OTOH I've pretty much given up on trying to discuss the intricacies of my work with her. I think they'd bore most people outside the legal or financial worlds tbh. Even bore me a lot of the time.
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 17:24 (ten years ago) link
Yes, there is nothing interesting about me describing what I do for a living and I feel sorry for anyone who tries to get into that conversation with me.
Then again, I have an aunt who got it into her head that I'm the "IT guy" at my work and get endless calls from people needing help fixing their computers, which is extremely far from the truth, but she kept asking me at Thanksgiving if I was getting pestered with IT calls. Didn't have the heart to say "nope, that's not at all what I do for a living."
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 17:28 (ten years ago) link
Ha, when people ask me about my job, I literally say, "It's really boring and we're better off discussing something YOU want to talk about."
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 17:30 (ten years ago) link
I try to play up the *point* of what I do, which has a semi public interest bent to it even though it's for profit. But I don't like overplaying that either, because it feels self-aggrandizing, and ultimately we're still a business.
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 17:31 (ten years ago) link
If I was CEO of JPM that'd be my strategy as well.
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link
yeah, the point of what I do is pretty zzzzzzzzz....
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 17:42 (ten years ago) link
Christmas cards that are those newsletter type updates on what's been happening with the family for the last year make me irrationally embarrassed
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
btw that video that Tracer posted is not innocuous at all, all four of those people should be on the guillotine, yes the kids included
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 17:50 (ten years ago) link
The holderness family is like kinda fun but mostly braggin
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
I feel so sorry for those kids, especially the girl as she looks like she's just about old enough to realise that her role here is to be laughed at in patronising way, but not old enough to tell her parents to get tae fuck.
― wooting does not count as being active (soref), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 18:10 (ten years ago) link
OMG somebody at a party asked me (I thought sincerely) about workers' comp law so I told her alllll about it and she for real said, "I have to go talk to somebody about something now" and walked away from me like mid sentence.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 18:25 (ten years ago) link
Professions kind of have their own languages, and after you spend years learning the language you kind of forget that you are speaking a language not everyone speaks.
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 18:29 (ten years ago) link
Also, boring.
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 18:30 (ten years ago) link
I really like hearing details about what other people's jobs. Like how do mail routes work? What is the lingo? What does an operations manager at a financial firm actually do on a typical day? What constitutes a good day or bad day for him or her? What is the lingo?
― disgruntled punter (Je55e), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link
A friend of mine became a USPS delivery person, and I only asked him, oh, about 9000 questions about his job until finally he was all, look, I'd really like to watch this Super Bowl game now, ok?
― pplains, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
I was working hard to make my discussion accessible and not dork out too much. She was just being polite when she asked and didn't actually want to hear about it. I'm usually really good at picking up on how people want to converse but I missed her signals completely.
xp me, too, actually. I ask cab drivers about their work arrangements all the time. I think it comes from being an L&E lawyer (though I think I was drawn to L&E bc I've always been fascinated with work).
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
That was also one of my fave things about my comp job - learning about people's jobs. Like did you know there is a manufacturing concern in central IL that just makes lids for various beverage containers? And a job someone has is to QA those lids.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 18:39 (ten years ago) link
xxp I bet I can talk to you about digital marketing and the newswire industry for up to 45 seconds before you wander away uninterested. Nobody can make this stuff interesting, and if they can, I fear for their immortal souls.
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 18:43 (ten years ago) link
I'd appreciate five minutes on it, I think.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 18:50 (ten years ago) link
That was also one of my fave things about my comp job - learning about people's jobs. Like did you know there is a manufacturing concern in central IL that just makes lids for various beverage containers?
I DO know this and maybe we talked about it? I had to deal with someone at that (or similar?) company for work. Our work lives intersected at a lids concern.
― disgruntled punter (Je55e), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
one of the things I've learned as an adult is that when people are enthusiastic about something, it is much more interesting to hear them speak about it. so if someone enjoys their job or family or whatever, it might be worth your time to converse about it because the enthusiasm is what makes the conversation a lot more than the topic
― mh, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 19:12 (ten years ago) link
people who are enthusiastic and lucid about something i have little interest in are sometimes the best! i find listening to people like that incredibly relaxing, somehow.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 19:22 (ten years ago) link
innocuous things that make you irrationally chill
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 19:23 (ten years ago) link
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That sounds great! Let me tell you about someone I'm enthusiastic about - Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
― pplains, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
Haha -- mmmm tell me more about configuring Bloomberg software while I rest my eyes.
xp
― disgruntled punter (Je55e), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 20:13 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6TeDM-wlZ4
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 20:15 (ten years ago) link
<3 BB
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 20:15 (ten years ago) link
so I was just perusing Facebook and I saw that a friend of a friend posted the very same Xmas Jammies video and that my friend commented on it "Now that's a MILF!!!!!"
So add one more layer of embarassment onto this whole debacle.
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:46 (ten years ago) link
and of course there's the generalized level of embarassment for humanity at large...
lol
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:47 (ten years ago) link
she is kinda ws of shame tbf
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:48 (ten years ago) link
I kind of wanted to post a mean comment on it on youtube, but idk, it's still some dude's family video. Would feel too icky.
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:50 (ten years ago) link
plus he's an ilxor, we gotta stand by him
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:51 (ten years ago) link
wait...really?
― signed, J.P. Morgan CEO (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:52 (ten years ago) link
I just assumed that was pretty much what all ilxor's families were like
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:54 (ten years ago) link
― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 21:55 (ten years ago) link
the youtube comments seem to be about 60% people saying the video is cute and awesome, 30% people saying they want to have sex with the mom and 10% people angrily declaring their hatred of the family
― wooting does not count as being active (soref), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link
why not have all three?
― mh, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:10 (ten years ago) link
I sent this to my coworkers all 'wtf this is the worst thing ever' - of my five coworkers only 2 of them hated it, the rest were all 'LOL OMG THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER AHAHAHA'
humanity is doomed
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:28 (ten years ago) link
p sure that is neither the worst thing ever nor the best thing ever, though definitely located closer on the spectrum to the former.
― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:30 (ten years ago) link
I don't think I love it or hate it, embarrassment is drowning out all other potential responses
― wooting does not count as being active (soref), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:33 (ten years ago) link
Despite my general disdain for triathletes, I didn't mind that video.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:48 (ten years ago) link
_Ha, when people ask me about my job, I literally say, "It's really boring and we're better off discussing something YOU want to talk about."_OMG somebody at a party asked me (I thought sincerely) about workers' comp law so I told her alllll about it and she for real said, "I have to go talk to somebody about something now" and walked away from me like mid sentence.
I remember this fondly.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:49 (ten years ago) link
uh oh, I feel an embarrassing poll coming on
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 22:50 (ten years ago) link
I work for an NGO for people with an unfortunate disease, and when I have to explain where I work I almost always get 'Oh, I didn't know you had [unfortunate disease]!', and they back away, and I have to be all, 'No, I don't, not that there's anything wrong with that, I just work there!'
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 00:18 (ten years ago) link
i am not one for lolling about unfortunate diseases but that made me lol.
― estela, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 00:22 (ten years ago) link
fuiud
― Bigsam: flotsam and jetsam @ whetsam? (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 00:26 (ten years ago) link
wait did they seriously name their kids lola and penn
― my whole family is catholic so look at the pickle i'm in (zachlyon), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 00:30 (ten years ago) link
xpost lol!! my mum was an office admin for a "herd improvement" company ie artificial insemination of cows. ppl would ask what my mum did and I'd say she's an office admin and they'd say where and I'd tell them - I would get these crazy looks like YOUR MOM DOES WHAT NOW and have to say nonnono she just works in the office, like everyone was picturing my mom with her arm halfway up a cow
city ppl also have much crazier reactions that country ppl fyifarm ppl just go oh ok
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 00:32 (ten years ago) link
I am more embarrassed by the reaction that people have when they learn I'm a SOFTWARE DEVELOPER. It's an indicator that no matter how reasonable I was in conversation, I'm going to become a complete socially-incapable nerdo any second.
― mh, Wednesday, 18 December 2013 01:47 (ten years ago) link