Dating a gainfully employed guy, well, that’s a plus. But not all jobs are created equal. To help you out, we have compiled a (tongue-in-cheek!) list of job types to avoid, as well as their more advantageous alternatives:
1. Record Store Clerk
You’ll initially be intrigued by this guy’s devotion to indie music and his encyclopedic knowledge of bands no one else has even heard of yet. Unfortunately, he spends most of his salary on actual CDs for his collection. In his spare time he’s hand-pressing fanboy buttons to wear on the strap of his ratty messenger bag. Like CD sales and the music industry itself, this guy has a bleak professional and financial future.
Alternative:
Find yourself a pirate. Not Johnny Depp, but more of a Sean Parker-type Pirate. The thrill of making out with a illegal downloader who flaunts the law will be hotter than the flames of the cigarette butts your broke Ex used to smoke. Plus, the money your pirate saves not paying for music means he’ll actually be able to afford the astronomical concert ticket prices for the Rolling Stones final final tour. (Irony acknowledged, and accepted.)
2. Author (aspiring)
He let you cut ahead of him in line for seconds on the boxed chardonnay at a book launch, and isn’t a guy who says he is taking some time off to ‘work on his novel’ so intriguing? No! He’s essentially sitting at home with a foolproof excuse to surf the net all day in search of ‘creative inspiration’ (porn), spends long hours in coffee shops working on ‘character development’ (hitting on baristas), and he never has to actually produce actual pages of written material because he is an ‘artist’ and ‘sensitive to criticism’. You’ll end up devoting more time to helping him apply for writing grants than he’ll ever actually spend writing that Great Canadian Novel. Snore.
Alternative:
If you insist on picking up men at literary functions, try a guy who works in magazines or ad sales. Charming for a living, they often wear actual suits to work, and best of all: they have expense accounts!
3. Police Officer
A man in uniform, so hard to resist. But do your damndest, because all you need is a high school diploma to get a job in law enforcement. This means he’s just smart enough not to be bored with the hours and hours of sitting in a squad car, but not smart enough to be a life-long Trivial Pursuit partner. Not only will this guy work terrible hours, but he sees so many scary things that he’s crazy overprotective – cute at first, but you want a partner, not a parent.
Alternative:
If you have a thing for a guy with a badge who saves lives, the professional fireman ticks all the same boxes (ahem), minus the deadly weapon. He’s just as physically fit as a police officer, but he uses his biceps for carrying people to safety, not wrestling drug dealers to the pavement.
Police Officers are required to know penal law, federal law, vehicle and traffic law and how to write reports for incidents like homicides. They are required to be able to testify in front of a grand jury/lawyers/judges and are responsible for peoples freedom and have the power to take it away.
Police officers are also Americas first line of defense in preventing terrorist attacks
what part of that screams “un-educated” ?
I am a police officer, and I leave home everyday never knowing if ill be coming back to it…I took this job because I love to help people, I love to lead people, and I LOVE catching the people that hurt others..but I guess were all allowed to have an opinion..
all police have to do all that testing regardless of where you are. Most police where i’m from need at least a 2 year degree.
this article is wrong for the most part.
all police have to do all that testing regardless of where you are. Most police where i’m from need at least a 2 year degree.
this article is wrong for the most part.
the advertisment I got was for police recruitment.
I work with teachers and they are extremely condescending – if you are not a teacher, you are simply not as intelligent as they are (both the men and the women). On top of that – they are probably the biggest cheaters – after all the ratio of males to females in the teaching profession is really in favour of the men – they can have their pick of women … and they do.
Financial advisors are next on my list. Quite frankly I think the blue collar guys are probably the most decent. But then who knows, maybe all men are jerks and it isn’t fair to blame the professions – maybe it’s just the breed.
Next time do some more research before you write your article…. or add in some words like ‘some’ or ‘most’.
Also… the profession doesn’t make the man. The job someone has doesn’t define them as a person.
Hi Everyone,
Being married to a police officer, I couldn’t tell how you couldn’t be more wrong 🙂
Not all police officers are only high school educated! Most of them, in Canada anyways, have post-secondary education, it’s actually a requirement before being hired. The thing is with your article, is it demeaning to police officers, place yourself in their shoes when you read the article.
They are very courageous men and women who keep us safe and deal with the stuff no one else wants to deal with without a 6 figure salary; so the heart and motivation is there.
I would rather have a man beside me that is able to tackle a drug dealer than one that cannot. And by the way, because of the ‘crazy’ things they see and deal with on a regular basis, many of them are more understanding, compassionate and sensitive to others.
For those of us who have cops as husbands, brothers, sisters, friends, we know how great they are and how caring each one of them can be!
Thanks for reading and I would encourage you in your future article entitled: TRY DATING GUYS WITH THESE JOBS….to list a police officer on top of your list 🙂 You don’t know what you’re missing …
With much love and respect
Cheers,
the advertisment I got was for police recruitment.
I work with teachers and they are extremely condescending – if you are not a teacher, you are simply not as intelligent as they are (both the men and the women). On top of that – they are probably the biggest cheaters – after all the ratio of males to females in the teaching profession is really in favour of the men – they can have their pick of women … and they do.
Financial advisors are next on my list. Quite frankly I think the blue collar guys are probably the most decent. But then who knows, maybe all men are jerks and it isn’t fair to blame the professions – maybe it’s just the breed.
Next time do some more research before you write your article…. or add in some words like ‘some’ or ‘most’.
Also… the profession doesn’t make the man. The job someone has doesn’t define them as a person.
Hi Everyone,
Being married to a police officer, I couldn’t tell how you couldn’t be more wrong 🙂
Not all police officers are only high school educated! Most of them, in Canada anyways, have post-secondary education, it’s actually a requirement before being hired. The thing is with your article, is it demeaning to police officers, place yourself in their shoes when you read the article.
They are very courageous men and women who keep us safe and deal with the stuff no one else wants to deal with without a 6 figure salary; so the heart and motivation is there.
I would rather have a man beside me that is able to tackle a drug dealer than one that cannot. And by the way, because of the ‘crazy’ things they see and deal with on a regular basis, many of them are more understanding, compassionate and sensitive to others.
For those of us who have cops as husbands, brothers, sisters, friends, we know how great they are and how caring each one of them can be!
Thanks for reading and I would encourage you in your future article entitled: TRY DATING GUYS WITH THESE JOBS….to list a police officer on top of your list 🙂 You don’t know what you’re missing …
With much love and respect
Cheers,