Are you/have you ever been embarrassed of your job?

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When LO was born and we went to register him, I remember the registrar asking me my occupation, I told her she wrote it down. She then asked my OH who is a sales assistant, he hesitated and then said do you have to put it, she said yes. He then reluctantly said he worked in a supermarket, and then said 'it's a bit shit do I have to have it written on the birth certificate'. The registrar then changed it to something like 'logistics personnel' and made his Job sound fancy.
I asked him why he did that afterwards he just said well it's not the best job and I didn't want LO to be embarrassed later in life.

OH still does a similar, he has the potential to do more however previous bad life choices and lack of confidence have resulted in him being in this position.

Any way this memory popped in to my head earlier and got me thinking, are you/have you ever been embarrassed of your job or even your partners job? Have you changed it to make it sound more glamorous?

@Doona

What could be more admirable than a hospital worker? Like seriously, I can't even think of a more worthwhile job, in terms of contributing to society. Cleaning too. So weird that these jobs are associated with low status. Why?

I am in hospital a lot. It's the housekeeping staff who keep me sane a lot of the time. I'm alwsys there for long stays and I really miss my family and home. When cleaning staff come in and chat whilst they're working or stop to chat with me, it really makes such a difference to my otherwise miserable and lonely day. I truly appreciate anyone who does this sort of work x

@XenoBitch I should have tagged you in my above post as it was aimed to you !!

My ex was a solicitor and I worked in a bog standard admin job at the local college. I always used to feel embarrassed if I met up with his colleagues as I felt like they thought I was thick whenever they asked me what I did.

This thread is making me so sad. No one should ever be made to feel ashamed for working hard. I'm so grateful to hospital and factory workers, they keep the lights on and it's terribly hard work, I couldn't do it! When I was a librarian a man acted incredulous that the job existed, "you get paid to do that" "why would you need a degree for that" etc. It made me feel very small but my husband was so sweet and talked about how hard of a job it was and how necessary a service and how much libraries do for the community, he really shamed that guy. I hope you all feel your worth and know how important you are!!

No one should be embarrassed or ashamed of their job, regardless of what that job is.
Every job from the cleaner to the CEO is just as important as each others and one role wouldn't function as well without the other roles.
Lift your head up high.