What normal jobs do you admire and think you'd be bad at?
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md4776 said:
ambuletz said:
ones i could never imagine doing
door to door sales: ... i can't understand why people do it with religion, seems like a waste of time, you're not getting paid.
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People do alot of things they arent paid for. Some technical some not. People post on here to help others find a car, or fix them, people update wikipedia, produce/patch free software, take old folks out for day, answer the phone for the Samaritans, any number of things. door to door sales: ... i can't understand why people do it with religion, seems like a waste of time, you're not getting paid.
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Daniel pink wrote a book on 'the surprising truth about motivation', backed up by some pretty heavyweight research . No need to read it though as its distilled nicely into this 10 minute animation:
https://youtu.be/u6XAPnuFjJc
Suppose admire is a bit much of a strong term, but cricket commentator. How the hell can they witter on for hours, especially in the long rain / bad light intervals. Then when some arse like Pietersen gets himself out playing a stupid cavalier swipe, when what is really needed is someone to play a steadying innings, how do they stop themselves blurting out "FFS Figjam, what a t
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t!"cuprabob said:
School teacher for me too. It's not just the way kid's behave these days but more the behaviour of parents.
This, also anyone who is low paid and has to deal with the public - i’m specifically thinking of shop staff and restaurant staff. A good proportion of the British public are utter scum, either pompous arrogant snobs or council types. I always make a point of being as nice as possible to these people. Don’t know how they do it. wolfracesonic said:
DoubleSix said:
My wife is a nurse. Specialises in palliative and end of life care in the community. (Basically if you want to die at home she will be managing your pain and explaining to you and your family that you are likely to do die very soon).
Some of the stories...
(Im a financial adviser/investment manager so at least I made the list!)
Interesting Doublesix mentions palliative care nurse, we had them looking after my Dad recently during his last couple of weeks at home: My mother mentioned to me how all of them said they enjoyed their job which I thought was a little strange. A nurse in a hospital helping people before/after operations etc. hopefully gets to see a happy outcome but the palliative care side of things, you know there can be only one ending. I guess we're all cut out for different things.Some of the stories...
(Im a financial adviser/investment manager so at least I made the list!)
Edited by DoubleSix on Sunday 8th October 08:27
Incredibly intimate.
But no, not for everyone. I admire her greatly.
Amazingly she has to put up with abuse, threats and foul language, people refusing not to smoke etc, from some unmentionable types which makes my blood boil!
As I'm currently painting my daughter bedroom. I pity painter and decorators. Tape off ceilings, skirting, doors, windows,ceiling. Undercoat walls, top coat walls and allow to dry, tape off walls and floors to gloss coat skirting, doors window sills. What soul destroying work. Not to mention wall paper. Stuff of the devil. I suppose panel beaters could be in the same category. I don't know how anyone does this day in day out
Anything that involved me talking to people in person and having to be nice to them. How anyone can get out of bed in the morning and talk to the morons that make up 99% of the public is beyond me.
Ideal job for me would be a spaceman on a mission that combined certain aspects of a round trip to Mars (Two years, nice big spacecraft) and those of the Mercury programme (Just one astronaut).
Ideal job for me would be a spaceman on a mission that combined certain aspects of a round trip to Mars (Two years, nice big spacecraft) and those of the Mercury programme (Just one astronaut).
DoubleSix said:
wolfracesonic said:
DoubleSix said:
My wife is a nurse. Specialises in palliative and end of life care in the community. (Basically if you want to die at home she will be managing your pain and explaining to you and your family that you are likely to do die very soon).
Some of the stories...
(Im a financial adviser/investment manager so at least I made the list!)
Interesting Doublesix mentions palliative care nurse, we had them looking after my Dad recently during his last couple of weeks at home: My mother mentioned to me how all of them said they enjoyed their job which I thought was a little strange. A nurse in a hospital helping people before/after operations etc. hopefully gets to see a happy outcome but the palliative care side of things, you know there can be only one ending. I guess we're all cut out for different things.Some of the stories...
(Im a financial adviser/investment manager so at least I made the list!)
Edited by DoubleSix on Sunday 8th October 08:27
Incredibly intimate.
But no, not for everyone. I admire her greatly.
Amazingly she has to put up with abuse, threats and foul language, people refusing not to smoke etc, from some unmentionable types which makes my blood boil!
For what it's worth,probably most of the abuse etc is not directed at her, but just frustration & upset family members.
On the issue of teacher, daughter's best friend is a primary teacher, actually now was a teacher.
On her final placement year whilst unqualified she was put in sole charge, with one TA, of two combined classes, 60 kids, school in special measures.
One of the kids, a real nasty piece told her it was his aim to do things that would make her fail. Anyway this kid was into martial arts, his family took zero interest, so in order to make some connection with him, she took her own time out to go to watch him in competitions. It seemed to have some positive effect until the day he threw a book in a tantrum and the corner got her in the eye.
Not even allowed to shout at the little buggers these days, just give them a nasty look apparently. Screw that.
On her final placement year whilst unqualified she was put in sole charge, with one TA, of two combined classes, 60 kids, school in special measures.
One of the kids, a real nasty piece told her it was his aim to do things that would make her fail. Anyway this kid was into martial arts, his family took zero interest, so in order to make some connection with him, she took her own time out to go to watch him in competitions. It seemed to have some positive effect until the day he threw a book in a tantrum and the corner got her in the eye.
Not even allowed to shout at the little buggers these days, just give them a nasty look apparently. Screw that.
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've done a few houses up over the years and am happy turning my hand to any work/trade... except plastering.
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.
FiF said:
Suppose admire is a bit much of a strong term, but cricket commentator. How the hell can they witter on for hours, especially in the long rain / bad light intervals. Then when some arse like Pietersen gets himself out playing a stupid cavalier swipe, when what is really needed is someone to play a steadying innings, how do they stop themselves blurting out "FFS Figjam, what a tt!"
I was at a minor counties cup final a few years ago with the gobbiest mate I know. He happened to be a mate of the bloke doing the commentary for a local radio station and got left in front of the mic for ten minutes. Even he admitted it was far more difficult than Aggers et al make it seem.t!"Anything that involved predominantly dealing with the stratum of society that get everything done for them for free, and spend the whole time moaning about it. I'd be very hard pushed not to tell them exactly what I thought.
A friend is a plumber for a housing association and says he has to bite his lip at what some of the utter vermin he has as "clients" on a daily basis do and say.
A friend is a plumber for a housing association and says he has to bite his lip at what some of the utter vermin he has as "clients" on a daily basis do and say.
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