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just for fun - describe your job in in a silly way

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CanadianGran Thu 09-Apr-20 21:56:41

If your grandchildren would describe what you do/did for a living, how would they describe it?

I work with 3 computer screens with boxes and numbers showing, and my hands are like an octupus with phone, radio, keyboard and mouse. If all the boxes and numbers are behaving, sometimes I get a chance to chat on GN!

GrannyAnnie2010 Sat 11-Apr-20 07:59:01

Granny helps adults from other countries communicate like us, because some of them want to work here and have wonderful skills but not the language qualifications. Many of them, though, do it just for fun.

Flygirl Fri 10-Apr-20 23:02:46

Nanna walks to foreign countries and back before lunch in a big metal tube. (Flight attendant)

BlueSapphire Fri 10-Apr-20 22:50:19

Grammaretto that was her explanation when she was asked at school what her DF did. "He works for the Queen" was all she could think of to say, she was only 6 years old, bless her. And she really did think he was a spy. Yes he did work for a highly confidential government department and my lips are sealed. But he was no James Bond!

debsf1 Fri 10-Apr-20 21:21:01

I say goodbye to dead people..

CherryCezzy Fri 10-Apr-20 19:19:17

She read books, talked about books, got people to talk about books and write about books in their own books. Then she read their books about the books and put scores on their books and gave their books back to them. She wrote down their scores in her own book.

GreenGran78 Fri 10-Apr-20 19:08:43

My GD used to think that I lived in the phone at the airport. When she wanted me to visit they went to the airport and brought me home.

morethan2 Fri 10-Apr-20 18:39:42

Before I retired my grandchildren thought one of my two jobs was spent playing games with babies and toddlers making funny noises and tickling their ears. They were right it was paediatric audiology.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 10-Apr-20 18:38:44

Grandma makes sure that great big businesses numbers add up and that they aren’t hiding their money from the government. If they are hiding their money, grandma makes them pay loads to the government. She visits them all over the country and sometimes takes the train under the sea.

Ja18 Fri 10-Apr-20 18:25:16

I supply lady golfers with beards! Really!
I work in a fancy dress shop

Zaiba78 Fri 10-Apr-20 18:18:05

Nana builds houses for poor people .....
Translates as development manager for a local authority developing council housing

deedeeP Fri 10-Apr-20 17:53:20

Nan sits in her office and people come to shout at her and complain then she goes and fixes the problems. When they come back they say thank you!

HillyN Fri 10-Apr-20 17:50:05

My granddaughter, when she was describing what people in the family did, finished with "and Nanna works at the church". I am involved with several children's activities there so every time she attended one I was there 'working'. I think she thought I was there all the time!

Lucy127 Fri 10-Apr-20 17:28:42

Dwelling Unit Technician.

Catterygirl Fri 10-Apr-20 17:25:31

My grandkids would say nana used to run an international dating agency but is now the EBay Queen. Have a safe day everyone.

Notagranyet1234 Fri 10-Apr-20 16:30:18

When people ask me what I do for a living my current answer is I get paid to be coughed on

mrswoo Fri 10-Apr-20 15:10:43

Granny used to teach people to stick things in their eyes.

Nanna58 Fri 10-Apr-20 14:11:29

Went in! He would have loved it if cake was involved! ?

Nanna58 Fri 10-Apr-20 14:10:05

Our 4yr old grandson says my husband” breaks boxes for poor people”! He volunteers at Oxfam, and we once caked in when he was getting rid of packaging! ??

grandtanteJE65 Fri 10-Apr-20 13:09:39

Grandma cooks, bakes, plays with the cat and reads books.

Sometimes she and Granddad go off cycling or walking.

Grandma herself thinks she is the parlour maid, laundry maid, head cook and bottle washer, charwoman etc. etc.

Grammaretto Fri 10-Apr-20 12:39:35

DotMH1901 an excellent description grin

My DS aged abt 7 used to tell people when asked, that he was going to stay at home and do nothing like me when he grew up. He had 2 little siblings at the time.... You'll be pleased to know he was never allowed to forget it.

Folkestone78 Fri 10-Apr-20 12:26:35

Daffydilly... I think we make work next door to each other!!

Folkestone78 Fri 10-Apr-20 12:24:49

Then we are a date in the diary to see the person who can help them and everyone’s happy,!

Daffydilly Fri 10-Apr-20 12:23:46

Nanny puts tablets in a bag and makes people eat them.

Folkestone78 Fri 10-Apr-20 12:23:07

People ring me up and tell me how ill they feel or sometimes they cone to meet me and bring gifts of samples of bodily functions with them!!

Calendargirl Fri 10-Apr-20 11:50:24

Now retired, but used to stand or sit behind a glass screen. People brought in their money and gave it to me, I put it away, then different people would come in and I would give them the other people’s money.
I used to have a big bunch of keys on a chain around my waist.
I talked to the people, and tried to make them buy products off me. Sometimes they needed them, but sometimes they had needs which they never knew they had.
Often I just chatted to them, and didn’t try to make them buy things off me, but then my big bosses would be annoyed!