I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career.
-Lloyd Dobler
So you have days when you think, “Yep. No question. I love what I do. However, what else could/would I do with my life?”
Today I was thinking of things the other way.
Things I would not want to do as a career. Not because there’s anything wrong with them, or the people who do them, just because I don’t want to! So, for fun, I made a list. Feel free to add to it!
Things I would not want to do for a living.
Be a prep cook.
Stand by the side of the road during construction with the “Slow” sign.
Be the person at the gym who has to spray and wipe everyone else’s sweat off the machines.
Fly a plane.
Other people’s taxes.
Work in a meat plant.
Prison guard.
Other People’s laundry.
Dentist.
Coal Miner.
Data entry.
Ketchup taster.
Cucumber farmer.
Crocodile wrestler.
Bouncer.
Foot Doctor.
Urologist.
Proctologist.
Opthamologist.
Defense Attorney.
Hockey Team Clubhouse Attendant.
The guy who drives the big Gasoline Tankers.
Telemarketer.
Plastic Surgeon.
Actually, ANYTHING in Plastics.
Telemarketer.
Waiter.
Mens Club bathroom attendant.
I’m sure there are more.
Tony Caselli 
Here’s the full quote.
I ♥ Lloyd Dobler!!!
“I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don’t want to do that.”
Thanks Kate!
What a great quote! I haven’t seen that movie in a long time, I might have to watch it again!
I cheated and googled the quote, but you had to have the whole thing! That’s one of my favorite parts of one of my favorite movies.
I love that movie so much! It ruined me for romance though- I kept waiting for Lloyd Dobler to show up at my window with a boombox.
Or Duckie to ride by my house on his bike (*see icon)
Duckie! Oh, Jon Cryer. I’m so glad to see him back on 2 and a half men, and although I don’t watch it often, I think it’s pretty funny. What a nice “comeback” for him!
I saw Molly Ringwald do “How I Learned To Drive” on Broadway (or was it Off B-way…can’t remember now), it was a marvelous production, and I liked her SO much more than I thought I would. Very solid.
Lets see….
Be a high school gym teacher
Be a janitor
Be the guy in the little Ceasers suit waving at people
Be the guy who has to clean up puke on the roller coasters
Be a mob boss
Be a snake wrestler
Snake handler
anything to do with snakes, spiders, or scorpions
Or be a business person with a 9-5 job
or work in a cubicle.
Oh my God, The guy who has to clean up puke on the roller coasters.
Gyugh.
But Hey, Little Caesars guy = free pizza?!
🙂
I worked on a roller coaster at Cedar Point a few years ago…we made the manager clean up the puke, cuz they got paid more…I wasn’t going to do that for 6.25 an hour!!!
Little Ceasers might = like a 50% discount!! lol Soooooo not worth it.
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You could dress up like a Banana and shake maracas, I wonder how much you could make doing that?
Gynecologist….Although I love mine, she’s awesome. But…yeah don’t wanna do that.
Trailer park Manager (Because they all seem to be assholes!)
Gas station attendent
Fast Food lifer
Wal-Mart Greeter
Zookeeper(Mainly the ones who clean up the poop)
DMV employee….
Service Industry
Anything where I have to deal with the public.
That would suck.
Dom
And, quite frankly, nobody wants you dealing with the public anyway.
BWAHAHAHAHAAAA!!
*ducks from Dom throwing stuff at him*
re:gynecologist, etc…
LOL. I agree with those, divachu! Although, if I didn’t have to do TOO much poop, I wouldn’t mind working with all the animals in a zoo…
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Flying in the face of 127 years of tradition!
I agree with most of your post.
I would love to fly planes, though.
Although, really maybe flying planes wouldn’t be my thing, unless I owned the plane. I mean really. being able to scoot over and jump in your plane as if it were your car and fly to Aruba or L.A. for a night and see old friends and then fly back… that would be sweet.
OK. in the context of a job, though, I agree. I would not like to fly planes and never be able to spend time in the places you are going. That would feel like driving a bus or a limo.
A fun job I had: Flower delivery guy. Everyone was always happy to see me. except for the very occasional husband/wife who received the flowers for their partner. everyone else was happy..
Re: Flying in the face of 127 years of tradition!
Yeah, maybe if you owned the plane.
I tend to not like heights, though, and I think doing that every day would push me over the edge. Plus, I think you’re right – not being able to hang out in those places would bug me. Although, I suppose on the long flights they do get a little time, right? I mean, if you fly to Paris from Detroit, they let you have a day or two to rest, yes?
Delivering flowers! I bet lots of people liked seeing you! Nice.
I wouldn’t want to clean septic tanks….yuck…or be the person who gets semen from bulls (seriously there is someone who does that! I went to MSU-I know farmers who tell me things like this….)
But I almost went to school to be a dentist! Isn’t that hilarious!
Cubicle
I work in a cubicle. It’s depressing. I don’t even have a window. I used to have an office with a window, and a door, and the door even had a window in it. But I took a new job…and I’m back in cubeville.
It’s sad, I’m a Corporate America girl…so NOT the path I ever thought I’d take. And I work in Accounts Payable…so NOT the path I ever thought I’d take!!!
For me, in addition to all the things on your list, I have to add retail sales, or anything dealing with the public face to face…since I think as a whole, the general public is moronic. I would get fired a lot for screaming at the stupid people.