One of my marketing professors did some research that showed how women are significantly more competitive with each other and dress more sexually when they are approaching their period. Interesting stuff: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-08/uom-uom080410.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/ ... 080410.php</a>
I agree with this. During my last internship a few patients thought that I was a nurse, massage therapist, or an 18 year old undergrad, despite my stating my actual role pretty damn clearly the first few visits. There's nothing wrong with being any of those things, but I had to wonder: "You've seen and felt the things that I'm doing to your shoulder days after major surgery. Has any nurse or massage therapist ever done anything like this to you? Also, do you really think they'd let an 18 year old kid walk in and do this shit to your joints? It took 6 years of school for me to get here." I just laugh it off, because it's ridiculous. Some people are pretty clueless, or just don't listen. In your case, some people say things without thinking about how it may sound. Or, that guy's just a dick.
Well, I certainly know I want more sex the closer I get to my period, so that makes sense. And seriously Juice, you lead that off with a rant? Congratulations, kinda.
I think he didn't realize how he sounded. What really got me was that he told me his son was pretty much a directionless, mediocre individual and thought, "Hey! He can be an x-ray tech." I'm probably just taking it way too personally. But I don't think a dad should put down his own kid and tie in some judgement of this job at the same time.
You are. That doesn't mean it wasn't a dumb thing for him to say. Happens in all fields, though. I can't count the number of times I've talked to someone who says to me, "oh, yeah, my son is good with computers, maybe he could do what you do." Right. I design and deploy enterprise networks spanning thousands of computers and R&D for an IT-based life safety system that, at any given hospital, might be supporting 1,000+ patients. I spent years going to school, working, and getting certifications for this. But I'm sure your son, who restores stuff out of your recycle bin when you accidentally delete it, is probably equally capable. I go out of my way to not say stuff like this to people whose livelihood I don't understand completely.
I guess when people become so good at what they do, it looks like the job is quite easy. And thats especially true of people who get to watch you do what you do.
My favorite for when I tell people I'm an actuary: "My kid did well in algebra, he could totally do that." Most people with math degrees can't even pass the first exam.
What, I have a penchant for being a fucking dickhead and sticking in soul sucking job fields I fucking hate? From the sounds of it around here I'd fit right in being a lawyer....?
We get it every time we have a boy scout troop [or insert group of kids] come through the firehouse for a tour. The parents are under the assumption that the fire department hasn't changed since the 1960s and is still a blue collar workforce. I can't think of a single guy I work with who only has an associate's or high school education. All of us have a BA or BS and most of us have masters degrees. There's simply no way to be competitive for initial hire without college or military service* and there's no way in hell you are getting promoted without some grad school. Don't take those assumptions personally. It's just ignorance and a dad trying to look out for his kid. *(Well... I guess you could if you were some sort of crazy EEO category like female Eskimo with veterans' preference and NREMT-P/CC certification.)
Well, that's news to me. I remember talking to a kid in college that said he wanted to be a firefighter and in my head I was saying "why are you here then?" Guess that explains it.
I knew a kid at my first job who graduated from a pretty solid school and was working a "typical" after college business job with me who wanted to be a firefighter but wasn't qualified compared to alot of the guys he was going against getting into the Chicago Fire Academy so he had to wait 2-3 years before it finally came to fruition.
And yet a cop only needs a three-to-six month degree in phys-Ed to acquire a license that makes anyone they feel like their bitch. Oh and they get a gun, too.
What I'm saying I think it's scary that they give such a loose ship and wide birth of authority to some people with such limited education. These are people that have to make impulsive life-or-death decisions, I want them to be educated in psychology, law, sociology, etc. it should be a degree, not a bartender's license. Provincial police here get paid over five hundred dollars A DAY. Does that sound fair? It's not a "fuck tha Poe-leece" thing, it's a "Their system sucks and is populated by mouth-breathers" thing. I've never had a conversation where somebody told me how condescending and bully-like firefighters can be.
It's more about how competitive the job market for those positions is than about what is needed for the job. Our last recruitment cycle had just over 3400 applicants for 15 positions. The police department in my jurisdiction is just as competitive as the fire department. There are a few J.D.'s running around in cruisers here, and many are using the local PD as a springboard to a federal law enforcement job.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewgauthier/things-minnesotans-are-too-nice-to-brag-about" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewgauthier/ ... brag-about</a> There's a lot of things my home state originated that I didn't know about. And you're welcome, for Jessica Biel's ass (and to a lesser degree, Prince).
The department I worked for wouldn't even look at you if you didn't have at least a bachelor's degree. In Minnesota a minimum 2 year degree is needed before anyone can take their P.O.S.T. test for a peace officer license, but with the competition being so high, good luck to any unfortunate soul who thinks any department will hire them with only an associate’s degree.