Misconceptions about your work.

[quote name='Clak']Oh and to add another one to the thread, just because I'm in IT doesn't mean i Know everything about every piece of technology you can think of. There is a little thing that's really hit it big the last few years called the internet, and it has all kinds of information on all sorts of things.

This is how you set up an exchange account on an iphone: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2480

How in the hell can someone not do that themselves?[/QUOTE]

http://xkcd.com/627/
 
[quote name='Javery']That a great one. 99% of the questions I get asked by friends and family I have no idea what the answers are. Most of them are tort, family law, real estate or trusts and estates questions and I don't know jack about any of that stuff.[/QUOTE]


Well some lawyers I have encountered usually don't have any connections outside of their field of practice from what I have seen. Means one person who deals with family law/divorces don't have any connections to anyone who deals with employment laws.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']Well you should add that another misconception is that lawyers know every single law out there, when in actuality they know specific laws related to their field..... in other words you can't go to a guy who deals with traffic issues to defend someone for murder.[/QUOTE]

Same thing with accountants. No, I don't know shit about taxes other than the basics I learned when in school and studying for the CPA exam. Stop asking me to do your taxes.
 
I used to do Window washing.Everyone assumes that you just throw some water on glass and squeege it off...fast easy money.Really there is much more to it if you are doing it right, many fly by night would be professional cleaners mess this one up for everyone else.
 
[quote name='Javery']A common misconception about my job is that we all make a lot of money - that isn't close to being true. Another misconception is that we are all assholes - that's only 98% true. I know a couple of cool people and by couple I mean 2.[/QUOTE]

let me guess.. you work in an investment bank? (that doesnt require you to work long hours? lol)
 
[quote name='mtxbass1']I do too. Working with one of those now actually.

As for my job. I'm a game dev. Everyone thinks you have a cushy job where you get to make/play videogames all day. It's nothing like that at all. It requires a heavy amount of education, patience, skill, and dealing with unrealistic expectations from a lot of people.

I also work at home, and a common misconception is that people think you can somehow work in front of a TV, or at will, or do whatever you generally want to do. It's nothing like that at all. You have to be extremely focused and dedicated to what you do because those distractions are there. Sure, it's nice to not have to drive to an office, but that also means that your home is your office. There is no separation anymore.[/QUOTE]

thats amazing man.. i think that in fields where people have to create new ideas (rather than working on things that exist) is where it is the most challenging.
 
As a handsome and wealthy brain surgeon, I've found that the cute nurses are more trouble than they're worth -- you get one BJ from them in the scrub room and suddenly we're on a first name basis or something. That's why if I need head, I get one of the homelier nurses to do it. They understand, it's just a BJ, it's not like we're having a conversation.

Anyhow, people think for brain surgeons it's all bjs all the time, and that's so wrong, it's really just bjs from the less-attractive-but-not-bad nurses before scrub and maybe after, and then maybe in my Porsche before I drop her off at a bus stop somewhere.
 
Being a cell phone app developer (or just a CS Major in general), I get first the obvious can you fix my PC. Now while I myself spent a lot of time researching and fixing my own computers, most CS majors don't have to know jack shit about fixing computers. As long as they can code software then they are golden. Also CS Majors are not IT for the most part.

Now as a Cel Phone app developer I get questions like did you work on x app. Now in my job yes I worked on an app but really you should ask did I work on this version of the App considering different people work on different versions of the app. No one person makes an app for android, iphone, blackberry, etc. Then again most of the people who I talk to about my job (my family) don't understand this concept, or even know what the fuck a smartphone is :roll:
 
[quote name='Spacepest']I swear, I keep telling myself I should start a blog/webpage called "Dumbassedry At the Public Library" just to post some of my experiences.[/QUOTE]

Love this. :applause:
 
[quote name='dothog']As a handsome and wealthy brain surgeon, I've found that the cute nurses are more trouble than they're worth -- you get one BJ from them in the scrub room and suddenly we're on a first name basis or something. That's why if I need head, I get one of the homelier nurses to do it. They understand, it's just a BJ, it's not like we're having a conversation.

Anyhow, people think for brain surgeons it's all bjs all the time, and that's so wrong, it's really just bjs from the less-attractive-but-not-bad nurses before scrub and maybe after, and then maybe in my Porsche before I drop her off at a bus stop somewhere.[/QUOTE]

Amen to that.
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight']Same thing with accountants. No, I don't know shit about taxes other than the basics I learned when in school and studying for the CPA exam. Stop asking me to do your taxes.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]

LOL. Yea I guess you hate April don't you?
 
Also in IT. I love it when I'm asked a question about an obscure function in a random piece of software. Some people are actually surprised when I tell them, "I don't know but I'll figure it out."
 
[quote name='seanr1221']Not even close.

And you missed my point about that too. I was saying drug companies aren't withholding magic cures so they can make more money off of people. Remember my whole point how improbable it would be for EVERY doctor to be in on this giant conspiracy to make money off of sick people?

PS, Temazepam is a highly addictive benzo, but go take it, I don't care what you do.[/QUOTE]

It also didn't do shit to help me sleep, so it was completely worthless for me to begin with. That's right: "Restoril" gave me no rest. But yes, benzodiazepines can be highly addictive and thus are usually not recommended to be taken for more than a few weeks at a time.
 
[quote name='Spacepest']Public Library worker. (I can't technically be classified as a "librarian" because I don't have a degree. Try telling that to the public as I help them find their books, get them new library cards, deal with their questions, update records, process their requested items, etc...all the stuff a traditional Librarian does. So yeah, feel free to call me "librarian" if you want!)

Common misconceptions about my job:

Its quiet and relaxing. Hahahah! We have loud people on cell phones (who security has to throw out), noisy study groups, screaming out of control children with oblivious parents, hard of hearing older folks who talk loud and don't even realize it, giggly teenagers. And this is on the "quiet" weekday hours...weekends are a madhouse. I swear, its like working at the DMV with books!

Its a safe place to be--which is why we have armed security guards.

A library only has books. The DVDs, CDs, and internet computers we have--those are really just for show!

Educated people go to libraries--nope. EVERYBODY goes to the library, including that crazy person off their meds, homeless people, closet pedophiles, desperate, unemployed people without computers and internet access at home who need to fill out job applications, wierdos who think ferrets and small reptiles are "service animals," etc. I could go on and on...I'll let you fill in the rest with your imagination. On top of all this, many of these people leave their manners at home.

I swear, I keep telling myself I should start a blog/webpage called "Dumbassedry At the Public Library" just to post some of my experiences.[/QUOTE]


Holy Hell! I wonder if we have the same job? I'm a Library Assistant at a public library downtown (in a pretty bad part of town.) I swear I get the 'Do you like working here? It looks easy". It's honestly one of the most stressful jobs I've ever had. What people think is a Librarian is most likely what I am. We check out all the books, create new library cards, and do a lot of the ordering/purchasing and labeling of the library books and media. I'm constantly running around checking in/out library materials and then one time I get to sit down I get that same dumb fucking queston. Next time your at a public library, give a library asst. a round of applause for busting their ass for low pay compared to real librarians who have a weak job and fat check!
 
To all the library assistants/workers, what qualifies a librarian to be a librarian. I always thought if you work at a library you are a librarian. So what makes them special? They have to go to school for that?

Spacepest, my girlfriend works at Barnes and Noble and she usually doesn't have anything to complain about but during holiday time last year all she did was complain about the uneducated people that probably can't even read that came in during that time.
 
That wifi is not some all-reaching uberfrequency signal that encompasses the entire world, LOST island and some of the closer planets included.

I can't connect to my home wifi signal
>Where are you calling me from
I'm in a hotel in Florida
>Where do you live
Chicago

IT people in general shouldn't say they work in anything remotely close to computers. Just say electronics and avoid the headache of whatever stupid question someone is going to invariably ask once they figure out what you do.
 
[quote name='PenguinoMF']To all the library assistants/workers, what qualifies a librarian to be a librarian. I always thought if you work at a library you are a librarian. So what makes them special? They have to go to school for that?

Spacepest, my girlfriend works at Barnes and Noble and she usually doesn't have anything to complain about but during holiday time last year all she did was complain about the uneducated people that probably can't even read that came in during that time.[/QUOTE]

There's a library science degree. I always thought you needed one of those to be a librarian.
 
[quote name='Strell']That wifi is not some all-reaching uberfrequency signal that encompasses the entire world, LOST island and some of the closer planets included.

I can't connect to my home wifi signal
>Where are you calling me from
I'm in a hotel in Florida
>Where do you live
Chicago

IT people in general shouldn't say they work in anything remotely close to computers. Just say electronics and avoid the headache of whatever stupid question someone is going to invariably ask once they figure out what you do.[/QUOTE]
I'm going to start using something like "infotronics" or something, just to screw with people.
 
As an electronics sales associate at a retail store I'd like to say I am not technical support. Look up the number for tech support for what you are dealing with and call them.
 
Yep. A library science degree is whats needed to be an actual 'librarian'. You get that degree and your a Librarian I. Get a masters degree and you're a II. These people are basically administrators and the head honchos. Theres all sorts of different positions at libraries, some just might have different names. Like at my work, a person who only shelves books is known as a 'Library Page'. It's a decent (yet dying) field, but the misconception about my job is that we do about 95% of the leg work while the rest just slide on by, haha.
 
i work at a pharmacy on the store end and most people that come through seem to think we are all trained and able to tell them about the medicine we sell, some get offended when we point them at the pharmacist for those questions since he has a degree in that field, others just ignore that and keep asking
 
Guys is it i"normal" to date a coworker in an office or corporate job in general? Im interning at viacom and during training there was a segment on dating the employees, and we just have to let the HR know about it. But its allowed. Its pretty nice considering the girls here are all so damn cute, though they're much older than me like 27-29.. And besides I'm 20 and just an intern.. Boohooo

I'm just curious because its the first time in any of my job and internships where a topic on dating is covered in training lol

I feel like I should make it known to them in some way that I'm a virgin, perhaps its a turn on??? But even so I wouldn't do anything anyway.. fuck I'm such a pansy!!
 
[quote name='giantqtipz']Guys is it i"normal" to date a coworker in an office or corporate job in general? Im interning at viacom and during training there was a segment on dating the employees, and we just have to let the HR know about it. But its allowed. Its pretty nice considering the girls here are all so damn cute, though they're much older than me like 27-29.. And besides I'm 20 and just an intern.. Boohooo

I'm just curious because its the first time in any of my job and internships where a topic on dating is covered in training lol

I feel like I should make it known to them in some way that I'm a virgin, perhaps its a turn on??? But even so I wouldn't do anything anyway.. fuck I'm such a pansy!![/QUOTE]

what the fuck is wrong with you?

(am I the only one thinking this? I mean, I understand he's young but even I wasn't this socially retarded when I was 12.)
 
[quote name='confoosious']what the fuck is wrong with you?

(am I the only one thinking this? I mean, I understand he's young but even I wasn't this socially retarded when I was 12.)[/QUOTE]

:whee::whee::whee::whee::whee::whee::whee::whee:
 
[quote name='confoosious']what the fuck is wrong with you?

(am I the only one thinking this? I mean, I understand he's young but even I wasn't this socially retarded when I was 12.)[/QUOTE]

Surely he can't be serious
 
[quote name='confoosious']what the fuck is wrong with you?

(am I the only one thinking this? I mean, I understand he's young but even I wasn't this socially retarded when I was 12.)[/QUOTE]

Earlier in the thread he claimed to be a porn star. He's a troll.
 
[quote name='SIUfan']Earlier in the thread he claimed to be a porn star. He's a troll.[/QUOTE]
lol damn ive never been called a troll before. but of course im not a porn star!! geeze. i dont see harm in revealing the fact that im 20, or im a virgin or the fact that im circumcised. makes people feel icky which i like to do; but im not trying to convey that im special in anyway really.. well perhaps instead.. im speshulllll lulz

i come in peace and bring no harm
 
[quote name='giantqtipz']lol damn ive never been called a troll before. but of course im not a porn star!! geeze. i dont see harm in revealing the fact that im 20, or im a virgin or the fact that im circumcised. makes people feel icky which i like to do; but im not trying to convey that im special in anyway really.. well perhaps instead.. im speshulllll lulz

i come in peace and bring no harm[/QUOTE]

what kind of asian are you?
 
I'm an assistant manager at an AT&T retailer. Though I work on commission, my day is about 70/30 customer service/sales. I spend most of my day calling customer service for customers, transferring contacts, convincing Grandma that she won't get brain cancer from her phone, and explaining why wet phones don't work.

Contrary to popular belief, I don't give a shit how long you've been a customer. It doesn't give you the right to complain about every last thing and call me an incompetent piece of crap. I am excellent at passive aggressive behavior, and I will easily (and enjoyably) delete your voicemail if you piss me off.
 
[quote name='confoosious']what the fuck is wrong with you?

(am I the only one thinking this? I mean, I understand he's young but even I wasn't this socially retarded when I was 12.)[/QUOTE]

Have you read any of his other posts? I've been wondering this for a while.


[quote name='QiG']Surely he can't be serious[/QUOTE]

Part of me thinks he is.


[quote name='confoosious']seriously. not only are you awful in school, you suck socially too. That's a rare combo.[/QUOTE]

When I was taking engineering classes in college for my minor, there were quite a few students who were completely incapable of social interaction. I always figured it was because they were geniuses that studied 23 hours a day and that is why they couldn't even respond if I said "Hey" should we both arrive to class too early.

One semester I had a professor who would just lay out all the graded tests on a table and everyone would come up to get their paper. Of course this meant everyone saw other peoples' grades. Turns out, those socially awkward people in my class, about half of them were dumb as bricks. One guy who never spoke to anyone in the class got an 8 on a test. Not 8 out of 10, 8 points out of a possible 100 points.

I don't believe it's as rare as you might think. I mean, how would we really know to begin with since they don't socialize with other people. I think there's a lot of parents with lofty expectations for their not-so-bright children out there, and I'm sure that turns out plenty of socially awkward morons.
 
[quote name='confoosious']seriously. not only are you awful in school, you suck socially too. That's a rare combo.[/QUOTE]

Me? The rare kind? Oh stop it :D
 
[quote name='Clak']I'm going to start using something like "infotronics" or something, just to screw with people.[/QUOTE]

It's pronounced "teledildonics."
 
The science of remotely screwing people? I think most large corporations already have that field covered.
 
I am a college bookstore manager and a common misconception is we are ripping off customers.

The shit is expensive to order directly from the publisher and that isn't even including fuel costs. Not to mention accounts receivable write-offs for students that don't stay in classes, yet fail to return books to the store, or students that write bad checks, or fail to return rented books.
 
PS, Temazepam is a highly addictive benzo, but go take it, I don't care what you do.
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My doctor never told me that. I only take it when I'm up late and can't sleep or had a ton of caffenine. I've gone months without taking it. I'm not an addictive personality, so it won't affect me.
 
That I actually work anywhere near the number of hours I bill. If it takes me 50 hours, you're getting billed for 100. But don't worry, I'll give you a 10% discount on the hourly rate.

(this, i assume applies to every consultant.)
 
Not in academia. I tend to work more hours that I get paid for consulting, but that's just the norm in research/academia. It's not a case of billing by the hour though. It's a case of getting a contract to do some research work and getting paid an estimated number of 8 hour days for the work. But the work pretty much always takes more than the allotted amount of time.

But again, we're used to it. Our university salaries are based on an 40 hour work week assumption, and I hardly ever work less than 50-60 on a slow week.
 
[quote name='confoosious']That I actually work anywhere near the number of hours I bill. If it takes me 50 hours, you're getting billed for 100. But don't worry, I'll give you a 10% discount on the hourly rate.

(this, i assume applies to every consultant.)[/QUOTE]

It's completely the opposite for me. I spend on average 12 hours in the office and if I'm super lucky I can bill 8 of them.
 
[quote name='Javery']It's completely the opposite for me. I spend on average 12 hours in the office and if I'm super lucky I can bill 8 of them.[/QUOTE]

i work from home mostly so nobody has any idea what I do.

dmaul - you just ruined my fantasy about being a professor gleaned from watching too many movies.
 
[quote name='GuilewasNK']I am a college bookstore manager and a common misconception is we are ripping off customers.

The shit is expensive to order directly from the publisher and that isn't even including fuel costs. Not to mention accounts receivable write-offs for students that don't stay in classes, yet fail to return books to the store, or students that write bad checks, or fail to return rented books.[/QUOTE]
How does students not staying and classes and keeping their books effect you?
 
[quote name='Clak']How does students not staying and classes and keeping their books effect you?[/QUOTE]

Because financial aid award is based on credit hours. So if a student drops a class they may not have enough aid left to cover books. Also, people love to withdraw from all their classes and keep books. Problem is that if they have no aid due to dropping all classes, the books aren't theirs to begin with. Yet, they never seem to think to bring them back on the day the drop classes and they keep them. So when we send the bill there is nothing to cover the books.

One of the problems is the software the state uses is a piece of shit and there is no way for us to have realtime updates on a students aid in our systems. Everything is a manual query that you have to go through five screens for. It's absurd.
 
Ah I see, I always had to pay for my books out of pocket before I got the rest of my aid money, our book store didn't have any sort of program like you must.
 
[quote name='Clak']Ah I see, I always had to pay for my books out of pocket before I got the rest of my aid money, our book store didn't have any sort of program like you must.[/QUOTE]


It's a community college and we have a lot of Pell Grant students. When I was at Old Dominion I had to pay out of my pocket as well before my loans were dispersed.
 
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