You must be in the film biz.
Ha - I'm pretty much at the opposite end of the glamour scale!
Yeah, I'm getting a little old to fight the Red Baron these days.
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Appropriate or Nosy: What Do You Do For a Living?
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Ha - I'm pretty much at the opposite end of the glamour scale!
Yeah, I'm getting a little old to fight the Red Baron these days.
Asking what you do for a living is a good conversation starter and I don't take offense at all..
Asking how much one makes is way more offensive.
Asking how much one makes is way more offensive.
I've been tempted to do what John Cusak's character did in the movie Grosse Point Blank. He always told people he was a hitman (he really was), but nobody believed him.
I'm inappropriate and nosy, but I do it for fun.
You do it with such a high degree of professionalism that I was sure that it must have been a career choice.
KGB
You do it with such a high degree of professionalism that I was sure that it must have been a career choice.
KGB
Thank you.
Each passenger presents their own set of 'symptoms', which must be properly addressed, by you-know-who.
It's not really nosy, but I have to admit that I feel quite concious about those sorts of questions nowadays.
Mainly because I have no idea how to reply, my life doesn't really have a set direction right now. Do I say that I'm considering going back into university? That I work part time in a department store? That I'm working on short stories that I can adapt for some creative use (I feel awkward just typing that last one...). So I suppose to simplify things I'll just say one thing that seems appropriate and then try and move away from the topic quickly and politely.
Mainly because I have no idea how to reply, my life doesn't really have a set direction right now. Do I say that I'm considering going back into university? That I work part time in a department store? That I'm working on short stories that I can adapt for some creative use (I feel awkward just typing that last one...). So I suppose to simplify things I'll just say one thing that seems appropriate and then try and move away from the topic quickly and politely.
I think asking my credit score is more nosy.
I don't know though, I am not incredibly bothered when people ask what I do. When I give the answer I am vague about it, with good reason though.
What do you do for a living?
Good luck with that, and if you remember The Director from Mission-Impossible you won't ask again.
I'm usually rather annoyed, but it is mainly because it is often a disingenuous question. Once I explain what I do, I see people's eyes glaze over: they actually don't give a crap.