Do you have sterotypes about jobs?

[MissHoneychurch]

like ... librarians are boring, have a hair bun and wear glasses and were usually born before 1900? :)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. investment bankers are very hardworking

its true.

[DarkTirade]

2. Librarians around my age = HOT.

:P

[MissHoneychurch]

3. I didn't say it was true

:D

[DarkTirade]

4. No, that's my stereotype.

:P

Actually there is a fairly cute girl close to my age who works at the library here... hmm... I wonder if she's single...

[MissHoneychurch]

5. You live in Frankfurt?

:rofl:

[DarkTirade]

6. Nein, Ich bin nicht ein Frankfurter.

:P

[MissHoneychurch]

7. Darn it

:cry:

[DarkTirade]

8. Ich bin ein berliner?

[MissHoneychurch]

9. Ahhh ....

a sweetie :D

Better süß than a Würstchen :rofl:

[DarkTirade]

40. ... no comment.

[MountainLaurel]

28. As my husband says

"Once you've had librarian, you'll never go back."

[DarkTirade]

42. I tend to go for bookish types in general

so someone who works with books day in and day out is probably someone I'd find interesting anyway.

[NewJeffCT]

10. Accountants are boring, nerdy & conservative guys

with glasses, white shirts and pocket protectors.

I'm boring & nerdy, but don't fit the rest of the stereotype yet (though, I may need glasses in a few years)

[MissHoneychurch]

11. You will never fit that stereotype

unless you chose to move to the dark side :)

[NewJeffCT]

14. well, I'm wearing a blue shirt today

and, i've never been conservative or worn a pocket protector.

[MissHoneychurch]

15. A pocket protector?

is that what I am thinking it is or do I need to get my mind out of the gutter?

[NewJeffCT]

26. I think

your mind is in the gutter, but I welcome any woman's mind going into the gutter if I was the one that put it there!

:P

See below for an actual pocket protector:



Why, what did you think it was?

[MissHoneychurch]

31. Uhh ....... Ahhhhhh!!!!

Thanks for the clarification ....

what did I think? :blush: .... it has to do with lower regions of the body :blush:

[Pacifist Patriot]

12. Yes

[guitar man]

13. like all of us that work in television

are a bunch of horny, oversexed, boozing maniacs? :shrug:

[MissHoneychurch]

16. Hmmmm .....

if I look at some of the anchors on TV I am wondering where that sterotype is coming from ... :shrug:

[guitar man]

17. well...

I didn't say it wasn't true :blush:

:rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

18. We know TV is more than sitting in front of a camera

and I don't know who works behind the scenes :P

[guitar man]

20. that's where the real crazies are

including me :P

[MissHoneychurch]

21. And the fun

:D

[guitar man]

23. you got it!

:hi: :D

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

19. Paralegals are glorified secretaries

It ain't so. In many firms, paralegals do exactly what a lawyer does, often knowing much more than a newly-hired associate, having better work ethic, and actually treating clients with respect. Of course, without any of the money that attorneys can make.

[MissHoneychurch]

22. That sucks

to be underestimated in what you do

:hug:

[flvegan]

27. Having spent over a decade in law firms

I can vouch for that.

[sasquatch]

24. Salesman are sociopaths

[mwooldri]

25. Call center staff stick to scripts.

I kid you not! Where I work scripts are circulated on a daily basis, even to the point of openings:
"Thank you for calling, my name is <fill in the blank>".

And someone had to camp it up on a TV commercial (or radio, can't remember which now as I tend to listen to the TV rather than watch it) with some guy saying just that (Thank you for calling my name is fill in the blank).

Mark.

[TZ]

29. Well I have to say...

Most people think scientists are dry boring, emotionless nerds with poor social skills.
Granted some are like that, but many are really fun interesting people!
One of my favorite comments here on DU was one poster saying that I totally busted his stereotype of the boring scientist!!:)

[MissHoneychurch]

30. My dad was a mathematician

and no, he was not boring. So I know that stereotype isn't true.

[SallyMander]

33. I hope i don't fit that stereotype either!

:hi:

[TZ]

35. No way!

You are teh kewl!!
Besides even in biology I never really met too many females who liked the slimies and the scalies..I remember in a college class, I was one of the few females who WANTED to handle a corn snake in one of our lab courses...:hi:

[SallyMander]

36. Hehee, thanks sweetie!

:blush:

:hug:


Aww, and corn snakes are so cute! Good thing they didn't have an uglier, bitier snake! ;)

[huskerlaw]

32. I'm with you on the librarian one!

I love it when I greet new students and they go "YOU'RE the LIBRARIAN?!" :rofl:

Not that I'm all that hot or anything, but I'm in my 20s, I don't wear glasses, and I at least TRY to make legal research somewhat interesting.

[MissHoneychurch]

34. Oh yes

it is fun :rofl:

Honestly, I love my job. And ye, I can dress sexy without bun and glasses :D

[Fox Mulder]

37. At one time, I was a librarian.

A typical 21 year old male working in a library. That was my favorite job.

[Kutjara]

38. I hate the old cliche about techies being...

...geeky propellerheads who would rather field-strip a mailserver than go on a date.

Oh wait, we are like that.

Never mind.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

39. Lawyers all drive Jaguars and BMWs and have no moral compass

I can personally say that is not true. Well, some of them it is most definetly true. But not for all of them.

[HEyHEY]

41. Firefighters are dicks.

[RadiationTherapy]

43. Yeah. Prostitutes are whores! nt