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Tell me what your job is without telling me what your job is!

228 replies

PolarQueen · 07/06/2025 16:02

I'll go first:

I just told a grown man who was running in the park to do his shoelaces up!

OP posts:
BlackeyedSusan · 08/06/2025 16:51

bashual · 08/06/2025 00:18

I find dead people.

Archaeologist?

BlackeyedSusan · 08/06/2025 16:53

Lucienandjean · 08/06/2025 15:20

“Please stop stroking my leg, Joshua.”

Nursery teacher?

Please don't wipe your nose on my knee.

bashual · 08/06/2025 17:26

BlackeyedSusan · 08/06/2025 16:51

Archaeologist?

No.

reesewithoutaspoon · 08/06/2025 18:10

bashual · 08/06/2025 00:18

I find dead people.

Cadaver dog handler?

Changingplace · 08/06/2025 19:10

DilemmaDelilah · 07/06/2025 19:06

I remind people about deadlines, set up meetings (to ascertain information, facilitate discussion, agree deadlines), provide reports, remind people about deadlines, make and check lists, chase information, remind people about deadlines, check things have been done, and remind people about deadlines. Oh - and did I say - I remind people about deadlines?

Project manager

DilemmaDelilah · 08/06/2025 19:12

@Changingplace right first time. Sounds like you have been where I am!

NeedthatFridayfeeling · 08/06/2025 19:36

TinDogTavern · 07/06/2025 16:19

I can find you an hour with him Tuesday or 45 minutes Wednesday. Does he know what it’s about?

Sounds like my job too

pinkcow123 · 08/06/2025 19:48

I help people who are new to the profession, learn how to work with (more often than not) angry parents and help them not take it personally.

sunshineonasunnyday · 08/06/2025 19:48

Blushingm · 08/06/2025 13:51

Social worker?

Not quite. But I do work with the social care team if there is involvement.

Lucienandjean · 08/06/2025 20:21

BlackeyedSusan · 08/06/2025 16:53

Nursery teacher?

Please don't wipe your nose on my knee.

Right first time!

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 08/06/2025 20:27

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 07/06/2025 23:18

I have conversations with people who don't exist.

Spiritualist Medium

I know you probably aren't but say you are ..... Smile

TheFormidableMrsC · 08/06/2025 20:33

I spend a lot of time on the floor and partake in light wrestling.

Councilworker · 08/06/2025 22:11

pinkcow123 · 08/06/2025 19:48

I help people who are new to the profession, learn how to work with (more often than not) angry parents and help them not take it personally.

Supervising social worker?

And @sunshineonasunnyday EHCP coordinator?

bashual · 08/06/2025 22:16

reesewithoutaspoon · 08/06/2025 18:10

Cadaver dog handler?

No

sunshineonasunnyday · 09/06/2025 06:21

Councilworker · 08/06/2025 22:11

Supervising social worker?

And @sunshineonasunnyday EHCP coordinator?

spot on !

Dontsparethehorses · 09/06/2025 06:30

I walk into a room and everyone behaves. I solve problems I didn’t create, attend meetings I didn’t call, and smile through chaos like it was planned.

MumofSpud · 09/06/2025 06:39

I work with people who think the 1990s are ancient history

PrincessHoneysuckle · 09/06/2025 07:11

6 hours with attitudes,hormones,drama and laughs

reesewithoutaspoon · 09/06/2025 07:44

bashual · 08/06/2025 22:16

No

Geneologist?

bashual · 09/06/2025 07:46

reesewithoutaspoon · 09/06/2025 07:44

Geneologist?

Yes 👍

worstofbothworlds · 09/06/2025 08:02

@MumofSpud and @PrincessHoneysuckle are you both secondary school teachers?

PilotFish · 09/06/2025 08:05

I stare out of a window.

Angrymum22 · 09/06/2025 08:31

ByWiseAquaFinch · 07/06/2025 18:08

Dentist, hygienist?

Both

Angrymum22 · 09/06/2025 08:32

I also get paid to do nothing.

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 09/06/2025 08:54

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 08/06/2025 20:27

Spiritualist Medium

I know you probably aren't but say you are ..... Smile

I wish I was; I'd probably earn more!