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Incognito job description (lighthearted)

294 replies

jacquec · 05/05/2023 15:14

I don't like to divulge my occupation openly and instead describe it in a, technically accurate, but unrelated sounding way. Whether you actually do this or not, I thought it'd be interesting to see how people would describe their job if they had to make it sound different, and whether we could guess what the real occupation was from said description.

Mine is that I work with candles.

OP posts:
SweetPetrichor · 06/05/2023 12:25

I pick fights with water.

SinnerBoy · 06/05/2023 12:31

Lifeguard?

Treedecsandtinsel · 06/05/2023 12:58

Shayisgreat · 05/05/2023 15:47

I read about problems in people's lives and tell other people how to help the people with the problems.

I input all of this into a computer so that when the people with the problems complain about the people who help them with the problems I get to explain why this happened.

I give the people who are helping the people with the problems timescales for tasks to help the people with the problems.

That’s my job too!

ElliePascoe · 06/05/2023 13:08

jacquec · 06/05/2023 05:11

Counsellor? The second relationship being with themselves?

Nope, I definitely want them to start new relationships - and with as many people as possible...

ElliePascoe · 06/05/2023 13:13

Paq · 06/05/2023 07:39

I help normal people to understand really clever people.

Ooh, we may work in a similar job or environment

Iris1976 · 06/05/2023 14:06

@WonkyFeelings nrtft but acupuncturist?

greyhairnomore · 06/05/2023 14:21

butterfly990 · 05/05/2023 17:02

I scrub hammers, drills , funny shaped metal objects,and sharp pointy things and then put them in giant dish washers. I then package everything and then put them in massive ovens.

This is so that the people that cut, hammer and poke people can do it all safely.

Sterile services ?

WonkyFeelings · 06/05/2023 17:47

MerlinsButler · 06/05/2023 00:58

Acupuncturist?

Yup!

Daffodilwoman · 06/05/2023 17:48

I see people who love other people. Sometimes they are happy, sometimes they are sad.

Needapadlockonmyfridge · 06/05/2023 17:52

Daffodilwoman · 06/05/2023 17:48

I see people who love other people. Sometimes they are happy, sometimes they are sad.

Registrar or Celebrant?

iamnottoofatiamjusttooshort · 06/05/2023 17:52

I provide care to people who nobody wants to provide care to

amyds2104 · 06/05/2023 21:31

Social worker?

amyds2104 · 06/05/2023 21:32

Shayisgreat · 05/05/2023 15:47

I read about problems in people's lives and tell other people how to help the people with the problems.

I input all of this into a computer so that when the people with the problems complain about the people who help them with the problems I get to explain why this happened.

I give the people who are helping the people with the problems timescales for tasks to help the people with the problems.

Social worker?

Daffodilwoman · 06/05/2023 21:34

Needapaddlock spot on.

Sarge1402 · 06/05/2023 21:41

HR?

blueshoes · 06/05/2023 21:44

Sarge1402 · 06/05/2023 21:41

HR?

You have to quote the post you are guessing. I think we have the same post in mind but you first.

Sarge1402 · 06/05/2023 21:48

blueshoes · 06/05/2023 21:44

You have to quote the post you are guessing. I think we have the same post in mind but you first.

Oh wow! Thanks! Been a lurker for years 😂

Sarge1402 · 06/05/2023 21:49

Shayisgreat · 05/05/2023 15:47

I read about problems in people's lives and tell other people how to help the people with the problems.

I input all of this into a computer so that when the people with the problems complain about the people who help them with the problems I get to explain why this happened.

I give the people who are helping the people with the problems timescales for tasks to help the people with the problems.

HR!?

MyDogHumpsThings · 06/05/2023 21:53

ElliePascoe · 06/05/2023 13:08

Nope, I definitely want them to start new relationships - and with as many people as possible...

Pimp?

blueshoes · 06/05/2023 21:55

WaxingGibbon · 06/05/2023 02:04

I listen to peoples problems and also tell them how to do their jobs better. Sometimes I'm deliberately a bit rude to them to see if I can get away with it. They never notice because they think I'm very wise and caring. I'm neither of those things.

This feels like HR to me, especially the bit about being wise and caring but being neither of those.

Sorry but I don't trust HR.

WonkyHare · 06/05/2023 21:56

I tell people they have forgotten something, and stand with a smile on my face while they shout at me and insult me.

NoroWorrier · 06/05/2023 21:56

I hear people’s personal and private information and see their most important documents.

Sometimes I make copies of it all. And often show/talk about them with other people.

Shayisgreat · 06/05/2023 21:58

amyds2104 · 06/05/2023 21:32

Social worker?

Yep, social work manager!

Sunshine275 · 06/05/2023 22:00

I get paid a good wage to financially assess the most vulnerable to decide how much of their well earned cash they have to pay towards being cared for. In other words I’m an arsehole.

StinkerTroll · 06/05/2023 22:01

I encourage children to look at marked dead trees while hallucinating vividly.......

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