The Blur Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 Inspired by CPF's perception (and myself as well many others on here I am sure) about all accounting jobs being dull and repetitive, I thought it would be good to start a thread on this as it is an interesting subject. I'll get the ball rolling. Having a degree in IT does not mean you know EVERYTHING about computers and can solve all of computer problems!
Trav Le Bleu Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 Posties actually DO get bitten by dogs. However, stopping me in the street doesn't immediately elicit precise directions to anywhere in the city.
Beliall Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 being a chef doesnt mean you can invite me to bbq's and expect me to cook!
Webbo Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 Having a huge penis is a benefit for decorators. It's never helped me.
Zingari Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 The man who comes to fix your plumbing isn't always a porn star . Real nurses don't wear uniforms of mini skirts stockings and suspenders
MikeyT Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 Just because I work for the NHS and wear a hospital uniform, it does not mean I'm a doctor!
Carl the Llama Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 The guy working on the shop floor isn't responsible for making orders and is not to blame for your item not being in stock.
Rincewind Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 Being a cleaner does not mean you are thick. Some may just find it more exciting than accountancy/ No offence to accountants intended. Thought this was going to be about stats again.
Trav Le Bleu Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 Just because I work for the NHS and wear a hospital uniform, it does not mean I'm a doctor! Ha, but have you ever worn your uniform in a supermarket and been mistaken for staff. This happened to me whislt wearing Royal Mail uniform (red) in Asda (green uniform)
The Blur Posted 28 January 2014 Author Posted 28 January 2014 being a chef doesnt mean you can invite me to bbq's and expect me to cook! I have always wondered if chefs does all of the cooking at home because he/she can't stand food not at restaurant-standard or she/he would interfere in someone's cooking too often?
Beliall Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 I have always wondered if chefs does all of the cooking at home because he/she can't stand food not at restaurant-standard or she/he would interfere in someone's cooking too often? i always interfere with the mrs' cooking, she hates, chefs, in my experience eat terribly, spending all day cooking, you end up dining at home on findus crispy pancakes or pizzas, that kind of thing. however, recently i do try and keep up with the proper cooking
Merging Cultures Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 Working in international development doesn't mean you get to see amazing things. You go from desk to airport to desk and back again. Also, I'm not a spy.
Dr The Singh Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 Being a huge penis is a benefit for decorators. It's never helped me.
MikeyT Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 Ha, but have you ever worn your uniform in a supermarket and been mistaken for staff. This happened to me whislt wearing Royal Mail uniform (red) in Asda (green uniform) I have yes, but mistaken for supermarket staff, no! Working in international development doesn't mean you get to see amazing things. You go from desk to airport to desk and back again. Also, I'm not a spy. Thank you Mr. Bond.
Mickey O'Neil Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 Having a huge penis is a benefit for decorators. It's never helped me. Do you not stir your paint while keeping your hands free!!?
Illusion35 Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 I'm not just a teacher 'because you get long holidays', I actually like the job. I don't finish work at 3 when the children go home. I actually work about 50-60 hours a week. I'm not underpaid or overpaid, I think I get a fair deal for the job I do. I'm not a trade union activist and don't go on strike. I don't want to help with your child's homework or advise on their education/behaviour/anything else vaguely child related...!
Mike the Metal Ed Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 I can't give you a free prize just because you've invested your holiday money in trying to win a soft toy worth £3 just because it's in a crane. On that note, you're not guaranteed a win if you put in £1 or £100.
AoWW Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 I'm not just a teacher 'because you get long holidays', I actually like the job. I don't finish work at 3 when the children go home. I actually work about 50-60 hours a week. I'm not underpaid or overpaid, I think I get a fair deal for the job I do. I'm not a trade union activist and don't go on strike. I don't want to help with your child's homework or advise on their education/behaviour/anything else vaguely child related...! Sorry to hijack the thread but that really grinds my gears. I was in the hairdressers last weekend and a 6 year old boy was creating merry hell and flatly refusing to have his hair cut... literally screaming the place down, trying to 'escape the building', violently kicking his Mum and the hairdresser etc, etc. This went on for over an hour with his mother repeatedly shouting 'don't think you'll be going to Johnny's sleepover when you show me up like this'. (It was obvious to all witnessing this drama that she'd give in and he would, indeed, end up at the sleepover.) I sat there 'enjoying' my 'relaxing' scalp massage. The hairdresser mentions to the kid's Mum that I'm a teacher and immediately she's 'ooh, can you give me any tips?' No, I ****ing can't, I thought, (or at least none that would have been professional to suggest)- I'm off-duty, now bugger off and take the brat with you. I need to find a new hairdresser.
Illusion35 Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 I feel your pain! Have had similar experiences!
Webbo Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 Do you not stir your paint while keeping your hands free!!? I do and I thoroughly enjoy rigorously wiping it clean again.
FoxesAreBlue Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 I always lie about my job. As soon as you tell ANYBODY that you work in fitness they ask how they can lose a few pounds. Simple answer - eat well and exercise. Groundbreaking stuff I know. If you want a bit more detail then book a session and pay for the fvcker. But as of now, I'm not at work so piss off.
Alf Bentley Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 Interpreters speak, translators write. So, those people that you see on the news telling you in English what Merkel/Hollande said are NOT translators, however many fvcking times the BBC calls them that. They are interpreters. Translators are sat at home, turning WRITTEN foreign words into WRITTEN English words (or vice-versa). Or, of course, they may just be wasting their time on FoxesTalk instead.... At this point, anyone apart from Captain Pancake Face should switch off and do something more interesting... - To confuse the issue, there is the "interpretive school of translation", which worships at the tomb of Danica Seleskovitch: to quote Wiki: "Danica Seleskovitch postulated that successful written and oral translation (interpreting) is based on an understanding of the message in the source language and the restatement of that message in the target language, focusing on the sense and not simply on the words of the original, while nevertheless taking account of their register and style". Some of us still love you, Danica! "63 points and it's only January!".....Interpret that message!
bovril Posted 28 January 2014 Posted 28 January 2014 Photographers are all impoverished, bitter and twisted, chain-smoking alcoholics. Oh, hang on....
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