JackGreenEarth 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-square404fedilinkarrow-up1279arrow-down17
arrow-up1272arrow-down1message-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 to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square404fedilink
minus-square@8000gnat@reddthat.comlinkfedilink103•10 months agoyeah because I have a real job (retail) not whispering to the lightning through the haunted frame like yall
minus-squarebermudalinkfedilinkEnglish15•edit-210 months ago“Shopkeeper” would be a pretty damn good job title too compared to retail.
minus-square@meyotch@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink4•10 months ago‘Shopkeeper’ implies you might actually own the shop you keep. Modern retail provides few such jobs.
minus-squarebermudalinkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoI don’t think the people in the 1700s would care
minus-square@Etterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•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.