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What do you say to people when they ask you what your job is?

red_devil
red_devil Posts: 10,793 Forumite
in Employment, jobseeking & training
Do you tell them your unemployed or do you have other words/ways to answer the question?

Does it bother you saying if you dont work?
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  • 98jdougl
    98jdougl Posts: 1,154 Forumite
    i used to tell them that i was a bum after being made redundant
  • PocoLocoCoco
    PocoLocoCoco Posts: 110 Forumite
    edited 13 October 2009 at 5:53PM
    ..........................
  • Louise22
    Louise22 Posts: 1,855 Forumite
    Being unemployed does not define who are. It does not make you are loser or any less valuable.
  • hellokitty08
    hellokitty08 Posts: 1,878 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    some people i know say I am a Sales person but I reccently got made redundant or my sister just says I dont currently work at the moment, (she has health problems) I find that people usually asking then get embarrased and dont ask any more questions!
    Debt free since July 2013! Woo hoo! The bank actually laughed when I said I have come in to cancel my overdraft.
  • debtfreein4years
    debtfreein4years Posts: 636 Forumite
    i just say housewife :)
    Debt free 3 years early :j
    Savings for house deposit - very healthy

    Cash back earnt so far £14.57
  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    I just say I'm a student (which I am, I'm just in between college and uni right now)
    ** Total debt: £6950.82 ± May NSDs 1/10 **
    ** Fat Bum Shrinking: -7/56lbs **
    **SPC 2012 #1498 -£152 and 1499 ***
    I do it all because I'm scared.
  • GPedro
    GPedro Posts: 52 Forumite
    Just tell people you're a lady/gentleman of leisure :-)
  • Raquela
    Raquela Posts: 359 Forumite
    I used to say I was greatly unwashed! Or that I was a full-time job seeker.
  • Lollypop75
    Lollypop75 Posts: 262 Forumite
    I've said a range of things over the months, including, "I go to interviews" or "I play solitaire" (initially I was on ESA and not looking for work - during that time there was a period of several weeks when I probably spent 6 or 8 hours a day playing solitaire!).

    But generally I just say, "I'm not working at the moment."
  • CCFC_80
    CCFC_80 Posts: 1,289 Forumite
    edited 6 August 2009 at 8:40PM
    You could say that you are a Government Artist, as you are currently drawing dole.
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