FabSwingers.com > Forums > The Lounge > Professional posters???
Professional posters???
Jump to: Newest in thread
 |
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
What's professional about FAB members saying on their profiles that they are professional??
Do they think they are better than others??
The only professionals i know are Bodie & Doyle  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
"This has been discussed before, and you should be able to find previous threads on the subject by using the search function.  "
I couldn't be bothered doing a search |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
I had professional in my profile until I asked here for feedback and several people pointed out the self-same criticism. I wrote it without even thinking about snobbery and because it sounded better than "pen-pusher" |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I had professional in my profile until I asked here for feedback and several people pointed out the self-same criticism. I wrote it without even thinking about snobbery and because it sounded better than "pen-pusher""
I think it's a pity you bowed to pressure because a few people don't like the word.
I don't like your underpants. Get rid !! |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
So what exactly is a professional occupation??
A teacher, cop, MP, bin man, street sweeper, check out worker.....????
Or is it one where you get paid lots of wonga with a huge responsibility??
A bin man is just as important as a company MD.
I am an Area Sales Manager, does that make me part of the exclusive professional club?? |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
IMHO, if you can verify another person's photo for his/her passport/driving license application after knowing that person for at least 2 years, then you are considered as a professional. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
sorry grecian but the answer is no
I used to be one of the "don't like the word professional in profiles brigade" but the previous thread on the subject explained it all.
A professional has a recognised qualification such as Bachelor of Arts, Doctor, Dentist, Chartered Surveyor, Accountant, Vetenary Surgeon, Engineer etc.
Those people have earned thier qualifications and earned the right to use the term to describe themselves so now I no longer think there is anything wrong with putting it in your profile. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
Expanding on what Jed said, a profession arises when any trade or occupation transforms itself through "the development of formal qualifications based upon education, apprenticeship, and examinations, the emergence of regulatory bodies with powers to admit and discipline members, and some degree of monopoly rights.
Professions based upon the above criteria include, but are not limited to, Lawyers, Engineers, Professors, Military Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers, Qualified Teachers, Architects, Accountants, Notaries, Advocates, Actuaries, Dentists, Midwives, Pharmacists, Medical Technologists, Nurses and Physicians.
I have a certificate that permits me to work with the equipment that I install, so I could be described as a professional, but I much prefer the more easily understandable term of 'wanton sex god'.  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
We think it makes people appear aloof or gives them a perceived aire of superiority. Wether or not this is deliberate - who knows.?
We'd never dream of adding it to our profile, and to be honest tend to steer clear of profiles which contain the term.
When we see 'professional' used as a descriptor, we tend to read it as saying, I'm a little better than you'
Being very down to earth people, it goes against our grain, but each to their own as they say  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
im a prof
i have a degree to prove it and continual work training to keep it going
i like to see prof in the description because i wouldnt want to meet Frank Gallagher or anyone from the Royal Family
this doesnt mean im well off - im not - in fact im quite poor
i dont think im better than anyone - in fact i know im not - but im not a socialist either so i acknowledge the class system that remains
i dont want to shag any one who cant hold two words together and whos idea of a holiday is having a bath or is remiss of a sense of humour
im hoping that key words help me identify possible shag buddies and that is one of them - along with the rest of the profile of course
so at risk of being slaughtered and battered by public opinion then
IM A PROFESSIONAL AND PROUD OF IT  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
Forum Mod |
Im a professional too
Would'nt put it on my profile though
Its a small part of who I am and not really anything to do with this side of my life
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"im a prof
i have a degree to prove it and continual work training to keep it going
i like to see prof in the description because i wouldnt want to meet Frank Gallagher or anyone from the Royal Family
this doesnt mean im well off - im not - in fact im quite poor
i dont think im better than anyone - in fact i know im not - but im not a socialist either so i acknowledge the class system that remains
i dont want to shag any one who cant hold two words together and whos idea of a holiday is having a bath or is remiss of a sense of humour
im hoping that key words help me identify possible shag buddies and that is one of them - along with the rest of the profile of course
so at risk of being slaughtered and battered by public opinion then
IM A PROFESSIONAL AND PROUD OF IT "
.
Same here!
I worked hard to obtain my qualification and to keep it by doing CPD all my life.
I do not believe I should shy away from discribing myself as such because that is the truth!
I am not elevating myself to put other people down, just decribing myself as I see it.
If that makes me a snob then so be it!
I am a professional and I am proud! |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"awww thank you Pearl! thought i was going to get slaughtered then  "
.
Nah, as I have said a nice person will always be a nice person regardless of his/her vocation.
I don't have time for snobs or people that are aloof, or egoists!  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"What's professional about FAB members saying on their profiles that they are professional??
Do they think they are better than others??
The only professionals i know are Bodie & Doyle "
I imagine some do think they are better and some don't, I imagine some will say professional when they are not, we are each different in so many ways, no one person here can express why people choose to state professional or not, can only give their own thoughts on it.
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"awww thank you Pearl! thought i was going to get slaughtered then
.
Nah, as I have said a nice person will always be a nice person regardless of his/her vocation.
I don't have time for snobs or people that are aloof, or egoists! "
Exactly, and you two ladies prove again and again that you are lovely, at l4east on the forums, I can't comment by person. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"
Exactly, and you two ladies prove again and again that you are lovely, at l4east on the forums, I can't comment by person. "
.
Awwww, thank you!
Hopefully, we meet at a social event soon, so that I can scare the shit out of you too, LOL! |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
People also say that they are "attractive", "tall", "athletic",
"fabulous" and use loads of other adjectives to describe themselves.
Don't believe any of it I say, until you've met them, then form your own opinion.
We've met "attractive" couples who we feel should wear burkas, lol, we've met "atheletes" shaped like darts players, and "tall" people who would bump their arse on the gutter when they step off the pavement.
Lets face it, we all have peotic and artistic lisence to sell ourselves, but some people use it more than others |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Never fails to amaze me at how something as completely trivial as this irks some folk so  "
It never fails to amaze me why people who have nothing constructive whatsoever to add to a thread that they just don't pass it by ....
That's folks for you tho |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *zMaleMan
over a year ago
penzance |
I would have thought that a professional person is a person with a career, rather than a job. A person in a position of responsibilty.
OR a person qualified to hold such a position.
Having worked hard to get myself into this position I'm PROUD to call myself a professional person.
Having said that I'm not a snob and I don't mean this post to sound snobbish in anyway. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
due to my working class roots i always feel less significant when i see professional but according to my job stuff etc i am professional!! one thing bugs me though.......when it spelt wrong!!
each to their own though and to have the title means a lot of hard work so if people put it on thats their choice!! xx |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
Forum Mod |
I worked fecking hard to get that status but I still won't put it on my profile as im from working class roots and still a working class girl,I can get on with most people the same now as I could before It just means I can sign your passports for you
I charge £20 a go |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I worked fecking hard to get that status but I still won't put it on my profile as im from working class roots and still a working class girl,I can get on with most people the same now as I could before It just means I can sign your passports for you
I charge £20 a go"
we still talkin passports???xx |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"
I charge £20 a go
there are some 'professionals' live up here who say that nightly!  "
And that includes a fish supper and a bottle of Buckfast - sounds like a good deal to me |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
Forum Mod |
"I worked fecking hard to get that status but I still won't put it on my profile as im from working class roots and still a working class girl,I can get on with most people the same now as I could before It just means I can sign your passports for you
I charge £20 a go
we still talkin passports???xx "
Hehehehe cheeky xx |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
You are damned if you do and damned if you don't. Perhaps it's about whoever you feel most comfortable with. If you are offended by the phrase "professionals" in a profile then that's ok, the same can be said for "down to earth".
Professional does not equal posh or snob any more than down to earth means common or stupid.
People DO have the right to suggest who would be most compatible with them. If that makes them pretentious so be it.
Pretentious? Moi?
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Never fails to amaze me at how something as completely trivial as this irks some folk so
It never fails to amaze me why people who have nothing constructive whatsoever to add to a thread that they just don't pass it by ....
That's folks for you tho
Pot- Kettle "
It wasn't Polly that posted that.
So we all wont be having Tea.
think nursery rhyme. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
i,m glad i rattled a few cages , all i ask is you check " professional" in the dictionary , and maybe you will see my point ... ,, but then dont really give a S***,, |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"i,m glad i rattled a few cages , all i ask is you check " professional" in the dictionary , and maybe you will see my point ... ,, but then dont really give a S***,,"
So all you set out to do was - to quote verbatim - rattle a few cages. That's highly intellectual, and says as much about you as a person as someone else describing themselves as professional. It also allows people to form a limited opinion on you and whether they'd like to meet you or not. I'm assuming that those who regard themselves as intelligent and professional would probably shie away from those who use obscenities to wage an argument, and as we all know, profanity is the the most base form of debate and usually employed by those unable to get their message across succinctly and without swearing. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"i,m glad i rattled a few cages , all i ask is you check " professional" in the dictionary , and maybe you will see my point ... ,, but then dont really give a S***,,
So all you set out to do was - to quote verbatim - rattle a few cages. That's highly intellectual, and says as much about you as a person as someone else describing themselves as professional. It also allows people to form a limited opinion on you and whether they'd like to meet you or not. I'm assuming that those who regard themselves as intelligent and professional would probably shie away from those who use obscenities to wage an argument, and as we all know, profanity is the the most base form of debate and usually employed by those unable to get their message across succinctly and without swearing."
This is going better than i ever expected ,, thanks for the free lesson |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I worked fecking hard to get that status but I still won't put it on my profile as im from working class roots and still a working class girl,I can get on with most people the same now as I could before It just means I can sign your passports for you
I charge £20 a go"
.
I don't know peeps on here for 2 years yet, when I do, line them up and I'll sign them for free! |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
Most of the people calling themselves professionals dont know how to spell it. True professionals don't have to advertise their status they just are. And most could knock us into a cocked hat intellectually. I like to think I have a modicum of intelligence but when I listen to people with real knowledge and an ability to keep you spellbound despite the fact youre clueless as to what they're talking about well Im awestruck. Kudos to them they work hard to achieve it..I have no respect for wannabes though. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
Well talking as a Doctor I feel very smug indeed and look down my well Sun Tanned Professional nose at you all...
Take these twice a day and see me in a week... |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
|
I couldn't care less whether i am professional or not, as long as i have a job, can afford to pay for my bread n butter, can pay the bills, have a pint, do my bets and be happy.
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I would have thought that a professional person is a person with a career, rather than a job. A person in a position of responsibilty.
OR a person qualified to hold such a position.
Having worked hard to get myself into this position I'm PROUD to call myself a professional person.
Having said that I'm not a snob and I don't mean this post to sound snobbish in anyway. "
As for a "position of responsibility", we've often said "Take away the M.D and the cleaner from a company and see which one gets missed first! |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I would have thought that a professional person is a person with a career, rather than a job. A person in a position of responsibilty.
OR a person qualified to hold such a position.
Having worked hard to get myself into this position I'm PROUD to call myself a professional person.
Having said that I'm not a snob and I don't mean this post to sound snobbish in anyway.
As for a "position of responsibility", we've often said "Take away the M.D and the cleaner from a company and see which one gets missed first! "
M.D ? |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Most of the people calling themselves professionals dont know how to spell it. True professionals don't have to advertise their status they just are. And most could knock us into a cocked hat intellectually. I like to think I have a modicum of intelligence but when I listen to people with real knowledge and an ability to keep you spellbound despite the fact youre clueless as to what they're talking about well Im awestruck. Kudos to them they work hard to achieve it..I have no respect for wannabes though."
What's real knowledge ?
How do you measure intelligence ?
Einstein would probably be in awe of David Beckham.
Are they both geniuses ?
Surely it's all relative.
( pun intended ) |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Most of the people calling themselves professionals dont know how to spell it. True professionals don't have to advertise their status they just are. And most could knock us into a cocked hat intellectually. I like to think I have a modicum of intelligence but when I listen to people with real knowledge and an ability to keep you spellbound despite the fact youre clueless as to what they're talking about well Im awestruck. Kudos to them they work hard to achieve it..I have no respect for wannabes though.
What's real knowledge ?
How do you measure intelligence ?
Einstein would probably be in awe of David Beckham.
Are they both geniuses ?
Surely it's all relative.
( pun intended ) "
Very true, intelligence is a broad term that can be used to describe many things and can be applied to every occupation. I think people get carried away with the fact that certain jobs have kudos and high salaries where as other jobs that require as much if not more so called 'intelligence' are lower paid. At the end of the day we are all pretty much as intelligent as each other but in different ways. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *zMaleMan
over a year ago
penzance |
"I would have thought that a professional person is a person with a career, rather than a job. A person in a position of responsibilty.
OR a person qualified to hold such a position.
Having worked hard to get myself into this position I'm PROUD to call myself a professional person.
Having said that I'm not a snob and I don't mean this post to sound snobbish in anyway.
As for a "position of responsibility", we've often said "Take away the M.D and the cleaner from a company and see which one gets missed first! "
Very good point well presented but without the MD would the cleaner be in a job in the 1st place. Chicken and egg I think |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *ig badMan
over a year ago
Up North :-) |
"What's professional about FAB members saying on their profiles that they are professional??
Do they think they are better than others??
The only professionals i know are Bodie & Doyle "
I always take it to mean they have soft hands so no sharp wicks or cuts to scratch your tender bits as a professional in my book doesn't get his mits dirty. That's the only advantage i can see for having it on your profile.
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"You are damned if you do and damned if you don't. Perhaps it's about whoever you feel most comfortable with. If you are offended by the phrase "professionals" in a profile then that's ok, the same can be said for "down to earth".
Professional does not equal posh or snob any more than down to earth means common or stupid.
People DO have the right to suggest who would be most compatible with them. If that makes them pretentious so be it.
Pretentious? Moi?
Ok if someone said to you the woman down the road is down to earth, what would you think?
Friendly, easy going gets on with most people??
Now on the otherhand, if somemone said you know the woman down the road she's a professional. What would you think??
Honestly, the first thing that comes to mind! Bearing in mind why we're all here lol 
The point being we all interpret words differently and everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
"
. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Most of the people calling themselves professionals dont know how to spell it. True professionals don't have to advertise their status they just are. And most could knock us into a cocked hat intellectually. I like to think I have a modicum of intelligence but when I listen to people with real knowledge and an ability to keep you spellbound despite the fact youre clueless as to what they're talking about well Im awestruck. Kudos to them they work hard to achieve it..I have no respect for wannabes though.
What's real knowledge ?
How do you measure intelligence ?
Einstein would probably be in awe of David Beckham.
Are they both geniuses ?
Surely it's all relative.
( pun intended )
Very true, intelligence is a broad term that can be used to describe many things and can be applied to every occupation. I think people get carried away with the fact that certain jobs have kudos and high salaries where as other jobs that require as much if not more so called 'intelligence' are lower paid. At the end of the day we are all pretty much as intelligent as each other but in different ways."
I'm sorry bet we are not all pretty much as intelligent as each other these days and if there wasn't a difference everyone would be striving to achieve their full potential, which clearly some people in life arent. We are all born with the ability to be intelligent unless seriously mentally impaired, but some just fritter that opportunity.
using the words 'real knowledge' was wishy washy of me I mean knowledge in their chosen field - Im knowledgable on a lot of things (but theyre not going to get me a professional qualification) so kudos to those who go and get the qualifications that are recognisable as a professional capacity in the workforce. There has to be an acceptance and recognition that others achieve more in life and are proud of it or whats the point of striving if we're all thought of as intellectually capable and equal. We all want to be thought of as intelligent but if we are all the same do you therefore accept youre dull too? Nobody wants to be grouped in the dull section but its a fact of life there are some dullards around. We are not all equal in our goals and thinking power. Or nobody would do the mundane jobs. It's too wide of a topic ot wander from the main thread though. Let the professionals mention that status if its important to them. It may be meaningless to the majority of us as an attractive quality in a sex ad about themselves, but dont deny their professional working status if theyve really got one.
Im impressed by anything other humans do that involves thought and skill
and yes David Beckham is a talented bloke too - but Im not sure he knows who Einstein is to reciprocate... see that just goes to show that in jest I, like many others think of Beckham as being thick... |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"apologies for the length - I should have condensed and pressed post first.. thick bint...
Your not thick...yous a clever clogs "
Sometimes have to apologise too, for the length of my.....  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
I guess some folk will put this term as they have seen profiles requesting ie" Seeking Attractive Professional"
At the end of the day each to there own I think.
Some folk would wonder why guys post non face pics with there hand on there dicks...Only kidding dude |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"What's professional about FAB members saying on their profiles that they are professional??
Do they think they are better than others??
The only professionals i know are Bodie & Doyle "
Well said that man! |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Never fails to amaze me at how something as completely trivial as this irks some folk so
Thought it was only me that was thinking that!! "
Apparently thoughts like that are
"It never fails to amaze me why people who have nothing constructive whatsoever to add to a thread that they just don't pass it by ...."
sometimes subtlety is going to miss some folks completely
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Never fails to amaze me at how something as completely trivial as this irks some folk so
Thought it was only me that was thinking that!!
Apparently thoughts like that are
"It never fails to amaze me why people who have nothing constructive whatsoever to add to a thread that they just don't pass it by ...."
sometimes subtlety is going to miss some folks completely
"
It must be the small town mentality ,,, just ignore them ,,, thats what do ,,,,,,,, |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *umourCouple
over a year ago
Rushden |
The list of professions is an official list. It can only legally be used by a few professional bodies. They are the ones like Doctors, Lawyers, Accountants and the like who can sign your photo when you get a new passport! And that is it!
Seems there are a lot of well paid and trained people on this site!
Makes me laugh when I read "Professional Couple!" wtf is a professional couple? |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
A couple that work, that's all we read into it
It might not be the message they are sending but giving the benefit of the doubt we believe it's a totally innocent and non judgemental description |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *ig badMan
over a year ago
Up North :-) |
"The list of professions is an official list. It can only legally be used by a few professional bodies. They are the ones like Doctors, Lawyers, Accountants and the like who can sign your photo when you get a new passport! And that is it!
Seems there are a lot of well paid and trained people on this site!
Makes me laugh when I read "Professional Couple!" wtf is a professional couple? "
Well normally someone who has a degree, a license to practice or professional certification. But i don't really think it matters as you wouldn't meet someone on the strength that they say they are or not.
Met many so called professionals who bored me to death and been highly entertained by the lass at my corner shop. Much rather read an amusing profile my self |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
» Add a new message to this topic
bout time i moved my wobbly bits and had my diet breakfast then
ttfn xxxxxxxx