Myths about your job...

Hey ima, what was the last thing the drummer said before he got kicked out of the band?

"Hey, guys, I've got a great idea for a song!"

 

Haha....very nice.

 

not me man... I put in my 2 hours of work every day. The rest of the day... we'll call them "ergo breaks".

 

More about my real job - it's the time of the semester when I get these:

-That I live in my office and should always be found there. (try one of my two email addresses or three phone numbers. If I wanted to be chained to a desk from 8-5, I could be making a lot more money doing it elsewhere.)

-That we must make significantly more $$ than those teaching in K-12.

-That we make out exams several days ahead of time.

-That we grade everything immediately after it's handed in, like a grading machine. (instead of other work, or other activities, or resting up from staying up all night making out the exam)

and now, hope you don't mind if I use this thread for a little percussion talk:

So glad to hear someone say this! Not only the drummer stereotypes, but... (especially speaking from symphonic & wind ensemble experience)

-People picking up my mallets, hitting a bunch of random notes on the xylophone, and saying, "See, I can do what she does." Assuming that anyone could pick up a stick and hit things just as well as we hit them. (Not to mention that no one picks up a random violin and plays it, or picks up someone's horn and blows into it, but they all have to try out our stuff during breaks.)

-People thinking percussion instruments are furniture. People thinking vibraphones and timpani are tables. *shudder*

- People thinking our accessory cabinet and table can be used by the music librarian if she needs a place to spread out. It's not like we needed the surface to put things down on, or the drawers to get instruments out of - right? Also, people thinking we don't need chairs because we don't sit down. Just because we stand up to play doesn' t mean we plan to stand for the entire rehearsal.

 

I control information.
Uzzi's and sub machine guns are often of use.

 

you work for the PostOffice?

 

I'm sorry, but if we ever meet, this is EXACTLY what I'm going to do.

 

today was one of the most discouraging days of my career in the law...frustrations with a particular court...quick...someone trade jobs with me???

 

I'll skip the musician one...

Web Developer:

1. Because I know about websites, I can fix your computer. I can't.
2. Because I know about websites, I can fix your vcr, remote control, tv, radio - fill in electronic appliance here - etc. I can't.
3. Good websites are really easy to build and take like a week. They don't.

 

I'll switch.... I'm an accountant

 

Man, I used to hate that. I feel your pain.

What about Phil Collins? Nevermind. Bad example...

 

Being a web developer myself...ditto what Jeff said!

 

The ****.