Tell me where you work without telling me where you work...

[hooplawoopla]

Hoping to cheer myself up as had a crap week!

So I'll start...

This week so far I got called a fing c**t, had a chair thrown at me, had a book thrown at me and been spat at.

Any guesses what I do for a living?

EA

@FatFemale PA or events organiser?

@hooplawoopla yes, it’s easily recognisable now, sadly.

Ive booked flights from Paris to Pittsburgh, trains from Dusseldorf to Frankfurt and typed itineraries. Ive also organised dinner in London for 5 people. Guess what i do?!

PA to an investment banker?

Been on my feet for 12.5hrs with minimal breaks due to being extremely short staffed
I have been told to wipe that fxxking smile off of my face
Had to stop someone from leaving
and had tears in my eyes when someone said I just want a hug
heartbreaking
I’m going to bed soon and will do it all over again tomorrow

I wish! 🤭
PA for a corporate global organisation

Nursery or vet

Said, 'let's get a wet paper towel' 100 times.
Avoided punch in head, scissors to knee, felt a head butt in chest. Sang the friendship song.

Pretty much work, eat and sleep, no booze, occasionally I play ping pong which is tricky when the whole room is moving up and down several meters at a time.

Psychiatric nurse?

Border Agency patrol?

Tory MP?

Doctor or other health care professional?

Hospitality on a cruise ship?!

Was advised by a colleague that the selection of FREE beverages in the fridge (Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite) plus cordials of orange or blackcurrant, as well as the FREE selection of tea bags (Yorkshire, peppermint and greeen) or dual bean coffee machine with milk frother was not what our competitors are offering.

We have unlimited FREE fruit and a wide selection of FREE biscuits on offer, plus individually wrapped nut offerings.

But no! It’s not good enough! Our competitors have a dedicated area to press a button to call for champagne…

we also offer full fat, semi and oat milk for their hot beverages, as well as the FREE breakfast cereal provided at any time of the day - it’s not locked up like at many places.

Oil rig?

Naval officer?

Do you work on The Bibby Stockholm?

Close 😂

Offshore oil and gas/renewable. On rotation on either rigs or survey ships. Could do with some hospitality.

I fill in endless paperwork and when I feel like I’m almost on top of it I’m given last min paperwork. I fill in lots of forms about my service users ranging from how they treat one another to how the people they live with treat them.

right at the bottom of my list, I might actually stand at the front of the room and get my service users to fill in some pieces of paper.

I write quotes for that thing you absolutely should have,but no one wants to pay for

But when they have it, they're glad!

Senior Environmental Health Officer?

I was going to say TA - it’s another world from when I started out. Back then the swearing and chair throwing would be a suspension and seclusion. Now it’s brushed aside or I’m asked “what did you do to cause this incident?”. Hope you are ok x

Special Needs Teacher ?

Dementia Support Worker?

Today I had to ask one person not to lick another's shoe. Another came through to my room naked asking to get their bottom wiped. I got told to fuck off. And I was asked what my second favourite colour was.

I operate machinery, specifically a £14.5 million piece of machinery, said machinery produces a £1.69 product that I'd estimate 95% of people on this thread have in their home right now. I do a lot of paperwork and quality control tests.

I stop green fluid coming out from where it shouldn’t be and help people not have a baby.