I'm generally friendly and polite but because of bad experiences i see myself as a misanthrope. I currently work as a cleaner so i don't have to interact too much with people, but i want to better myself. Working with animals is top of my list but what other jobs could you recommend where i have limited interaction with people (I know most jobs require you to work with people),any suggestions?
shareGravedigger.
sharePhotographer
Janitor
Carpenter
Washing dishes
Sanitation worker
Construction worker
Mailman
Somebody who keeps surveillance
Hell to the no on "photographer."
If you're a professional photographer, you have to deal with clients and models.
If you're freelance, then you have to deal with asshole rent-a-cops, DHS agents screeching at you that you're not supposed to be taking pictures or security doing that passive-aggressive thing of chaperoning your every move. In some cases, photographers have been arrested for doing nothing wrong and in one instance, shot when their tripods were mistaken for weapons.
I actually quit photography because of all this. It used to be one of those things where you didn't have to deal with the public, but thanks to 9/11 and DHS (which launched a PSA a few years ago warning the public that anyone who has a camera is probably a terrorist), it's one more thing you can't do without being hassled.
Try funeral photography. Seriously.
shareI didnt know about any of that. I thought at least freelance would be better.
shareNo, freelancing has become worse.
And now, come to think of it, I just remembered another reason why it's become awful in terms of dealing with "people"--Instagram. Once upon a time, if you wanted to spend a casual day shooting someplace nice, there would only be maybe 25-50 people there for the day, and they were all very nice and considerate of each other's personal space. But thanks to Instagram, there are now hundreds of people elbowing each other in the face trying to get that "one of a kind shot" that they're ironically all trying to copy after it went viral.
As you can imagine, they're all narcissists with no sense of consideration for others and will think of nothing of breaking social protocols. It's all about their selfie and Instagram shot. I went to an event last year that's first come, first serve. Because of how popular it is, it's typical for people to camp out upwards of 12 hours beforehand. So, I did what everyone else did--I camped out several hours before the event and set up my camera and gear. After I sweltered in the sun for several hours, an Instagrammer and her BF showed up an hour before and squeezed their way in between me and another photographer when my back was turned. Then when the event started, they kept raising their iPhones right in front of my camera without a care in the world. Between that and having DHS agents and security breathing down my neck (and in one instance, screaming at me to "go"), that was the last time I picked up a camera ever again.
I hate those Instagram photographers. It's all ego with very little passion for photography. And I hate the filters they use to mask their completely mediocre shot. Everyone thinks they're a photographer nowadays.
shareYeah, those filters are so stupid. It's like, "Oh, I took a crappy picture of my coffee mug, but look how it's a work of art after I've slapped a retro/hipster/cross-processed filter on it!"
shareI won't be doing that job then,lol, people are difficult to deal with as it is.
shareI was a photographer for a few years, and no, you cannot be antisocial while doing it. I had to deal with so many moron coworkers and clients. You could take a thousand pictures and these idiots will be mad that you couldn’t eliminate 200lb from their body or move the sun across the sky. Clients will refuse to follow simple direction like “turn your head a bit more to the left” because their right side is ‘their good side’, and then get mad that they’re looking right instead of left. Not only that, but I’ve had to deal with gossipping and manipulative coworkers at every photography job I’ve ever worker for, where it’s essentially a popularity heiarchy. Sometimes Ive been on top and sometimes I’ve been on the bottom, but it’s regardless ridiculous and pathetic from grown adults.
shareHeavy equipment operator....
Just you and machine depending on the job. You will be in that machine all day begging for human contact..lol
Santa
shareHmm
Truck Driver
Forrest Ranger
Farmer
I have heard truck divers are in demand and the pay isn't bad if you can handle the conditions.
Unfortunately, I've always been intimidated by big rigs so I never went that route.
Ever see that film called "Trucker" with Michelle Monaghan?
She seems like this tiny delicate woman but I thought she was totally believable as this tough as nails loner that used trucking to shut out the world.