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What are the stereotypes that surround your job? (LIghthearted)

140 replies

KnopkaPixie · 31/12/2024 19:40

Inspired by recent threads. Are you an AI level of empathy PIP assessor? A misogynistic policeman? A somewhat silly spy? A socially awkward IT person?

I've been a "Too young" nanny/au pair, A tour guide who is "Just having a free holiday" a barmaid...etc...

All nurses are party animals though...(just to get you all going)

OP posts:
Linkle · 31/12/2024 22:20

Bluesecretarybird · 31/12/2024 22:17

I only cut nails (apparently). 😅

Podiatrist?

KnopkaPixie · 31/12/2024 22:21

Bluesecretarybird · 31/12/2024 22:17

I only cut nails (apparently). 😅

Podiatrist! Chriropodist! (What's the difference?)

OP posts:
stayathomer · 31/12/2024 22:23

Retail- easy to get a job in! It bloody well wasn’t!

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PeachBlossom1234 · 31/12/2024 22:28

Charity fundraiser. No I don’t chase vulnerable people down the street asking for money, and yes, I do get paid!

Also wear heels and look like a boss not a dodgy wool jumper in sight!

iamnotalemon · 31/12/2024 22:35

Dueanamechange2025 · 31/12/2024 20:45

I make tea and shag the boss.

Secretary/PA? 😂

Bologneselove · 31/12/2024 22:36

Eileen101 · 31/12/2024 21:35

Someone who only ever wants to snatch a baby from the arms of their parent amd apparently delights in doing so.

social worker?

Dueanamechange2025 · 31/12/2024 22:42

iamnotalemon · 31/12/2024 22:35

Secretary/PA? 😂

Yep!

wizzywig · 31/12/2024 22:43

KnopkaPixie · 31/12/2024 22:17

Parole officer? (Uncertain of UK terms)

Bingo my little cherub! Happy new year!

LaughingCat · 31/12/2024 22:52

ShesNotACowShesAFox · 31/12/2024 21:36

That I can splash a great big blatant lie all over the front page with no consequences whatsoever - and that I’d pay £6million for a kiss and tell about a nobody Z-lister 😂 I’m sure people are very disappointed when they find out actually my entire focus is around women’s health.

Oh, oh, oh…I worked NHS media relations for years. I am so intrigued now!

KnopkaPixie · 31/12/2024 22:52

Nobody's come up with the right answer for PP's "I wear a duffle coat" yet. Now this must be a stereotype and not actually true?

Who stereotypically wears a duffle coat? Or does she really wear a duffle coat? I'm torn between two extremes. She's either a Russian Revolutionary Leninist time travelling anarchist or part of the King's Guard.

This is so confusing.

OP posts:
lovemycbf · 31/12/2024 22:53

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 31/12/2024 20:47

Support Worker.

I have no qualifications and do it because I’m unable to do anything else.

Same attitude towards retail staff too

LaughingCat · 31/12/2024 22:54

AutoP1lot · 31/12/2024 21:45

I'm an accountant so I'm obviously boring, uptight, antisocial and awkward.

I mean…my dad was a chartered accountant and, well, y’know, much as I love him and all that, you have just described the old chap to a tee 😂

CandyLeBonBon · 31/12/2024 22:54

That we're sleazy arseholes either charging too much for weddings or nobody knows why we charge so much cos everyone has a phone, innit?!!

KnopkaPixie · 31/12/2024 22:54

wizzywig · 31/12/2024 22:43

Bingo my little cherub! Happy new year!

Happy New Year to you too!

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CandyLeBonBon · 31/12/2024 22:55

Nobody's come up with the right answer for PP's "I wear a duffle coat" yet. Now this must be a stereotype and not actually true?

Michsel Foot's body double?

LaughingCat · 31/12/2024 22:56

CandyLeBonBon · 31/12/2024 22:54

That we're sleazy arseholes either charging too much for weddings or nobody knows why we charge so much cos everyone has a phone, innit?!!

Wedding photographer! (You guys are amazing, from someone who can’t take a good photo for all the riches in the world)

Cherryblossom90 · 31/12/2024 23:07

KnopkaPixie · 31/12/2024 22:52

Nobody's come up with the right answer for PP's "I wear a duffle coat" yet. Now this must be a stereotype and not actually true?

Who stereotypically wears a duffle coat? Or does she really wear a duffle coat? I'm torn between two extremes. She's either a Russian Revolutionary Leninist time travelling anarchist or part of the King's Guard.

This is so confusing.

PE teacher?

KnopkaPixie · 31/12/2024 23:15

LaughingCat · 31/12/2024 22:56

Wedding photographer! (You guys are amazing, from someone who can’t take a good photo for all the riches in the world)

Well done! I wouldn't have guessed that.

OP posts:
Bluesecretarybird · 31/12/2024 23:21

Linkle · 31/12/2024 22:20

Podiatrist?

Yup!

Bluesecretarybird · 31/12/2024 23:25

KnopkaPixie · 31/12/2024 22:21

Podiatrist! Chriropodist! (What's the difference?)

Yep, podiatrist. It’s mostly just a name change to make it more universal, chiropodist was just UK, everywhere else with a Latin based language was pod-something.

Orangebadger · 31/12/2024 23:33

Thighdentitycrisis · 31/12/2024 21:31

I wear a duffel coat 😁

Detective?

Ginmonkeyagain · 31/12/2024 23:38

Useless pen pusher in the pocket of big business but also enjoys making complex and pointless rules to stifle innovation and add costs to business.

KnopkaPixie · 31/12/2024 23:40

Ginmonkeyagain · 31/12/2024 23:38

Useless pen pusher in the pocket of big business but also enjoys making complex and pointless rules to stifle innovation and add costs to business.

Trading Standards?

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Ginmonkeyagain · 31/12/2024 23:40

Ha! Nearly. Economic and conduct regulation.

blueshoes · 31/12/2024 23:58

Bluesecretarybird · 31/12/2024 22:17

I only cut nails (apparently). 😅

The person who works in the foot health clinic that treats, amongst other things, ingrowing toenails

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