Professions people take too seriously

Conservatory

I’m going to select a profession and hope I don’t offend anybody it’s not my intention and just my view.
I was reading a thread just there about the shortage of teachers to mark the tests. The title was something like is there really a shortage or are they fuelling hysteria. Something like that.

I thought to myself ah come on. So a few teenagers won’t get their results for a week or two. To be honest teach 80 per cent of people basic maths and English and they will be fine for life. Like there was a panic that the geography papers mightn’t be marked in time. The world was balancing on a stalactite.

Now I’m sure teachers are lovely but calm down abit.

Can anybody else think of jobs that people who do them think they are the most important thing in the world but really anybody could do them or they wouldn’t really matter if they all got redundant tomorrow?

Please teachers don’t get offended it’s just my opinion by the end of this thread every occupation will probably be brought up by somebody.

zl1whqvjs75cdy

Hairdressers. ****ing ridiculous carry on. Peter mark in particular. Takes 4 years of training with them to be a "stylist". You'd literally train a doctor in the same time.

NIMAN

Nail technician.

Jim Bob Scratcher

President of Ireland

Atoms for Peace

Teachers, Guards and Priests. Not so long ago your family had reached the pinnacle of Irish society if you had any two of the three.

Conservatory

It’s like somebody is just inventing jobs to keep us busy.

verycool

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Teachers, Guards and Priests. Not so long ago your family had reached the pinnacle of Irish society if you had any two of the three.

Ah, there we have it... The "holy trinity" :pac:

humberklog

Life Coaches.
They take themselves serious even though their time seems to be spent mostly attending Life Coaching seminars where they tell each other how important they are.

verycool

humberklog wrote: »

Life Couches.
They take themselves serious even though their time seems to be spent mostly attending Life couching seminars where they tell each other how important they are.

Haven't heard of them, but I'm an amateur Couch Potato.

hairyslug

humberklog wrote: »

Life Couches.
.

I love me a nice comfy life couch

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Plumbers. How hard is it to run a pipe with water in it. Or change a washer in a tap? At least electricians run the risk of electrocution but a plumber might get wet.

enricoh

Professional soccer players - they get bananas money, God bless Sky's hype!
Teachers- 36k starting salary n 4 months off a year. The way they and Ingrid miley go on u'd think they were on 9.65 an hour! Me heart bleeds!

padd b1975

Chef.

Anyone involved in the fashion "industry".

TheValeyard

A Prince who is sixth in line to the Throne.

wiz569

Colby Proud Symmetry wrote: »

Plumbers. How hard is it to run a pipe with water in it. Or change a washer in a tap? At least electricians run the risk of electrocution but a plumber might get wet.

Ah here,and I used to like your posts

Stheno

Conservatory wrote: »

It’s like somebody is just inventing jobs to keep us busy.

I've a colleague who's a technology evangelist

corner of hells

Colby Proud Symmetry wrote: »

Plumbers. How hard is it to run a pipe with water in it. Or change a washer in a tap? At least electricians run the risk of electrocution but a plumber might get wet.

It gets interesting when gas is involved.

kravmaga

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Teachers, Guards and Priests. Not so long ago your family had reached the pinnacle of Irish society if you had any two of the three.

And the safe job in the bank or the civil service to that list lol

When I did the Leaving cert in 1986, the folks wanted me in the bank, Guards or Civil service lol

Stheno

corner of hells wrote: »

It gets interesting when gas is involved.

bit not every plumber is an rgi?

NIMAN

If teaching is such easy money with 4 months holidays, maybe a few folk on here should go be one?

ForestFire

Comedians

5rtytry56

Teachtóir Dáile

just so I don't step on any 'flakers toes, I will just say the "Val Falvey" kind.

The ratio is about 1:1 to TD's who are at least somewhat productive.

a few crap junior ministers, thank God most senior ministers pull their weight and don't revel in binary politics.

Harleen Quinzel

Social Media Influencers.

corner of hells

Stheno wrote: »

bit not every plumber is an rgi?

True

anewme

corner of hells wrote: »

It gets interesting when gas is involved.

Apparently lot of ****e in those site toilets allright

tvnutz

Its not about people getting their results a week or two late, its about them hiring people who aren't qualified to correct them, meaning students who may have worked hard, will have their exam corrected by someone who has no experience of the paper or how to correct it. Hardly fair on the kid.

Conservatory wrote: »

I’m going to select a profession and hope I don’t offend anybody it’s not my intention and just my view.
I was reading a thread just there about the shortage of teachers to mark the tests. The title was something like is there really a shortage or are they fuelling hysteria. Something like that.

I thought to myself ah come on. So a few teenagers won’t get their results for a week or two. To be honest teach 80 per cent of people basic maths and English and they will be fine for life. Like there was a panic that the geography papers mightn’t be marked in time. The world was balancing on a stalactite.

Now I’m sure teachers are lovely but calm down abit.

Can anybody else think of jobs that people who do them think they are the most important thing in the world but really anybody could do them or they wouldn’t really matter if they all got redundant tomorrow?

Please teachers don’t get offended it’s just my opinion by the end of this thread every occupation will probably be brought up by somebody.

LirW

"I have a job in finance"

Wildly Boaring

Colby Proud Symmetry wrote: »

Plumbers. How hard is it to run a pipe with water in it. Or change a washer in a tap? At least electricians run the risk of electrocution but a plumber might get wet.

Having had the pleasure of managing bad trades men. I'll gladly take any good plumber, sparks, brick, plasterer, pipe layer very seriously.

HR take themselves way too seriously

evolving_doors

Teachers ... meh! .. it's not exactly brain surgery now is it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THNPmhBl-8I

The Crowman

Harleen Quinzel wrote: »

Social Media Influencers.

That's a hobby not a job

Conservatory

The Crowman wrote: »

That's a hobby not a job

These people are running a business aparantly. I’d love to see their tax returns.

How do you pay tax on a free handbag you got for pretending you bought it and like it.

RandomName2

Colby Proud Symmetry wrote: »

Plumbers. How hard is it to run a pipe with water in it. Or change a washer in a tap? At least electricians run the risk of electrocution but a plumber might get wet.

Gas explosion, carbon monoxide poisoning, water contamination, and, yes, electrocution are the risks that are entailed in a plumber's work. You mean you haven't noticed the things that go in and out of a boiler?

super_furry

Internet 'personality'.

Ipso

HR

Conservatory

RandomName2 wrote: »

Gas explosion, carbon monoxide poisoning, water contamination, and, yes, electrocution are the risks that are entailed in a plumber's work. You mean you haven't noticed the things that go in and out of a boiler?

Ah give him a break he’s from around the time when plumbing was a back boiler that ran a coil to the cylinder and a toilet was where the coal shed later got put.

corner of hells

RandomName2 wrote: »

Gas explosion, carbon monoxide poisoning, water contamination, and, yes, electrocution are the risks that are entailed in a plumber's work. You mean you haven't noticed the things that go in and out of a boiler?

Also torture by plumbers when you're an apprentice.

Harleen Quinzel

The Crowman wrote: »

That's a hobby not a job

What starts out as a hobby has turned into a full time job for lots of them.
Some even employ others to update their blogs etc.
Influencer and YouTuber are two “professions” that lots of kids aspire to now, unfortunately.

noodler

NIMAN wrote: »

If teaching is such easy money with 4 months holidays, maybe a few folk on here should go be one?

Always a popular, if weak, response.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

RandomName2 wrote: »

Gas explosion, carbon monoxide poisoning, water contamination, and, yes, electrocution are the risks that are entailed in a plumber's work. You mean you haven't noticed the things that go in and out of a boiler?

Oh I have, in real life, every respect and admiration for all trades and most professions. It was more a comment in the spirit of the OP.

mfceiling

Going to stick myself out there - Architects. The amount of "drawings" we get given on different jobs and they are arseways. Room dimensions completely wrong. Services to be placed where existing windows are.
If a building is 10 metres long you cannot fit 6 offices at 2 metres long into it.
Remember a job where the architect wanted a drop down bulkhead in a boardroom. My mate walked in, took one look at its so called position and says " sure if you build it there the windows will hit off it when you open them".
Yet when they arrive on site you're almost expected to bow down in honour of these heroes.

Conservatory

Colby Proud Symmetry wrote: »

Oh I have, in real life, every respect and admiration for all trades and most professions. It was more a comment in the spirit of the OP.

You mean it was attempt to needle at the op. Rolls off me like water off a plumbers back.

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Hospital consultants. I know it's an important job but unless they're secretly stopping time from running backwards or gravity from failing then the ego and attitude are out of all proportion. Not to mind the money.

Conservatory

mfceiling wrote: »

Going to stick myself out there - Architects. The amount of "drawings" we get given on different jobs and they are arseways. Room dimensions completely wrong. Services to be placed where existing windows are.
If a building is 10 metres long you cannot fit 6 offices at 2 metres long into it.
Remember a job where the architect wanted a drop down bulkhead in a boardroom. My mate walked in, took one look at its so called position and says " sure if you build it there the windows will hit off it when you open them".
Yet when they arrive on site you're almost expected to bow down in honour of these heroes.

Haha boss told me to hang a sink on a window years ago because it was on the drawings. He said feck it they can pay us to move it later. I’d no idea how to drill a window so didn’t. Would have been funny though. Still wouldn’t have the expertise to know how to be honest.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Conservatory wrote: »

You mean it was attempt to needle at the op. Rolls off me like water off a plumbers back.

I have no doubt about that. Your constant demeaning of the professions of others is wearing so thin it has lost all impact too.

Just a bit of fun.

NIMAN

noodler wrote: »

Always a popular, if weak, response.

Why is it weak?

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Psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses.

Mardy Bum

noodler wrote: »

NIMAN wrote: »

If teaching is such easy money with 4 months holidays, maybe a few folk on here should go be one?

Always a popular, if weak, response.

Explain why there is a shortage of teachers currently nationwide.

Conservatory

Mardy Bum wrote: »

Explain why there is a shortage of teachers currently nationwide.

Nobody wants to work in a job full of teachers.

mfceiling

Mardy Bum wrote: »

Explain why there is a shortage of teachers currently nationwide.

They're all out in Dubai living the life of riley!!

anewme

Colby Proud Symmetry wrote: »

Oh I have, in real life, every respect and admiration for all trades and most professions.

This is just the latest in a long line of posts and threads from the OP abusing people and their choice of profession.

Is this Third or fourth swipe at Teachers?

OP believes that he should be earning more than a large number of professions and takes grave offence to discover he does not resulting in threads like these.

Squall Leonhart

mfceiling wrote:

Going to stick myself out there - Architects. The amount of "drawings" we get given on different jobs and they are arseways. Room dimensions completely wrong. Services to be placed where existing windows are. If a building is 10 metres long you cannot fit 6 offices at 2 metres long into it. Remember a job where the architect wanted a drop down bulkhead in a boardroom. My mate walked in, took one look at its so called position and says " sure if you build it there the windows will hit off it when you open them". Yet when they arrive on site you're almost expected to bow down in honour of these heroes.

You'll find an awful lot of architects are bollocks at practicalities, but are often rescued by the lowly technician who's actually drawing up the design for them!