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Interesting jobs

Carter
Carter Posts: 14,249
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If we have done this before please say and flag the discussion we did it on

I want to hear from people who do crucial but interesting jobs. As an example @ozaddick has shown his pedigree with some well written class posts about working on oil rigs and the lifestyle that surrounds that occupation. Working on an oil rig is something I've always fancied purely for the isolation but would be easily put off I'm sure.

Same for @AddickUpNorth keeping the worst humanity has to offer in check whilst they serve their time. Prison officers in general don't per se excite me but ones in high security prisons and their clientele very much do. His input about Dennis Neilson fascinated  me 

I know lots of scaffolders and their stories mainly involve Stella and punching each other but if any scaffs have stories that deviate (but not much) from there by all means get involved.

I'm not really interested in office roles, sorry. Data analysts, accountants, clerks, town planners, consultants or anyone who spends a considerable amount of time on LinkedIn. This is a read only experience. Unless it is truly interesting or you have a ground breaking interesting story. Or 'banking' unless you are going to regale us with tales of daily, genuine debauchery then keep your sordid activities to yourself. And categorically NO estate agents. 

So come forth coppers, submariners, pilots, mercenaries, firemen/women, zookeepers, pub landlords, anything that means life and limb are in jeopardy, massage therapists, bouncers, paramedics, power station commisioners, oncologists, anyone who has driven a tank or fired in anger a .50 calibre belt fed machine gun, filmmakers @JiMMy 85 and @supaclive or anyone involved in the creation and production of the sort of media we all love to digest. 

I'm after day in the life stories, worst days, best days, unusual stuff and stories of characters that also share your profession as well as cheaply asking for stories of customers, managers, colleagues, what personality traits help you get on in the job and what to avoid. 

Nothing is taboo go for it and unload 


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  • Rylo
    Rylo Posts: 860
    Oooooh, I like this.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,809
    Carter said:
    If we have done this before please say and flag the discussion we did it on

    I want to hear from people who do crucial but interesting jobs. As an example @ozaddick has shown his pedigree with some well written class posts about working on oil rigs and the lifestyle that surrounds that occupation. Working on an oil rig is something I've always fancied purely for the isolation but would be easily put off I'm sure.

    Same for @AddickUpNorth keeping the worst humanity has to offer in check whilst they serve their time. Prison officers in general don't per se excite me but ones in high security prisons and their clientele very much do. His input about Dennis Neilson fascinated  me 

    I know lots of scaffolders and their stories mainly involve Stella and punching each other but if any scaffs have stories that deviate (but not much) from there by all means get involved.

    I'm not really interested in office roles, sorry. Data analysts, accountants, clerks, town planners, consultants or anyone who spends a considerable amount of time on LinkedIn. This is a read only experience. Unless it is truly interesting or you have a ground breaking interesting story. Or 'banking' unless you are going to regale us with tales of daily, genuine debauchery then keep your sordid activities to yourself. And categorically NO estate agents. 

    So come forth coppers, submariners, pilots, mercenaries, firemen/women, zookeepers, pub landlords, anything that means life and limb are in jeopardy, massage therapists, bouncers, paramedics, power station commisioners, oncologists, anyone who has driven a tank or fired in anger a .50 calibre belt fed machine gun, filmmakers @JiMMy 85 and @supaclive or anyone involved in the creation and production of the sort of media we all love to digest. 

    I'm after day in the life stories, worst days, best days, unusual stuff and stories of characters that also share your profession as well as cheaply asking for stories of customers, managers, colleagues, what personality traits help you get on in the job and what to avoid. 

    Nothing is taboo go for it and unload 


    Yeah shut it @WSS
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,249
    Rylo said:
    Oooooh, I like this.
    You are definitely in, when you aren't saving lives at the Valley you are putting out fires. That is a day in the life I'd love to read
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,855
    I once had a really interesting conversation with an American who was a navigator on US Air Force Hercules flights to Antarctica.


  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,196
    I’m sure I’ve got a few that are mildly interesting. I’ll have a think. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,855
    Oh and I bumped into someone last year, who's directs porn movies. And no, I wasn't offered a part  ;)
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,983
    killerandflash said:
    I once had a really interesting conversation with an American who was a navigator on US Air Force Hercules flights to Antarctica.


    My friend Toby is in the US Air Force and is a pilot on the planes that refuel other planes midair. Some of his Instagram stories are insane.
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,728
    guinnessaddick said:
    tom_k said:
    killerandflash said:
    Oh and I bumped into someone last year, who's directs porn movies. And no, I wasn't offered a part  ;)
    I know a guy who got a job filming porn movies. He was really excited about the job before he started and quit after 2 weeks. When I asked why he quit he simply replied "when you watch porn, you can't smell porn!"

    Years of drama and performing arts college for that to be the credit you tell your nan about. 
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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601
    killerandflash said:
    Oh and I bumped into someone last year, who's directs porn movies. And no, I wasn't offered a part  ;)
    Not even a small one?
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,638
    Croydon said:
    guinnessaddick said:
    tom_k said:
    killerandflash said:
    Oh and I bumped into someone last year, who's directs porn movies. And no, I wasn't offered a part  ;)
    I know a guy who got a job filming porn movies. He was really excited about the job before he started and quit after 2 weeks. When I asked why he quit he simply replied "when you watch porn, you can't smell porn!"

    Years of drama and performing arts college for that to be the credit you tell your nan about. 
    As long as she wasn’t starring in it.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,807
    Gribbo said:
    Run a shop up next to Grove Park BR Station
    Good to have some quality admin back on the site. 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,680
    Gribbo said:
    Run a shop up next to Grove Park BR Station
    I miss Ibborg 
    One of my favourite posters on here.
    If you are reading mate I hope all's well. 
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Gribbo said:
    Run a shop up next to Grove Park BR Station
    I'll look into it for you.

    Welcome back.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,485
    blackpool72 said:
    Gribbo said:
    Run a shop up next to Grove Park BR Station
    I miss Ibborg 
    One of my favourite posters on here.
    If you are reading mate I hope all's well. 
    All good cheers mate. Hope you're well 
  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,414
    Wait, you don't want to hear my stories of refusing planning permission for conservatory extensions???!
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Gribbo said:
    Run a shop up next to Grove Park BR Station
    Welcome back I missed you.
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,277
    tom_k said:
    killerandflash said:
    Oh and I bumped into someone last year, who's directs porn movies. And no, I wasn't offered a part  ;)
    I know a guy who got a job filming porn movies. He was really excited about the job before he started and quit after 2 weeks. When I asked why he quit he simply replied "when you watch porn, you can't smell porn!"
    I was once told i should be a porn actor by a gay man who gave me a lift whilst I was hitch hiking.  
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  • Daddy_Pig
    Daddy_Pig Posts: 496
    Athletico Charlton said:
    tom_k said:
    killerandflash said:
    Oh and I bumped into someone last year, who's directs porn movies. And no, I wasn't offered a part  ;)
    I know a guy who got a job filming porn movies. He was really excited about the job before he started and quit after 2 weeks. When I asked why he quit he simply replied "when you watch porn, you can't smell porn!"
    I was once told i should be a porn actor by a gay man who gave me a lift whilst I was hitch hiking.  
    Sounds like an episode of fake taxi
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,249
    Thats exactly the sort of job that is interesting mate
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,485
    Athletico Charlton said:
    tom_k said:
    killerandflash said:
    Oh and I bumped into someone last year, who's directs porn movies. And no, I wasn't offered a part  ;)
    I know a guy who got a job filming porn movies. He was really excited about the job before he started and quit after 2 weeks. When I asked why he quit he simply replied "when you watch porn, you can't smell porn!"
    I was once told i should be a porn actor by a gay man who gave me a lift whilst I was hitch hiking.  
    I was once told I shouldn't be a porn actor. It was all going well in the audition till I dropped me under crackers, when the director started shouted "cut cut cut" and asked me to leave. 
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,625
    Rarely boring being a radiographer. You certainly see both the best and worst of people under very often quite difficult circumstances. All of human life is here. I never get tired of seeing just what people ( both sexes) are prepared to shove up or insert and then can’t remove. Not a common occurrence but not that rare either. 
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,249
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    Rarely boring being a radiographer. You certainly see both the best and worst of people under very often quite difficult circumstances. All of human life is here. I never get tired of seeing just what people ( both sexes) are prepared to shove up or insert and then can’t remove. Not a common occurrence but not that rare either. 
    Right, park up the years as a oncology consultant let's got down the puerile route

    Two questions 

    1) largest foreign object found in a human body, specifically the anus 
    2) most unconventional object discovered in a human anus 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,485
    1) Gotta be a vegatable in the Gourd / Cucurbitaceae genus, surely?

    I'll go with a marrow
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,485
    2) Claw hammer
  • SheffieldRed
    SheffieldRed Posts: 3,772
    Gribbo said:
    Athletico Charlton said:
    tom_k said:
    killerandflash said:
    Oh and I bumped into someone last year, who's directs porn movies. And no, I wasn't offered a part  ;)
    I know a guy who got a job filming porn movies. He was really excited about the job before he started and quit after 2 weeks. When I asked why he quit he simply replied "when you watch porn, you can't smell porn!"
    I was once told i should be a porn actor by a gay man who gave me a lift whilst I was hitch hiking.  
    I was once told I shouldn't be a porn actor. It was all going well in the audition till I dropped me under crackers, when the director started shouted "cut cut cut" and asked me to leave. 
    Disappointing attitude from the director, was he anti Semitic?

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