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MaidenMotherCrone · 26/11/2018 09:15

Forget the job titles what is it you actually do?

I sit on my bottom for 10hrs looking very closely at things whilst listening to talking books and drinking tea 😁

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SheldonandPenny · 28/11/2018 09:15

I also stare into space a lot and then exclaim "For God's sake!!" when an email interrupts me..

juneybean · 28/11/2018 12:42

@Lunalula - I too have been a nursery nurse and a nanny for a JOB. Having your own child which you chose to have is not a job. Perhaps have a read of the infertility threads where people would love to run around after their children and wouldn't dare call it a job.

MissElaineNeus · 28/11/2018 13:06

I make iPhones do what I want (mostly).

naicepineapple · 28/11/2018 13:47

For 17.5 hours a week I see up to 17, sometimes very vulnerable, people a week and assist them with their universal credit claims, also signposting them onto other organisations that can help them with a variety of other issues.
It's rewarding, heart wrenching, infuriating and upsetting all rolled into one.

TheWiseWomansFear · 28/11/2018 18:18

I put things that are on paper onto the internet, write things to go on paper and on the internet and use social media. I also hand out post and eat food.

TheWiseWomansFear · 28/11/2018 18:19

Oh and I find things on the system and send them to people who should be able to do it for themselves but for some reason can't.

SecondTimeCharm · 28/11/2018 18:27

i look at lots of lovely and not so lovely clothes and then choose the ones i think i can sell the best. i also pretend to file invoices and drink a lot of coffee

Flutternotsoshy · 28/11/2018 18:30

I direct lost people, make announcements, try to help people understand multicoloured diagrams, explain how contactless bank cards work, get yelled and sworn at regularly, oh and the whole world thinks I'm overpaid since someone created a song about us which means we get called names a lot.

IHeartKingThistle · 28/11/2018 18:34

I piss teenagers off about commas and chewing gum.

Rednaxela · 28/11/2018 18:39

I sit in a lot of meetings and come up with lots of good ideas which no one has time or energy to implement Grin including myself!

LadyFlumpalot · 28/11/2018 18:40

@Hefzi - now I'm worried you are indeed one of the highly intelligent people I've explained the purposes of Sharpies vs Whiteboard markers to... repeatedly... Grin

Cahira · 28/11/2018 18:46

I coordinate, support and deliver projects and initiatives to achieve directorate objectives.

Sounds boring but I really enjoy it!

Wanttomakemincepies · 28/11/2018 18:50

Feed babies, change babies, give medicine to babies, monitor condition of babies. Help parents to parent in an alien setting. Lots of paperwork. Drink lots of coffee. Listen for changes in beeps on machines.

BippityBoppity87 · 28/11/2018 20:13

I deal with the public. I don't think there's really anymore to add to that!

Wanttomakemincepies · 28/11/2018 20:22

@BippityBoppity87 do you heard cats? Wink

BippityBoppity87 · 28/11/2018 20:26

Haha @Wanttomakemincepies I wish.

isseywithcats · 28/11/2018 20:36

2 jobs, job one pull a kitchen apart clean it and put it back together, job 2 make silk purses out of sows ears on ebay for a cat charity

CheerfulMuddler · 28/11/2018 20:53

I tell lies.

BestIsWest · 28/11/2018 21:03

I work out how to get data From one place to another while changing its format.
It’s a bit like doing endless logic puzzles.

Revakah · 28/11/2018 21:11

Stick labels on medicine Grin

soupmaker · 28/11/2018 21:15

I represent people in meetings when they are in trouble at or want to complain about how they are being treated at work.

ASongOfRiceAndPeas · 28/11/2018 21:20

I work with really important and complicated documents on my bosses’ behalf (printing, amending, sending etc) so that they can get on with the really important stuff. I manage their diaries, book flights and cabs, do their expenses and personal admin. I eat lots and lots of cake and drink lots of tea and coffee. (Legal secretary)

dillydong · 28/11/2018 21:21

I spend millions of pounds of companies money - shopping basically!

topcat2014 · 28/11/2018 21:22

@emwithme - me too!

I also peer over my reading glasses at people approaching my desk..

where did my youth go

PrincessButtockUp · 28/11/2018 21:27

Once upon a time I used to use numbers no-one understood to make pictures no-one wanted to look at because they generally told them something they didn't want to hear (information analyst).

Now I listen to people talk, and turn it into something other people can read, via my magic fingers (audiotypist)

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