Thousands apply for job involving being shot at
9 January 2015
A UK Paintball job ad, which stated “the role may pose a small risk of pain, discomfort and some bruising”, has drawn about 10k responses from applicants as far away as the US and India, UPI (United Press International) has reported.
Fri, 9 Jan 2015A UK Paintball job ad, which stated “the role may pose a small risk of pain, discomfort and some bruising”, has drawn about 10k responses from applicants as far away as the US and India, UPI (United Press International) has reported.
According to the job ad, UK Paintball was seeking an “official bullet tester” with a “relatively high pain threshold” to be shot at “with every new batch of paint bullets to ensure that all health & safety checks are in place before we can use them on the general public and paying customers”.
It went on to say “the successful applicant may also occasionally have to wear limited items of clothing whilst the paint bullets are being tested, in order for us to test and prepare for some ‘worst case’ scenarios”.
In return, the company was offering “extremely” flexible working hours, travel expenses and a salary of £40k pro rata.
According to UPI, company owner Justin Toohig said applicants included a man who said he would make a perfect target due to his large size, and an “ex-magician's assistant who was once almost shot for real in an illusion that went horribly wrong”.
The company is no longer taking applications for the role.
According to the job ad, UK Paintball was seeking an “official bullet tester” with a “relatively high pain threshold” to be shot at “with every new batch of paint bullets to ensure that all health & safety checks are in place before we can use them on the general public and paying customers”.
It went on to say “the successful applicant may also occasionally have to wear limited items of clothing whilst the paint bullets are being tested, in order for us to test and prepare for some ‘worst case’ scenarios”.
In return, the company was offering “extremely” flexible working hours, travel expenses and a salary of £40k pro rata.
According to UPI, company owner Justin Toohig said applicants included a man who said he would make a perfect target due to his large size, and an “ex-magician's assistant who was once almost shot for real in an illusion that went horribly wrong”.
The company is no longer taking applications for the role.
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