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Badly explain your job

429 replies

Greenandcabbagelooking · 09/04/2020 17:14

Because I think we all need a laugh at the moment! Inspired by a Twitter hashtag, explain your job (or an old one) and guess what other posters’ jobs were.

I use dangerous chemicals and fire around children.

OP posts:
Longdistance · 09/04/2020 22:51

Chasing boys across a muddy field.

HollowTalk · 09/04/2020 22:52

I try to frighten people, in particular women.

juneybean · 09/04/2020 22:53

I often feel like a nanny to 32 NT adults who moan about ridiculous things.

Elsiebear90 · 09/04/2020 22:53

@Pickles89 really close! I’m a cardiac physiologist :)

MoverOfPaper · 09/04/2020 22:54

I move paper

RUSU92 · 09/04/2020 22:58

I drive around giving people stuff to throw away.

dyscalculicgal96 · 09/04/2020 22:59

@hollowtalk you are a OB?

@MoverOfPaper
No clue?

ChristmasCarcass · 09/04/2020 23:01

I clean people’s blood for them.

RiaOverTheRainbow · 09/04/2020 23:02

I threaten crying children with GBH.

InkogKneeToe · 09/04/2020 23:05

I prevent people fixing temporary problems with a permanent solution.

MusicianTom · 09/04/2020 23:06

I sit in the dark watching people live and on screens, and tell others what to do and when to do it.

LittleAndOften · 09/04/2020 23:08

I sit at a laptop and drink tea a lot. I make people sound better than they can themselves. I also attend events several times a month where I try to convince people to pay me to make them sound better than they can themselves.

fodderbeet · 09/04/2020 23:08

I work for people that constantly tell me that I'm doing it wrong (despite them have no practical knowledge) and being blamed for pretty much all of the bad things in the world. You need me to survive (every single day) and I'm almost always missed off the 'let's be thankful for the key workers' memes so prevalent right now.

OhNoNoNoNotThatOne · 09/04/2020 23:09

@musiciantom are you a show/movie producer?

I answer phone calls, and tell people what to do, where to go and how long for, while organising their travel and accommodation if needed.

SharonMitchell · 09/04/2020 23:09

Apparently I just sit and answer phones all day.... I am also a paid skivvy to 45 adults and many children who all want things done right away, I also get grief from another bunch of adults who think they are the only person/s I deal with in the day and that when they click their fingers I should jump!
I do love my job though

vodkaredbullgirl · 09/04/2020 23:11

Im a night watchperson, drug dealer, cleaner, entertainer and a big family person.

Wauden · 09/04/2020 23:19

I tell people they cannot do what they want to do, to because they think it will be a good thing.

MusicianTom · 09/04/2020 23:21

@OhNoNoNoNotThatOne

No. I do work in live entertainment, but much lower down the food chain

applesnpears1 · 09/04/2020 23:25

Grim reaper

Wauden · 09/04/2020 23:28

@BlueGheko
I stick things up bums and often get peed on!
Vet?

TheMotherofAllDilemmas · 09/04/2020 23:31

I’m not sure if I am a wedding organiser or a firefighter.

Wauden · 09/04/2020 23:33

@JustFrigginNameChange
Sick people ask me to send strangers round their house to kidnap them
NHS phone advisor who orders ambulances?

managedmis · 09/04/2020 23:33

Failing to try to persuade people to stay safe at work

namechangenumber2 · 09/04/2020 23:35

I listen to the dramas of teenagers

InkogKneeToe · 09/04/2020 23:39

@fodderbeet GP receptionist 😂

(The ones at my surgery are totally lovely for the record!)