Ever want to sleep in, go on an all-expense-paid vacation, or ride waterslides for a living? Three lucky people beat out thousands of other applicants to do just that.
Birmingham City University student, Roisin Madiga, applied for the position to work as a bed tester and was given the opportunity to sleep in luxury every night for a month. She was employed as part of the "sleepy survey," a survey performed by Simon Horn Ltd., a specialist in creating luxury beds. The company began creating these special beds solely for the Savoy Hotel. As a "sleep survey" participant, Roisin had the responsibility of providing an objective view of what a good night's sleep consisted of and whether these luxury beds were providing that experience. From morning to evening, Roisin slept in beds in the showroom of Simon Horn Ltd. and wrote about her sleep experience in each bed.
A lifestyle product development manager turned waterslide tester, Tommy Lynch, of Liverpool, couldn't have enjoyed his switch from board room to water park any better. He was recruited for the opportunity to decide which pools and water slides were worthy of being featured in First Choice's Splash Resort collection. Also part of his new job was to decide which resorts met company's standards. Much of his job included traveling worldwide to check the speed, water quantity, and safety of waterslides, simply by testing them out himself. Lynch has tested waterslides in Egypt, Greece, Jamaica, Ibiza, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Cyprus, Turkey, and in numerous other international locations. He has also checked the quality control in resorts located in the United States.
Ben Southall, was chosen from close to 35,000 applicants to enjoy a six-month long vacation. His job was to explore Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef, while posting daily blogs promoting the tropical island. In addition to his duties to thoroughly enjoy the area, he was paid a salary of $111,000 to do it.
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