One thing they get wrong in films or TV dramas about your job

[KarlWrenbury]

In schools. That boyfriends (invariably ) could just turn up in classes
See. Bruce almighty. Yesterday. Cheaters.

Disagree in a hair splitting way. Everyone’s a priest. You then get a post as a vicar chaplain padre.

Therapists scribbling down notes in a therapy session

I don’t know anyone that does

and often we sit for long periods of time in silence or the client/patient would rather make small talk but it wouldn’t make good tv

that mh patients are always aggressive or superficially charming

What I found most ridiculous about this stupid storyline is that when Fiz arrived for a couples counselling with Phil, surely in real life the therapist would say something like, "I'm sorry, there's a conflict of interest here and I'm unable to conduct this session". She doesn't have to clarify to Phil what the conflict is but she would not have been able to ethically continue the session.

We used to do that. Still do a bit although lunch is shorter. Teaching can be a lonely job so it’s nice to see your colleagues and exchange stuff you need to know or do

Rarely actually disclose my occupation for various reasons so i'll pick the monopoly one..... never used that one as a white lie yet 😂

Would a 76 year-old really be a DCI ?

Would a predominantly black island really want a foreign white bloke to solve their murders?

But I do love Vera & DinP.

I work in a school and the teachers al have their breaks and lunch together in the staff room. They also teach right up to the bell which is annoying as we are expected by SLT to be out in the playground on the dot of the bell going however can't actually do that until the last dc is out and some are better at doing that quickly than others then any meds done eg for the diabetic dc.

I love Motherland but the cowbag in the school office seems to be representative of all school secretaries on TV and we're really not like that at all. We're lovely and love the kids. We don't bark at parents unless they're really arseholes.

This is so interesting, it seems ,most of MN is teachers or barristers.

Isn't that why we take our shoes and socks off for the big numbers?

Also horses are really noisy breathers and snorters, and most mares fart and queef a lot, but you never hear that, just incessant Lassie /Skippy “lookout humans” whinnying.

I have no idea what sound files they used for the LOTR horses but it sounded like pigs being slaughtered.

@LaJoconde have you watched heartland? Those horses are always warning of danger. They also neigh whenever they are annoyed or don't want to do something like when they refuse a jump or dont want to walk somewhere specific. In reality they'd just do their best to go the opposite way 😆

I'm in Ireland so teaching hours are different, shorter days and much longer school holidays. 3 months summer holidays for non exam secondary schools and 2 months for primary schools plus all the other school holidays too. I don't think teachers have to do as much admin as they do in the UK.

The teachers have their breaks in the staffroom though in primary if it's fine weather then a few of them will do yard duty to supervise the pupils on a rota basis and get a supervision payment added to their income for this. Some teachers leave the school at lunchtime to eat out occasionally or to go jogging or for a walk or to do some shopping or errand.

That you’re a failure at life if you end up in a retail or hospitality role past about 25.

mall films/shows show really unmotivated people working these jobs like it’s easy and anyone can do it, they don’t show the huge amount of dedication, multitasking, physics energy, self motivation etc that you have to have to actually go in every day and get your job done.

I've never heard of queefing till now.😶Learning lots about horse here.

Hospitality & Catering.

You'd totally get the sack if you took your pinny off mid-service scrumple it up and dump it on a table and announced to your colleagues/boss that
'I'm taking my break'

Knew an actor who worked as a paramedic when resting. He appeared on Casualty one Saturday night and was recognised by a 'customer' the following day who refused treatment because he was just 'acting the part'.

@Pbbananabagel
I wish I could 'like' your post.
So true!

I was a professional ornithologist. Hearing collared doves calling in the background in period dramas, when they didn't reach the UK till the 1950s

I was going to say something like this!
I'm a University researcher and spend a lot of time coding, mostly frowning at the screen and muttering "ffs why are't you working" or "what's the bloody problem now!?"
The Matlab "error" noise haunts my dreams... 😅

Lots of other jobs just don't feature. Prior to teaching I worked in HR - we aren't all hippy dippy (as per the woman in Dinnerladies), but there is very little drama involved with all the data entry, record keeping, handling queries (important IRL but not edge of seat drama).

Likewise DH works in payroll. There have been dramas about the occupation of people he pays, but I don't ever recall them calling payroll to dispute their overtime pay.

I always get a lemonade dont drink much unless its a special occasion for myself as i usually drive

True.

I did once watch a TV dramatisation of something that happened at my place of work, featuring our very unpopular head of HR. It made him look pleasingly (and accurately) scheming and incompetent. That was fun.

Police stations (etc.)
That members of the public, involved parties in the crime/case in question (witnesses, victims, relatives) can just wander willy-nilly into the station and the detectives' offices. UK shows and CSI/NCIS.
Even before the 21stC tightening of security post 9/11 et al this would have been a no no. In the late 90s early 2000s walls were liberally plastered with coloured pics of all sorts of ne'er-do-wells and their details.
If we ever did have visitors we would escort them from and back to the entrance and they would never go to rooms with said pictures!!