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Originally Posted by Deborah35
It makes me very uncomfortable if I'm in a group of people, and others ask what I do for a living, and I have to say I'm unemployed at the moment. Then I feel like I'm the only one without a job. Ughh!
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It's not fun...especially when other people are working.
You can say "I'm between jobs...I used to work at company X doing Y."
Or you can say "I'm a ________ (whatever kind of work you used to do). Nobody's business to know that you aren't doing it right now.
I always tell people what i do, even if i'm not working because they might know someone looking for my kind of job.
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For me what frustrates me about as much is the attitude towards what others perceive as lower-level jobs. I see this so much, people acting like they are better than other people because of what their job is. Or people assuming that a person waiting tables or working as a janitor couldn't possibly be happy, and feeling pity for them. I am in the US, and I really dislike this emphasis on everyone's job and profession. I agree, we are so much more than our jobs. But maybe that is just for my family and close friends to understand. I'm trying to tell myself I only care about what they think, but it frustrates me that some people are so quick to make judgments on others' lives, based on their own ideas of success and happiness.
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Funny that you say that - I was talking to a girl I know yesterday that is a waitress at a local diner - i actually have a lot of respect for someone that does that - I could never do that - it's really hard, 16 hour days, on your feet, dealing with hungry rude people, carrying heavy trays and sometimes people stiff you for tips....it's very honest work. you can't fake your way through the day the way I've seen people do it in my profession.
People think a title and an office mean something...most of the time it just means you're better with the BS.