People are sharing the jobs they wanted when they were 5 and it’s an innocent delight

It’s not always (ever) the case that the job you want to do when you’re 5 years old is the job you end up doing when you’re all grown up.

And a lot of the time those nascent ambitions are very funny and rather touching. Like this lot unearthed by a chap called Eric Alper after he asked this on Twitter.

Congratulations! The job you wanted to have when you were 5 is now yours. What do you now do for a living?

— Eric Alper (@ThatEricAlper) January 24, 2019

And here are the very best 17 replies.

1.

I am Traffic Lights

— Steve F (@mlvcfannireland) January 24, 2019

2.

Senior Level Packing Bubble Popper. I’ll be in my office if anybody needs me.

— Kevin Sussman (@KevinSussman) January 24, 2019

3.

I'm a marine biologist who specializes in why narwhals have one tusk. https://t.co/UAhhbaadte

— Shameful Jessica (@heyitsliore) January 24, 2019

4.

I drive the tiny train at the zoo https://t.co/RXUebZXJKv

— ⭐ Griffin Candey ⭐ (@griffincandey) January 24, 2019

5.

I am whatever Jeff Goldblum is in Jurassic Park https://t.co/XeoYHN6cQ3

— ᴍ ᴀ x [ ᴠ ᴇ ʀ ʏ ] ᴡ ᴇ ʟ ʟ ™ (@maxtastrophe) January 24, 2019

6.

Writing about dystopian worlds. But I thought it would be fiction. https://t.co/uIKXIaeyj5

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) January 24, 2019

7.

Hurray, I am a policeman clown! https://t.co/6uqJUAMNjO

— Eric Bailey (@EricVBailey) January 24, 2019

8.

Ice Cream Lady. Drive the truck, ring the bell AND free ice cream.

— Nancy DeVico (@NancyDeVico) January 24, 2019

9.

My dream was to combine mail delivery with an ice cream truck.

— Rita Meter Maid (@rd522) January 24, 2019

10.

I am a Police Dog https://t.co/zK4lg1MsKG

— trouteyes (@trouteyes) January 24, 2019