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Author Topic: Bizarre Job Titles Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 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" What other meaningless job titles have you come across?  |  IP: Logged Floyd Justin Newton Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 559 From: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 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  |  IP: Logged Floyd Justin Newton Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 559 From: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-18-2004 09:36 AM                     opps!  |  IP: Logged Gary Crawford Expert Film Handler Posts: 200 From: Neptune NJ USA Registered: Nov 2003 posted 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.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 02-18-2004 12:48 PM                     Usher "B" AJG  |  IP: Logged Gary Crawford Expert Film Handler Posts: 200 From: Neptune NJ USA Registered: Nov 2003 posted 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.  |  IP: Logged Dino Panagiotopoulos Expert Film Handler Posts: 139 From: Windor, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-18-2004 01:17 PM                     We have a concession supervisor who refers to himself as a "Popcorn Engineer" for a good laugh.  |  IP: Logged Gary Crawford Expert Film Handler Posts: 200 From: Neptune NJ USA Registered: Nov 2003 posted 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.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 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.  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-18-2004 02:01 PM                     Ian Price, Managing Member = Co Owner who also works at the place.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 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...  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-18-2004 03:39 PM                        Paul, I think you forgot: flight engineer --> unemployed 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.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 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  |  IP: Logged Greg Mueller Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1687 From: Port Gamble, WA Registered: Jun 99 posted 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....  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 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!  |  IP: Logged

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