What Would You Be?
There are a lot of choices in our lives for our lives.
Let’s ponder for a moment of all the different job occupations in our world. So many different choices and I’ve heard many times that the world is our oyster. But what exactly does that mean? That we have to break the tough exterior of the world to find our pearl? That we simply have to work hard and dig deeper to get the prize or after all the layers are peeled away, the world is just a big blob? Either way, we have to sweat and put our nose to the so-called grindstone to achieve what we want no matter what it is. With that said, let us think for a moment or two what it does really take for certain occupations:
Veterinarian
Most commonly a college degree but what about nurturing tendencies, compassion and an all around caring nature? May be an occasional nose plug and the ability to speak dog.
Short Order Cook
Not glamorous by name or the hair net needed but the end result of each task is almost always appreciated.
Janitor/Custodian
Could you imagine the places we visit without this type of engineering in place? Trash, smells and germs, you get the idea. You have to admire someone that sneaks in after the place is quiet and empty and makes everything shine before the next morning arrives.
Dentist
Careful grades and years of schooling. The wonderful eye contact and face to face time is everything to be desired. For once, someone who actually makes you smile.
Telemarketer
Probably the most disliked occupation holder in the US. You walk into your front door after a long day of work, phone rings. You answer, a short silence that is followed by broken English, “May I speak to the lady of the house”. You reply there is no lady here and hang up. You sit down for dinner, phone rings. You answer again, an automated voice sings “The itsy bitsy spider…”, no reply this time, you jerk the phone out of the wall. I would imagine this job requires patience, a thick skin and a desire to upset your fellow or neighboring American.
It is doubtful that many 7 year olds aspire to be a convenience store cashier or a dish washer in the course of their lives, but the world is more fluid because of the few who do.
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That’s right, no job is ever small as all are important. Some just happen to have more attractive qualities, like money. This article is very well written and much enjoyed. Michael
Really liked this a lot. Every job has meaning.
Ditto all above. Good work and reminder.
Telemarketing, or we in the U.K. call them ‘Cold Callers’. They are decidedly the most annoying people of all time. Here’s one trick to give those people a really bad day: The next time you receive one of those calls, don’t hang up, let them explain what they want to, and just after they finish speaking hit the redial button as many times as you possibly can within 5 seconds, which overloads their switchboard as it can’t handle it! This does really work. Of course, there’s another way of putting them off, and this is …
When they’ve finished speaking, reply with a very loud voice, “Eh? What’s that you say? Hello?” and then hang up. Ah, they’ll think you’re deaf or hard of hearing….
Life is filled with people doing all sorts of work. If it weren’t for teamwork there would be no work. thank you for the post.
excellent points….love ur article,we need variety in life!
This is a good article – it’s good to take a moment to really think about what a job/career entails before entering into it – nice work!
Blessings.
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt.
Great article and thought provoking. As for me, I have felt all my life I was born to write.
It is true that society looks down on some profession instead of keeping in mind that someone has to do every job in society and if they were respected for that… they probably would do their best job. Even with vet, which I consider to be a very difficult job, how many times do you suppose they are asked ‘Couldn’t make it as a real doctor, huh?’
wow! i like it..especially the telemarketer part.
Excellent piece. There’s no small or big job; we all have our roles to fill. Thanks for sharing!
Excellent Article.. Oh the things I wanted to be (oceanographer, vet)… and the things I have been (cashier, waitress, short order cook, pager repair person, store clerk..). It shaped who i was, gave me great work values and got me where I am today (analyst). You never know where life will take you.
There are white collar jobs and blue collar jobs. The world needs both to make its course smoothly running.