You Can Get Paid £140,000 A Year To Be A 'Professional Bed Warmer'

Just to confirm, you absolutely read that right - you can get paid an eye-watering amount of money to be a professional bed warmer. 

If you're after a career that not only pays unbelievably well but also affords you plenty of time in between the sheets, then being a bed warmer is probably about as good as it gets! 

With an average salary of £144,000 per year - which does seem to be an awful lot of money for something that sounds a lot like being a glorified hot-water bottle - there are apparently people out there who will pay for the service.

Seriously though, professional bed warmers usually work in hospitality, with their job being to roll around on freshly-made beds to ‘break them in’ and warm them up for hotel guests. 

Bed warmers apparently dress in fleece body suits before lying on a bed for five to 10 minutes as apparently, warm beds make guests sleep better. Personally I prefer getting into a cold bed and warming myself… Just me?

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And that’s not the only unusual job out there. Here’s a few more strange roles for you to consider!

Online Dating Writer: Average pay: £17 per hour

Just not attracting the right kind of interest? Concerned that your dating profile isn’t projecting peak you? Well, worry not - there are people out there whose whole job is to write others people’s online dating profiles!

Professional Mourner: Average pay: £71,800 per year

Professional mourners are basically hired to cry and mourn at funerals. They have absolutely no relation to the family that is mourning a loss, but their job is to set the appropriate tone for funerals, wakes and viewings.

So if you’re worried no one is going to be sad enough when you pass, maybe include a pro’s number in your will… 

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Golf Ball Retriever: Average pay: £72,000 per year

Yep, you can get paid a great wage for mucking about in ponds retrieving people’s lost golf balls.

No wonder green fees are so expensive… 

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Computer Hacker: Average pay: £83,000 per year

An absolute necessity in the modern world, computer hackers are now in high demand - but not in the way you might think… 

Employed by companies to test the security of software as well as complicated computer systems and online portals, computer hackers work to ensure that no 'real' hackers can access a company's networks.

In fact it’s not uncommon for people who have previously been found guilty of hacking related cyber crimes to be taken on as advisors to large companies or even governments in exchange for more lenient sentencing - not that we’re endorsing that at all of course… 

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Colour Expert: Average pay: £13-£17 per hour

Not quite as well paid as some of the other roles on the list, but you don’t really need any experience to land a job as a colour expert - just a bit of training. 

According to Indeed: "A colour expert is a job where you use colour psychology, trends, statistics and theory to suggest the best colours for homes, company buildings, brand logos and more."

Obviously well suited to those with a flair for the creative, I think it actually sounds like a whole lot of fun! 

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