Are there any jobs or things that you'd love the idea of but would be rubbish at?

[TheSweetieJar]

I'm fascinated by props even simple ones like a mug on the show of a set. I love that every item could have its own story within that character`s world even if it's never explained. I would love to be a set designer or prop maker but I'm not at all artistic.

I also love the idea of painting as a hobby but I have no talent for it and no patience. I also have nerve damage so I'd struggle to paint for any length of time.

What things do you dream about that you know aren't feasible/practical?

All I f them really

*All of them really

Obviously I demonstrated I would be a crap proofreader

Bounty hunter. Like the idea of kicking down trailer doors and hauling off outlaws but I’m actually way too conflict adverse and would just say they weren’t in.

I'd love to be musical or at least have some sense of natural rhythm to dance. I love listening to music and dancing and would really like to be able to express myself like that.

Unfortunately I have two left hands as well as two left feet and don't have the coordination or timing required to play an instrument or dance. I also can't carry a tune in a bucket either so singing is out.

I do have the occasional concert in the front room, where I play air guitar, drums, dance about and sing, unfortunately I think I probably look - and sound - like I'm having a fight with the invisible Man!

Detective inspector. Too old now.

Funny you say that OP, I'm also a frustrated propswoman (probably not a word). But I'd want to be the one making stuff, sticking together some fake food or a fake newspaper relevant to the plot etc. People genuinely do this. Unfortunately I have the artistic skills of a blind zebra who's never been good at art.

I’d love to be an air hostess - flying off to exotic destinations and looking all glamorous, but I’m scared of flying so it’s a bit of a none starter really.

I would love to be a train driver, but I can't even drive a car and would seriously fail the eyesight requirements.

Apologies for the typo in the title. It should say "You" not "you'd."

I would have loved to have been a pilot (and even entertained some thoughts of joining the RAF as a teenager), but I'm a) terrified of heights b) terribly short-sighted, and c) not great with authority, so that would have cut any hope of a military career short fairly sharpish.

A pilot, my head is away in the clouds most of the time so I'd be a bloody liability.

Air traffic controller.
Like the idea of directing aircraft around the skies.

In reality, I am too old, live in wrong areas, have no idea what is needed skills wise.

I would have loved to have been a barrister, all sharply dressed and authoritative.

However, I've got zero attention to detail, a memory like a hen, and am prone to tearfulness under pressure. So I'd be crap at it.

Ahhh I’d have loved to do something creative in a visual arts field (but am utterly incapable). Tried to learn to fly in my teens by joining the air cadets, but teenage me was appalled by the sexism (hopefully it’s improved since then) and walked out in disgust. I dreamed of being an author, but am apparently devoid of both original ideas and an ability to write interestingly. Luckily I eventually found something I both enjoy and am good at. It only took a decade….

nurse - the hours put me off
nursery teacher - no patience, need a break occasionally

a farmer,
probably too lazy

Midwifery- love the idea but I have no patience, I’m terrible with bodily fluids and have a very routine body clock so shifts would kill me.

I wanted to be a deep sea diver. But I'm a crap swimmer

Vet. But if I had to put an animal to sleep I’d just sit on the floor and cry instead. Also couldn’t deal with animal cruelty of any sort. I’d be crying on the floor again!

Prime minister.

Scaramucci got it right. This is what he said to NY magazine:

The thing I have learned about these people in Washington is they have no money. So what happens when they have no fucking money is they write about what seat they are in and what the title is. Fucking congressmen act like that. They are fucking jackasses.

Switch Washington to say Parliament and congressmen to say MPs.

A novelist. A really really gripping one.

"The windscreen wipers sweeped angrily from side to side, battling each violent raindrop as the heavens continued to open on that wet, torrential evening in April 1996. Everyone had been expecting an early heatwave that bank holiday weekend and the evidence of that was clear as Tom Williams watched the young adults of the town stumble clumsily across the pebble stones in and out of the various bars on Epney Road, shielding their summer clothing with last minute umbrellas and holding jackets over their heads. He was amusingly reminiscing his own youth as Ruby Collier yanked open the door and threw herself down on the back seat with a grateful sigh. He had been a cab driver for 25 years at that point and knew every street within a 15 mile radius. So when she asked to be taken to West Street he knew exactly what route to take. She had been his eleventh passenger that night, a night that had been nothing out of the ordinary. Except it wasn't, twenty years later it still haunted him and he still hated the association. Hanging around his neck like an unwanted burden that refused to go away like a wasp buzzing around his head. Because he had been the last link in the chain. His name was forever tainted to that night. After he dropped Ruby Collier to her destination, on the outside of a disused train station, nobody ever saw her again."

Yep. Not exactly Stephen King. Fuck knows what happened to her! 🤣

I think I would enjoy something in healthcare, a nurse maybe, but I am emetophobic so I would be the worst nurse ever, running away from vomiting patients to go cry in a room somewhere.

I really fancy being a police firearms officer, you know the ones that look like ninjas🤣

Or a spy! Like on spooks, obviously.

Or a driver of those massive behemoth cranes or dumper truck type things. Always fancied that. Struggle with spatial awareness and drive a mini so might be a stretch🤣

I’m an overweight middle aged nurse so never going to happen but if I had my time again…..

I'd love to be a writer but have no chance of that happening. Not something I do, just something I would like to be good at

Oooh... that chilled me a little bit!