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Ideal for: the lover of arts and crafts.
Job Specifications: If you have good eyesight and a set of very nimble
fingers, put them to work at a pin factory. Your 50-hour work week involves
twisting tiny pieces of wire into various pin shapes. You will also be asked
to solder dainty heads onto the shafts, which may put you at risk for lung
disease from the fumes of the furnace—but that’s still better than dying of
starvation.
Drawbacks: the pay is abysmally low. You get paid a loaf of bread for a
day’s work, enough to feed your children (and a few crusts for yourself) but
hardly enough to pay the doctor when you’re weakened lungs collapse into
consumption. You may also suffer from chronic back pain, weakened eyesight,
and the constant nicks, cuts, and pricks of having to work with very sharp
pieces of metal.
Perks: At least it doesn’t involve cow dung, although you may be tempted
to throw that at the wealthy pansies who treat you like dirt while parading
the streets in pins that you made.
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