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Jobs you could never do

117 replies

Yumyumyumm · 11/02/2024 17:16

For me, it’s chefs. I am amazed at them. The absolute chaos, the hours, every detail that goes into getting a high quality meal out of the kitchen in as quick a time as possible, all the skills. They are actually truly incredible. I love watching things like Boiling Point, Burnt and The Bear and have no shame in admitting I couldn’t do that job.

What about you?

OP posts:
TeeBee · 11/02/2024 17:39

Executioner
Teacher
Surgeon

PPTorPDF · 11/02/2024 17:41

Anything with kids.

JacksonLambsEatIvy · 11/02/2024 17:42

I couldn’t be a bus or lorry driver either. I simply couldn’t drive a vehicle that large.

I can drive but I much prefer to drive a small car. The thought of having to be in charge of a bus or an HGV fills me with horror.

I wouldn’t even hire a van to drive because I simply do not want to be in charge of a vehicle that size.

AmserGwely · 11/02/2024 17:43

PIP assessor- I couldn't live with myself.

Edited to add admin

WavyLines11 · 11/02/2024 17:43

Police officer, I really can't cope with confrontation, I'm a massive scaredy cat.

Meadowfinch · 11/02/2024 17:43

Surgeon
chiropodist
sewage engineer
deep sea fisherwoman

SquashPenguin · 11/02/2024 17:43

Anything that deals with the general public

HelloMiss · 11/02/2024 17:44

PPTorPDF · 11/02/2024 17:41

Anything with kids.

Same!!!

OriginalRyvita · 11/02/2024 17:44

Anything with long periods of sitting down,
Anything with loads of meetings,
Anything with animals dead or alive,
Anything requiring me to fawn over people,
Anything really stinky.

blackrabbitwhiterabbit · 11/02/2024 17:44

Jeannie88 · 11/02/2024 17:30

Same here!

Are you both veggies?

BobnLen · 11/02/2024 17:45

Driving jobs, wfh desk job.

BananaSplitsss · 11/02/2024 17:45

Dentist 🤮🤢🤢🤢
Secondary School teacher ( kids are fucking vile at that age)
Snake 🐍 catcher .. fuck that shit.
Binman.. bleurgh . The smell of those bins .. 🤢

gingergiraffe · 11/02/2024 17:49

Slaughterhouse work. Working in a Disney shop as a greeter, ie having to pretend to be happy to work there. In store security person. What powers do they actually have and so boring? Tele sales. Soul destroying. I have done many jobs in my life and always try to do my best whatever the pay but there has to be a degree of job satisfaction in order to survive. Hats off to those who do these jobs and enjoy them or simply have no choice though.

BeyondMyWits · 11/02/2024 17:50

blackrabbitwhiterabbit · 11/02/2024 17:44

Are you both veggies?

Nope I am not. I have caught my own trout, salmon, mackerel, gathered seafood from the shore, trapped rabbits, shot pigeon and pheasant. I have killed, skinned, gutted and plucked ... but I still would not want to work in a slaughterhouse. To be surrounded by death and blood all day long does not appeal to me at all.

Duolingo · 11/02/2024 17:55

I agree op, kitchens look so stressful I would be a terrible chef.

Killing stuff or clearing up killed stuff, nope. Grating people's feet, nope. A job at sea oh hell no.

The people who stack freezers in supermarkets and anyone else who handles frozen things... My fingers turn white at the thought I couldn't do that.

Influencer paid to talk shite with a straight face... No not for me 😆

Mammma91 · 11/02/2024 17:55

I couldn’t work in the recycling centre/collect bins. I have to hold my breath when I walk past them! DS is fascinated by them!

Move22 · 11/02/2024 17:57

Nurse. Smear tests. Important job but I couldn’t do it.

RootVegAndMash · 11/02/2024 18:00

Are you both veggies?

Because they wouldn't want to work in a slaughterhouse? Why is that relevant?

I thoroughly enjoy a good serving of any meat. I'd still hate to work in a slaughterhouse.

I very much enjoy applying a good peel off face mask but I'd also hate to have to work in the factory mixing and packing the damn stuff! Doesn't make me anti-face masks though 😂

Dulcamara · 11/02/2024 18:01

Anything to do with working with cadavers: forensic pathologist, mortician, mortuary makeup artist, gravedigger

Also dead animals, such as in an abattoir or animal crematorium

iPreferBooks · 11/02/2024 18:02

Bus driver (no toilets!)

Dulcamara · 11/02/2024 18:03

Sorry re-reading the OP, maybe my answers are for "jobs I would never do"

NotFastButFurious · 11/02/2024 18:04

Anything that involves working outdoors, night shifts, driving all day, or other people’s bodily fluids!

IvorTheEngineDriver · 11/02/2024 18:04

Steeplejack. No head for heights at all.

Changingplace · 11/02/2024 18:05

The sales based corporate world, I’ve done it and never again with the utter Apprentice style claptrap.

Justme10 · 11/02/2024 18:07

Anything with kids especially the little ones.

I love mine and I am actually pretty good with kids but I couldn't do it as a job.