Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Bizarre Job Titles

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Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 02-18-2004, 08:30 AM:

While booking a hotel room earlier today I had the pleasure of receiving an e-mail from a lady with the wonderful job title of " Cluster Revenue Supervisor" [Confused]

What other meaningless job titles have you come across?

Posted by Floyd Justin Newton (Member # 1316) on 02-18-2004, 09:35 AM:

Dick--

How about the true occupation title PROJECTIONIST, instead
of POPCORN SHOVELER - TICKETCATCHER - JANITOR - and everything else around a theatre - and sometimes "ruining" everything in
the booth. Believe me, there are a couple hundred theatres
here that operate under those conditions.

fjn

Posted by Floyd Justin Newton (Member # 1316) on 02-18-2004, 09:36 AM:

opps!

Posted by Gary Crawford (Member # 2038) on 02-18-2004, 12:23 PM:

Saw this written in the dirt on the back of an 18-wheeler and made it a point to remember it...

"Surface Manual-Guidance Contractual Commodity Articulated Transportation Engineering Specialist."

= "Trucker"

"Customer Relations Associate" = The person who DOES NOT answer the phone while you wait on hold. *Please continue to hold. Your call is important to us*

"Associate", especially in the retail field = A person with no job security.

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 02-18-2004, 12:48 PM:

Usher "B" [Roll Eyes]

AJG

Posted by Gary Crawford (Member # 2038) on 02-18-2004, 12:55 PM:

Good one!

Except for a recent visit to a baseball stadium I couldn't tell you the last time I saw an usher actually "ush."

Ask a theater usher today to escort someone to a seat and you'll get total confusion or a dose of heavy whining.

Posted by Dino Panagiotopoulos (Member # 1579) on 02-18-2004, 01:17 PM:

We have a concession supervisor who refers to himself as a "Popcorn Engineer" for a good laugh.

Posted by Gary Crawford (Member # 2038) on 02-18-2004, 01:30 PM:

My 16-year-old daughter works the candy stand at our theater and she calls herself a "Refreshment Consultant."

Yeah, she's nuts. Runs in the family.

"Theater Manager" = Closet power-mad despot and bully-from-hell who becomes Mr. Hyde as soon as theater owner leaves.

"Petrochemical Transferral Engineer" = Guy at the gas station.

Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 02-18-2004, 01:38 PM:

When I worked at the post production center I was Chief Engineer there although we were very small and I did pretty much everything at one time or another. But I liked to give my title as Sergeant at Arms. Or Chief Cook and Bottle Washer.

Posted by Ian Price (Member # 14) on 02-18-2004, 02:01 PM:

Ian Price, Managing Member = Co Owner who also works at the place.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 02-18-2004, 03:25 PM:

Progression of titles in the airline biz:

Ticket/Gate Agent --> Passenger Service Agent --> Customer Service Representative
Stewardess --> Flight Attendant --> Cabin Attendant
Dumb Co-Pilot --> First Officer
Pilot --> Captain --> Aircraft Commander... [Smile]

Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 02-18-2004, 03:39 PM:

Paul, I think you forgot:

flight engineer --> unemployed

[Frown]

I was always the annoying kid who would ask to see the cockpit in every commercial plane. I met many flight engineers on 727s, L-1011s, and DC-10s in the late '80s.

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 02-18-2004, 04:09 PM:

Head Cheese (The "wannabe" big shot)
BMOC (Big Man On Campus)
Foonewgie (F*cking new guy)
COO COO (2 Chief Operating Officers)

>>> Phil

Posted by Greg Mueller (Member # 17) on 02-18-2004, 05:18 PM:

Around the Pacific NW a lot of money is made in the charter industry...small boats that take fishermen out so they can sport fish.
One of the positions on the boat is a "baiter"...the guy that puts bait on the hook for the guys fishing. It's a somewhat skilled job.

You start off as an apprentice baiter and wind up as a master....

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 02-19-2004, 09:32 AM:

quote:
Saw this written in the dirt on the back of an 18-wheeler and made it a point to remember it...

This writing on the back of a trailer works:
Show your hooters!

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 02-19-2004, 03:31 PM:

Many tour busses that rock and roll bands travel in have those scrolling signs above the front window that say things like, "Private Charter", etc.

I have seen one or two of them that have custom sayings like, "SHOWUSYOURTITS!"

I once saw a bumper sticker on the back of an 18-Wheeler that said:

Please don't tell my parents I'm a truck driver!
They think I'm a piano player in a whorehouse!

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 03-14-2004, 11:53 AM:

Some other military (and very very non-PC) ones:

MFWIC
HNIC

Or if you work on a poultry farm, you could be a:

Chicken Sexer

[Big Grin]

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-14-2004, 03:43 PM:

Bizzare Job Title: Empty-headed animal food-trough wiper!

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 03-14-2004, 06:58 PM:

OK, I'll bite:

"Son of a window dresser"...

Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 03-18-2004, 10:05 PM:

Heh-heh, actually, I posted that with you in mind, Paul! I remembered your replies to Python references in the past.
[thumbsup]

Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 03-19-2004, 10:17 AM:

For those with Spoonerist minds
how about becoming a Pheasant Plucker [Big Grin]

Posted by Craig Hanham (Member # 1010) on 03-24-2004, 02:19 AM:

Just look at some of the public sector Job Titles.
I used to be "The Memorial Theatre and Student Union Technical Coordinator"
More of a job deescription than a title.