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Tell me your dream jobs/nightmare jobs

15 replies

Grinchly · 08/01/2019 19:45

Dream Grin

Vet
Radio production or research, tv/film location scout
Travel writer, biographer, ghost writer
Dog walker

Nightmare Confused

Teacher or anything to do with teaching or caring for children - kudos to those who can and do
Wedding planner (!)
Statistician

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brizzledrizzle · 09/01/2019 04:45

Teaching and Teaching!

AdamNichol · 09/01/2019 08:43

Dream:
Novelist
Film Director
Travel writer
Harley Davidson test rider

Nightmare:
Returning to teaching. Lol. Done my 10 years.
Sales

OnlineAlienator · 09/01/2019 08:46

Dream: writer or manager of a heritage site

Nightmare: school teacher (cant stick kids)

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Moondancer73 · 09/01/2019 08:46

Dream- archaeologist
Property developer
Nightmare - teaching
Chiropodist
Dentist

Karmagoat · 09/01/2019 08:52

dream:
writer
artist
dog/cat sitter
researcher
detective

nightmare:
teacher
anything to do with kids
just kids Grin

dalmatianmad · 09/01/2019 08:57

Dream:
Nursing (I'm a band 6 sister)
Dalmatian rescue
Dog walker
Bake cakes
Volunteer for old people

Nightmare:
Dentist
Safeguarding
Anything feet 🤢
Kids

BitchQueen90 · 09/01/2019 08:58

Dream jobs - travel writer, baker, detective.

Nightmare job - nursery nurse, cleaner (I detest cleaning), debt collector, customer care in a call centre.

I know a lot of people will say sales as a nightmare job but I did it for a while and I wasn't too bad at it.

SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc · 09/01/2019 09:03

Dream.Bed tester,luxury holiday tester,chocolate tester. Grin

Nightmare.Telesales (been there hated that)

evilharpy · 09/01/2019 09:19

Dream: Anything involving numbers/statistics/facts & figures/lots of information requiring analysis and Excel. Cleaner. Spin instructor. Police detective. Dressmaker. Lady of leisure.

Nightmare: Teacher. Nursery nurse. Anything involving other people's children. Anything in the NHS (sorry). Care worker (I can't deal with bodily fluids). Waitress (have done it several times and was shit at it).

ShatnersBassoon · 09/01/2019 09:25

Dream: tea room owner.
Nightmare: stockbroker.

DyingMachine · 09/01/2019 09:36

Dream : singer

Nightmare : sales or any type of mind numbing office job

ComtesseDeSpair · 09/01/2019 11:00

Dream:
Truck driver
Mechanic
Painter and decorator

Nightmare:
Did it already. I was a junior auditor with a Big Four firm. I have never been so stressed and demoralised, I used to stand on the tube platform on my way home some nights and seriously think about tipping myself off.

Also, anything involving children.

Grinchly · 09/01/2019 12:35

Loving all theseGrin
@Karmagoat - are you me?Grin
Clearly am far from alone in the nothing to do with children category!

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Littlechocola · 09/01/2019 12:41

Dream- artist, dressmaker (can’t sew!), ballet dancer Grin
Nightmare- office based job, factory worker, farmer.

SuzieBishop · 09/01/2019 13:19

dream: curator of the Royal collection
any work at all in a grand stately home/castle

nightmare: childminder
spider keeper
sales

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