Why don't people want to say what they do for a living?

[JonRB]

PurpleTurtle said:

...has a directly proportional impact on the amount of time they will spend engaging you in banal chit chat before inviting you to see their minky. Apparently.

Do you 'ave a leesahnce for that minky?

[Brother D]

condor said:

I tell people what I do even if they haven't asked

Ah pilot then!

[GetCarter]

Brother D said:

condor said:

I tell people what I do even if they haven't asked

Ah pilot then!

[Chunkymonkey71]

I'm a Field Asset Surveyor working in the water industry.

Thanks for asking.

[anonymous-user]

Chunkymonkey71 said:

I'm a Field Asset Surveyor working in the water industry.

Thanks for asking.

Sewer cleaner then?

[King Herald]

Snozzwangler said:

Mine is just a pain in the arse to explain.

I try to fob them off with "I'm a mechanic, on a ship".

Then comes the usual "Oh, you're an engineer. Chief engineer?"

And when I say no, it invariably leads to "Oh, so what sort of stuff do you work on?"

Then ensues a conversation where i try to explain seismic oil exploration in basic terms.

Really I want to say "Like you actually give a fk?" but I don't.....

[Pesty]

King Herald said:

I try to fob them off with "I'm a mechanic, on a ship".

Then comes the usual "Oh, you're an engineer. Chief engineer?"

And when I say no, it invariably leads to "Oh, so what sort of stuff do you work on?"

Then ensues a conversation where i try to explain seismic oil exploration in basic terms.

Really I want to say "Like you actually give a fk?" but I don't.....

That would probably be an interesting convo for me.

But do you really want to talk about your work to some stranger with barley functioning brain about it?

I still feel in the UK "we" don't really have the art of conversation and I definitely include myself in that. When traveling I always seem to have better conversations with strangers and no jobs are ever mentioned and neither is the fking weather.

[Blown2CV]

What if... Long shot I know... Someone actually was interested to know?

[deadtom]

doogz said:

Do you enjoy it?

If so, you shouldn't be sheepish. Too many people put too much stock in other people's opinions!

Yeah it's a pretty good gig, especially as mountain bikes are my number one thing in life (cars are #2, sorry PH). As alluded to by a few in this thread my enjoyment of the job certainly goes a long way to make up for the meagre pay, but I must admit I am getting restless and I hope it will soon be time to move on to bigger and better things now that I have finished my degree (I started late y'see; I was a positively geriatric 24 years old in my first year, hence now getting on for 30 now that I've graduated)