Do you have a politically incorrect job?

[Droopy]

I do. First off I'm a trucker. The truck that I drive gets 6.5 mpg and that's considered good. Then you have all of the negative stereotypes about truckers that a lot of people buy into. Like we're all speed freaks in more ways than one. This feeds into the political incorrectness of the job. There was an idea floated in California not too long ago to prohibit 18 wheelers in southern California. They hate trucks in California. This idea would have all 18 wheelers drop their freight at warehouses in western Arizona. The freight would then be picked up by smaller straight trucks and moved into southern California that way. Never mind that it would take three times as many vehicles getting around 10 mpg to move the same freight. You do the math.

Next, and this is probably going to be more damaging to my reputation here on DU than being a trucker, I haul transmissions that go to a GM assembly plant. What kind of vehicles do you think those transmissions go into? If you guessed SUVs then you are correct. They make the Chevy Trailblazer and the GMC Envoy where I deliver my freight.

So there you have it. Is there anyone who has a more politically incorrect job than me?

[Beware the Beast Man]

1. Gigolo.

[motely36]

2. What's wrong with that Beast man?

[Beware the Beast Man]

5. Well, everywhere I go,

people know the part I'm playing.

[rbnyc]

3. NOPE!!

I raise money to provide free healthcare and support services for uninsured women at high risk for and with breast cancer.

:)

[Droopy]

10. Excellent, rbnyc

I wish I had the skills to have a job like that.

[rbnyc]

17. I lucked into it.

I was just the office girl part time here with no development experience. Then, because we're so understaffed and overworked, The ED and AD kept giving me more and more fundraising and development work to do, just to see how I would take to it. Now I'm the full time Development Coordinator.

I'm probably the least experienced Development Coordinator in my field, but I'm good at learning on the job, and I love what I do. And, actually, since I've come on board we have a surplus for the first time in years and have broken all our own fundraising records, so I must be doing something right.

:)

[ElsewheresDaughter]

42. good for you...i raise money for at-risk-youth programs and youth center

i opened and my husband is a captian firefighter in Hoboken, NJ and loves his job of 35 years

Endangrd Heirs, Inc

[rbnyc]

54. awesome!

Wow. You opened a youth center. I'm impressed.

:hi:

[redqueen]

4. Me, possibly.

I work for a firm that does outsourcing.

[Patiod]

6. Work for Big Pharma

Many of the people I work with are Dems who have a fairly Republican take on health care issues (as might be expected)

[rbnyc]

19. Make yourself feel better....

...by convincing your company to give a grant to my breast cancer non profit.

;-)

:hi:

[skygazer]

36. You ARE good at your job!

:thumbsup:

[rbnyc]

38. LOL

Back to work now. This was my lunch break.

Thanks.

:hi:

[LynzM]

43. Work to support big Pharma

Doing data management for clinical trials... I figure at the least, I am helping to make sure that the data that determines if a drug will be handled well and analyzed correctly....

[Phillycat]

7. Professional racist. Is that wrong?

[Droopy]

16. Are you Anne Coulter?

[Phillycat]

32. Damn! Cover blown!

[progressiveBadger]

8. I have a friend that campaigned for Quayle n/t

[benburch]

9. I don't see what's wrong with driving a truck?

I mean, it's not like you are an executioner or a Republican. Oh, wait, those are much the same...

[Droopy]

13. Some people think trucks are just evil

When in fact we are the safest drivers on the road. According to some trucks do everything from kill people on the roads to cause cancer from their exhaust.

[benburch]

55. Well, let them try to eat without trucks!

Yes I would rather see more things go by rail and canal; Both are more efficient than long distance trucking, but seriously, how would anybody survive without truckers?

Maybe it is because I grew up behind the bar in the farmers/truckers/bikers/blue collar bar we used to own in far west rural Cook County, IL, but I have always respected truckers and thought that (most) truckers were very safe drivers and good people to have around in an emergency.

[Droopy]

58. Thank you, benburch and you are correct

Most truckers are alright people. We get a few losers out there, but by far the majority are stand up people. And you are also correct to say that truckers are generally safe drivers. I read somewhere that of all fatal accidents involving a truck and a car, the fault was the trucker's 22% of the time. And a trucker will in many cases stop for you if it's safe to and if you need help. Many drivers carry cell phones now and are often the first to report accidents on the highways to the authorities.

Another stat for you is that about 75% of the freight in this country is moved by truck. Can you imagine what life would be like if truckers stopped hauling frieght just for a few days? Most grocery stores only have enough food on the shelves to last for three days without being stocked.

[enigmatic]

64. Screw 'em

Truck driving is just as valid profession as any other; plus you get to wear those sweet trucker hats!

[Trailrider1951]

11. Holy cow, I thought mine was bad!

I'm a geologist who works for an oil company services company (no, not Halliburton). I get to run all sorts of physical properties tests on rock and sediment samples from all over the world, including Africa and the Middle East. Can't wait until we start seeing the samples come in from Iraq and Libya. :evilfrown:

[Beware the Beast Man]

12. I also operate the largest veal and foie gras farm in the state.

[StopTheMorans]

15. *drools*

:evilgrin:

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[StopTheMorans]

30. oh sweet, another faux-flamewar begins over an obvious tongue-in-cheek

post. if you can't take a joke, i'd advise against hanging out in the lounge. there's nothing inherently wrong with me enjoying the taste of beef, just as there is nothing inherently wrong with you advocating against it. the judgment does get just A BIT old tho...

[NamVetsWeeLass]

22. I almost asked where at in PA? But then I remembered

fondly... Just about everywhere. There is a lot of farmland up there, complete with Cows.... As far as Foie Gras farms??? I don't know about that. (and can I just say Ick?) I learned one lesson early..."When Uncle Herman tells you NOT to touch the electric Fence...listen to him." *Kzorch*

[Beware the Beast Man]

25. Alas, it's a joke.

Considering veal and foie gras are cruel to cows and ducks, respectively.

[redqueen]

28. But... but... but...

it's the cruelty that makes it taste so good!

[WMliberal]

41. geese. nt

[Beware the Beast Man]

46. oops. geese. sorry

[WMliberal]

48. isn't it great having tons of proofreaders

free of charge?!

:silly:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

14. I sell black-market Kobe beef

is that a bad thing?

[HockeyMom]

23. I aide and abet TERRORISTS

I am a Teacher's Assistant.

[StopTheMorans]

18. i'm an account manager for an ethics and compliance training company

and some of my clients are big GOP supporters. does that count :shrug:

[Southpaw Bookworm]

47. Bet you get a lot of business

Trying to train GOPers on ethics issues. How many workshops do you have to do before it takes?

[Beaverhausen]

20. well...I work for a huge multinational communications company

But our part of it - the movie studio - is largely run by Democrats so I don't feel soooooooo bad.

[ernstbass]

21. I work in a psych hospital

and we are constantly bombarded by drug reps giving us lunch - I am the only one in my dept who refuses to accept handouts from the "drug whores"

[Droopy]

24. I would take the free lunch and then tell them, "No thank you."

[really annoyed]

68. Same Here

I think we have a drug rep come into the office every five minutes. And they get *really* angry when you tell them to go away....

[mongo]

26. I don't think my job is politically incorrect - but the fundies do

I own and operate a lingerie and eroitic boutique. In the front we sell lingerie, hosiery, lotions, lubes and oils.

In the back we sell movies, magazines and toys. We have 1700 pornos for sale back there.

The thing is, I feel so much better about what I'm doing now, selling a little excitement for couples and singles. I used to be a computer systems analyst.

In that role I:

Ran a credit card system for a private college so that students could enter the workforce several thousand dollars in debt.

Worked for a major upscale department store that sold overpriced shit to people who had more money than they could spend wisely to help make the owners more stinkin' rich.

Worked for a bank that handled major compaines pensions that could make or break other companies with its stock trades.

Worked for the largest coal burning utility company in the US.

So now there are people on both the left and the right that have a problem with what I sell, but I feel so much better about what I do now than when I was a cubicle rat for these fortune 500 companies.

[Droopy]

31. I'm glad you made it out with what sounds like your soul intact

I would love to be doing something that helped people rather than something that is contributing to the degradation of our environment. But, alas, I can't find a wholesome job with my skills that will pay the bills.

[mongo]

39. Nothing wrong with your job

Yeah, it might be better if you were hauling food or something like that, but we certainly need truckers.

And as far as SUV's go, blame the government. If my business could support a car payment, I'd be hard pressed NOT to buy an SUV. I can depreciate it faster than a regular car. So the IRS has put a strong incentive for anyone buying a vechicle for their business to get an SUV.

[TlalocW]

27. Not really

I'm the lead developer (read: website/database programmer) for a small company in Tulsa. The boss and the designer are republicans though so there's some good natured ribbing that goes on. A lot of our clients also are on the conservative side like the site we did for a local conservative radio talk show host's book.

TlalocW

[Itchinjim]

33. I work for a meat packing company (Oscar Mayer)

Which is owned by a tobacco company (Altria/Phillip Morris)

[LincolnMcGrath]

56. Me too!

[Itchinjim]

63. Davenport or Madison?

[KyndCulture]

34. Yep, I work for a Christian College selling their Choir CDs

Bout as disgusting as it get's stuffing jesus music into bubble envelopes everyday.... and I do their website too.

Luckily I also contract with a couple other places that don't sell jesus music.

I'm happy to take the repigs money though.

[prole_for_peace]

Accountant

I have to try to get rich people out of their already unfairly low tax burdens.

[aQuArius]

69. I'm in Accounting too...

but I get to tell the major Hotels (i.e. Marriott, Sheraton, Ramada) that if they don't submit their bills perfectly, we won't pay them, lol. I have to save my company (a struggling, mostly unionized airline) money any way I can. Then, I also get to count and input liquor revenue!

[skygazer]

35. My job is not politically incorrect but

Let me say that I love truckers. You guys rock. I work at a grocery store running the back room, shipping and receiving and I work with drivers all the time. They're great, for the most part.

But more than that, my affection for truckers goes back to the late '70s when I hitchhiked across country (I was 17). Alone. I had the good fortune to be picked up early on by a pair of truckers and I rode in big rigs all over the country. Every single one of them was a gentleman and a class act. They all urged me to go home, protected me, bought me food and showers, made sure I had another ride lined up before they left me anywhere and fussed about me as if I was their own kid.

Whenever I travel, I stop at truck stops for my gas and food. I feel safe and warm there and surrounded by good memories. I've had guys take the time to stop and make sure I was okay when changing a tire by the side of the highway. I have nothing but respect for truckers.

Just wanted to say that. :toast: :yourock:

[Droopy]

40. Thank you, Skygazer

I appreciate the kind words. It's people like you that help make our jobs worth it. Whenever I help someone out on the road, be it a hitchhiker or a stranded motorist, it always makes me feel good. It's things like that that can make our job seem worthwhile. Chances are that those truckers that helped you out got as much out of that experience in good feelings and good memories as you did.

[RPM]

37. Tax Lawyer

Have worked on an outsourcing engagement. Didn't like it. Would that the law made it tax unfavorable - would like to brign the assets and jobs home

[Willy Lee]

44. I make radioactive compounds.

Sure they are short lived and are for cancer research... but it's still generating "hot" waste that has to be disposed of somewhere.

[yellowdogintexas]

45. After years of customer service and claims in medical insurance

I just accepted a position as a customer service rep for a very huge mortgage investment company...really huge, that is expanding like
mildew in the tropics!

So I start on Dec 27th and I really don't know if the company is PC or not but I am damn glad to be working again.

[Kire]

49. I sit on my ass, that's pretty politically incorrect.

I'nit?

[LearnedHand]

50. Thank you, Droopy, for being considerate!

And thanks for taking up the slack -- after the demise of our rail system -- in getting stuff moved around the country. I wish all truckers had your sensibilities!

[Droopy]

51. You're welcome

I used to haul different commodities than I do now. But for the past 4 years I've strictly been an auto parts hauler. I guess I perform a necessary function, but I'd much prefer that I were hauling parts to make hybrid and electric cars. I'd feel better about it then.

[Left Is Write]

52. I'm a stay-home mother.

Sometimes in certain crowds that feels awfully politically "incorrect."

[liberalpress]

53. Depends on your POV

I'm news anchor for a right wing talker!

[GRLMGC]

57. Umm

I guess its not controversial, but I used to work for a medical billing office. We mostly try to get money outta the insurance companies, who don't like to pay (needless to say, they're a pain in the ass to work with. Sometimes, though, when the insurance company refuses to pay, we have to hassle the patients and sometimes, these bills come out to be thousands of dollars and most of the patients are elderly so I'm sure a lot of them don't have the means to pay off massive bills. We can't afford to by sympathetic but one time, one of my coworkers, who actually makes the phonecalls, felt really bad because the woman who had to pay had just lost her husband to cancer and didn't have any money so she let her pay as fast as she could. That's rare though and I'm surprised she didn't get in trouble.

[Xithras]

59. Not anymore, but I used to have a seriously un-PC job.

I used to work for United Defense writing the computer software that controlled the machines that our (and several other nations) military uses to kill people. I quit back in 1998, but it still disturbs me to think that the software I wrote is probably still being used to kill people around the world.

[Droopy]

61. I think your's tops mine, Xithra

I would look at it this way. Unfortunately those weapons are sometimes needed in the world we live in. It isn't your fault that control of them is currently in the hands of an asshole.

[THUNDER HANDS]

60. I club baby seals

its not pretty, but the looks on their faces right before i whack 'em is priceless!

[obreaslan]

62. My company kills lab rats....

not for experiments or testing but for fun. That's after milking them for our local school system's lunch program.

Wait, that not the politically incorrect part. This is. We don't hire African Amricans. I hate this company. :mad:

[DoNotRefill]

65. I used to be a Merchant of Death...

but then I went to Law School.


/BAD DNR!!!!

[keischin]

66. I'm outsourced by the Japanese

[leftofthedial]

67. do you haver all your teeth?

just kidding.

Don't kick my ass! Please! No! Owwwww!

:winkie: