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Posted: 8/5/2005 11:22:29 PM | __I dispence smiles. Really. And while I am at it I also sell produce. Fruits, vegs, spices and herbs. But if I can not make them smile I miss an opportunity to make someones day better.
__ My work is not much different than what I do on POF. Only here I practice new techniques on you folks. Hope you do not mind. No, I will not try to sell you some cukes or squashes. Unless you are interested. *wink wink*
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r324
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Joined: 7/13/2005
Msg: 27 | |
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Posted: 8/6/2005 10:25:44 AM | | I don't want someone date me (or not) because of my profession! People are so materialistic. | |
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Posted: 8/6/2005 12:47:28 PM | if they only knew why i no longer have a career they would shit and i would get bombed...lol
Curiosity killed the cat they say?
*shrugs*..I dunno...
"merow"?
As a single mom, I have to protect myself and my kids.
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Posted: 8/6/2005 12:51:23 PM | I think the reason that a lot of people don't put their job down is because they are ashamed to, they might be stuck in a jog that they didn't want to start with, but as long as you make the effort for a honest living--who cares--I don't----as long as you're not a serial killer I could care less what you do for a living.  | |
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Posted: 8/6/2005 1:10:47 PM | I used to hide it because I wanted people to like me for me. In the 90's when I was an airline pilot -- I was proud of what I had accomplished and, to be honest, I was bragging a bit.
After 09/11 I got laid off (along with 7000+ of my coworkers in the US airline industry). I found another job flying, but its not glamorous or exciting. It doesn't pay much. There are dozens of flying jobs out there that have nothing to do with the airlines. There are pilots for corporations, flight instructors, banner-towers, crop dusters, freight pilots -- you name it.
When I rejoined their ranks I thought women looked at me as nothing more than an overpaid bus driver.
Now I know the truth. They look at me as an UNDERpaid bus drivers. lol I'm not ashamed anymore. I'm proud that I was able to stay in the industry when so many former airline pilots have left the profession after 09/11. I doubt i'll ever go back to the airlines... and maybe when it comes to meeting someone, thats a GOOD thing.
FACT: With the exception of the most senior major airline pilots -- MOST pilots earn between $15,000 and $65,000 per year.
(despite what USA Today would lead you to believe) | |
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Posted: 8/6/2005 3:02:09 PM | I think this just goes back to the fact too many women are preoccupied with a man's social stature than they are with who he is as a person.
It's the sad materialistic society we live in today. Probably also the reason why the divorce rate and unhappy marrige rate is so high compared to years gone by.
Back in the day two people who were in love would meet, and build a life together.
These days women expect the man to already have the life prepared before hand. They want the guy who has that flashy job, a nice car, a nice stock portfolio and money in the bank. Heck, several expect a man to already own a house before they even start dating.
For this reason, i'm not going to flash around my job. I'm not ashamed at all. It's not a bad job. But if your first or second question to me is what kind of profession I have. I'm not interested.
I like the west coast mentality.... When someone asks you "What do you do?" it usually warrants an answer like "Mountain biking.. hiking... kyaking...."
Where I'm stuck now.... it means they wanna know if you have a job suitable of impressing their friends.
Seriouslly ask yourself! Could you date a man who drove a taxi for a living but enjoyed it so much that he came home with a smile every day?
Or would you rather a man who works as a senior vice president of an international import and export company who comes home and complains about the stress and demands every day.
Life is short. Don't wait until your 50 to realize that life isn't just about what you do and how much you make and what emblem is on the front of your car in the driveway. Then it's too late. How about you just find someone you truly love and someone who is happy with where they are in life and then see how things turn out.
That's what most of our parents did. And most of our parents are still married after 25-30 years. | |
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Posted: 8/7/2005 5:06:05 AM | I only put"employee" on my profession and I don't care what others will put on their profession or even they don't have a job.I can put whatever on my profession but how can you know that is it true or not??? Once,a guy who I met on internet tried to ask me about my profession,I said'I never even want to know what do you do for living so why do you ask me?" Then,he said"Goodbye and goodluck" I think I should tell him that my profession is "Prostitude" or "F_ucker" | |
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Joined: 5/12/2005
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Posted: 8/7/2005 5:50:29 AM | | I think that people should work to live, no matter how they do it. If someone judges or looks down upon someone for the way they earn a living then maybe they are not the person for you. I happen to love my job, and the title of it is simply just a glimpse of what it entails. Some people have jobs that do not fit their personality, but it supports them, so they choose not to list it because it says nothing about them......What is so wrong with that? | |
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Posted: 8/7/2005 6:34:51 AM | | hmmm. it was once said "leave a little for the imagination" --------------> maybe thats why the profession is left off? but as for the guy who said he doesnt show on his profile that he is a co-owner of a grocery store you might as well now! thanks, i laughed out loud on your reply! i tip my hat on that one. | |
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Posted: 8/7/2005 4:09:51 PM | | See, my career is very important to me, but not in a workaholic, type A kind of way. I have been given an amazing opportunity to share something I love *and* get paid for it. I am very passionate about what I do. Personally, I want to be with someone who also is passionate about their career, who cannot imagine doing anything else but what they do. | |
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Posted: 8/7/2005 6:08:37 PM | | I tend to be vague about where I work when making profiles online. But for me, if I say who I work for and you know what city I'm in, that means you can find me. I've had this happen before. So at first I might pass it off as a joke sort of thing, but it boils down to being 'Net savvy and protecting myself. | |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 5:02:32 AM | | I don't advertise what i do. Like now, i should be doing something, but i can't remember what. Who cares. But i ask if people i meet online does have a job, and if i have known them for some time i think it smells kinda fishy if they don't tell me anything work related at all.. Might be a secret agent.. or even a terrorist.. way out of my leauge.. I just get the creepy feeling they hide something. | |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 5:26:14 AM | | What's a job? I've never had one, I've always been self employed. Today I get an audit and that should be fun! lol! | |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 5:57:21 AM | Well, you already answered yourself with what is most likely the main reason people don't putup their profeesion. That is for protection for themselves and possibly those they care about.
Other reasons that have been mentioned in the thread are also very vaild.
Just imagine what someone who worked as a loan or mortgage manager might get for emails from people.
The main thing to remember is that your not supposed to be making a firm commitment with a person from their profile, you need to get to know them through conversations and such first. This is also how you find out if they are who they present or not. Avoiding filling out a catagory on a profile definately should not be a reason to discount a person, however, avoiding telling you at all during subsequent convo's should definately send up red flags.
Besides, look at it this way. Someone may put unemployed on their profile. Whats that mean? Does it mean they are living at home with their parents being a couch potato? Maybe they won the lottery and are stinking rich and dont need to work. Maybe they gave up on society and are living out in the wilderness with a really long telephone cord and generator. Maybe they just sold a multi-million dollar business and are taking a couple of years off. My point is that no matter what label they put on their profile, you still need to talk to them to find out who they are and if you mesh, so why sweat it?
PhamilyPlotr - I just have to say this... lol, theres nothing wrong with your profession, someone needs to do it, and I'm really glad its you and not me... lol and now I'm really curious as well, just what is under that sheet in the background???? | |
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Posted: 8/8/2005 6:46:05 AM | | As I get older I am becoming less and less interested in professions (or jobs). I don't think a profession implies ambition or status, it implies a dog collar around your neck that steals away your free time. Much more impressive, I think, would be somebody who said they devote all their time to multiple intriguing hobbies and were constantly trying new things. | |
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Posted: 8/9/2005 1:07:33 AM |
Much more impressive, I think, would be somebody who said they devote all their time to multiple intriguing hobbies and were constantly trying new things.
That's where *i* would wish to be, no doubt about it  | |
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Joined: 5/19/2005
Msg: 42 | |
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Posted: 8/9/2005 1:50:50 PM | how about profession "internal corporate/office a$$kisser". anyone?
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Posted: 8/9/2005 3:56:24 PM | I am a day trader on TSX and NASDAQ. That's how i make a living. For me it comes as 10-12 hours of work per day, including the (necessary) research. It is not a job in the commonly accepted sense, is it?
I get all kinds of attitudes from people, some find it exciting, others say it's gambling, unethical etc. Most say that i should look for a f-t job.
What is certain, from experience, no-one will let it go by without making a comment...also, i never talk "shop", it's bad luck (j/k)
So, i leave it out... | |
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Posted: 8/16/2006 3:44:42 PM | | Hi Like your poem. I write myself but it has been a little while. Can't email you. You don't want me too. So just thought I'd tell ya. | |
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Posted: 8/16/2006 3:58:09 PM | When I tell women what I do, they stare at me blankly.
"I am a Para-Educator," Alexander said.
"What the hell is that," the Attractive Woman replied. | |
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Posted: 8/16/2006 4:26:56 PM | | Well, if you tell women your're a male gigalo they won't go out with you. That's why. lol | |
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Posted: 8/16/2006 5:05:07 PM | I'm a professional time waster.  And I proudly post that in my profile. What does that mean? It means that in my off-time I waste time here and in my on-time I waste time somewhere else. If I started to discuss what I do professionally, I'm sure the screen would go blank and I'd see a LOT of this:  | |
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Posted: 8/16/2006 5:48:15 PM | Gee, Montreal Guy, if you REALLY want turnout gear for your pics so you can look like a fireman, come see me, I could probably get you hooked up. 
I list what I do, but then again it's not rocket science because people *should* be able to figure out what I do. | |
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Posted: 8/16/2006 5:54:59 PM | I don't list my profession, not that it matters as I'm involved and here for the forums only.
Also, I don't like people bugging me come income tax season and trying to get tax advice...haha. | |
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Posted: 8/16/2006 6:20:43 PM | I don't list mine because 1) I have more than one; 2) I got tired of being contacted by old men just looking for someone to take care of them in their decline; 3) I got tired of men who thought I had lots of money based on my listed occupation(s).
People that don't know me don't need to know my occupation or yearly income. If they need that information before becoming my friend, I don't need their "friendship," and I figure not putting anything helps weed out those who place such value on those criteria and automatically assume the worst when it's left blank. | |
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