JackGreenEarth 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-square408fedilinkarrow-up1278arrow-down17
arrow-up1271arrow-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 • 4 months agomessage-square408fedilink
minus-square@8000gnat@reddthat.comlinkfedilink103•4 months agoyeah because I have a real job (retail) not whispering to the lightning through the haunted frame like yall
minus-squarebermudalinkfedilinkEnglish15•edit-24 months ago“Shopkeeper” would be a pretty damn good job title too compared to retail.
minus-square@meyotch@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink4•3 months ago‘Shopkeeper’ implies you might actually own the shop you keep. Modern retail provides few such jobs.
minus-square@Etterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•3 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.