What normal jobs do you admire and think you'd be bad at?
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I'm not talking about niche stuff, or being the PM.
What normal jobs do you admire and think you'd be rubbish at?
For me a couple spring to mind. Firstly the police. I would be incredibly frustrated by their "customers" nowadays and admire their patience dealing with the dregs of society that really don't care about others. Talking to a cousin who's a police officer on the beat, the daily grind mostly involves drugs related crime and domestic violence. I don't think I'd be cut out for that.
Secondly, and a little lighter - airline check in staff at 5AM. I'm a miserable bugger at any time, so early in the morning and dealing with stressed and tetchy people - no thanks!
What normal jobs do you admire and think you'd be rubbish at?
For me a couple spring to mind. Firstly the police. I would be incredibly frustrated by their "customers" nowadays and admire their patience dealing with the dregs of society that really don't care about others. Talking to a cousin who's a police officer on the beat, the daily grind mostly involves drugs related crime and domestic violence. I don't think I'd be cut out for that.
Secondly, and a little lighter - airline check in staff at 5AM. I'm a miserable bugger at any time, so early in the morning and dealing with stressed and tetchy people - no thanks!
ds I don't know.
Teacher, Ditto much of the above mentioned, just don't have the patience to work with kids.
Personally, I think I am awful at customer service jobs, I have done them, I have been told however that I am very good customer facing, I honestly don't know how though, misses thinks it's my personality.
Personally, I think I am awful at customer service jobs, I have done them, I have been told however that I am very good customer facing, I honestly don't know how though, misses thinks it's my personality.
I'm not sure any of these are 'normal' jobs, but:
Surgeons, dentists, proctologists and all that medical stuff, it's not a job but a vocation. Hats off to them.
After leaving college a long time ago I had a fill-in job working for a funeral director, driving hearses and limousines and doing burials and bearing at crematoriums. I think I've been to about 800 funerals, from stillborns to war veterans. I would never have thought I could do that, but I did, and it taught me quite a bit about life.
Surgeons, dentists, proctologists and all that medical stuff, it's not a job but a vocation. Hats off to them.
After leaving college a long time ago I had a fill-in job working for a funeral director, driving hearses and limousines and doing burials and bearing at crematoriums. I think I've been to about 800 funerals, from stillborns to war veterans. I would never have thought I could do that, but I did, and it taught me quite a bit about life.
overunder12g said:
Surgeon.
Can you imagine? First thing Monday doing that?
No thanks.
A total inability to have a 'bad monday morning', being a bit hungover, letting your personal life impact your job performance. Very true, i'd dread that. Can you imagine? First thing Monday doing that?
No thanks.
When I have a bad morning in my current job, I can just defer the stuff I do, or turn up to the meetings and not be quite as competent.
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