The most boring jobs ever

Whether they’re repetitive, uninspiring or just plain mind-numbing, nearly everyone has a story of a boring job they’ve endured at some point or another.

Following news that Frenchman Frederic Desnard sued his employer for sending him mad with boredom, the BBC asked readers to report on their most boring jobs ever – with some hilarious results.

Some of the best include:

• I tested the temperature of frozen peas for a whole summer. I used to dream about endless rivers of little green balls. Jane, Yate
• I had a summer job as a student squeezing plastic milk bottles for 12 hours overnight to see if they leaked. When they did you smelt of sour milk by the time you went home. Mark Thomas, Manchester
• I had a job polishing small, lacquered, wooden plinths destined for model ships in glass bottles - I lasted two days. Ken, Newcastle
• I spent a month working in a factory threading the string through the holes in the top of bookmarks. Jamie, Furlong
• I once had a temp job which consisted of taking staples out of pieces of paper. I lasted only one morning. Mari, Kent
• I was once employed throughout a summer as "someone to talk to". It was a small architectural company that only had three employees. When I queried why there was so little work to do they told me it was just refreshing to have someone else to talk to and discuss ideas with. Jon Davies, London

In comparison, some jobs seem too good to be true. CV-Library surveyed 2,600 UK workers to find out their most desired summer jobs.