Job skills that a person can fall back on

[JGD]

Bachelor son does his own laundry, but brings them to me if they need mending that requires more than a safety pin or duct tape. The other two have wives.
Have a great hubby who takes care of appliances and cars - altho I do pump gas maybe 5x a year.

Bedtime here. Goodnight and have a happy, blessed Sunday.

 

[JanR]

Pattylt:

User manuals…they are harder to write than one thinks! Ever get a bad one?

I hear technical writing can be good work.

I myself am looking into that.

Oh, yes! I’ve gotten printed user manuals in which the instructions have been so poorly written, confusing, and incomplete that they were almost useless. Even simple instructions can be so convoluted and needlessly complicated in the way they’re written, that I have to spend the time I could be using the product just trying to figure out what the directions are saying.

And some are so incomplete that they leave more questions than answers, and I end up having to guess about the stuff they leave out (and HOPE I get it right).

That’s IF I can even FIND printed user manuals, anymore. Today, the consumer is expected to hunt down product directions on the internet, and good luck finding them! And once found, good luck understanding them!

Yes, I’ve gotten some terrible user manuals, and by the time I’ve waded through them, re-read them umpteen times and still had to second guess some of their material, I’ve felt like throttling the so-called “writers” responsible for such unnecessary frustration.

 

[Pattylt]

I’ve felt like throttling the so-called “writers” responsible for such unnecessary frustration.

Often, because they are products from China, the writers are Chinese and barely proficient in English. The Chinese version might make perfect sense but the English sure doesn’t!

 

[0Scarlett_nidiyilii]

If you’re looking for a side gig, driving (like Uber), or home repair.

Staffing agencies look for child care, housekeeping, temporary office work, you can set your own hours, but rarely benefits.

There are also staffing agencies for substitute teachers an nurses, but you need to be credentialed.

Or if you’re really energetic and have lots of time, you can start your own business.

 

[dochawk]

Often, because they are products from China, the writers are Chinese and barely proficient in English.

Englishate instructed fine thing for bestest outcome

 

[Pattylt]

Englishate instructed fine thing for bestest outcome

Slight correction…it’s Engrishate…they can’t pronounce the L.

 

[adamhovey1988]

Uber

Yeah, don’t. My mom did that and hated it, although you can do the one where you deliver food, that one might be worth more of your time

 

[Sarcelle]

Are you talking about Chinese?

They have no problems with pronouncing the letter “L”.

It’s the Japanese who do.

 

[Pattylt]

By gosh, you’re right! My bad. By any chance do you know if there is an English sound that Chinese do have a problem with? I know that we English speakers struggle with any tonal language and everyone struggles with clicks…except those that have them, of course!

 

[Sarcelle]

I know the Chinese struggle with tenses, with regards to verbs, like past tense, future tense.

No equivalent of those in Mandarin.

 

[libbeylu]

Skills that a person can fall back on…well, there are so many skills that a person can be self-taught in…As far as business skills…I am skilled in creating spreadsheets with formulas. I mostly self taught myself this skill. It pays very well in the accounting and engineering field. In my past I learned “drafting”…I remember being the only female in my college class…in drafting and design of piping. I was successful and had some profitable jobs in engineering. There are numerous skills one can learn and apply them. I once owned an older home that needed paint and window repairs. I learned how to paint and refinish old windows with the panes thru “this Old House” magazines. My mother use to say, “never say I can’t, but I’ll try”! I like to learn new things…I also learned some electrical skills and even installed a ceiling fan! The opportunities are all around…just learn and apply! Knowledge is a wonderful thing!

 

[adamhovey1988]

I love sounds that don’t really exist in different languages. “r” in Portuguese, at least Brazilian Portuguese, is really harsh sounding at the beginning of a word. and the reason I bring that up, is because I like talking about languages, and have a friend from Saudi Arabia, that when I met him could not make a p sound. To be fair, I can’t pronounce ths as in “ostrogoths”.

 

[Dan_Defender]

At least with most western European languages the sounds are the same in different words. Try Thai or Mandarin where one has to deal with intonation: rising and falling sounds that can completely change the meaning, and it becomes almost impossible.

 

[Pattylt]

if they need mending that requires more than a safety pin or duct tape.

Oh, gosh that made me laugh! I found one of my husbands long sleeved shirts in the laundry basket that he had stapled the cuff closed. I asked why he didn’t have me sew on new buttons and his answer was, Well, it was working just fine with staples! . He also puts duct tape over the toes of his work boots so they don’t get scuffed up as bad from crawling around on concrete floors. I’ll give him credit for originality!

 

[dochawk]

Well, it was working just fine with staples!

See?

For some reason, women just don’t seem to understand these things.

It’s been three decades, and I still can’t get my wife to understand that that plaid suit and plaid shirt complemented one another . . .

 

[Pattylt]

It’s been three decades, and I still can’t get my wife to understand that that plaid suit and plaid shirt complemented one another .

Well, everyone saw you coming!

 

[dochawk]

nah, they were both subtle plaids . .

 

[Pattylt]

nah, they were both subtle plaids . .

Well, first of all plaid and subtle don’t go together. Second, the minute you put two plaids together, they light up like lightening in the night sky…visible for miles!