What normal jobs do you admire and think you'd be bad at?

[227bhp]

Gav147 said:

NDA said:

Piersman2 said:

Plasterer.

I've done a few houses up over the years and am happy turning my hand to any work/trade... except plastering.

Same for me...

I tried to plaster a small area behind a TV in a previous house - it looked like a 3D image of the ocean when I'd finished. I genuinely admire the skill of plastering - the good guys are artists.

It's just practice, spare trowel here in Yorkshire if any of you fancy ago at it

There is more to it than that, some have it and some don't. I've known a few crap old plasterers.

How the best ones get something with the consistency of cream onto a ceiling without spilling it all over is beyond me, even though i've watched them.

[PDP76]

DanielSan said:

bazza white said:

Agreed with plasterer, as a diy'er it stresses the hell out me.



Carer for mental health, I'd fall to pieces. Shamefully all my mums side of the family work in this area.

My girlfriend is a mental health nurse, some of the things they deal with in the job is outrageous. Dont think I'd last long before I ended up smacking some of the patients in the gob with how abusive they can be.

I did 4 days work in a secure mental hospital.
It should have been just two days. However escaping patients kept fking our work up.

The odd few that were allowed to wander the area just wouldn't stop trying to get through too where we were working. Plus other gripes and problems.
Never again.

[zb]

RumbleOfThunder said:

I wan't to be a postman at my current wage. All I want in life!

Better than walking the streets.

[anonymous-user]

Funeral director?

Dealing with the upset and the dead.

Well paid, I suppose, and a constant revenue stream - no dip in business! Oh, and you get to drive a luxury car...


Also a PH article writer...

Every word will be scrutinised and your readers will hate you.

They don't get paid though, do they?

[Europa1]

Ki3r said:

A friend is a A&E nurse. I don't know how she does it. Some of the things that shes had to deal are shocking.

I have a friend who did a stint in A&E in their training, and it sounded pretty horrific, especially Friday and Saturday nights - only alleviated by the fact these were also known as "Fruit and Veg Night", on account of the number of strange accidents that befell people as they undertook mundane domestic chores in the nude...

[shakindog]

Breakdown and recovery service patrols. Dodging the many idiots that use our road network everyday.

[popegregory]

RizzoTheRat said:

Gun said:

My OH is a teacher and I definitely couldn't do it. It's not so much the kids, they're children so you can expect them to act like little sts now and again. It's the stories of the deluded parents that would really test my patience.

Same here. Plus she teaches at a 6th form, I sometimes give her a lift in to work and it turn out I'm way to lecherous to work somewhere like that

It's not the kids or the parents; it's the colleagues. The ones who mentally never left school and are still, deep down, children themselves. It's a very odd profession but it is a chuckle and extremely satisfying to know that, out of the last ten years, I've been on holiday for two and a half.

[Dalto123]

Another vote for Doctors/Nurses/Carers - Or basically anyone caring for those too unwell to look after themselves. Certainly couldn't do the job myself and have a huge respect for them.

Also...

Johnnytheboy said:

SCEtoAUX said:

I'd like to be a locksmith and then use my skills to go around breaking into houses.

On a daily basis I'd get to do the funniest line in the history of comedy.

"Who are you, and how did you get in here..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRva7z8pvwc

Rivaled by "Is this some kind of bust?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S2wjSvX2D8

Shirley you can't be serious?

[Dog Star]

jonah35 said:

Working in a benefits office

Working in the Job Centre was brilliant; I’m really a computer contractor but back in 2009 I ended up working in my local JCP for six months (it’s a long story). I never ever even heard a raised voice, the “customers” (I dealt with “stage 3” which means long term (over six months) unemployed) were all really nice to me.

The office was quite nice, I didn’t really need the job and the management knew it so I didn’t worry too much about being a little “different” or not toeing the line. I’d rearrange people’s appointmemts if they were going on holiday so they’d not lose a weeks benefit (this was back in the credit crunch - a lot of people I saw were real cases, not dossers). At lunch I’d go to the boozer and if the person I was seeing before lunch was ok I’d take them for a pint. In fact my best female friend (who isn’t my missus) is this Pakistani lass who was one of my “customers” and I still go out on the lash with her now.

So strangely despite what you might think it was actually good fun.

[0a]

Great story!

Good responses to this thread thanks.

[dazwalsh]

Paramedics for me, of course the lifesaving stuff but equally so their resilience in dealing with drunken tossers and timewasters. The series Ambulance is a brilliant insight into what they have to deal with, both the paramedics themselves and the staff taking the 999 calls.

On a lessor scale but still a huge amount of respect and admiration, careworkers, secondary school teachers and prison staff.

Traffic wardens too in a weird way, the abuse and hatred that must flow their way. No thanks.

[neilski]

jonah35 said:

What would you guys want to do if you could?

I used to sell I.T. to businesses but three months ago I moved to Bolivia to become a mountain bike guide on Death Road.

The job is brilliant but as per some earlier comments I'm dealing with the public on a daily basis, most of whom are great but there seems to be a strong element of "I haven't ridden a bike since I was a kid so I thought it would be a good idea to cycle down the World's Most Dangerous Road." Not surprisingly, we have to call an ambulance from time to time or get the first aid kit out. Thankfully I haven't had to do any rope rescues yet.

[alangtt]

neilski said:

jonah35 said:

What would you guys want to do if you could?

I used to sell I.T. to businesses but three months ago I moved to Bolivia to become a mountain bike guide on Death Road.

The job is brilliant but as per some earlier comments I'm dealing with the public on a daily basis, most of whom are great but there seems to be a strong element of "I haven't ridden a bike since I was a kid so I thought it would be a good idea to cycle down the World's Most Dangerous Road." Not surprisingly, we have to call an ambulance from time to time or get the first aid kit out. Thankfully I haven't had to do any rope rescues yet.

Is that your job now?
Are you insane?