Brilliant…
It’s a typical fallback conversation when you meet someone in a pub, or someone you haven’t seen in quite a while.
“So what are you working at now?”
Normally, you have a set line to throw back at them, a line you’ve used a thousand times before for the thousand times you’ve had this conversation.
Your answer usually gets a standard, “And do you like it?”, to which you’re obliged to respond, “Ah sure it’s grand.”
But the way you describe your job may be about to change.
A new hashtag started trending on Twitter on Friday night and an enormous amount of people have been using it since.
#BadlyExplainYourJob has been trending, and the results of the hashtag will certainly give you a good laugh.
Basically, all you have to do, is explain your job, BADLY…
A vicar…
I've married many men, and I know where all the bodies are buried #badlyexplainyourjob
— Nancy Goodrich (@revgoodrich) March 31, 2017
An anaesthetist…
I knock people out #badlyexplainyourjob
— carolyn johnston (@DrCJohn) March 31, 2017
A GP…
I confirm or deny what Dr Google has already told you. #badlyexplainyourjob #justaGP
— Wendy Sexton (@thisGPlife) March 31, 2017
A local radio newsreader…
People say "whist, the deaths are on" before I speak on the radio #badlyexplainyourjob
— Kevin Mc Gillicuddy (@KMcGillicuddy86) April 1, 2017
Musician…
One of my hands does a rapid in-out motion while the fingers on the other hand move briskly. There’s a lot of noise. #badlyexplainyourjob
— John Spiers (@squeezyjohn) April 1, 2017
A publisher…
#badlyexplainyourjob We make words people write for other people to say into words you can read
— Nick Hern Books (@NickHernBooks) April 1, 2017
A university lecturer…
https://twitter.com/davies_will/status/848106906438782976
Managing Editor of a US political magazine
Used to cover brilliant person who ran free world, but was low drama. Now, downgraded to cover a spoiled 2 year old. #badlyexplainyourjob
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 31, 2017
A photographer
https://twitter.com/finnmooney/status/847902292196118528
Musician…
I gather those who enjoy melodic noise pollution. #badlyexplainyourjob
— James TW (@JamesTWmusic) March 31, 2017
A library…
We let people borrow dead trees with ink spills on them, as long as they promise to bring them back #badlyexplainyourjob
— Derbyshire Libraries (@DerbyshireLibs) March 31, 2017
A fire station…
#badlyexplainyourjob I make hot things cold and wet.
— LochgellyFireStation (@lochgellyfs) March 31, 2017
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