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micmclo

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Was in Subway the other day and the person's name tag was "sandwich artist"
And we all knew a "fuel injection technician" as the teenager pumping petrol at the local station. But that one was only messing

Do you know any others?
I've seen references to "waste management engineers". They use the bin lorry for the local council. ;)
 
I remember one of my first meetings with an American bank and getting a business card from a Vice President. Thought to myself, I had really arrived to be meeting these important people. Didn't realise that in America, everyone is a Vice President! Still trying to figure out after ten years how to tell the genuinely important people from the plebs!
 
I was Head of Hygiene in my first job in a supermarket - translation: toilet cleaner.

I read an expression on boards.ie yesterday that Id never heard before 'Destination Wedding' - it just meant getting married in a different country.
 
Every second person in the HSE is an "Assistant National Director" of something or other.
 
I love this sketch from The Office:

Tim: "Team Leader don't mean anything mate"
Gareth: "Excuse me, it means I'm leader of a team"
Tim: "No it doesn't. It's a title someone's given you to get you to do something they don't want to do for free - it's like making the div kid at school milk monitor. No one respects it"
Gareth: "Er I think they do"
Tim: "No they don't Gareth"
Gareth: "Er yes they do, cos if people were rude to me then I used to give them their milk last... so it was warm."
 
micmclo said:
I've seen references to "waste management engineers". They use the bin lorry for the local council. ;)
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What would Engineers Ireland say about this reference?? They are responsible to issue professional titles....[broken link removed]
 
fizzelina said:
What would Engineers Ireland say about this reference?? They are responsible to issue professional titles....[broken link removed]
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I would guess nothing. No difference to chemical engineers calling themselves engineers.
 
Sunny said:
I would guess nothing. No difference to chemical engineers calling themselves engineers.
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Yeah I said that in jest to be honest. I have even seen a "Hair Engineer" at work!!!! Job titles mean little in fairness.
 
fizzelina said:
Yeah I said that in jest to be honest. I have even seen a "Hair Engineer" at work!!!! Job titles mean little in fairness.
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Wasn't there something recently where someone wanted a regulator to be set up for hairdressers or something!!
 
DB74 said:
I love this sketch from The Office:

Tim: "Team Leader don't mean anything mate"
Gareth: "Excuse me, it means I'm leader of a team"
Tim: "No it doesn't. It's a title someone's given you to get you to do something they don't want to do for free - it's like making the div kid at school milk monitor. No one respects it"
Gareth: "Er I think they do"
Tim: "No they don't Gareth"
Gareth: "Er yes they do, cos if people were rude to me then I used to give them their milk last... so it was warm."
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Not laughed as hard yet today as I did when reading this...

The written scripts are just as funny as the TV show....


I used to work for a guy who called himself 'Director of International Operations' until he got fed up of having to explain that he wasn't actually a 'Director' of the company ('International Director'). He thought he could be clever with the wording.
 
Everyone seems to get a silly title in work nowadays eg

Customer Service Officer - Receptionist and switchboard person

Assistant Marketing Manager - Sends out booklets in the post

Head of Catering - Canteen Cook
 
Did you ever come across the people with jumped up titles that say you must make an appointment to see them?
 
It annoys me when people introduce themselves as Mr etc and then use my first name. It's usually doctors who do it; "Hello Ted, I'm Mr Smith".
I'm of the opinion that I'm paying them so if anyone is a "Mister" here it's me.
 
It irks me when members of the traveling community refer to me as sir! or should be that a member of the TIN METALLURGIST profession?
 
Purple said:
It annoys me when people introduce themselves as Mr etc and then use my first name. It's usually doctors who do it; "Hello Ted, I'm Mr Smith".
I'm of the opinion that I'm paying them so if anyone is a "Mister" here it's me.
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I use to think it funny that surgeons insist (well not so much now) on being called Mr. instead of Dr.. Why go to the bother of doing medicine and then another exam afterwards just to go back to being called what you use to be called before you did all these exams.

Well that was before I knew how much they earned.
 
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