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re: What professions do you hold in very low esteem?
Posted on 3/5/23 at 10:08 am to Warfarer
Posted on 3/5/23 at 10:08 am to Warfarer
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I would say that the closest would be real estate agents getting 3-6% of a house sale these days, it is absolutely insane the money they make instead of a flat fee and not being percentage based. But again, people pay it so they have a demand for their work.
The entire world is on margin.
You kind of ignore the elephant in the room.
Taxes are a percentage.
Hell... even the government margins itself.
In Georgia, property taxes are a percent of the value of the property and goes to the school district. The tax assessor's office withholds 2% of that tax to supplement their department. It is a "handling fee" for collection.
Big OIL making record profits? Well the costs went up, and they are maintaining their margin on costs/expenses.
Health insurance making record profits? Costs are going up. Call it a "handling fee" when they keep their margin on costs/expenses.
I don't like lies, liars, and mendacity. Anyone selling half truths and falsehoods to "make a deal" shouldn't be in that line of work very long. The internet has a long memory and should be punitive against those "professionals".
Posted on 3/5/23 at 10:10 am to Joshjrn
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an incredibly arcane legal system
indeed it is
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the emotion gets inflated.
quite possibly but the devastation that can be done to lives/businesses/professions in an instant by this profession should have a higher standard of checks and balances but the checks and balances are....
attorneys
Posted on 3/5/23 at 10:13 am to Warfarer
quote:if that bothers you dont get into the syndicated/corporate lending world
I would say that the closest would be real estate agents getting 3-6% of a house sale these days,

Posted on 3/5/23 at 10:35 am to WestCoastAg
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really? i hold them in very high esteem. they are awesome
Of course you do, you sexless simp.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 10:53 am to TygerTyger
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Third page and I don't think I saw anyone saw Weathermen, or Meteorologists.
Who else can be so wrong so often and still have a job?
It's amazing how right they are. Pinpointing severe weather a week in advance. No one complaining about the forecast and this great weather this weekend.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 10:56 am to StringedInstruments

Violinists don’t play.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 10:59 am to 777Tiger
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quite possibly but the devastation that can be done to lives/businesses/professions in an instant by this profession should have a higher standard of checks and balances but the checks and balances are....
attorneys
The ODC sends out a monthly email with all of the discipline they have meted out that month. The suspensions given out for what are facially minor transgressions are sometimes jarring. Non-attorneys simply rarely hear about it, so the perception is that nothing is done. Doesn't make it reality.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 11:01 am to The Boat
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It's amazing how right they are. Pinpointing severe weather a week in advance.
Excuse me for being a tax accountant and not a meteorologist, who get it mostly wrong!!!1!!

Posted on 3/5/23 at 11:06 am to Joshjrn
social media influencer & any professional that only wants to work from home (espically teachers)
Posted on 3/5/23 at 11:10 am to andouille
Anything with "diversity" in their title.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 11:26 am to andouille
IRS. Think about it, no one is going around offering up to people that they work at the IRS.
Journalists
Influencer
Politician, since this is basically a career now.
Journalists
Influencer
Politician, since this is basically a career now.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 11:32 am to andouille
Lawyers
Other lawyers
Chiropractors
Used car salesmen and commission-based sales staff in general
Telemarketers
Politicians
Other lawyers
Chiropractors
Used car salesmen and commission-based sales staff in general
Telemarketers
Politicians
Posted on 3/5/23 at 11:39 am to TigerOnTheMountain
quote:I work in healthcare, and this really can't be understated.
I’ll never look at the medical field in the same way after the shite they pulled during and after COVID. What they’re still pulling in some instances.
There's really a duality when it comes to healthcare-
people who work in clinical fields (provide care to others) generally are good, often very noble folks.
People who work in the administrative fields (who only view it as a service to make money) are worse than pond scum. And I hate what they've done to the field's reputation.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 11:43 am to andouille
Journalists
Politicians
NGO "executives"
Lawyers
Politicians
NGO "executives"
Lawyers
Posted on 3/5/23 at 11:51 am to Obtuse1
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The one profession I can think of I have a low opinion of is chiropractors.
I get it. There are a lot of quacks in that profession. But there are also great ones that help immensely and I've been blessed to have one for the last 20 years. If you find one of the good ones, you stay w/them.
Posted on 3/5/23 at 11:53 am to Macfly
Lawyers is a hard one. Professional liars.
But when my butt was puckered up thinking it’s going to be my job over the vaccine some lawyers stood up.
The problem I have is that I’m relying on these people to be the ones to actually argue my rights.
Plus it’s bs that their time on a phone call is worth so much. It’s like, hey I’m trying to run a business. There is a lot of bullshite in this contract or lease, and if some other shithead lawyer hadn’t written this up I probably wouldn’t need you too look at this.
But when my butt was puckered up thinking it’s going to be my job over the vaccine some lawyers stood up.
The problem I have is that I’m relying on these people to be the ones to actually argue my rights.
Plus it’s bs that their time on a phone call is worth so much. It’s like, hey I’m trying to run a business. There is a lot of bullshite in this contract or lease, and if some other shithead lawyer hadn’t written this up I probably wouldn’t need you too look at this.
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