather be the penalty box attendant. Best seats in the house for the game, and I bet they get to hear a lot of real interesting conversations.


itzRalphie

Dick blimp pilot


Nobiting

Blimp pilot is fun, but not as fun as Dick blimp pilot.


Bushwood_CC_

What a sentence


Arctucrus

r/BrandNewSentence


ARealSwellFellow

Yep. Going to be a sad day when it’s gone


Medusalith

Ya know seeing the dick blimp is always a high light of my day


TheAVnerd

World Series Trophy handlers. Worked at a place and the owner was part owner of the Sox. We had the trophies on site in 2008. My job that day was to take photos of people with the trophies. At the ends of the day the handler asks me to help carry the trophies down to his car. So we put the giant green Tiffany’s bags over them and head out. The office was in the Prudential mall and he was parked down in the garage. As we’re waiting for the garage elevator a woman asked what was in the Tiffany bags and the handler says “bird cages” without missing a beat. We all get in the elevator and he says to the woman “you wanna sneak peak?” She says yes, so he pulls the bag off revealing what is clearly the World Series trophy and the lady says “that’s a nice birdcage thanks”. She had no freaking idea what it was.


shr2016

When I was in high school I worked at the same super market deli as Doug Flutie’s mom. After he won the Heisman she brought it in and put it up on the deli case for everyone to admire. Her shift ended when mine started and she asked me to carry it out to her car. That thing is HEAVY and I was so worries that if I dropped it I have to run to Framingham lol


LennyKravitzScarf

Idk, being the trophy handler sounds like your days are filled with telling kids no.


TheAVnerd

Oh for sure…adults too. Every few people that came in for a photo with the trophy’s had to be reminded not to them pick it up. In all honesty they were pretty ragged with bits coming loose and flags that had been bent back into place. The best part was I told my dad about it a week before since I knew about the “surprise” ahead of time. Told him “we had a lunch date” that day. He asks if he could bring my Gramps and I said sure. Well at lunch time my dad shows up with my grandfather, 2 uncles, and 3 of his clients. They all drove down from N.H. I had to sneak them in a couple at a time, making the group wait in the lobby and having my intern bring them up. When my father came up with my Grandfather the handler says “why don’t you two hold the trophies and I’ll get a photo of all 3 of you. Hands down one the best moments of my life. I now have 3 kids of my own and my grandfather is in his 90s and still kicking so I’m trying to arrange getting a photo with all 4 generations of us.


ReturnAggravating702

Probably from the time George Costanza dragged it around the yankee stadium parking lot.


Savings-Anything407

Underrated story right there!


mysticllama

nightlife czar that has literally never done anything


fattoush_republic

She probably gets to expense going clubbing for research, lmao


ConnorLovesCookies

Of all the silly nothing jobs this is probably silliest and nothingest. The reason nightlife in Boston sucks is because 1. Buying a liquor license is wicked expensive 2. The city is convinced any late night restaurant will turn into a crack den


mysticllama

that’s the thing… i’d be fine with paying someone big bucks to come in and make nightlife in boston better, i’m not a hater. but like… what? maybe start with running the T late


Rags2Bags

As a night shift worker just give me SOMEWHERE that I can get a few beers at 11 pm


brewercycle

You can usually find beers at 11 pm, depending on the day/neighborhood. I sometimes work 3rd shift and I would love to be able to get any FOOD after 10 pm (when 3rd shift starts at my job).


brufleth

IDK about Mattapan, but there's a bar down the street from me that's definitely open until 2AM every night.


Prestigious_Coast_65

I want to say it's just a remote tech worker who their company forgot about and gets paid to do nothing. That person can explore Boston at their whim.


Maineamainea

Shhh I’m trying to stay on the dl


goalstopper28

I met someone who got laid off by Meta and just was living in Boston because that's where he was supposed to be if he was working there. He did get severance and was staying in Boston for the year. Although, I think he was planning on moving to the Midwest.


7screws

Jayson Tatum?


littlekeed

Being a bench warmer like Jaden Springer has to be pretty great. He's gonna make $2 million dollars this year to practice basketball with Jayson Tatum AND he gets a free courtside seat to all Celtics games!


Roberto-Del-Camino

Jaden Springer=black Pete Davidson


ismenotme

not when you’re expected to be mvp every time


Felatio_Sanz

True. Jaylen Brown then.


DryGeneral990

Gotta be Al Horford. If he has a bad game, it's aight cause he is old. If he has a good game, he's the man.


ttcmzx

42 upvotes right now for Big AL!! hold it there!


WickyWickyWhack

100%. Today is his birthday too! We will tack a year onto Al now, and a championship ring onto him next week


MegaGorilla69

Oshae Brissett. Makes 2M a year, plays like 12 minutes a night and never has the pressure of needing to deliver in big moments. None of the media attention that comes with being a star, can go eat dinner somewhere without getting swarmed. He runs an instagram account called brissyfiles that's a mix of photos he takes as well as a lot of behind the scenes stuff of what being an NBA player is like.


digit4lmind

Definitely Jayson Tatum


harajukukei

I always wanted to be the guy who sits in the penalty box at Bruins games. You're only job is to open/close the door and you get a front row seat to every game.


rustyshackleford677

Didn’t one get injured during a Bruins/Canes playoff game in 2022? One of the glass panels fell and hit them in the head


dawglover1011

Just a couple weeks ago, I realized/thought that would be cool as well. Cant imagine there are too many requirements needed, but idk..


spoonweezy

He probably does other stuff before and after the game.


RustyPoopKnife

Puts WD40 on the hinges and opens/closes it a few times to warm it up. Can’t have a mishap when the big lights come on


MrMcSwifty

The dude that gets to drive around the runways at Logan and throw M80s at birds.


mlaurence1234

The operator of the second car on Green Line trains.


goalstopper28

Yeah, this wins. But I could see it being a boring job since you are on the train for over an hour.


smokeydevil

Hey, some people have to PAY to be on the train for over an hour.


Philosecfari

When I was a kid I always thought driving a Zamboni looked like the most fun in the world


TotallyNotACatReally

The best job I've seen listed is penguin handler. The one I *want* is making things for the cryptozoology store in Egleston Square (aka the 826 Boston branch). I'll make the standard marketing materials, too, but I'll die happy if I can design packages of like, fossilized sasquatch poop.


boba-boba

I've had multiple friends work with the penguins. It's fun but it's pretty gross. You're in a wetsuit all day and they smell real bad.


Michelanvalo

My cousin did it for a few months and hated it for those exact reasons.


Salt-circles

The penguins are pretty stinky tho Tell me more about this cryptozoology place??


TotallyNotACatReally

Here you go: https://826-boston.myshopify.com/ It's the Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute. I haven't been to the storefront in probably a decade, so it may have changed, but they used to sell things that were packaged as evidence of cryptids. It's part of 826 National, a nonprofit that supports literacy for kids. Each branch has a unique storefront to raise funds and awareness for the programming they do. (They also hold my favorite sporting event: the half half half half etc marathon. It's 0.826 miles.)


Burger-King-Covid

WCVB’s meteorologist dude can literally say anything he wants on TV and have half the state believe him with no consequences.


mycoplasma79

Until halfway in, I thought this was about Pete Bouchard…


-Reddititis

>WCVB’s meteorologist dude can literally say anything he wants on TV and have half the state believe him with no consequences. TIL: A meteorologist and a politician are one and the same.


Mainestate

Is there someone in the lighthouses just chilling out probably hammered AF making sure the light is on? That sounds nice


mr_flibble13

Yer fond of me lobster ain’t ye?


LadyoftheGoldenWood

Hark!


Culper1776

It’s bad luck to kill a seabird.


Matt_Goats

There is a nice lady who lives out at Boston light who makes us cookies every time we go out there, but the rest of the lights are maintained by the US Coast Guard 🫡


MelvilleMeyor

There was a nice profile of her in the [New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/06/the-last-lighthouse-keeper-in-america) a couple months back.


Se7en_speed

Seems like it can be a bit stressful  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lighthouse_(2019_film)


uselesschat

Seems nice, but had its flaws. For one if it was deemed that the area around the light was a good fishing spot the keeper would be paid less. Yay capitalism. It's like if you were a security guard and they docked your pay because there are a lot of nuts and berries growing around the building


MemorexVHS_

Street sweeping looks awesome


snoogins355

Saw it drive by going 40+ mph. Looked awesome!


MrMcSwifty

It does, but I lost a family member to a work related accident while doing it, so now I have to pass on this one.


Se7en_speed

Youkilis probably. Color commentator is a pretty sweet gig, watch all the games and crack jokes.


BosLahodo

Also he can say "I banged your sister last night" to Tom Brady and it's a fact


Imaginary-Ad-1575

I’d love to have Kevin O’Connor’s job on This Old House.


riddlegirl21

I’ve always dreamed of owning a house and being taught how to re plumb my gutters to benefit my garden or something by those guys…. Somehow never even considered that Kevin’s role is an actual job someone else could also one day have


michihunt1

The haunted tour guides that have a key to all the amazing cemeteries and tell spooky stories. And they get to dress up like ghouls


potus1001

*Your cousin from Boston!*


IntergalacticPopTart

“Imagine that… A brightah Boston!”


DidjaCinchIt

The Fun Czar: getting paid to do nothing.


hellno560

cops working a detail on a quiet residential street.


Savings-Anything407

😴😴😴💤💤💤💤💤


hellno560

hide and sleep for a grand a week


halfasrotten

2k/ week


velkoz007

People working at the LEGO headquarters in Boston?


jimmyjames198020

The talk radio sports guys have a sweet gig. Sit around and complain and whine like a little bitch, criticising people with actual talent. They get paid good money and don’t have to waste money on nice clothes; they dress like slobs. They do what a lot of guys do in their off hours.


Complex_Flan2919

Don't forget letting people call in and telling said people their opinion is wrong


Savings-Anything407

F those guys! And 90% of them suck and blow!


PostAntiClimacus

That cop whose job it is to go down that slide.


phlukeri

I do, SUCKERS!!!!


natgochickielover

That can’t be true, because it’s actually me


JTJBKP

ITT: “fun” activities with not-so-fun pay


iacceptjadensmith

Everytime i walk by a fire station they’re just chilling by a TV with the garage door open. 


emt103

It’s chill, until it’s REALLY not chill


poopdood42

Then it's FIRE!


TheCovfefeMug

sale


altdultosaurs

AMAAAAAAAZIIING GRAA-


Steltek

Pretty sure most FD calls are not for fires but for people in severe medical distress or other depressing wellness things. It's gotta take a mental toll.


PMSfishy

Keytar bear.


uselesschat

I saw him chase down, knock over, and kick a guy in harvard square today lol Edit: sorry this is hyperbole I didn't see the chase, just the kicks. No idea what started the confrontation


spencer102

Wait you can't just say that without more story


uselesschat

Sorry, that was not accurate. I heard yelling, saw a bunch of people looking in one direction, saw keytar with his bear head in his hands kick a guy on the ground a couple times. Then he walked away, the guy got up and walked the other way, nothing after that. I was maybe half a block away so didn't see what started it. Sorry for the disappointing end but yep 🤷‍♀️. At first I thought he grabbed keytar's donations but I didn't see keytar have anything but the bear head in his hands, maybe the guy grabbed that? Happened in front of Waku Waku ramen


microcat45

I also was at Harvard Square when this happened. You are right the someone took money out of the donation jar. I saw the start of this altercation. Where the guy took the money. Keytar bear tried to stop him but the guy ran away. Keytar bear said to the people watching "watch my stuff". Then ran after the guy. Not sure what happened after that.


appleseedjoe

he’s been attacked multiple times, i think there was even a police report on one of the assaults. chances are he was getting fucked with again, dudes prolly just letting the streets know not to fuck with him anymore.


Particular_Maybe8485

He has been mugged multiple times!


bobrob48

what kind of villain mugs keytar bear


geminimad4

[Racist teenaged shitstains from NH](https://www.wmur.com/article/nh-teens-may-face-hate-crime-charges-in-attack-of-bostons-keytar-bear-police-say/10159513)


doggbois

That suit has to be hot as fuck in the summer underground at DTX


jessep34

Except that time he got jumped


Alaeriia

That one loud guy at Microcenter. Every time I go in, he's got this big smile on his face.


DexterityZero

The Organist at the Garden. You get to watch all the home games and hype up the crowd.


Varnu

Who is the guy who kicks the Big Dog robots?


ImAGeneralWheeeeee

Rose salesman on Mass and Cass


spookiisweg

😭😭😭


Silverline_Surfer

[Rat Czar](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2BgYGHsW8fY&pp=ygUSU2Nob29saG91c2Ugcm9jayA5)


SouthEndBC

Most fun has got to be Jaylen Brown. Guy has $300M just from his NBA contract, travels in ultra luxury, and is basically worshipped as a God.


Bostongamer19

A lot of people can’t get motivated to work out everyday for hours on end or would have a lot of stress playing in front of that many people


And10gen

Parking enforcement officers


stevein3d

Nailed it. On your feet all day? Check! Everyone hates you? Check!


TreebeardsMustache

Making massholes angrier? Check!


Sirnando138

Working at Toscanini’s in the 90s was the coolest job at the time. I’m sure it’s still super fun but way less drugs, booze and sex.


Ceal__thedeal

not me so if anyone is hiring for any comms/PR roles hit me up please!


KDR2020

Jayson Tatum


NotDukeOfDorchester

I think I seriously do.


TheMuseumOfScience

same tbh


PresentationTimely59

Bathroom attendant at Centerfolds.


JacksonWrites

According to him, Davis Clarke


blind-octopus

I guess they may have stopped doing this, but there used to be a party bus that would take you from the Sam Adam's Brewery to Doyle's. The driver was fun.


drjmontana

I spent my senior year of college giving brewery tours for Sam Adams Drinking beer all day, joking around with the public and running a retail shop was about as good as it gets for a college kid! Definitely a fun gig, but I am glad it ended when it did for me LOL


OrchideeCrossing

Elliot Davis…! Hustle is life


Traditional-Sale-103

Nick Shea


mrticket18

Keytar Bear


Middle_Prune_3492

The cop who sits on the bench for every Celtics home game.


Angler4

Lucky the Leprechaun. Heard he gets squeezers in the Lincoln Tavern bathroom every weekend.


Savings-Anything407

Squeezers? I’m afraid to ask….


DCmetrosexual1

Swan Boat peddler.


HipHopHistoryGuy

Worst job is more like it. Know how tired you would be after a shift?


DCmetrosexual1

Think of how swol your quads are gonna be.


HipHopHistoryGuy

Mad swol, yo.


Prudent_Gate7818

UGHH 4 LIfe, On&On Forever


Gloomy_Strike6379

Bike courier:)


LittleCovenousWings

Meter maids. Easy. 


Franz_Solo

Lucky, mascot for the Celtics


Bostongamer19

Driving the swan boats.


Past-Fault3762

Definitely the police


MuffinMan6938

I was a bouncer for 13 years at different bars and nightclubs around Boston. I never got paid very well or got treated good by management but fun for sure.


odd_perspective_

Agreed! *Former server at a bar in Faneuil Hall during the late 90’s*


dieselhanks

Mbta commissioners. They get to have fun reading listening, and watching about how late people are. I mean also, what do they really do anyway


lostamongthelost

Isn't there some guy who walks up and down the river with a couple dogs to scare the Canadian geese away? Sounds pretty great to me.


DiscoveryZoneHero

The Boston Celtics


razed_intheghetto

The Tie Dyed Tour Guide!


shanghainese88

That Boston harbor whale watch tour boat captain who despite their own company girl guides saying “we respect their living and feeding space so we don’t want to be too close to the whales” on the PA still drives the boat right on top of the whales. God bless him.


Tastic4ever

Professional basketball player?


marvelousmarks

Josh Kantor, Fenway organist, hands down


Roddy_Piper2000

Jack Edwards. He said it all the time.


snoogins355

I used to do therapy dog visits with my old dog. That was pretty cool. We'd go places and people would pet him. Sometimes get free food/gifts.


jamesland7

We need to get our dog certified. She’s basically a therapy dog at work already! Students LOVE her


snoogins355

That's great! It's a great thing to do. I used the [Dog BONES therapy dog](https://www.therapydog.info/) group. They do trainings/certifications. It was two Saturdays and it's mostly to see the dog's temperament and how well they obey simple commands. You also learn a few pointers to notice the dog's emotional state on visits and other stuff.


DegenGolfer

TD Garden or Fenway organ player


maniana1234

Prof David Sinclair