Being stereotyped because of your job

Storminateacup

Does it happen to you??

My own (not so supportive) boyfriend said something along the lines of how he assumed all beauty therapists were "brain dead bimbos" until he seen the amount of work that actually goes into the course.

It got me thinking -- Are you stereotyped or do you fit your jobs stereo type??

If youre in IT do you sit at home all weekend playing call of duty?

bleg

Yea. Everybody thinks I'm loaded when I'm really not.

MitchKoobski

Work in a call-centre.

Everybody assumes I'm either middle-aged, indian, or out to make your life harder.

Wolfe Tone

I had this conversation a while back with a girl who works in HR, she was moaning about how they are stereotyped as bitches

She lives up to the stereotype

ItsAWindUp

I'd say the people that are stereotyped far more often are those who are unemployed.

deco nate

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Work in a call-centre.

Everybody assumes I'm either middle-aged, indian, or out to make your life harder.

i thought you were hard as nails,fooker
you know kun foo master..
but then i looked again at your user name again :pac:
(sorry):o

castletownman

I know exactly where you're coming from. I write GAA reports for the local paper and everyone I know who has an interest in GAA automatically assume that I only LOVE talking abut nothing but the GAA on a night out. I don't mind if I'm out after the club have played or if Wexford have played, but drunks rotten the ear off ya about everything GAA does get quite irritating over time

MitchKoobski

deco nate wrote: »

i thought you were hard as nails,fooker
you know kun foo master..
but then i looked again at your user name:pac:
(sorry):o

Eh?

MitchKoobski is a skiing unicorn from the game SSX: On Tour. Common mistake.

Lumbo

I work in the Public Sector. Please don't hate me.

deco nate

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Eh?

MitchKoobski is a skiing unicorn from the game SSX: On Tour. Common mistake.

sorry,there is a guy on here that is a karate pro.
sorry if you if you thought i was avin a go.its only
a bit o fun..it is ah,after all:o:)

Floodric

Sure, aren't you lucky to have a job?

MitchKoobski

deco nate wrote: »

sorry,there is a guy on here that is a karate pro.
sorry if you if you thought i was avin a go.its only
a bit o fun..it is ah,after all:o:)

........The only person I can think of is Makikomi....*waves*

Kojak

Floodric wrote: »

Sure, aren't you lucky to have a job?

The mating call of taxmen everywhere......

deco nate

MitchKoobski wrote: »

........The only person I can think of is Makikomi....*waves*

yep,thats the dude.night..im going to bed.:D

General General

It's like that joke... what's the difference between a beauty therapist & a helicopter?

omen80

Yeah I worked in IT so women just presumed that I was amazing in bed. It can be a lot of pressure sometimes!

jimmycrackcorm

omen80 wrote: »

Yeah I worked in IT so women just presumed that I was amazing in bed. It can be a lot of pressure sometimes!

Just turn off your webcam and you won't have to worry.

omen80

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Just turn off your webcam and you won't have to worry.

Ok but your mother could be very disappointed if I turn it off!

evercloserunion

I'm on my way to becoming a solicitor. Sterotype? What stereotype?

Firefox11

Floodric wrote: »

Sure, aren't you lucky to have a job?

I hear this on an almost fecking *daly* basis. having to grin and give small talk back is a pain the backside.:rolleyes:

Aoifey!

I'm studying Early Childhood Studies. I've been told I'm just "training to be a ride and have kids".

UnknownSpecies

I'm a student so the stereotypes usually are true

Mister Man

I'm a Graphic and Web designer, people assume I'm a nerd, know about everything electronic, play Xbox/PS3 all day, and don't actually work at all. I match the description very well =P ..... But really, it's stupid!

CrazyRabbit

As a male prostitute, many people incorrectly think that I'm a slut.

Oh wait...

Sweatynutsack

I'm on the dole, people presume i'm lazy

smash

Storminateacup wrote: »

he assumed all beauty therapists were "brain dead bimbos"

There were a few beauty therapy courses in my college, I went out with one for the girls for a while and I liked to think they were all closet lesbians that really enjoyed waxing each other and rubbing in the moisturiser afterwards.

Gandalph

To be honest I do stereotype beauty therapists, in my head they are all sexy, but sadly in reality this isnt true (some absolute bowzers out there!), but wouldnt take their IQ into account, alot of clever girls like to go into this no? I mean beauty is a pretty big factor in most girls lives!

I wear a suit and everyone thinks Im a prick....Well I am a prick and all but I dont like people making that sort of judgement until I do something to deserve it.

srsly78

Work in finance for 9 months, get blamed for financial crisis :rolleyes:

RedXIV

Yup I work in IT and get the nerd thing alot. Can't really argue with the stereotype, been fixing peoples computers etc for years. mainly because "fixing" it meant

• installing a program
• turning the router on and off
• turning the wifi back on a laptop
• removing a virus
• defragging a drive
• connecting a printer
• connecting a monitor

I reckon about 3% of all the stuff I've been asked to do has been actively difficult to figure out. most is just people not having a clue about computers

smash

srsly78 wrote: »

Work in finance for 9 months, get blamed for financial crisis :rolleyes:

You b@stard!

Elba101

Absolutely! Everyone thinks I know a hell of a lot more than I actually do

srsly78

Oh, my brother was out in Anglo doing a job yesterday They took the sign down but they are still there!!!! And even hiring apparently!

Fratton Fred

I worked for Vodafone for a few years.

I got really fed up with people asking if I could get them a free phone.

mackg

I used to work in Dunnes...people assumed I was retarded.

Now work in pharmaceuticals (work placement for college)...people assume I am a nerd (I am) but I still get a lot more respect than I did before.

Rawhead

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

As a male prostitute, many people incorrectly think that I'm a slut.

Oh wait...

Is man whore not the politically correct term these days?

Buddinplant

as a former Gardener, most people stereotyped me as male... nice little jaw drop when i turned up for work... would have helped if they had read my name, but sure that would have spoiled the surprise

mikemac

Accountants are great craic and there are constantly nights out and parties with work colleagues

Definitely not boring

dubtom

I'm a Taxi driver,people assume I'm a thieving hoar who takes the longest route possible,moans constantly,sweats like a pig,never cleans the car,is racist,and has two houses in Spain.
In my case,only one of those assumptions is correct:pac:

cocokay

i work in travel and everyone presumes a) i get free holidays b) i can get them huge discounts even though i may have only met them twice in my whole life (as in, i can't even get my poor parents a good deal never mind some virtual stranger) and c) i know the price of a holiday to anywhere at any time of year off the top of my head (this is particularly HEADWRECKING on a night out when the last thing you want to talk about is work "ah go on just give us a ballpark like" )

robbie_998

I work in a B&Q store.... not doing very much


people ask me questions cos they automatically assume im a

1. Builder
2. Plumber
3. Tradesman
4. Showroom Expert for kitchens and Bathrooms
5. Painter
6. Decorator
7. Lighting Expert
8. Electrician
9. Gardener

I am none of these

(amazingly enough i should at least know something about these things but haven't a bog) :pac:

Seriously .... people come up with a product and ask me how would i attach this to the mains and so on

my reply "By picking up the phone and calling a electrician or plumber"

saa

I'm an Artists and people assume I come from a middle class family and have money behind me.


Why else would I chose such a ridiculous career with nothing to fall back on, I don't know either!

stupidusername

having done 'computers' in college my family would assume i'd know a lot about hardware. telling them it was software means nothing, as 'computers' should cover everything really. but i dunno about the stereotyping. i mean most of the people i know work with computers, I don't think anyone assumes i'm a geek.

*pushes glasses up on nose* :pac:

kfallon

robbie_998 wrote: »

I work in a B&Q store.... not doing very much


people ask me questions cos they automatically assume im a

1. Builder
2. Plumber
3. Tradesman
4. Showroom Expert for kitchens and Bathrooms
5. Painter
6. Decorator
7. Lighting Expert
8. Electrician
9. Gardener

I am none of these

(amazingly enough i should at least know something about these things but haven't a bog) :pac:

Seriously .... people come up with a product and ask me how would i attach this to the mains and so on

my reply "By picking up the phone and calling a electrician or plumber"

Hehehehehehe......you said 'Tradesman' :P

careca11

yep I work in the commercial semi state sector.......................I'm supposedly on €94,000 a year and have a job for life ,
neither could be further from the truth

Gandalph

I work in a pub and people think Im always up for the ride

Madam

I work for a charity - people assume I'm a nice person for it:rolleyes:

kfallon

Madam wrote: »

I work for a charity - people assume I'm a nice person for it:rolleyes:

'Madam Theresa' we call you behind your back!

Only cos you spend most of your time in the missionary position, nothing to do with charity work :P :pac:

smash

robbie_998 wrote: »

I work in a B&Q store.... not doing very much

people ask me questions cos they automatically assume im a

1. Builder
2. Plumber
3. Tradesman
4. Showroom Expert for kitchens and Bathrooms
5. Painter
6. Decorator
7. Lighting Expert
8. Electrician
9. Gardener

Come on robbie, everyone know that B&Q staff know as much about DIY as halfords staff know about cars.... f*ck all!

robbie_998

steve06 wrote: »

robbie_998 wrote: »

I work in a B&Q store.... not doing very much

people ask me questions cos they automatically assume im a

1. Builder
2. Plumber
3. Tradesman
4. Showroom Expert for kitchens and Bathrooms
5. Painter
6. Decorator
7. Lighting Expert
8. Electrician
9. Gardener

Come on robbie, everyone know that B&Q staff know as much about DIY as halfords staff know about cars.... f*ck all!

That's exactly what I was saying ....

I know fecking nothing about anything !

Although there are some really smart people here that know what their doing !

Bandana boy

Madam wrote: »

I work for a charity - people assume I'm a nice person for it:rolleyes:

I genuinely sterotype anybody who works in charity as an immoral thieving scumbag.Comes from my youth having seen what goes on at ISPCC

Nobody actually understands what it is I do but the sterotypes are that I can predict the weather ,that I know Kung FU and that I can get loads of free stuff.

None of which are true

BlastedGlute

I was a recce tank driver for the british army. People think I perpetuated the entire war in the middle east and single handidly set up the torture camps :-/