So, we had a Houston-type Boy Scout campout this weekend (in a city park, near a major highway, close enough to see the lights of Walmart, Gander Mountain, and 3 supermarkets). We set up tents between the tennis courts, RV parking, and basketball courts.
Sitting there making small talk with the rest of the fathers, the inevitable question of, "So, what do you do?" comes up. Soon after the words "mining engineer" leave my mouth, I wait for, "So, that's like a geologist, right?". Their eyes always glaze over, kind of like when you ask "How are you", and the guest begins to tell you how they really are.
Who else has jobs that they can't really explain with the words like "pilot, programmer, or priest"?
4 comments:
so funny you wrote this! Mom and Dad actually asked me this same question. ("So Sarah, what DO YOU DO? "I am not sure what to tell people when they ask...")
No that I say it, it almost sounds like I was a Madame, or a Enron accountant....
Don't worry, I just chalk it up to the fact that Blattman's can't be ordinary, no check that, won't be oridnary.
So next time, you look them in the eye and say "By day,I am a mining engineer and by night I am batman..."
oh, i surely don't have that problem - everyone knows that scientists just create destructive monsters or spiteful robots in their labs... right?
I know that glazed look. It appears on my face whenever I have to hear about trucks, greasy engine parts (brought in from the garage with excitement to show me), fiber cables...
Try filling out forms at the pediatrician's office. "Father's Occupation:... Low Voltage Telec... something."
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