I have to agree with Occaisional demon here. I don't mind a job, as long as I think it's fun. Or at least, doesn't seem like the burden of "work". I've had "fun" jobs and while they didn't pay an awful lot, they paid decent and time got by quite easily each day.
But yeah, it's kinda hard to find a job like that. I also like to adress the fact that the job itself is not the only thing that makes "fun". While, I myself, am not really social, I apparently was fun to hang around with at work... with that I mean, as long as the atmosphere to some level... your co-workers, all stuff like that is fine, besides the tasks to do, I could to some extent settle in.
In my experience with jobs it was more dependant on the atmosphere than jobs itself. Sure, I could complain about the work you have to do, but employees kinda "force" you to work with others, if that goes totally wrong, it's a really hard time. Also, stuff like the hours you work, extra shifts and stuff like that... it all makes up for "a fun job".
Here's a good and some bad example I've experienced;
I've worked for the government at the tax office. My job was to sort out tax filing documents by year and by variation. Sometimes you'd have an oddball handwritten note with it, sometimes there's staples in, sometimes there's all kinds of other stuff in. While the work itself was really, really dull and boring, I've had a group of guys, who started out the same day as me and we got along fine. I actually got quite talkative there, and the boss didn't seem to mind at all as we could finish our jobs. The upside also was, we'd work 5 days a week in 6 hour shifts, rather than 8 hour ones. And if there was a big delivery of filings, we'd work overtime... thus, we'd work from 8 to 4. Pay was above average, it was a 5 minute walk from the trainstation, stuff like that... too bad they usually just hire people for about a month. But it's something rather seasonal as tax filings are sent in in waves during the year.
I also worked in a warehouse. I used to work there in 8 hour shifts from monday to friday. I was fine with those, even if it were late shifts from 12 to 8 pm. But yeah... my department was one where a lot of packaging was done, and therefore it apparently was more of "ladies" department. So there was a lot of chatting, a lot of rumours going around,all the general nonsense of 40 year old housewives having a job on the side (as not everyone worked 40, some did only work 20). That chatting led to a below average end result, and thus we had to work extra shifts. Sometimes after 8, sometimes saturday, sometimes sunday, sometimes both. But my boss pretty much told me "you can't make plans after work or in weekends because we might need you". I found it quite an invasion of my private space. The pay was kinda horrible and it cost me a fortune to get there to work. Also, the extra shifts added extra stress in that I'd really have a problem getting home or there, as the bus went there on weekdays, but not on weekends. And after 8 I usually had to hurry for a bus, or else I'd have to way another hour.
To some this kind of stuff might sound like "meh.. .I've had worse..." but there was just too much stuff going on that genuinely bugged me. Not to mention that it was a global market leader in medical products and had a really "weird" philosophy on that. Granted, business is business... but I couldn't really justify the entire commercial aspect of their industry. Those things got me mental to where I went to see a therapist... (pretty much half of the employees had issues apparently).
That 2nd example is a reason why I'd hate work, where that first one is one where I'd say... "it's not that bad".