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30 People Answer What’s The Most Annoying Thing Others Say After Learning Their Profession
Few things are more annoying than being asked a seemingly innocent question: “Oh, you're a programmer? I have a problem with my printer…” You may wonder what’s wrong with it. Well, how about “Oh, you’re an accountant? I have some tax questions I want to ask you!”
You see, it would be totally fine if it wasn’t so absurdly irritating. Talking about our professions is one thing, but assuming you know something the other person needs and thus, you have to help, even though it has little to do with your job, is another.
So when someone asked to share the annoying stuff people ask when you tell them your profession, it blew up on r/AskReddit, amassing 79.5k upvotes and 23.9k comments. Let’s see what people had to say and don’t forget to tell us what questions about your profession annoy you in the comment section below!
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#1
"Oh you're a geologist? What kind of rock is this?" Just kidding, we love that s**t and will tell you a long story of the history of that rock and how we saw examples in the field in the middle of nowhere.
Jacqueline Arana 5 years ago
He can't help it if geography rocks his world.
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Billy The Kid 5 years ago
What is a Geologist favourite music? rock music! Why are Geologist good at their jobs? because they leave no stone unturned.
Douglas Turner 5 years ago
Never ask a geologist casually about a rock unless you have time...
Felype Rennan 4 years ago (edited)
I'm a programmer and to me the most annoying are "The Super Eng lightened Entrepreneur", always the same story along the lines of: "I'm a natural this and that, and I have an idea I need you to code it for free while I do absolutely nothing other than having the idea" Absolutely obnoxious. I always go the extra mile to examine their idea and tell them why it cannot be done or how it has already been done.
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#2
"Oh you work in Social Media? How do I blow up my Instagram/Youtube?" Conversation usually then goes somewhat like this: "You need to provide good content that matches your target audience." "Yeah....but I don't want to put any real work into that." "Then buy 500k fake subs from India or China." "But they are not real people." "Well you are not providing any real content."
Bhuvy 5 years ago
Seriously this is offensive almost all of these fake followers I get is not from India and I am a indian
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Pearl Of the SeaWing RainWings 5 years ago
Well what did they think the answer was going to be?
Radek Suski 5 years ago
The same goes for websites. People usually think they need good SEO software to achieve anything. Actually they need good content. Everything else is bullshit
#3
"Oh, you're a pharmacist? Well I have this huge, gaping wound on my left butt cheek, can you look at it and tell me what I can use over the counter?"
Sir... Please go to the hospital...
Valentina Vitale 5 years ago
Seriously - you’re actually going to come to the counter and show me (and everyone) the rash under your breasts??!
Angelus Jiménez 4 years ago
"Please go to the hospital" and pay 2000 dollars for something, that costs 50 bucks.
Mika Rantanen 5 years ago
I am registered nurse and an ex-army combat medic. My mom literally calls me 3 AM because she has breathing problems and sounds like pubonic plague victim, instead of local emergency number and still keeps doing laundry despite me telling to drop that s**t and wait for EMTs.
⚞ Katniss Everdeen ⚟ 5 years ago
Not in America, you can't. Many here can't afford the hospital.
Karin Gibson 5 years ago
That’s really weird cos in the Uk one of the first people you see is the pharmacist
Mika Rantanen 5 years ago
I am registered nurse and an ex-army combat medic. My mom literally calls me 3 AM because she has breathing problems and sounds like pubonic plague victim, instead of local emergency number and still keeps doing laundry despite me telling to drop that s**t and wait for EMTs.
Confused conversational partners are real and they occur more often than we’d like. Think of the last time you told someone “I work for myself as a freelance writer” and received “Oh, so you, like, write books?” Most of us devote so much time and effort to our careers, it’s kind of irritating to get all those sorts of questions from people who have no clue what you’re doing (and often, they suppose they do!)
So, how to speak about your profession to people so you can share your enthusiasm and not receive any more annoying questions? To find out how to talk about your profession like a pro, Bored Panda reached out to Kat Boogard, a Wisconsin-based freelance writer who specializes in writing on careers and self-development. Kat told us that the real hangup is that we use our careers to define ourselves. That’s the reason why so many of us become irritated by the “what do you do?” question.
#4
"Oh you're a Graphic Designer? Can you make a logo for me really quick? It's for my cousin's birthday. I don't have any money to pay but I'll have multiple revisions that will cut into your actual paying work time, but then get upset when you ask for payment"
Falcon 5 years ago
Where's the part where they call themselves an influencer and want free stuff for "exposure"
Marina 5 years ago
This post is not about that, but rather about choosing beggars
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Neva Nevičica 5 years ago
Wow, you work in a library? Lucky you, you get to read books all day! Haha, please don't make me pay, i have a book overdue. HAHAHA! HAHAHA!!! I'm joking, i don't have the time to read books, you know, i am so busy, i don't have the time! (I don't care if you read or what you read or why you don't. Nobody does.)
Viviane 5 years ago
My husband is a law librarian. He instructed me to stop calling his profession "legal librarian. It makes it sound like all the other librarians are illegal." And no, he doesn't get to shush the judges and make them pay overdue fines; yes, I asked about that, too.
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Artist here, No I don't want to draw your logo, tattoo, portrait, landscape design, mural, family portrait, crazy comic idea for free. In my experience working for friends comes with too much baggage and unreal expectation.
Parmeisan 5 years ago
I have a friend in my D&D group who keeps doing this. I and one of our friends dabble in art from time to time and he will ask us to do stuff for another campaign he's running. Once or twice is no biggie but I think we indulged him too many times, as we now have a professional artist in our group and he asks for the same from her. I commissioned her to do box art for the board game I'm working on and made sure to remark in front of him & more than once about how I was paying her for her time but the result is worth it... he still asks. And she still obliges, because she's too nice. But once we're meeting for games again, we really need to talk to him about that.
Douglas Turner 5 years ago
It's going to be a really big party and literally dozens of people will see it... maybe one of them will pay you!
Owiella Freddie 4 years ago
I’ve had family members ask me to make a logo/card/banner/website, etc. for them only to have them gasp when I tell them the family price for that, to which they respond with something like “Your work is not worth that much.” Followed by my response that’s something like “Let me know when you find a pro that will create it for you cheaper.”
Marcia Cash 5 years ago
the other way around for me: "I'll design your website (max time half a day) if you will make my Renaissance costume (15 yards of fabric @ $20/yard and a week's labor)."
#5
"You're invited to my.. party/event/wedding/celebration.. please could you bring your camera"
Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago
I'm a photographer. Was in the wedding party. The mother of the bride was irate that I didn't bring my camera (I was never asked to), because "who's going to take photos of the reception / bridal waltz / cutting of the cake?". She was so angry, that it was impossible to remain friends with the couple. I now pre-empt all invitations, with the fact that I do NOT work, when a guest.
Viviane 5 years ago
I HIRED my friend who's a professional photographer. I got photos, she got money in her pocket. And yummy food at the reception -- hey, photographers have to eat, too. :)
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SykesDaMan 5 years ago
I invited two of my friends (who happen to be photography amateurs) to my wedding. I didn't have a photograph because of a set of circumstances. I don't think they knew, but they still brought their cameras and made the most beautiful pictures! They told me this were their gifts! Great gift and great surprise! :)
Guild N. Stern 5 years ago
Am a photographer, can confirm. Or friends/acquaintances just asking (or assuming) you to take their family portraits with no talk of any pay... happened to me 6 times in the last 8 years.
Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago
It astounds me the way perfectly reasonable people will try to screw a friend over this way. This was my husband - all the time. If you want him to take your wedding photos, he will sit down with you for an hour to discuss what exactly you'd like. Then he will give you a quote for the time he spends, his editing & the actual prints. Yeah, there's a reason he doesn't do this anymore.
mary boone 4 years ago
I NEVER take an invite that includes "bring your camera." Or I agree, then do not show up for the douche bags.
#6
"You're in the Air Force? So you fly planes?" Nah I fly a desk.
Tuesdays Child 5 years ago
I was in my uniform to get my military discount for my flight. Nice old lady kept telling me how sweet I was for being a stewardess for the Air Force pilots. She did realize I was really in the Air force, just was 100% sure I was a stewardess. I smiled and said, "Yes, it is nice."
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 5 years ago
That is so annoying. Meeting nice, friendly, lovable people who insult you but not meaning to, and you can't bring yourself to correct them because they're lovely.
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OhForSmegSake 5 years ago
My dad was in the Air Force. He didn't fly the planes but he did make sure they stayed up in the sky (aircraft engineer).
“That can cause real problems for a lot of people. Maybe they're laid off or between jobs. Maybe they're starting their own business. Or maybe they work in a career that's not super 'obvious' to a lot of people. That means the 'what do you do?' question can inspire a lot of dread and even self-doubt.”
Kat said that the best way to describe your profession is just doing it head-on, “with the knowledge that a lot of careers are going to require more explanation than others.”
Moreover, “what do you do?” is often a default conversation starter, but Kat assured us that there are plenty of other ways to get the discussion rolling, like asking someone what hobbies they enjoy.
#7
"Oh you're an artist ? Can you draw me, I'll pay you with exposure"
MyrkurDragon 5 years ago
"Sorry, can't make art for free" "well screw you your art is bad anyway!!"
Merty Robinson 5 years ago
'oh I do art too, would you like to see my watercolours/crochet/shitty pencil drawings' or 'my child is a brilliant artist, here's 500 photos of their work which I want you look admire and then tell me that they are, indeed the next Michelangelo'.
C Hypercube 5 years ago
"Yes, of course I'll draw you. And after that, I'll set it on fire in front of you, while laughing maniacally"
Todd Hunter 5 years ago
Artists, NEVER work for free, promises are empty and "exposure" will kill you.
Luisa Vasconcelos 5 years ago
Yes sure I can paint you. But only in my head. No money, no ink to print.
Katie Garr 5 years ago
I run a small business selling custom digital drawings on instagram. I get this EVERY. DAY. While exposure is important for someone like me with a fairly small page (about 1.5k followers), i wont do any free art for exposure. it just against my moral compass, and if i did it for one person I'd have to do it for everyone!
#8
"Oh, you're a teacher? Please explain to me how my child's teacher had the audacity to give them a C despite it being very obvious that my child is a genius!"
Bonus points if they want you to explain the grading criteria in a completely different subject and level of schooling than you teach. Like, I teach high school and community college English and Social Studies - why do you expect me to know the grading criteria for middle school math?
Natalie Bohrteller 5 years ago
Questions you hear in Germany: "But you sure do have a lot of freetime, don't you?" Yeah that's right, I only wonder why we've been lacking so many teachers in the past years with all those holidays. 🤔
Claire Conroy 5 years ago
Oh you're a teacher, you must get summers off right? No. I have to get professional development to keep my certification valid. I have to write curriculum and plan for next year. I have to go over my caseload. I have to review my evaluations from last year and incorporate that feedback. I have to go over standardized test scores and write a very detailed plan about how I suck as a teacher and I need to magically make my scores better by doing more of the same. Etc., etc.
Jayne Kyra 5 years ago
Or, as an ESL teacher: "Can you teach me/my child/my hamster English? Since you definitely have time! I´m sure it´s easy since YOU know it."
Jamie S. Martindale 5 years ago
Them - "You're a teacher? Oh, that's so noble. You guys should get paid way more." Us - "So, you gonna vote in favor of the referendum so schools get more money?" Them - "No, I never support tax increases -- they need to find the money somewhere else..." :~/
Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago (edited)
There's a reason I'm not a teacher, because my answer would be a very honest "your child is most certainly NOT a genius, he's an annoying little paste eater who's lucky if he gets his shoes on the right feet". Thankfully I figured this out BEFORE college.
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 5 years ago
Just reading the word "math" makes me sweat. I hate math.
#9
"Oh your a musician, play that one that goes, bun dum dum bun dum donn bom"
Levi Baker 5 years ago
I play alto sax. My friends constantly pressured me to learn Careless Whisper........ I did
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Pearl Of the SeaWing RainWings 5 years ago
I would enjoy that:) But I guess it would get old very quickly
Esther Evans 4 years ago
I've done this on two different occasions...LOL...I didn't want then to play it, just identify for me...I was delighted when both times they were able to tell me.....
Zé Pedro O Choi 4 years ago
Some people just think musicians are jukeboxes. "Play this one..."
Octavia Hansen 5 years ago
When someone asks, "Can you sing like Stevie Nicks (or the most recent pop female)?" I politely answer, "Yes, I can if you PAY ME like Stevie Nicks?"
Kat also suggested a way to deal with people who think they know everything about your profession. “As a freelance writer, I get a lot of puzzled looks when I tell people what I do for a living. Then they quickly move into the assumptions—like that I write books or I don't do much of anything all day.”
She usually uses an example that people can relate to her career in their daily lives. “So, when people are struggling to understand what I do, I'll say something like this: 'You know how when you're preparing for a job interview and you Google common interview questions? The articles that show up in the search results are the type of stuff that I write.'"
#10
"Oh you're employed by our company as a robotic process automation engineer, does that means we're all going to be replaced by robots?" I've come up with the perfect response to this now. "No, just you"
#11
“Oh you work for a law firm? My son’s ex-girlfriend wants full custody of their kid. What should he do?”
A. I’m a mass tort paralegal, I don’t do family law B. He needs to get a lawyer.
Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago
I got this a few times. I was about 19 and a FILE CLERK for a law firm.
WhatEvenIsLife 5 years ago
Am a paralegal, can confirm. Constantly asked for legal advice, especially in either family or criminal law. I have never worked in either.
#12
Oh you are an accountant, can you do my taxes?
No Mary i can't. I work for a corporate company not frigging H&R block. I mean I probably could but I don't wanna.
Blue 5 years ago
Yeah I work as an accountant as well and my friends ask me that ALL THE TIME. It's really annoying.
Parmeisan 5 years ago
My dad is an accountant and it took several years of me asking him to show me how he does the taxes so I could start doing them myself, it was easier for him to just do it. But I knew eventually I'd leave home and have to figure it out.... but yeah, it would be silly to do the taxes for everyone he knows because the hardest part is getting all the paperwork together anyway and he'd be chasing them down for everything.
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Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago
As a professional bookkeeper, I feel this one. I'm not a CPA (who has a minimum of a BA in accounting and has to sit for an extremely difficult exam) which is also why I make a hell of a lot less money - AND, yeah I probably could, but I don't wanna either.
LeAnne Sheldon 5 years ago
Please don't go to H&R Block - at this point they hire anybody whether or not they pass the course.
Kimberly Young 5 years ago
My husband's friend's wife is an accountant, and she does our taxes. But doing taxes is actually her job, and we actually pay her and stuff.
#13
"Oh, you are a Mathematician? What is 35122*748383?"
Use a goddamn calculator.
Marcellus the Third 5 years ago
Simple: it's ab where a=35122, b=748383. Only use for numbers outside of teaching is to order pages and footnotes/references.
Parmeisan 5 years ago
In first-year university physics, my classmates would plug the numbers into the formulas and then have whole pages of "6.2254x10-3 * 8.18248x102 + ........." until they get down to whatever the result was. They didn't seem to grasp how much faster, easier, and less error-prone it is to rebalance the formula and THEN plug it in. Especially when stuff cancels out. There was this one time we got a question that everyone was saying was unsolvable. I'd had no issues with it. Turns out we didn't get the value for some variable that we didn't need because it cancels out. You're all just making this harder than it needs to be. :P
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Billy The Kid 5 years ago (edited)
If they asking because they dont know the answer i will tell them -2
#14
"You work in a restaurent? How about treating me to dinner sometime?" - A lot of people assume that they can get free drinks and food just because I happen to serve food or tend the bar at the place. That is not how it works...Also "We are friends so I don't need to tip you!" - Well, that is how you got unfriended really quickly.
Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago
I'd be questioning the type of "lot of people" who keep asking you to steal. I've been in hospitality since I was 14 (paid my way through highschool & uni), and never had anyone ask me to steal for them. :o
Marnie 5 years ago
I didn't take it that they were being asked to steal. I think the friends assume that they eat for free because they work there.
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#15
I was going to have surgery and about 10 minutes before I was scheduled to go under the knife, the nurse asked me what I was studying. I told her I'm a computer science student and without skipping a beat she asked me to help her download WhatsApp on her Huawei! Since I'm also studying genetics, I also often get requests like "does this rash look bad" or "can you clone my cat". NO. LEAVE ME ALONE.
Henry Cheves 5 years ago
Cat clones don't look remotely similar, as cat hair color is determined randomly, so identical twin cats are very rare.
DogMatic 5 years ago
If it were possible, I'd love to clone my dogs, but for their personality far more than for their fur. (They're awesome, whatever the colour.)
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Human #1,232,867 5 years ago
Dont' buy Huawei if you like the freedom of Whatsapp; stay with your beloved CCP wechat
#16
Oh, you work in construction? (Proceeds to ask about fixing things around the house, asking if something was installed wrong because it doesn't "look right", or wanting a price quotes for various projects)
Susan Williams 4 years ago
Just say, "i work in government. No, I cannot discuss anything about my work. BTW, are you gay? The way you are standing/sitting/talking/looking at me makes me wonder"
#17
"Oh, you're a programmer? I have a idea of a cool app!"
Momma Panda 5 years ago
I will not pay you to develop the app, it will look good in your portfolio, so consider that your pay.
Felype Rennan 4 years ago
I always listen close to what they say and proceed to tell them why it doesn't work or why it has already been done or what it takes to actually execute their idea, they 100% of the time give up their lunatic idea or at least get angry at me and stop talking, both are win for me.
Radek Suski 5 years ago
I had a client once who seriously said he is going to create a competition for Facebook. He of course wanted our support for free because he has no money to spend
#18
Oh you're a paramedic? I have this thing on my toe, Will you check it?
Neva Nevičica 5 years ago
I have a friend who is a doctor and one who is not, and whenever we were hanging out, every conversation would turn into the non-doctor asking the doctor about her poop, periods, her grandmas prescriptions and hospital procedures. It was so exausting for the doctor (and me:D) that we stopped hanging out.
Marcellus the Third 5 years ago
If hanging out is work without paycheck, then yes motivation is thin.
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Jennifer Crompton 5 years ago
My husband is a paramedic and the number of rashes, toenail infections, pictures of snot he's been shown is astronomical. Lol.
katboxjanitor 5 years ago
Replywith "OH, wow.....ummmm"and back away muttering "Thank goodness for sanitizer!"
Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago
I know a few people in the medical profession who get asked this all the time. They have perfected the deadpan stare and a simple NO. You're not on office hours and you owe these boors absolutely nothing.
#19
"Oh, you're a chemical analyst? You must know how to make drugs"
Natalie Bohrteller 5 years ago
I get that question so often from students....
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#20
Oh you’re an astronomer? Why is my outlook as Pisces so negative this month? I heard all the planets are going to be lined up what does that mean for my horoscope?
The one and only 5 years ago
Its fun to do sometimes but it can get super out of control
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Esther Evans 4 years ago
I'm no expert, but I was under the impression Astronomy has nothing to do with horoscopes....
Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago
It means you are extremely gullible and will probably die in some ridiculous "Darwin Award" manner.
#21
So you're a dermatologist? Have a look at this mole I found conveniently between my butt cheeks during this lovely wedding ceremony.
Pearl Of the SeaWing RainWings 5 years ago
It's safe to say I will not become a dermatologist.
MustardLemon 5 years ago
I feel like this actually happened and on behalf of everyone her, *Clears through* Im sorry.
#22
"oh, you're a writer? Can you help with this very important legal letter?" And a non-job bonus: "you're married to my programmer son, can you help me with my phone?" My husband gets the "you work in IT, my printer isn't working" questions from his mum. She thinks he does tech support. He programs systems for universities, government departments, etc.
Andrew Robertson 5 years ago
"My husband gets the "you work in IT, my printer isn't working" questions from his mum." Sounds like a totally reasonable thing for a mum to ask her son.
Wendillon 5 years ago
Yup, even if he didn't work in IT it seems like a pretty common question from a mum
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Celtic Pirate Queen 5 years ago
My Mom asks my brother & I questions pertaining to her computer and printer all the time. Because she's 78, not as computer savvy and we don't talk down to her like some of the tech guys. (And yes, my brother does have a IT degree).
Felype Rennan 4 years ago (edited)
As a programmer I have a decent amount of experience in operating systems, software, network and so on, so I can a lot of the time help troubleshoot 3rd party programs not working properly, I can read logs and have a good idea as to why the program is not working. As for configuring hardware and drivers, I don't mess with that at all ever
Olivia Agave 5 years ago
I get the "Oh you're a writer? Make my social media posts/blog site articles for me. I won't pay you and nor can your name be on them because it has to look like me posting them."
#23
"Oh, you're a truck driver? Can you come tell me what's wrong with my car?" Umm, ma'am, I just drive the damn things... You want the shop guys for that.
Marcellus the Third 5 years ago
Just go for the actually used technical language: "I think that's gonna cost ya, looks like the f***ing f***er is f***ing f***ed."
Viviane 5 years ago
One of my fellow graphic designers (swears like a sailor) used the term "all that s**t" in an explanation. I told a colleague, "It's the technical term".
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#24
Oh you're a mechanical engineer, can you fix my car?
#25
Sell me this pen
Andrea Serrano Morales 5 years ago
ight bet, this pen has a 39.9% of ink and it has a 67% accuracy when writing, it has an incredible feature when writing, the ball inside will stop movin and the ink will not run into the writing surface. For a VERY fair price of $59.99 YOU can get this once in a lifetime opportunity of a not very well working pen! ( how did i do )
Robert Thompson 4 years ago
No! This pen is not for sale. Not for $10, not for $100! *Waits for an offer*
Adam Rindegård 5 years ago
write down your name. see, you cant do that without a pen. supply and demand 101
Felype Rennan 4 years ago (edited)
Lmao like; "It's already yours. Why would you buy something that's already yours?" Ice broken, some laugh, quickly change subject. "Oh by the way have you seen..."
C Hypercube 5 years ago
The irony of a job interview in sales: being asked to display imagination and originality in a sales pitch by someone whose "original" approach is to copy Jordan Belfort's pitch from "The Wolf of Wall Street".
#26
Oh, you’re a therapist? tells me about their family member who really needs to see a therapist
Viviane 5 years ago
Guilty. I told my psych student niece how I manage my anxiety. No, I did not want advice, so she got practice listening and smiling genially (which anyone can do). Bless her, but I would never ask her for help - that's what my therapist is for. For all I know, my niece could end up studying motivation in rats. Or, like my sister or my sister-in-law, doing a job in a totally different field.
Claire Conroy 5 years ago
To be fair, my dad got his master's in Psychology...then for the last 15 years has worked for Apple in various sales/managerial positions. I dunno.
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Oh you're a nurse, can you have a look at my ingrowing toenail / tell me why I have a rash down below
uber mensch 5 years ago
(in loud voice) IMG! That's *disgusting*! I've never seen anything like that in my LIFE!
#28
Oh , you are a comedian? Tell me a joke.
Jamie S. Martindale 5 years ago
"Have you heard the one about a comedian who gets tired of answering the same question all the time?"
Astrid Nineor 5 years ago
Well, there are some people who think themselves so funny they expect you to laugh at Everything they say, so...
#29
"Oh, you're an electrical engineer? Can you wire my garage?"
#30
"Oh, you studied linguistics? What does this word mean?"
Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago
I have a B. Languages (including linguistics).... NEVER been asked anything along those lines. (maybe I'm lucky?)
Łukasz Wydra 5 years ago
I'm studying linguistics and would love questions like this!
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GC 5 years ago
Oh my gosh this one speaks to me SO much. I work on private fancy schmancy yachts. It’s a nice job but it’s VERY hard work with extremely ling demanding hours. Whenever I tell people what I do they say something like, “Wow, how do you rate?” Or “Gosh, traveling all over, getting paid to be on a fancy vacation? Well next time out, have a mai tai and think of me at work.” And one of the worst ones is, “ Need an extra hand? I can cook, clean,etc.”. Yeah, chefs go to culinary school, butler academy, etc. We DO work!
Virginia Lopez Grandjean 5 years ago
As a translator, I get that question a lot. And I always answer: "I am a translator, not a dictionary" (with a smile, of course).
GC 5 years ago
In a perfect world we’d all have a chance to shadow everyone else’s job for about a month. Then we’d all appreciate each other a lot more.
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#31
“Oh, you’re a voice actor? Do “x” character’s voice!”
#32
Oh, you studied psychology? Then I'll have to watch what I'm thinking, as you can read my mind.
StinkyMonkey 5 years ago (edited)
Yep. My dad's a psychiatrist and now he just tells people he's an English teacher if random people ask him what he does, because most people just stopped talking when he told them his job before.
BoredDragon 5 years ago
My dad’s a psychologist, he can’t read minds...(though he did learn how to sort of hypnotize people)
PotatoNinja5000 5 years ago
Steady breathing, nothing like those 'hypnosis' shows. It's really annoying to see them when you know even the most basic techniques.
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Viviane 5 years ago
"No, no, psychics read minds. Plus I study mice. Analyzing mice is an up-and-coming field. Plus it pays a fortune because it's such a specialized field. You need specialized equipment to amplify the sounds they make. Plus mice are such complex creatures, far more than some humans, such as yourself."
#33
Oh your a psychologist, can you chat to my kid and see if he is depressed
Pseudo Puppy 5 years ago
1) ask the kid yourself... you're the parent. 2) observe your kid yourself.... you're the parent. 3) if you don't have the kind of relationship where this is possible.... you BOTH need to talk to a psychologist.
#34
Oh you're travel agent, when is covid going to end?
WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
Dr. Fauci has said that IF everyone would follow the rules and IF everyone would get a vaccination when it's available, there could be a chance of returning back to normal with the beginning of 2022. You know what that means.
#35
“Oh, you’re an accountant? Can you add and/or multiply these huge numbers in your head lightening fast?” No. You have no idea what I do....
#36
cAN YoU hACk fAcEbOok???
Henry Cheves 5 years ago
When I was younger, I asked my friend's older brother who was into electronics if he could hack facebook and shut down my mom's account so she would play with me.
elia 84631 5 years ago
As a programmer, i would like to hack my mother's facebook to not annoy me anymore :)
#37
"Oh, you're a law student? What would happen if (insert hypothetical legal scenario)." Prepare for disappointment, because the answer to almost every legal question is "it depends". I've also been asked who is likely to win the next General Election. I don't know. I study law, not politics. I also can't predict the future.
WilvanderHeijden 5 years ago
Well, that's very unhelpful and disappointing. And you call yourself a lawyer?????
#38
Oh you’re an Occupational Therapist- Can you help me find a job
Claire Conroy 5 years ago
I mean, occupational therapy is not about finding people jobs. To be fair, maybe they should change the title...it is kind of misleading.
#39
“Oh you’re a firefighter? Do you actually go to work?”
Jennifer Crompton 5 years ago
I don't understand. How do people think that firefighters don't go to work? Do they think they all keep a fire engine in their driveways?
#40
Oh you work at an aquarium? This thing is wrong with my animal...
#41
"Oh you work in finance? What stock/fund should I buy? / you must be making a boatload on your personal investments with all the insider information you have access to!"
#43
Oh, you’re architect? Can you draw up this house I designed in autocad?
What do you think ?
troufaki13 5 years ago
I'm pretty sure everyone does that, even those who whine when others do it to them.
Black Goat of the Woods 5 years ago
Oh, you're an archaeologist? So you can plan my new house? -No sir, that's an architect. Ah, my bad. So you dig up dinosaurs then, isn't it? -No sir, that's a palaeontologist. I got it! Pyramids! -No sir, that's an egyptologist. So what do you do then? -I work as a programmer because archaeology doesn't pay bills. XD
Laura 5 years ago
Oh, you're a baker? The worst - make my wedding cake in 3 days, and instead of paying you, you'll get lots of exposer and more orders. Nope, not happening.
Olivier Dhuyvettere 4 years ago
i get this stupid question: oh you're a baker, do you make bread and pies when you're at home? my response: no i do it for at least 10h a day, why would i come home and start doing what i just did at work, do you do your job constently when you are home?
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Roxy Eastland 5 years ago
When I worked as a nutritional therapist I used to get asked, at parties, wedding receptions, etc, 'are you going to tell what's wrong with what I am eating?' I soon found the perfect answer 'yes, if you pay me my standard consultation fee'. They'd agree they weren't going to do that and I'd reply 'then I am not at work'. While it allowed me to be a bit sarky because it did get a bit wearing, it also did reassure them I was there to relaxe and not the slightest bit interested in whether they chose the samosas or the sausage rolls.
Daria Z 5 years ago
You're a translator? Can you translate and notarize this certificate for me real quick? I could do it myself but I have no time. How much do you charge? [...] Wow, so expensive! How about a 50% discount but I pay in cash, eh? *wink-wink* 🙉
Robert Thompson 4 years ago
Never take a client that can "do it themselves" there will be no gratitude for your service.
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Alex Helm 5 years ago
“Oh, you’re a nuclear engineer? So, you’re like Homer Simpson then?” Had this one so much when I worked in that field.
Colin Mochrie At Its Finest 5 years ago
I do childcare. Nobody ever asks me to watch their kids. (Not because I'm not good-they all want the young college people, not someone with her own kids).
Ray Heap 5 years ago
Yeah... When some buddy finds out you are a techsupport guy... "Why is my computer so slow?" "please" "weedle" "whine" "but my computer" Then you let yourself be forced to "at least" take a ""quick" look and find a recently deleted browser history, a roll of kitchen towel and a sticky mouse.
troufaki13 5 years ago
I'm pretty sure everyone does that, even those who whine when others do it to them.
Black Goat of the Woods 5 years ago
Oh, you're an archaeologist? So you can plan my new house? -No sir, that's an architect. Ah, my bad. So you dig up dinosaurs then, isn't it? -No sir, that's a palaeontologist. I got it! Pyramids! -No sir, that's an egyptologist. So what do you do then? -I work as a programmer because archaeology doesn't pay bills. XD
Laura 5 years ago
Oh, you're a baker? The worst - make my wedding cake in 3 days, and instead of paying you, you'll get lots of exposer and more orders. Nope, not happening.
Olivier Dhuyvettere 4 years ago
i get this stupid question: oh you're a baker, do you make bread and pies when you're at home? my response: no i do it for at least 10h a day, why would i come home and start doing what i just did at work, do you do your job constently when you are home?
Load More Replies... Roxy Eastland 5 years ago
When I worked as a nutritional therapist I used to get asked, at parties, wedding receptions, etc, 'are you going to tell what's wrong with what I am eating?' I soon found the perfect answer 'yes, if you pay me my standard consultation fee'. They'd agree they weren't going to do that and I'd reply 'then I am not at work'. While it allowed me to be a bit sarky because it did get a bit wearing, it also did reassure them I was there to relaxe and not the slightest bit interested in whether they chose the samosas or the sausage rolls.
Daria Z 5 years ago
You're a translator? Can you translate and notarize this certificate for me real quick? I could do it myself but I have no time. How much do you charge? [...] Wow, so expensive! How about a 50% discount but I pay in cash, eh? *wink-wink* 🙉
Robert Thompson 4 years ago
Never take a client that can "do it themselves" there will be no gratitude for your service.
Load More Replies... Alex Helm 5 years ago
“Oh, you’re a nuclear engineer? So, you’re like Homer Simpson then?” Had this one so much when I worked in that field.
Colin Mochrie At Its Finest 5 years ago
I do childcare. Nobody ever asks me to watch their kids. (Not because I'm not good-they all want the young college people, not someone with her own kids).
Ray Heap 5 years ago
Yeah... When some buddy finds out you are a techsupport guy... "Why is my computer so slow?" "please" "weedle" "whine" "but my computer" Then you let yourself be forced to "at least" take a ""quick" look and find a recently deleted browser history, a roll of kitchen towel and a sticky mouse.
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