AIBU to feel arsey with people who think it's funny that I've taken a job in a chip shop?

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Before I lost my job, I was a teacher, latterly on the SMT at the school.

Lost my job, money's very tight, and I have been offered a job weekends and evenings in a chippy - great, earn enough to contribute to all bills and no childcare costs.

I am losing count of the people who are making sarcy comments.

YANBU

They are a bunch of arses.

Fry with pride

Just think of the sense of satisfaction you will have when your shift is finished and you leave the shop and your work is over and you come home without a care in the world and actually relax. People can be such arseholes. Any type of work that keeps the wolf from the door is not to be laughed at.

Brianpower? Oh god, sorry! (Especially if your name's Brian!).

Mmmmm. I love chips. Couldn't work in a chippy though. Far too much temptation. I temped in a canteen once. Couldn't stop myself nicking sneaky chips all the time.

What's even more excellent is that I don't like chips even a little bit, so no sneaking them :)

They are idiots. Good for you, just thinking about that makes me feel hungry! It sounds ideal so who cares what they think?

Why, there is nothing wrong with working in a chip shop. What arses

There will be lots of teachers reading this and thinking "ooh, I'd like a job in a chippy".

You can go home at the end of your shift and then that's it. No marking, no planning, no reports, no Ofsted, no Gove.....

An honest job that earns you an honest wage. What business is it of anyone what that job is.
Tell them to fuck off and when they get there fuck off again. In the nicest possible way of course

OP you hold your head high. No work is shameful unless you are an arms dealer or an estate agent or something

Yanbu, as a job is a job. I am almost sure its " sarky" though. I am not a teacher however, so perhaps I am wrong?

Shortened form of sarcastically...

And you can't mis say sarky with a soft c... spoil sport!

I chose to leave my career path and work in mcdonalds after dd was born ... And I did nights, the comments really annoyed me until they moaned about the 9-5 and not seeing the kids and I realised I had it better :)

Take it in your stride and ignore the twats!

YANBU, I really respect that the fact that you are willing to work in a job that is less skilled than your former job, and more importantly, less well thought of! I used to work in a chippy and it was a good job, hours were good, the time went fast, and er...I got free chips!
Best of luck with it.

My first ever weekend job was in a chippy.

I didn't stay very long and it put me off chippy chips for years.

And yes, I stunk, the next morning.

Good for you.

When I got made redundant a number of years ago from a professional role, I took 3 jobs to pay the mortgage.

6am start working mornings in a bacon factory
Cleaned offices in an afternoon
Worked in a chippy 4 nights a week

Only 1 person made any sort of silly comment and I have to admit to having a little dig back - "at least I pay my own mortgage and don't sit on my arse watching soaps and day time telly like you do". She was a SAHM, whose husband worked and whose kids were all in school.

Most of my friends said 'good on you'.

I actually quite enjoyed the variety.

Your new job just shows that you are versatile, OP. It requires different skills from your old one and will have completely different advantages and disadvantages. You have decided that it's the best option for you at the moment and have absolutely no need to feel apologetic or embarrassed.

Ignore the detractors - most people change jobs several times during their lives and it makes life a lot more interesting.

Could be worse, DD got turned down for a job at the chippy because she was a graduate and they didn't think she'd stay.
Over educated see? Bad Thing.

Endoplasmic has it right!

Hold your head high. Ignore them. You should be proud that you are willing to try something new and keep paying the bills.
When I was bullied in my old job (solicitor) I took a job in retail for a bit and a few people were funny about it. I'm a solicitor again now, I think I learnt a lot from the experience. And actually I did enjoy the retail job and many of my colleagues were also professionals taking time out for various reasons

I was with you all the way till you said you didn't like chips, weirdo!

I say do what suits you and everyone esle can fuck off.

Thanks all - well I start a week on Thursday anyway, and will be so relieved to bring in a bit of money :)

I worked in one as a teenager. I still count it as one of my best jobs ever . My boss was strict ('if you've got time to lean, you've got time to clean') but very fair if you put in the effort - I was on about twice the minimum wage by the time I left (used to come back during uni holidays to work there). The place was a mint for the whole extended family (large Greek one) and was the foundation/bank for all their other business ventures. The only advice I'd give is don't eat too much of the food that's all :) That was pretty obvious to me as a teenager seeing what it did to the regular customers.

Well I'm quite slim apart from the baby belly ignores fact that smallest baby will be two next month