Do you do a pointless job?

[emceeemcee]

Do you feel that your job is stupid and pointless and exists solely to keep the unemployment level lower than it would otherwise be?


What percentage of modern work do you feel fits this category- producing absolutely nothing of value to society and existing only to keep people occupied, distracted and subsequently controlled?

 

[brodkill]

there are lots of jobs that exist that could be refered to as pointtless, and eliminated, because we dont need them to survive

anyone in the movie or porn industry

anyone in the music industry

anyone on tv

mail carriers, because we could justb all use email

anyone who works at a restaurant, if every single person in the world cooked every meal at home

athletes

etc etc etc

 

[FreeOnes_Anders]

Personally, I´d say no, but I´ll let you guys be the judge of that.... :stir:

 

[emceeemcee]

there are lots of jobs that exist that could be refered to as pointtless, and eliminated, because we dont need them to survive

anyone in the movie or porn industry

anyone in the music industry

life would be pretty bland without those things.....

 

[BCT]

Dude life would suck without music alone, you take away all those things you said and whats left to do.... tip cows?

 

[STDiva]

there are lots of jobs that exist that could be refered to as pointtless, and eliminated, because we dont need them to survive

anyone in the movie or porn industry

anyone in the music industry

anyone on tv

mail carriers, because we could justb all use email

anyone who works at a restaurant, if every single person in the world cooked every meal at home

athletes

etc etc etc

Mail men? Can you email those new car parts you need? :bang:

As for everything else, entertainment is a necessity. Without entertainment, society would go *******. By your logic, we could eliminate everything, because all we need to survive is food and shelter. Right?

As for my job, I don't feel pointless. Besides the odd cheap asshole trying to scam the hotel, it's actually a pretty thankful job. We get enough appreciation from guests and management to not feel like a worthless sac of ****.

 

[BCT]

:1orglaughYeah how about the no restaurant workers and owners, that means no bartenders which means no nightclibs which means staying at home and wanking it, this dude just made the jerkoff statement of the day, congrats come get your Gold medal for stupidest **** said on the net

 

[busenbust]

yep. sometimes it feels as though it is pointless ! :laugh: {forex trading }; still, at least i don't have a fucker breathing down my neck !

 

[Neutron66]

My job isn't so much pointless as it is tedious.

 

[FreeOnes_Anders]

yep. sometimes it feels as though it is pointless ! :laugh: {forex trading }; still, at least i don't have a fucker breathing down my neck !

We have Roald singing instead of breathing....

It´s odd and weirdly entertaining.

 

[BCT]

To make a serious response to the thread my job isn't pointless, without our tree company people's homes and lives would be in danger!

 

[StanScratch]

I've had to tell people how to properly wipe up a spill with a paper towel.
I've had people try to argue with me on a 15 cent price difference on a $15 item.
I've had to tell people how much a 40 pound bag of dirt weighs...and how much 10 of them would weigh.
I've had to convince people that bleach really is not that good for leather.
I've had to explain to people why gas is a requirement for running a lawnmower.
I've had to count change for people too ignorant to count and read for people too ignorant to read.
I've had to explain why smoking in the fertilizer aisle is not really a good idea - even if it is outside.
I once had to explain the difference between charcoal and propane.
I've had to explain several times why operating a charcoal or propane grill inside the house are not a good idea.
I've had to explain why running a gas generator inside is also a bad idea - days after someone ****** themselves doing the same.

So, in short, yes. My job is pointless. It has helped keep many worthless people alive. Stupid people who should be allowed to die horribly - but do so without taking innocent lives with them.

 

[Hot Mega]

No. But just thinking about the subject, sharpening knives for a living would seem pretty dull and pointless.:dunno:

Anybody do that here?

 

[Henrik Larsson]

I work at pizza hut part time, so yeah pretty pointless

Student jobs ftw

 

[D-rock]

As someone that has struggles to get work for a long time now I wish I had a pointless job, or almost any job, at this time. It beats not having anything.

 

[Hypergalaxy]

I've had to tell people how to properly wipe up a spill with a paper towel.
I've had people try to argue with me on a 15 cent price difference on a $15 item.
I've had to tell people how much a 40 pound bag of dirt weighs...and how much 10 of them would weigh.
I've had to convince people that bleach really is not that good for leather.
I've had to explain to people why gas is a requirement for running a lawnmower.
I've had to count change for people too ignorant to count and read for people too ignorant to read.
I've had to explain why smoking in the fertilizer aisle is not really a good idea - even if it is outside.
I once had to explain the difference between charcoal and propane.
I've had to explain several times why operating a charcoal or propane grill inside the house are not a good idea.
I've had to explain why running a gas generator inside is also a bad idea - days after someone ****** themselves doing the same.

So, in short, yes. My job is pointless. It has helped keep many worthless people alive. Stupid people who should be allowed to die horribly - but do so without taking innocent lives with them.

I have lost even more faith in humanity after this post. And I think you need a hug.

 

[ThatRedWing]

I've had to tell people how to properly wipe up a spill with a paper towel.
I've had people try to argue with me on a 15 cent price difference on a $15 item.
I've had to tell people how much a 40 pound bag of dirt weighs...and how much 10 of them would weigh.
I've had to convince people that bleach really is not that good for leather.
I've had to explain to people why gas is a requirement for running a lawnmower.
I've had to count change for people too ignorant to count and read for people too ignorant to read.
I've had to explain why smoking in the fertilizer aisle is not really a good idea - even if it is outside.
I once had to explain the difference between charcoal and propane.
I've had to explain several times why operating a charcoal or propane grill inside the house are not a good idea.
I've had to explain why running a gas generator inside is also a bad idea - days after someone ****** themselves doing the same.

So, in short, yes. My job is pointless. It has helped keep many worthless people alive. Stupid people who should be allowed to die horribly - but do so without taking innocent lives with them.

How about when they want a cleaner bag of dirt because they don't want a mess in their trunk?

God, I **** stupid fucking people.

 

[feller469]

as a high school English teacher, sometimes I think it is

 

[PlumpRump]

I've had to tell people how to properly wipe up a spill with a paper towel.
I've had people try to argue with me on a 15 cent price difference on a $15 item.
I've had to tell people how much a 40 pound bag of dirt weighs...and how much 10 of them would weigh.
I've had to convince people that bleach really is not that good for leather.
I've had to explain to people why gas is a requirement for running a lawnmower.
I've had to count change for people too ignorant to count and read for people too ignorant to read.
I've had to explain why smoking in the fertilizer aisle is not really a good idea - even if it is outside.
I once had to explain the difference between charcoal and propane.
I've had to explain several times why operating a charcoal or propane grill inside the house are not a good idea.
I've had to explain why running a gas generator inside is also a bad idea - days after someone ****** themselves doing the same.

So, in short, yes. My job is pointless. It has helped keep many worthless people alive. Stupid people who should be allowed to die horribly - but do so without taking innocent lives with them.

So you're the one responsible for the ineffectiveness of Social Darwinism, huh? I have been wondering for a long while now why idiots don't just simply die like they should. Now I have my answer, its Stan.

 

[Elwood70]

mail carriers, because we could justb all use email

As hard as this may be to believe; not everyone has e-mail.


To answer the thread....no I don't; at least not anymore.

Now that I think about it; my last job wasn't pointless,either.