You Need To Get A REAL Job!

[tropicsgoddess]

Okay,some time or another somebody has been yelled at/scolded/lectured,etc. about getting a real job, regardless if it's some SC, your family, friends or whoever else. What I've been wondering is what exactly do people consider as real jobs and the opposite?

[ebonyknight]

Okay,some time or another somebody has been yelled at/scolded/lectured,etc. about getting a real job, regardless if it's some SC, your family, friends or whoever else. What I've been wondering is what exactly do people consider as real jobs and the opposite?

Well the only time I have heard this is when someone is indeed scolding someone else. Usually this is said to insult the other person. When they say get a real job, they imply that they should get a 9-5, M-F job like them, like "normal" people.

My personal view is that every job is important to the function of this country. When people ask me what I do for a living, they usually say that they wish they could do that or relay in some way that they are impressed.

My feeling is that every job complements another. The example I like to use is when the country has a military emergency or goes on a war footing. There was a study done that News Agencies can predict when the US will do something militarily imminent. Pizza orders from local pizza houses sharply spike around the Pentagon. I doubt I need to explain why.

Now, these pizza places and delivery people perform a very important function. If it wasn't for them, then personnel needed else where would have to perform this function. They have (in my mind) just contributed to the nation's security. Not too mention the obvious, that pizza is damn tasty!

I feel the same of the fast food workers, barista's, etc. They provide services that would otherwise cause other people inconvenience and cause them to possibly divert time from important issues.

I view our country and our workers as ants. All contribute to the welfare of the nest, whether they are workers, soldiers or queens. So I never look down on anyone's job. Some jobs may have a higher priority, but I don't believe that any job is "beneath" another.

Reminds me of something Glenn Beck pointed out in his local newspaper once. On the same page were two stories. 1. About how there was a lack of people to pick fruit and that there maybe a shortage because of this. The recent backlash on illegals has them reluctant to show up for work. 2. Then on the next pane, their local government was thinking about subsidizing teen workers for the summer because they couldn't find work.

The irony is too think.

[anriana]

I get my share of this working third shift. Even though I am doing the same job as the first shift workers here (and getting paid more for it thanks to the shift diff), their jobs are the only "real" ones.

[blas87]

anriana, amen to you honey.

I get told by family members and friends (who don't work with me) alike day in and day out "You NEED to work a regular shift like NORMAL people!"

It pisses me off to no end. I make over a dollar more than people who work more...desirable shifts. Would I like to work day shift? Sure.....but I need to be where the money is at, in this time in my life and with my finances. And third shift is really not that bad. I've been working it for 2 years and the hours really work well for me.

[Slytovhand]

I'm in the same (or similar) boat as you guys....

I used to always get the 'get a haircut, and get a real job'.. especially from my father and sister for about 100 years or so... The 'irony' of it... neither of them could say they were really happy with their lives! (not that I was... but that's cos I kept getting nagged all the time... from them!)

Anyway.. I do the night shift as well, and get paid more for the penalty. It suits me. Sure, it's a lot quieter.. that's why we do all the admin stuff

As I say to those who ring in at 3am, we're a 24 hour call centre... that means someone has to be here... (as well as "I'm getting paid for this call, what's your excuse?" )


'Real' jobs are those that involve sweat, muscle, hot days, cold nights, low pay, and usually a lot of 'I hate my job, I wish I could do something else'... like what we do

Irony is... a lot of those jobs (particularly the trades) are becoming less and less desirable anyway! Now its all about education and management... who are management going to manage......?

[Teysa]

Some people forget that having a job at all these days is a good thing. Plus, even if someone went to school to get one of the so-called 'real jobs', there's no guarantee that they'd even get the position they wanted after graduation. More than likely they'd end up in one of the 'fake' customer service type jobs anyways.

[Giggle Goose]

I'm looking for a so-called "real" job, but I'm not even looking forward to it.

Sure, waiting tables isn't "real," but I could make more in tips than I could in many entry-level positions and I love being able to get things done. I went to the hardware store on a Tuesday morning when nobody was there so I could paint. Could you imagine if I had to go there on a Saturday or something with the "normal" people?

[rahmota]

You know I've actually been told this by people when they find out I'm a farmer work in the country as an odd jobber etc... As if producing the food and services that your fat suited butt eats isnt somehow a real or important job. Considering how most of my life I have been up at the crack of oh my fraking god its early to work from sunup to sundown doing hard physical things is a lot more enjoyable in my perspective than sitting trapped in a small cardboard and plastic cubicle all day with a computer screen in front of me and annoying gits all aroud me.

But too many people somehow seem to think that since I can wear whatever is comfortable and appropriate to the job at hand , usually somethign involving denim, dont have to cut my hair if I dont want to and generally set my own hours (although they are always long hours) I'm not workign as hard or as importantly or as really as they are for their 9 to 5 office job.

This aint to say that an office job isnt important in the grand scheme of things but please take a moment to pause and consider where you and the world would be without farmers and the others who toil everyday for your service.

Thank you. All jobs are real jobs.

[kamn]

You know I've actually been told this by people when they find out I'm a farmer work in the country as an odd jobber etc... As if producing the food and services that your fat suited butt eats isnt somehow a real or important job. Considering how most of my life I have been up at the crack of oh my fraking god its early to work from sunup to sundown doing hard physical things is a lot more enjoyable in my perspective than sitting trapped in a small cardboard and plastic cubicle all day with a computer screen in front of me and annoying gits all aroud me.

Some might be surprised, but yes, there is a certain feeling of pride after a good long hard work being done. Soemthing that cannot be achieved in an office.

Thank you. All jobs are real jobs.

Couldn't say it any better.

[Stormraven]

I've never been able to understand that attitude. Right now, because my situation allows it, I'm just as willing to do retail work (if they can meet the minimum I have to make to survive) as white collar stuff. More willing, to be honest. When I first got out of the AF, I worked at a Burger King for about four months. Not good pay, but I liked what I did, taking orders. And I'd have no problem doing that again.

Thing is, you'll get the same attitude, though not as readily, in white collar, if you have no desire to become a manager. It seems that some people think you're wasting your life if you prefer not to get those management jobs.

I always tell these people the same things. My job is not what I am. It's what I do to allow me to be who I am.

[BlaqueKatt]

All jobs are real jobs.

personally I'm just attempting to fathom what a "fake" job would be exactly.

and yes that was usually my response-

"Get a real job!!!!"
"What as opposed to this fake one I'm currently working at?"

Thank you for your amazing observational skills, I would have never realised I was not performing a service in exchange for monetary reward---ergo a job.

[crazylegs]

I continually get told to 'get a real job', I'm not entirely sure what irks me most, that people think I don't have a job or that the people who say it are likely to be unemplyed themselves.

I guess they don't like the uniform!

[Boozy]

I love working retail. I've had two "real" jobs, and I've quit them both within a few months. These were career-type jobs that used my university degree, paid better, and offered room for advancement. They were also mind-numbingly dull, and I hated them.

I've never had anyone say that my retail job isn't "real", but I have had people suggest that I should find something that pays better. I tell them to mind their own damn business. My husband and I get by just fine. And there's no way I'm going to spend 40 years in a job that I hate just so I can buy a plasma TV. That's complete insanity.

[DesignFox]

My BF tells me to "get a real job" all the time.

He thinks I'm wasting my talent working in retail, and that I should find a job that suits my skill level...

But I kind of like the flexibility my current job offers me. The pay isn't tops, but it allows me to keep my hobby...which is all I really want.

*shrug*

It would be nice if jobs like mine were higher paying and better appreciated, but they aren't. So, I work hard, I play hard and I hope for the best. That's life.

[Wicked_Lexi]

My boyfriend got this from his parents a lot. Theirs was "get a full time job"
Which annoyed me. He worked at McDonalds and he was good at it, he enjoyed it so what was the issue? It wasn't enough for them!

I work a so called real "office job" I sometimes miss retail and debate going back!