JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 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-square12fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-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@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-square8000gnat@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoyeah because I have a real job (retail) not whispering to the lightning through the haunted frame like yall
minus-squarebermuda@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months ago“Shopkeeper” would be a pretty damn good job title too compared to retail.
minus-squaremeyotch@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months ago‘Shopkeeper’ implies you might actually own the shop you keep. Modern retail provides few such jobs.
minus-squarebermuda@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI don’t think the people in the 1700s would care
yeah because I have a real job (retail) not whispering to the lightning through the haunted frame like yall
“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