did you ever give your job a glamourous title

[rich p]

Wearing a white coat and working with animals = babe magnet (so I'm told ).

I'll mention that to the bald, middle-aged midget tomorrow!

 

[numbnuts]

I'm a Blacksmith can't really jazz that up

 

[ufkacbln]

I'm a Blacksmith can't really jazz that up

There are few trades as "HOT" as a Blacksmith

 

[bruce1530]

He got fed up with the 'look' when he answered the "What do you do?" question, and started saying that 'he worked with animals'.

My wife is a Careers Advisor, and one day a young lad came in. When she asked him what he wanted to do the he left school, he said “I want to work with animals”.

A couple of weeks later, he started an apprenticeship in a slaughterhouse.

 

[bruce1530]

Going the other way, I know the head of an IT for a firm of stockbrokers whose business card reads "Chief Pointy Head".

I once met a guy (quite a famous guy actually!) who worked for Google; his job was “Chief Futurologist”.
And his customer services opposite number was “Director of User Happiness"

 

[jefmcg]

I once met a guy (quite a famous guy actually!) who worked for Google; his job was “Chief Futurologist”.
And his customer services opposite number was “Director of User Happiness"

Sometimes I want to punch google in it's smug little face

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

One of our Nurses (now left) had a family business as 'Marine Coating & Heating Technicians' (they owned a fish & chip shop)

Of course this can work the other way as well. Mrs R has a friend who is a consultant vascular surgeon and he calls himself a plumber.

And, the old one, that we use, is about Orthopaedic surgeons being 'Carpenters'

 

[subaqua]

When I was a Police Officer, we used to go on Christmas Party nights out at local venues where the DJ would introduce the various groups present, and we would tell him that we were pest controllers from a fictitious company. It wasn't exactly a mistruth, and we didn't want our true identity known for obvious reasons.

Pest controller from Labdicks

Well there's a few pest control companies with name Lab in them so why not

 

[subaqua]

And no as there isn't really any other way to describe an electrician. Even sparks or sparky is a bit of a giveaway.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I was once a Technical Evangelist.

 

[MisterStan]

And no as there isn't really any other way to describe an electrician. Even sparks or sparky is a bit of a giveaway.

Known as fairies around here...

 

[screenman]

When my wife is asked what I do for a living she just says, he bodges.

When I am asked I am never quite sure what to say as each day is different.

 

[colly]

I worked once for an engineering company specialising in fire protection and suppression. I had dumped on me a role which meant I had to deal with all the enquiries for projects that would be using gas (CO2 & Halon) as fire fighting agents. It was OK but I wasn't really enjoying the role.

I gave myself the tongue in cheek title of .............'Gas Fire Extinguishing Engineer'..................probably the opposite of a glamorous title.

 

[mark st1]

Data anaylst and information provider.

 

[Tin Pot]

Nah, I've always said it how it is. Gardener, factory monkey, bouncer, soldier, bodyguard, copper. People and organisations that glam up the names of mundane jobs should be sacked for having too much time on their hands.

Totally agree.

I'm a cyberwarrior by the way.