I was offered a position of 'floor manager' which would have put me in charge of organizing and delegating a portion of the store but would also put me in charge of the entire store a few times out of the week. I would have also been put on salary and making more money. I turned the offer down because I knew I wouldn't be able to be 'professional', nor did I want the responsibility.
As I said above, being a 'floor manager' would mean I would be in charge of the entire store a few times a week, meaning that if there was an irate customer that a sales person was not able to deal with for one reason or another I, as 'floor manager' would have to deal with it. I know my limitations. I suffer from anxiety and I don't do well dealing with irate people. I am also sort of a...I don't know what word to use but I believe...no I know...that having a salary position in a department store setting is BS because you are demanded to work 60+ hours a week and end up making less per hour than the average hourly worker. It looks good at first but in the end you realize you are being screwed.
Anyway...I needed help with a customer...real bitch...I tried to keep my cool...I offered her everything I could per store policy but no deal so I call the floor manager who refused to come to my help because he said that as a professional I should be able to deal with her without his help and I told him, No, you took the position of floor manager that I turned down because I know my limitations and as floor manager it is your job to deal with customers I can't.
In this instance he was using the word 'professional' to accuse me of not doing my job properly while at the same time not doing his.
When a person accepts a promotion to 'manager' or whatever that is a career and professional move. I turned down the promotion because I knew I was unable to fulfill the needs of the job. I suffer from anxiety and have a difficult time with confrontational people therefore, among other things, I turned down a promotion. I never claimed to be professional and do not like people trying to use it as a threat.
"You aren't very professional."
"Um...no that would be because I'm not."
Just because I've been doing the same type job forever does not make me a professional. I do not have the training nor the mindset.
As I said above, being a 'floor manager' would mean I would be in charge of the entire store a few times a week, meaning that if there was an irate customer that a sales person was not able to deal with for one reason or another I, as 'floor manager' would have to deal with it. I know my limitations. I suffer from anxiety and I don't do well dealing with irate people. I am also sort of a...I don't know what word to use but I believe...no I know...that having a salary position in a department store setting is BS because you are demanded to work 60+ hours a week and end up making less per hour than the average hourly worker. It looks good at first but in the end you realize you are being screwed.
Anyway...I needed help with a customer...real bitch...I tried to keep my cool...I offered her everything I could per store policy but no deal so I call the floor manager who refused to come to my help because he said that as a professional I should be able to deal with her without his help and I told him, No, you took the position of floor manager that I turned down because I know my limitations and as floor manager it is your job to deal with customers I can't.
In this instance he was using the word 'professional' to accuse me of not doing my job properly while at the same time not doing his.
When a person accepts a promotion to 'manager' or whatever that is a career and professional move. I turned down the promotion because I knew I was unable to fulfill the needs of the job. I suffer from anxiety and have a difficult time with confrontational people therefore, among other things, I turned down a promotion. I never claimed to be professional and do not like people trying to use it as a threat.
"You aren't very professional."
"Um...no that would be because I'm not."
Just because I've been doing the same type job forever does not make me a professional. I do not have the training nor the mindset.
CrazedWeasel
OCWIATJ Forever!
OCWIATJ Forever!
Profession/professional
- 28/01/2012 06:22:40 AM
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I'm not sure I agree with that.
- 28/01/2012 10:59:31 AM
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Your last paragraph is pretty much the difference between what does/doesn't bother me. *NM*
- 28/01/2012 11:33:48 AM
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I don't see much point in trying to preserve the archaic use of the word
- 28/01/2012 01:54:53 PM
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Ha! That's silly.
- 28/01/2012 03:32:01 PM
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No it is silly to think you can make a living language stagnant
- 28/01/2012 05:38:27 PM
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That's hyperbole if I ever heard it.
- 28/01/2012 08:29:20 PM
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If you were to ask 100 Americans what their profession was they would tell you what their job was
- 29/01/2012 02:52:22 AM
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Ask 100 Americans "When did you cease raping children?"
- 29/01/2012 03:05:57 AM
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speaking of hyperbole *NM*
- 29/01/2012 03:09:45 AM
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There was no hyperbole in my response. Seems like we found two words you can't define properly.
- 30/01/2012 02:11:43 PM
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how many people want to acknowledge they're not in a "professional job"?
- 30/01/2012 02:25:25 PM
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look I know those of you who have earned the narrow definition of the word want to preserve it
- 30/01/2012 03:19:30 PM
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No, most of us just want to preserve the plain English meanings of words.
- 30/01/2012 06:53:22 PM
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That penultimate use is the only acceptable one in a non-professional context
- 28/01/2012 07:18:06 PM
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True story....
- 28/01/2012 09:11:10 PM
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You're absolutely correct. It's just society trying to make shit jobs sound better.
- 28/01/2012 03:25:48 PM
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Yeah, it's important to denote which occupations demand extraordinary, society-affecting judgement.
- 28/01/2012 05:19:30 PM
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at this point, though, I think teaching should be professionalized
- 28/01/2012 05:37:46 PM
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that will be hard for them to do
- 28/01/2012 05:44:53 PM
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That is a good point.
- 28/01/2012 08:16:38 PM
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Nurses have unions, and I would consider them professionals. *NM*
- 03/02/2012 08:52:41 PM
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You need a license, don't you? *NM*
- 28/01/2012 08:15:10 PM
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We have a certification process that any college grad with common sense could pass.
- 28/01/2012 10:36:29 PM
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in my mind teaching is indeed a profession. *NM*
- 28/01/2012 08:25:18 PM
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and there is the problem
- 29/01/2012 02:59:15 AM
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A teacher must have a collage degree and not only that but
- 29/01/2012 11:07:51 AM
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what in the world makes you think that professions have strict codes of conduct?
- 30/01/2012 02:26:55 PM
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Connotations change. Deal with it. *NM*
- 28/01/2012 10:29:20 PM
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I find it funny that some of our conservatives are pro-PC all of a sudden.
- 28/01/2012 11:14:06 PM
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