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Jobs you respect anyone who does it but couldn't do yourself?

75 replies

TellMe67 · 14/01/2023 23:39

Nurse an Chef

OP posts:
IntentionalError · 14/01/2023 23:55

Anyone who works with children. I’m childfree by choice for a reason…

BMW6 · 14/01/2023 23:55

Defence lawyer

Neolara · 14/01/2023 23:56

Paramedic

Pillowjoy · 14/01/2023 23:57

Most of them, to be honest.

Frequency · 14/01/2023 23:57

Paramedic. I always thought I'd love it, I loved being a carer. If the hours and pay were reasonable I'd still be in care but as a single parent, I just cannot afford to be zero on hours, NMW.

Then when my kid's dad died and I had to rush to his house to find DD sitting in the arms of a young paramedic I just knew there is no way I could do that.

I dealt with death. We did end-of-life care where I worked but these were elderly people who had lived a long life. Their families, though sad, knew it was time to let go. I don't think I am emotionally strong enough to support a young teenager through losing her parent or a mother losing her son.

The thing that got me the most is that the paramedic with DD was little more than a girl herself. She cannot have been older than 23 and she held DD and comforted her until I got there, all for a few pennies more than NMW. It's beyond wrong.

OrangePomander · 14/01/2023 23:58

Surgeon
Prime minister

PlinkPlonkFizz · 14/01/2023 23:59

For a huge variety of reasons,
Judge
Surgeon
Dog warden
Accountant
Police
Pest control
Servant of the Royal family

stillvicarinatutu · 15/01/2023 00:01

I'm a police officer. I love my job .

Testng123 · 15/01/2023 00:03

Paramedic
Surgeon
Vet
Doctor
Pathologist

Can you tell I'm squeamish?

harrassedmumto3 · 15/01/2023 00:03

Police.

Anyone who has to clean up after others. That's why I always leave things tidy.

Anything to do with Maths, because I'm so shite with numbers Blush

stillvicarinatutu · 15/01/2023 00:05

Best night of my entire career was working with a home office pathologist. And he was lovely . Had a bit of a crush 😂 he got me into a gown and wellies and I shadowed him doing an autopsy. He was amazing.

I think Pathologist is a great job ! Very specialised.

Bigshop · 15/01/2023 00:06

Anyone working in an animal shelter. Would break my heart to see them in there.

Bobbybobbins · 15/01/2023 00:06

Nurse
Carer
Vet
Farmer
Army

Makegoodchoices · 15/01/2023 00:08

Anyone who talks to/deals with the public.

SirenSays · 15/01/2023 00:09

Anyone working outside in all weathers. Anyone who works on people's feet

CarPoor · 15/01/2023 00:09

People who clean public toilets! Also microbiologists/pathologists who look at samples of gross things under a microscope. Prison guards as well

Things like nursing, firefighting, teaching, bin men, police men, I have a lot of respect for but I think I could do if needed, but still deserving of a mention

MrsSkylerWhite · 15/01/2023 00:10

999 call staff
surgeons
Adult mental health support workers
Social care workers
Vice squad/people who have to investigate child abuse
podiatrists/Chiropodists (feet give me the creeps 🤣)

Sukisal · 15/01/2023 00:10

Mental health nursing or caring. Fact is, people in severe crisis, aggressive or very distressed, frighten me. It triggers me following a family member’s behaviour when I was a child.

im not squeamish, and have worked in abbatoirs and farming. I’ve done dissection work and worked in animal rescue. I’ve also been a cleaner. So I don’t mind smells and fluids, physical health nursing I could cope with.

Thatsshallot1967 · 15/01/2023 00:11

Undertaker. It seems such a heartbreaking job and I have always admired anyone that does it.You have to be a very special person to be able to take care of the bereaved and not get upset yourself. Those dealing directly with the deceased person and all that entails....incredible.

A secondary school teacher; must be one of the toughest jobs ever and no longer just teaching a subject but also carrying out the roles that might not have been associated with the job many years ago, namely counsellor, social worker, parent even. Also all of the crap that goes with it, e.g. Ofsted and also dealing with difficult parents.

Cabin crew. Might sound glamorous but stuck in a metal tube when passengers kick off with no way of getting off, no thanks. Ditto lightning strikes and turbulence. They are brave!

emptythelitterbox · 15/01/2023 00:16

Cutting and styling hair.

Marcipex · 15/01/2023 00:18

Carer

FallopianTubeTrain · 15/01/2023 00:21

Police diver. Murky water really creeps me out, the idea that anyone would go into it actively looking for a corpse horrifies me 😱

MrsSkylerWhite · 15/01/2023 00:21

Thatsshallot1967 · Today 00:11
Undertaker. It seems such a heartbreaking job and I have always admired anyone that does it.You have to be a very special person to be able to take care of the bereaved and not get upset yourself. Those dealing directly with the deceased person and all that entails....incredible.”

Yes!

I went out with an undertaker’s assistant when I was 17. He was 19 and just lovely, his name was Tony.

Kind, considerate, attentive, punctual and handsome to boot. I just couldn’t mentally get beyond what he’d been doing all day and had to end things after a couple of months before it became physical. The thought just freaked me out.

Decades on, he still pops into my head now and then and I hope he found someone who loved him for the very special person he (now I know) clearly was.

mrsfollowill · 15/01/2023 00:23

Mental health related stuff-I know someone who has just retired from working at Rampton for 25 yrs+- pretty horrific job. Any sort of nursing- could not do it. Police- no chance. Farming - no! I think I'd be OK with being a cleaner (toilets and all) carework maybe (never done it). I work in an office (or these days mostly from home) crunching numbers- also supervise staff but we all worked in the office until March 2020 so I know my team well on a personal level which helps.

MsMcGonagall · 15/01/2023 00:24

Teacher. Well done you teachers.