Sunday, November 15, 2020

People's Dumbest Assumptions About Jobs


Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about the most ridiculous, mindless assumptions that people make about other people's jobs. Just because someone's a doctor doesn't mean that they're going to be able to figure out why your back hasn't felt right for weeks. 

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Text - imontiza • 5h 1 Award "You're invited to my.. party/event/wedding/ celebration.. please could you bring your camera" Reply 5.5k ...

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Text - McDougal_Scarborough • 5h 3 2 Awards "Oh, you're an electrical engineer? Can you wire my garage?" Reply 12.7k ...

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Text - Absolute_Predator • 6h "Oh, you're a chemical analyst? You must know how to make drugs" Reply 8.6k ...

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Text - Funke-munke • 6h 3 7 Awards Oh you're an Occupational Therapist- Can you help me find a job Reply 23.3k ...

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Text - tygs42 • 5h "Oh, you're a truck driver? Can you come tell me what's wrong with my car?" Umm, ma'am, I just drive the damn things... You want the shop guys for that. Reply 3.5k ...

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Text - Conscious_Tea • 6h Oh, you're a therapist? tells me about their family member who really needs to see a therapist Reply 1 12.5k ...

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Text - garbagepencil • 5h "Oh, you're an accountant? Can you add and/or multiply these huge numbers in your head lightening fast?" No. You have no idea what I do.... Reply 4.0k ...

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Text - New_Game_P1us • 6h Oh, you work in construction? (Proceeds to ask about fixing things around the house, asking if something was installed wrong because it doesn't "look right", or wanting a price quotes for various projects) Reply 2.5k ...

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Text - CarbineFox • 2h 3 Awards "Oh you're a geologist? What kind of rock is this?" Just kidding, we love that shit and will tell you a long story of the history of that rock and how we saw examples in the field in the middle of nowhere. Reply 1 2.1k ...

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Text - MelpomeneLee • 3h "Oh you work for a law firm? My son's ex-girlfriend wants full custody of their kid. What should he do?" A. I'm a mass tort paralegal, I don't do family law B. He needs to get a lawyer. Reply 587 ...

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Text - brow3477 • 5h "Oh, you're a pharmacist? Well I have this huge, gaping wound on my left butt cheek, can you look at it and tell me what I can use over the counter?" Sir... Please go to the hospital... Reply 1.5k ...

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Text - Askanner • 5h Oh you're travel agent, when is covid going to end? Reply 1 1.3k ...

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Text - keithwaits • 5h 7 Awards So you're a statistician? .... I never get to help friends and family with my professional skills :( Reply 13.8k

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Text - "Oh you're a firefighter? Do you actually go to work?" Reply 591

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Text - bigEchees • 7h 1 Award "Oh your a musician, play that one that goes, bun dum dum bun dum donn bom" Reply 4.3k

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Text - Lethal_bizzle94 •5h Oh your a psychologist, can you chat to my kid and see if he is depressed Reply 1 2.3k ...

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Text - drawingmentally • 4h "OH, are you an artist? Draw me for free!" Reply 436 ...

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Text - sdhohd • 6h "Oh you're a linguist? How many languages do you speak?" Reply 952 ...

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White - rafily • 6h CAN YOU hACk fAcEbOok??? Reply 780 ...

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Text - BloatedCrow • 4h I was going to have surgery and about 10 minutes before I was scheduled to go under the knife, the nurse asked me what I was studying. I told her l'm a computer science student and without skipping a beat she asked me to help her download WhatsApp on her Huawei! Since I'm also studying genetics, I also often get requests like "does this rash look bad" or "can you clone my cat". NO. LEAVE ME ALONE. Edit: I nearly forgot my all-time favourite - "you're Jewish? Can you balan

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Text - shellshocked_637 • 3h Oh you're a nurse, can you have a look at my ingrowing toenail / tell me why I have a rash down below Reply 1 108 ...

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Text - POtentialAH • 4h "Oh, you're a voice actor? Do "x" character's voice!" Reply 437 ...

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Text - ilikerocks19 • 2h "Oh you're a geologist? If I showed you a map could you find Norway?" Um, yeah, but not because I'm a geologist... Reply 161 ...

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Text - Extreme_Seaweed5214 • 2h "Oh you're a gardener? WhY cAnT I EvEn KEEP mY CACTUS aLiVe???" Because you like telling people you have no green thumb to virtue signal how humble and accepting of your faults you are (and it seems to get you matches on Bumble profile) rather than watching one youtube vid on how to keep succulents alive Reply 1 56 ...

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Text - Rand_alThor_ • 2h Oh you're an astronomer? Why is my outlook as Pisces so negative this month? I heard all the planets are going to be lined up what does that mean for my horoscope? Reply 42

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Text - labbykun • 5h "Oh, you work in a pharmacy? Can you tell me what to take for [insert ailment here]?" And "Oh, you're a photographer, can you take pictures for my wedding/birthday party/Christmas?" That one gets me really irked because I have all this pressure on me to do a really precise job on what is essentially a hobby, I do not have the equipment for professional shots and the end result is usually met with at least mild disappointment. Reply 64 ...

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