What Jobs are you seen as uncool?

[reecejackox]

i remember when i was in school , Bin Man was seen as a uncool job for people to have.

[Kizzy]

Traffic warden
School caretaker
Lollypop person
Librarian
Macdonalds employee
Car park attendant
Outdoor newspaper sellers

But when you grow up you know a job is a job.

[LemonJam]

I used to work on the sideshows/games at a theme park which was very fun but I did feel a bit embarrassed when people at a party would ask what I do.

[Kizzy]

I used to work on the sideshows/games at a theme park which was very fun but I did feel a bit embarrassed when people at a party would ask what I do.

Wow hi, long time no see! :)

[Ant.]

it's not that i thought any jobs were bad myself (genuinely). my dad always told me, "go to uni so you dont end up like them" while pointing to bin men. almost as if it'd be a bad thing to be a bin men. and obviously it's not a job i wanna do but why complain about them when we make use of their service

[JerseyWins]

Mine

[Kizzy]

Haha yeah mine! Getting called in at 4am on your day off :/

[smudgie]

None.
I was brought up to believe all honest work was cool.:shrug:

[Morgan.]

it's not that i thought any jobs were bad myself (genuinely). my dad always told me, "go to uni so you dont end up like them" while pointing to bin men. almost as if it'd be a bad thing to be a bin men. and obviously it's not a job i wanna do but why complain about them when we make use of their service

I bed he’d complain more if we didn’t have them :hee:

[Ammi]

...(...not that I’m recommending it..)..but it would be an interesting concept/notion for all medical doctors ..(..and maybe nursing staff..?..)..to step down from their roles for a day/week...so the full impact of contribution of their job roles on society could be seen...

[smudgie]

...(...not that I’m recommending it..)..but it would be an interesting concept/notion for all medical doctors ..(..and maybe nursing staff..?..)..to step down from their roles for a day/week...so the full impact of contribution of their job roles on society could be seen...

I have regular contact with nurses, doctors and consultants, I have yet to meet one that puts themselves on any kind of pedestal.

[Crimson Dynamo]

There is a lady on LBC right now who is a Brake Dust Toxicologist

[user104658]

I mean, there is literally nothing worse than retail. Nothing. And I wasn't even in the worst kind of retail. I mean yeah the customers were often rough as **** but also, there was a lot of free reign with customer service standards. Like you could tell people to go **** themselves sideways off a building and stuff, and that was quite fun. So not like Tesco or w/e.

[Livia]

None.
I was brought up to believe all honest work was cool.:shrug:

I agree Smudgie. I did some pretty awful jobs when I was a student. There is no shame in honest toil.

[smudgie]

Must just be the gays ones maybe. pieces of work i tell you.

Awwwww, I have never had a problem, honestly.

[Mystic Mock]

Well being a Pornstar (not that I'd be offered lol) wouldn't be my ideal job, or a bin man amongst a few others.

I wouldn't call any legal job uncool though, some services are needed so anyone that takes those jobs on gets my support.

[MTVN]

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[Livia]

LOL.... Hummus expert.

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[MTVN]

I've always thought it'd be quite cool to be a binman really - good pay, keeps you fit and you're generally finished for the day by about 2pm

[Crimson Dynamo]

I've always thought it'd be quite cool to be a binman really - good pay, keeps you fit and you're generally finished for the day by about 2pm

i have heard that the perks are rubbish

[Livia]

I've always thought it'd be quite cool to be a binman really - good pay, keeps you fit and you're generally finished for the day by about 2pm

And my bin men are really happy and chirpy...

[Niamh.]

I've always thought it'd be quite cool to be a binman really - good pay, keeps you fit and you're generally finished for the day by about 2pm

Pay is pretty good as well I hear (here anyway)

[user104658]

I agree Smudgie. I did some pretty awful jobs when I was a student. There is no shame in honest toil.

When I was a student I worked in a single-man pub kitchen frantically prepping, cooking and washing dishes all at the same time. It was hot, there were no windows, on my feet all day, burns on my hands constantly... but it was my favourite job to date :shrug:. I mean I wouldn't do it now as it was crap pay (though £2 above min wage at the time which isn't bad as a student) + zero hour contract even though I was working 30-40 hour weeks... BUT the work itself I loved. The time flew in.

[user104658]

I've always thought it'd be quite cool to be a binman really - good pay, keeps you fit and you're generally finished for the day by about 2pm

Local council work! Good pay for minimal effort. I have legit been told this by many local council workers :joker:.

[Livia]

When I was a student I worked in a single-man pub kitchen frantically prepping, cooking and washing dishes all at the same time. It was hot, there were no windows, on my feet all day, burns on my hands constantly... but it was my favourite job to date :shrug:. I mean I wouldn't do it now as it was crap pay (though £2 above min wage at the time which isn't bad as a student) + zero hour contract even though I was working 30-40 hour weeks... BUT the work itself I loved. The time flew in.

It's funny... but I can see that. While at uni I worked as an office cleaner during the late evenings. Our supervisor was a really lovely West Indian woman and she'd play music and we'd all sing and dance while we were working. Made bin emptying and bog cleaning a lot more fun. I think working at the cinema was my very favourite student job, I got to see all the films for free.

Not sure I could have worked in your kitchen however, too hot for me.

[Livia]

Local council work! Good pay for minimal effort. I have legit been told this by many local council workers :joker:.

And let's not forget the superannuated pension. Ring the council and try to find someone to talk to at 4pm on a Friday afternoon.

[Crimson Dynamo]

for a whole 2 summers I counted cars. Sat in a small wooden box half way up a mountain, 12 hours, no loo, bring your own food, sat with a clipboard and a pencil. For the Council roads dept.

pay was good and i listened to the radio

[Livia]

for a whole 2 summers I counted cars. Sat in a small wooden box half way up a mountain, 12 hours, no loo, bring your own food, sat with a clipboard and a pencil. For the Council roads dept.

pay was good and i listened to the radio

Sounds idyllic.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Sounds idyllic.

it was when the weather was good it was, just me, the birds and the odd car now and then.

When it was battering down rain, not so much

[Beso]

Cosmetic tester on animals....very uncool

[user104658]

it was when the weather was good it was, just me, the birds and the odd car now and then.

When it was battering down rain, not so much

**** as a teenager I'd have loved it in the rain, I'd have listened to Staind and read philosophy under an umbrella and thought about how no one else gets it.

Straight-down rain though, even as a teenage emo I hated wind. HATE. I feel like it's attacking me on purpose.

[user104658]

The fact that a council was paying someone a wage to sit and count some cars sounds like a parody though.

[Niamh.]

hhhhmmm traffic warden, clamper, anyone who ****s with your car basically :laugh: Other than that I suppose something that requires you to dress up like a mascot handing out flyers type thing?

[user104658]

hhhhmmm traffic warden, clamper, anyone who ****s with your car basically :laugh:

Ahh true any job that involved being an arsehole must be the most uncool. "Can't pay? We'll take it away!" types too. Remember this guy?

http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Chris+James+Brother+2012+2nd+Eviction+MgSRMxbfCPkl .jpg

:umm2:

One of my favourite moments of that series was when Luke S(?) had to say "...Chris got pied..." in the diary room during the no laughing task :flutter:

BB: "...who got pied...?"

"....D:... :hehe:... Chris got pied"

[MTVN]

Chris the bailiff <3

Taken from us too soon

[Kazanne]

Traffic Warden
Bailiff
Tax man :hehe:

[Dogeatdog]

Toll booth attendant
Door to door salesman
Traffic Warden

[Dogeatdog]

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I do think that the people who do this is a pretty cool job though. Can’t even see wtf is being advertised but it seems like fun :laugh: