People are sharing the irritating things people say when you tell them your job and here are 27 of the best
It’s not always easy explaining what you do for a living and yet people always insist on asking don’t they?
Still, we’re reassured to know that it’s not just us whose heart sinks every time someone asks us the question, as as these 27 lovely people will testify. What is it that you do, again?
1.
"What do you do?"
"I'm a librarian."
"Uh-oh, should I be quiet?"
"Yes, but that has nothing to do with my being a librarian." https://t.co/oMLH0GVwye— Lousy Librarian (@LousyLibrarian) June 5, 2018
2.
https://twitter.com/natvanlis/status/1003992626276646912
3.
"What do you do?"
"I'm a writer!"
"Oh, like a blogger?"
"Ah, no. I mean, I write online, but–"
"What's your blog?"
"Well I don't have a blog, but I write for places like–"
"I've always wanted to write. How long have you been blogging?" https://t.co/AdtMv5Vmfx— Anne T. Donahue (@annetdonahue) June 5, 2018
4.
"What do you do?"
"Chemistry"
"Really? What kind of chemistry?"
"Organic synthesis"
"Oh, what's that?"
"It's making new molecules that are mostly made of carbon"
"Uhhh, what?"
"Drugs – I make drugs. I live in a RV. I am Walter White"
— Chemjobber (@Chemjobber) June 1, 2018
5.
“what do you do?”
“i’m a doctor”
“REALLY! a GP?”
“no, a psychiatrist”
“can you read my mind?” https://t.co/gmn1uADeWF
— trash baby (@daddy_snack) June 5, 2018
6.
What do you do?
Me: I am a writer?
Oh interesting! What do you write?
Me: Fiction mostly. Satire a lot. Non fiction occasionally.
Nice! My girlfriend likes writing too. She has written some poems. I should connect the two of you I am sure you… pic.twitter.com/uWAr6b08b1— Elnathan John (@elnathan_john) June 5, 2018
7.
“What do you do?”
“I’m a rabbi.”
“Oh. Well, I had lobster two days ago and I’m still mad about this thing that happened at my bar mitzvah and here’s something I just learned about the Holocaust and, you know, I don’t believe in God.”
“Um, Ok. Pass the guacamole?” https://t.co/mYmwmOTtCu— Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) June 5, 2018
8.
“What do you do?”
“I’m a TV writer – Eastenders, Casualty, The Coroner…”
“Which bit of the script do you write?”
“For my episodes – all of it”.
“Not just the dialogue?”
“No.”
“I want to be a writer. I’ve written a script, it’s not finished. Hey maybe we could write it together” https://t.co/Gan3UFA5BU— Sally Abbott (@SallyAbbott3) June 5, 2018
9.
https://twitter.com/JoelBordeaux/status/1003457438547398656
10.
“What do you do?”
“I’m a sociologist.”
“Analyze me! Analyze me!” https://t.co/Lr0B81XkeQ
— Rick Moore (@prairiedogking) June 4, 2018
11.
“What do you do?”
I’m a tv weather forecaster.
“What you mean like weather as in if it’s gonna rain?“
Yes.
“On TV? After the news? Would I see you?”
Yes.
“Did you really have to know about the weather to do that?”
Yes.
“You studied it?”
Yes.
“Never met a weather man, how weird” https://t.co/v5GpehPBmI— Tomasz Schafernaker (@Schafernaker) June 5, 2018
12.
https://twitter.com/JoshuaGrubbsPhD/status/1003401719034908673
13.
“What do you do?”
I’m a doctor. I do Anaesthetics.
“I didn’t know anaesthetists were doctors” https://t.co/ESDj9SWull
— KateP (@doctorwibble) June 5, 2018
14.
“What do you do?”
“I’m a film critic.”
“Oh, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION is the best movie of all time” https://t.co/GcopYwknlk— Alissa Wilkinson (@alissamarie) June 4, 2018
