JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoIf a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?message-squaremessage-square390fedilinkarrow-up1278
arrow-up1278message-squareIf a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square390fedilink
minus-square8000gnat@reddthat.comcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up102·10 months agoyeah because I have a real job (retail) not whispering to the lightning through the haunted frame like yall
minus-squarebermuda@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-210 months ago“Shopkeeper” would be a pretty damn good job title too compared to retail.
minus-squaremeyotch@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months ago‘Shopkeeper’ implies you might actually own the shop you keep. Modern retail provides few such jobs.
minus-squarebermuda@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoI don’t think the people in the 1700s would care
minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoWorking in a shop is a skill as old as civilization.
yeah because I have a real job (retail) not whispering to the lightning through the haunted frame like yall
Damn apparently you’re a poet too
“Shopkeeper” would be a pretty damn good job title too compared to retail.
‘Shopkeeper’ implies you might actually own the shop you keep. Modern retail provides few such jobs.
I don’t think the people in the 1700s would care
Working in a shop is a skill as old as civilization.