I just noticed...

[Dom_]

I just noticed that whenever asked what I do for a living, I say I'm an IT technician, but I then do the action of typing on a keyboard with my hands

 

Anyone else do this? (slow day today btw...)

[Edu-IT]

No, never. It's like saying 'lol' in an actual conversation. You just don't do it.

[Hightower]

No, I tell them I work in IT then make the motion of wiping someone's bottom for them

[aerospacemango]

I say that I work in IT.....

 

And then attempt to look as geeky as possible, just so that I fit the stereotype!

[DAZZD88]

I often lie. It makes me sound more interesting. I once had a lass believing I was a horse trainer/farrier in the army, although she was hammered I did pull off the lie so convincingly that I almost had myself fooled.

 

I only tend to tell people I'm an IT technician if I think they need my help and I can potentially impress them by fixing something, earning brownie points in the process....until I find out they already have a boyfriend. Lol.

[localzuk]

I say I work in a school, then if they probe further I'll say I manage the IT. Never do any actions though!

[somabc]

I only tend to tell people I'm an IT technician if I think they need my help and I can potentially impress them by fixing something, earning brownie points in the process....until I find out they already have a boyfriend. Lol.

 

No girl was ever impressed by fixing their computer! (I'm not bitter)

[mjs_mjs]

I don't do the actions... but usually i say i work in IT and I'm a youth worker. normally only ever talk about youth work really lol. (and I actually am of the generation where LOL is a word i can use in 'realitily') Edited February 9, 2011 by mjs_mjs
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[Dom_]

Just to clarify - I don't mean to do it, it just happens... I'm going to try not to in the future! Tends to be when I talk to older people though.

[Hightower]

I don't do the actions... but usually i say i work in IT and I'm a youth worker. normally only ever talk about youth work really lol. (and I actually am of the generation where LOL is a word i can use in 'realitily')

 

Real Italy? Nobody is allowed to use lol in reality

[JPS]

Well I'm a Data Manager, which I reckon your average person (somebody not in IT/Education) doesnt quite know what I would therefore do, so to make life easier I just say "I do IT in schools". However if I realise they do have a clue, I then go into lengthy detail as to what I do and bore them rigid. Relating to previous posts, I dont think it has ever helped me pull!

[penfold]

While I was at Uni I used to tell people that I studied History. I found that telling people you had just met I was studying computers led to their end of the conversation becoming "I must go..." Amazingly telling people I was studying History it made me more popular with the opposite sex (well they didn't leave straight away), although I was living with a history student who used to laugh that a different subject could be less apealing than history

 

Now I just say work in IT or I'm a technician depending on who i'm speaking to. Most people are just being polite and dont really care that much anyway.

[DAZZD88]

No girl was ever impressed by fixing their computer! (I'm not bitter)

 

That's not true. The ones that are impressed, normally have boyfriends.

[localzuk]

I don't do the actions... but usually i say i work in IT and I'm a youth worker. normally only ever talk about youth work really lol. (and I actually am of the generation where LOL is a word i can use in 'realitily')

 

lol is never acceptable in real life! Next you'll be saying 'ROFL' in conversations.

[webman]

I tell people I work in the mirror factory - it's what I've always seen myself doing.

[penfold]

I tell people I work in the mirror factory - it's what I've always seen myself doing.

lol

[LosOjos]

That's not true. The ones that are impressed, normally have boyfriends.

 

There's a clue there: they're not impressed, they're just happy to have the work done for free and play on the fact you fancy them but wouldn't dare make a move on them as they have boyfriends (I AM bitter lol)

 

As for using 'LOL' in actual conversation, if that really is acceptable amongst any generation now, then it's a sorry state of affairs. Me? I just laugh out loud if the need arises.

[DAZZD88]

Darn it, you may be right.

[sted]

lol is never acceptable in real life! Next you'll be saying 'ROFL' in conversations.

 

i think it can be used ironicaly or to take the pee out of someone but thats it

 

i dont tell people i work in IT just means they want me to sort their computer problems out for them (usually for free) i just work in schools

[contink]

I have an excuse I learned and still use two different sign languages so I have signs and actions for tons of stuff...

 

In return folks usually indicate understanding of my job by mimicking a yawn

[basicchannel]

No girl was ever impressed by fixing their computer! (I'm not bitter)

 

Sod that! If you want to impress a girl you're better off learning how to cook mate. Although I've kinda shot myself in the foot on that one. Now my girlfriend (whom I first impressed with my cooking skills) just expects me to cook every day.

[edumoto]

Sod that! If you want to impress a girl you're better off learning how to cook mate. Although I've kinda shot myself in the foot on that one. Now my girlfriend (whom I first impressed with my cooking skills) just expects me to cook every day.

 

Me too. When we met she looked like Nelly Furtardo, now she looks like Nelly the Elephant!

[tumbleweed]

-ME- : International Man Of Mystery.

THEM : What does that involve ?

-ME- : Wouldn't be much of a mystery if I told you ...

[aerospacemango]

-ME- : International Man Of Mystery.

THEM : What does that involve ?

-ME- : Wouldn't be much of a mystery if I told you ...

 

Might try that myself, in future!

 

(That's should I ever find myself single again!)

[MkII]

That's not true. The ones that are impressed, normally have boyfriends.

 

...usually live in retirement homes