30 People Share Popular Misconceptions About Their Jobs

Gastroenterologists get a bad wrap because a*s holes are gross and who would want to spend time there, but these guys save lives.

Morticians.

Really don't get why; they're the last ones to ever let you down.

Tattoo artists. Ive been told countless times from others it’s a “ghetto” or “sketchy” job where they all sell drugs, but a lot of the ones I’ve met are really neat or chill. If it actually doesn’t have as much of a bad rap as I thought and I just know too many people who give it one my bad.

Fairly surprised this hasn’t popped up on here yet:

Massage Therapists — the profession is grossly mistreated and misconceived, especially in the United States.

• highly sexualized - especially due to media depictions, abuse/misuse of services via professionals in positions of “power” (politicians, athletes, celebrities, etc)

• prone to misuse and abuse

• treated as as cheap, expendable labor usually due to the corroding thread of assumed sexual activity offered or the lack of integrity on our part (for example: we got into the profession just to “rub on people’s bodies for our own personal pleasure)

• our job is easy and what we are doing is MINDLESS, FUN, CHEEKY, ZEN, SEXY at all times when it is NOT.

• assumed we are all able to provide some sort of erotic experience during sessions, especially with tipping culture as it is in this current economic and social environment. Yes we are technically in the service industry, but we are also very technically health care providers.

• there is a lack of knowledge of what it actually takes to become an LMT and what is needed to maintain our licenses.

• Contempt for the profession based on wildly misunderstood and inaccurate information. For example: there are men and women who would rather suffer in pain than be touched by someone of the same gender. And while there are absolutely valid reasons for this personal choice… in my experience as an LMT it is often due to sexism, jealousy from boyfriends/girlfriends/partners, or just full blown homophobia. I have had men specifically say to me they will not receive massages from another man because “they aren’t gay and aren’t interested in trying that kinda life out” — oof.

These are just the things I’ve come across in my short but robust experience as a massage therapist thus far. There have been so many more nuanced unfair events that I’m not bringing to light or that just haven’t happened to me yet that I’m sure I am missing.

Customer service agent

Call center workers. Yes, we know that you are not happy with (insert whatever you or the client did here). We know that you don't like having to do verification or to click through options when you dial in. No amount of verbal abuse, slurs, or sexual harassment will change that this happens.

Also, this doesn't include scam call centers ("your car warranty is expiring"/fake tech support centers/etc.), but *does* include legitimate outbound centers (ex. collections, sales) and outsourced centers in India/Mexico/the Philippines/other places. Yes, they can be annoying, but that doesn't change that there is an actual human being on the other side of the phone who is just trying to do their job. They were probably placed on the other side of the phone because of a decision made by some freak in a suit who hasn't interacted with us peons in decades, not because they're actively trying to annoy you.

Mechanics. Everyone thinks we’re putting so much effort into screwing you over. In reality we’re too lazy to work on our own s**t much less put extra effort into doing more work on your s**t.

If you ever watch movie credits you’ll see a job called “best boy”. I used to laugh at this job title (maybe I’m alone, maybe not?) but it’s actually a really important job in filmmaking even though it has a silly name.

Auditors.
Client are rude to them.
Bosses treat them like s**t.
And Public just wants then to work like donkeys and find fraud even though it's not their primary responsibility.

Lawyers, when theyre /your/ lawyer theyre good lol.

But yeah people often like, don't understand what the job of a lawyer truly is so people are quick to demonize them. Yeah theres some that truly are out there abusing loopholes and being scummy, but most lawyers are just doing what theyre supposed to. Making sure their client is getting charged fairly. Even if they are guilty, they still are there to ensure a just punishment and not overkill.