Reductionist Job Descriptions

[fountainpagan]

I would say: work with memory's extrems.

I work with Alzheimer patients and High Level Asperger children.
I do memory stimulation workshops, for the Alzheimer patients, and General Culture ones for the High Level Asperger children.

[Marsilius]

Nice thread.
I am a POMologist:
I play pretty old music. (It's pretty, and it's old).
I research pretty old music.
I teach about pretty old music. (This includes trying to show how any music before 1700 is relevant. It might not be, but that doesn't prevent me.)


BTW, I have forgotten about 100 of those Funeral home parallel rhymes, and we used to make them up whenever we passed the Funeral Home. "You end 'em, we'll send 'em", "You chop 'em, we'll drop 'em", "You snuff 'em, we'll stuff 'em", etc. My mother loved to do this, and I always thought of it as a way of dealing with anxiety about death by poking fun at it. My uncle, who was a doctor, especially embraced such humor after he was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

[jmccarty3]

I tell people that their other doctors take care of their insides. I take care of their outsides.

[SIR]

I tell people that their other doctors take care of their insides. I take care of their outsides.

Massage?

[fountainpagan]

I would say dermatologist.

[Marsilius]

Plastic surgeon?

[Jon Szanto]

I make noises.

[fountainpagan]

Plastic surgeon?

That is probably th good guess, yes.

[Deb]

I make noises.

So do I but I suspect you make better noises than I do!

[Francisco_S]

This is a fun topic!!!!
I'm a judicial clerk in a regional electoral court here in Brazil, so I guess my reducionist job description would be:
"I solve other people's problems!"
=D

[sharmon202]

Mine is complicated and I never know quite what to say. Mostly its because because no one knows what a kaizen is (as well as Hoshin, Gemba, DMAIC & many others) and most hate statistics and data. My title is Sr. Continuous improvement Leader. I usually love my job.

[Marsilius]

Mine is complicated and I never know quite what to say. Mostly its because because no one knows what a kaizen is (as well as Hoshin, Gemba, DMAIC & many others) and most hate statistics and data. My title is Sr. Continuous improvement Leader. I usually love my job.

I didn't know what that was until I looked it up and only now have a vague idea. My Dad was a behavioral psych dealing in business productivity, to interesting to read this.

[JFB]

Among many other things I went to Harvard—10 times a day for 20 seconds at a time.

I also took large amounts of money, voluntarily given by the citizens of Mass. to the Commonwealth for cheap thrills while occasionally providing staples. I provided protective coverings for cheap and valuable art; installed flexible, colorful vinyl coverings for interior spaces. later I stood around & talked about art, now I sit and control access to art.

For free I organized dinner groups of grumpy old men and occasional trips—I get to use one of my Esterbrook 8-balls for that one!

Pax,
John

I suppose I should have elaborated

I operated a subway train in Boston & Cambridge, I worked for once of the busiest lottery agents (convenience store) in the Commonwealth, I was a interior painter, worked in a museum as a sort of docent and manned the front desk and run the office for a non-profit support group.

Pax,
John

[Fermata]

I get checks in the mail because I have lent money to companies.

Thats all.

[An old bloke]

Before I retired (the first time), I got paid for telling people where to go and how to get there.
Have a guess what my occupation was. A double hint: it is a rare vocation, and not a travel agent.

[Fermata]

Before I retired (the first time), I got paid for telling people where to go and how to get there.
Have a guess what my occupation was. A double hint: it is a rare vocation, and not a travel agent.

A vicar?

[An old bloke]

No, I was not a vicar.

[Hawk]

A streetcar conductor.

[An old bloke]

No, not a streetcar conductor either.

Another hint: I also got paid to look out the window.

[fountainpagan]

Air Controller / Flight Checker?