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What do you do for a living?
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See he has an important job, he makes families happy with their new baby pets.
You should tell 'em you have a full-time job as a celebrity and opinion-maker on the Internet. That's more or less the truth.I get self-conscious sometimes, mostly because I hang out with doctors and lawyers for the most part. It's a bit awkward.
My friends would die if they knew about my secret nerdy internet life. Only my husband and brother have an idea. I haven't even told my sis!
I like the idea of being a celebrity though.
I think you can, but who wouldn't want to be a celebrity. Of course after a meeting with the pops, you 1) go blind do to the flashing of the cameras 2) people always expect you to turn bad.
I don't think there is anything wrong with A nerdy internet life.
Curious why would they freak? If you don't mind sharing?
I don't think there is anything wrong with A nerdy internet life.
Curious why would they freak? If you don't mind sharing?
Ahhhh! When he said, "This is what I don't get," I thought he missed that I wrote that we don't pass judgement!^^^ He was agreeing with you and further elaborating.
I get self-conscious sometimes, mostly because I hang out with doctors and lawyers for the most part. It's a bit awkward.
I make old people smile... when I have a mind to 
I burn the bacon in the butties and I cannot froth a capuchino (or spell it) for the life of me, but I remember the customers names, ask after their families, am happy to sit and chat if they want, and enjoy flirting with them ~ it makes their day as well as mine.
So maybe I only work in a golf club cafe and have probably not 'reached my goal' but I'm bloody good at it and I like the freedom that it gives me.
I'm not ashamed to say what I do for a living and the clientele at the club know full well not to even think of talking down to me ~ they are thrilled when I make a cutting comment or make a "a barmaid shouldn't know that" remark. I just raise an eyebrow and smile.
I get creative licence ~ chalking the boards and describing the fruit cake as having a 'brandy kiss' and the soup as having a 'soupson of soave' ~ it amuses me and the customers. We are easily pleased
I suppose I could have done more ~ but basically, I couldn't be arsed
I'm happy
I burn the bacon in the butties and I cannot froth a capuchino (or spell it) for the life of me, but I remember the customers names, ask after their families, am happy to sit and chat if they want, and enjoy flirting with them ~ it makes their day as well as mine.
So maybe I only work in a golf club cafe and have probably not 'reached my goal' but I'm bloody good at it and I like the freedom that it gives me.
I'm not ashamed to say what I do for a living and the clientele at the club know full well not to even think of talking down to me ~ they are thrilled when I make a cutting comment or make a "a barmaid shouldn't know that" remark. I just raise an eyebrow and smile.
I get creative licence ~ chalking the boards and describing the fruit cake as having a 'brandy kiss' and the soup as having a 'soupson of soave' ~ it amuses me and the customers. We are easily pleased
I suppose I could have done more ~ but basically, I couldn't be arsed
I'm happy
They're just really far removed from internet life, or anything sci-fi/fantasy.
Not that it's any of other people's business, I work in accounting at a public agency, and I get things done. I'm a hardworking tax-paying citizen of the United States. Period.
You have to realize this sort of question is cultural as well as personal. It wouldn't be any different from, say, how much money do you make?
You have to realize this sort of question is cultural as well as personal. It wouldn't be any different from, say, how much money do you make?
That sounds like the perfect idea for a tv series.
O RLY?I like the idea of being a celebrity though.
Yeah, I don't really get the stigma. It can be asked in a condescending manner, but I wouldn't take offense if asked as a general rule.
I like asking people what they do because it can make great conversation and I can learn about careers and ask questions about people who are more knowledgeable in those fields than me. Or if they have a crappy retail job or something like that, we can have a laugh and swap stories.
What I do takes up more than 1/3 of my day, it is a pretty big part of who I am. Even if my job wasn't my cup of tea, the why I am doing can be just as interesting (like working at a coffee shop so that you can afford to be an artist in your spare time).
Plus, the weather is boring. I know what the weather is like already. I was just in it.
I find it not a strange or offending or whatever questions to ask. It just shows interest in someone and may lead to discovering similiar interests and to a good conversation.
That said, I am an Occupational Therapist and (soon) also Early Childhood Educator.
Will be going on with getting specalisations for the 0-3 year olds and disabled children up to 6 year old.
For me its a really fulfilling and meaningful work.
TerokNor
That said, I am an Occupational Therapist and (soon) also Early Childhood Educator.
Will be going on with getting specalisations for the 0-3 year olds and disabled children up to 6 year old.
For me its a really fulfilling and meaningful work.
TerokNor
I'm a lowlife Federal employee who that moron Boehner thinks makes six figures (I wish) and don't care if we lose our jobs.
I find it not a strange or offending or whatever questions to ask. It just shows interest in someone and may lead to discovering similiar interests and to a good conversation.
That said, I am an Occupational Therapist and (soon) also Early Childhood Educator.
Will be going on with getting specalisations for the 0-3 year olds and disabled children up to 6 year old.
For me its a really fulfilling and meaningful work.
TerokNor
^ i've got neighbor that does that. I'm told that its, although meaningful, incredibly stressful as well. creds, mate. personally, i cant handle my frinds three year old daughter. and thats just one kid.
Myself i'm a lonely car mechanic. Although its only part time because of school. Not very high profile work but i have inherited my mechanical genius from my grandfather, might as well put it to work.
i'm also the IT tech stand in at school while the guy is on paternity leave. oh who am i kidding, i'm doing his job when he's there as well...
I don't find the question offensive at all. After all, many spend upwards of 40+ hours a week doing their job...that is a huge chunk of your life, and it isn't unreasonable for someone to be curious about how you spend all that time. There may be some jerks out there who will pass judgment based on your career, but I have found that to be the exception, not the rule. I think this is a great question to ask, you learn so much about a person this way. Not whether they are a good or bad person, not whether they are worthy of our attention, but how they spend their time. It's not any more rude than asking what their hobbies are. It can also tell you a lot about their personality. For example the job I used to do (and hope to do in the future) involved a lot of very time-consuming tedious organization. If someone learned that I enjoyed that then they would understand that I am likely a detail-oriented person with a practical and orderly mind. My sister wants to work with children, that shows that she is a more nurturing and emotionally-driven individual. There are always exceptions of course, but usually what someone does tells you a lot about their nature.
I also wanted to mention that it's so strange how much they simplify job titles when you are in elementary and high school. I was listening to a radio show the other day that was discussing how the jobs that people have as adults are things you never would have imagined or chosen as a child. Not because it's a bad job or you don't like it, but because you never knew such a job existed. I mean, what kid says they want to be an associate program analyst consultant when they grow up? Yet these are the types of job titles we have as adults. When you were a kid you wanted to be a "graphic designer," but then you actually enter the field and realize how many niches and specialties and facets there are and suddenly it doesn't seem so black and white as you were taught.
I also wanted to mention that it's so strange how much they simplify job titles when you are in elementary and high school. I was listening to a radio show the other day that was discussing how the jobs that people have as adults are things you never would have imagined or chosen as a child. Not because it's a bad job or you don't like it, but because you never knew such a job existed. I mean, what kid says they want to be an associate program analyst consultant when they grow up?
Yet these are the types of job titles we have as adults. When you were a kid you wanted to be a "graphic designer," but then you actually enter the field and realize how many niches and specialties and facets there are and suddenly it doesn't seem so black and white as you were taught.
I make $19,200 a year, pre-tax, in my current job. There are people at DMOs elsewhere around the country, in my exact same position, earning quadruple that. There are people doing the exact same job in my city, at other employers, making double my annual take-down. What you do is no indication of how much you make.
Attending university at present. Until the month after next, when I have to find a job like the rest of you. And then the nightmare begins. Woe.
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