Ever take one of those career tests in school? What did it tell you?

[LaraMN]

Of several optimal occupations listed on mine, one was "minister," which was fucking hilarious, since I've never believed in God, in my life. One of my friends got "administrative assistant" and after a year of typing class, she could only type about 30 wpm, and had started one of the typewriters on fire in class (electrical accident) and the school had to be evacuated.

[KitchenWitch]

1. Mine told me officer in the military

And I have real issues with authority....

[LaraMN]

7. Even if YOU'RE the authority?

I can't say I'd blame you-- I'd have a difficult time with that kind of atmosphere. I'm hardly a structured or regimented person.

[KitchenWitch]

8. No matter how high you go, there is always higher authority.

:grr:

[LaraMN]

11. That's true. Unless you become a deity....

KitchenWitch for Supreme Omnipotent Overlord!

[KitchenWitch]

19. LOL

http://users.wolfcrews.com/toys/vikings/

[LaraMN]

27. What is that?!

Your campaign team?:spray:

[KitchenWitch]

28. yup

The Viking Kitties in all their glory!

[LaraMN]

31. Just don't let them sail around on Lake Minnetonka.

We know what that leads to...

[KitchenWitch]

32. no shit!

We will not be securing the services of Al and Alma's any time in the near future.

[LaraMN]

36. Yep! And THAT is why we left the cities!

I was having issues on boats and it was threatening my marriage. Not everyone knows it, but Lake Minnetonka produces an intoxicating yet imperceptible gaseous substance that renders people horny. Stay away, for the love of God!

[Aimah]

20. Did you take the ASFAB?

[KitchenWitch]

21. No

I think it was Strong Campbell or some shit.

[LaraMN]

22. The ASSFLAB! Yes, I did!

And I got ONE recruiter call after I took it. They knew better than to ask me again.

[Aimah]

37. I took it

but I wasn't at school when they gave out the results. I told a recruiter every excuse I could think of. Still got a call everyday.

[Heidi]

2. "You have virtually no manual dexterity."

:eyes:

[LaraMN]

9. Are you serious?

That's a wretched thing to tell someone- and a bit off-base, I gather.

[Heidi]

10. They weren't telling me anything I didn't already know.

When I was in third grade, a teacher recognized my lack of manual dexterity as well as my woeful math dysfunction, and told my mother, "Ya'll just need to make sure she gets into a nice liberal arts college." :eyes:

[LaraMN]

13. Niiiiice. I was just told I did not "apply myself,"

or "work up to full potential" -- also comments that didn't exactly evoke a personal epiphany.

[NMMNG]

3. Yeah, but I don't really recall what it said

It was like 20 years ago after all. :shrug:

[Omphaloskepsis]

4. I took one of those... Mine..

1. Locksmith
2. Wastewater plant operator
3. CNC Lathe operator

The test missed the mark.

[XemaSab]

5. I'll take your missed calling as

Wastewater plant operator.

:D

[Omphaloskepsis]

6. You can have it..

Funny thing is I live about six blocks from a wastewater plant.. Maybe the test was really good and wanted me to live next to my job.

[Jamastiene]

12. Mine lied and said I'd be a good engineer.

It were lying. :crazy:

Without revealing too much, I'll say that my real name is the unluckiest name in the world. I mean I'm named after the engineer who built the runaway train and when he did finally get where he was going, the baseball game, he struck out. I fit my name too with my luck. I'm still plugging along and trying though. I'll become an engineer if I have my say-so and I intend to have it. :D

[LaraMN]

15. Good for you!

I really believe attaining "success" depends equally upon a person's determination and their natural talent or intellect.

[CanuckAmok]

14. To fucking give up.

I wish I'd listened!

Actually, it said funeral sales. I shit you not.

[LaraMN]

16. Funeral sales?! I can't believe that was even an option!

:spray:

[CanuckAmok]

17. I had no idea it was even a job!

But apparently it is!

And one of my best HS friends ended up being a Funeral Director; I could have worked for her!

[LaraMN]

23. What do they sell? Caskets? The actual services?

That would take a special kind of person-- I would cry every time I had to meet with a family who had lost, or was about to lose someone.:(

[CanuckAmok]

26. They sell plots.

Usually to municiplaities/counties in bulk, not directly to families.

Basically, it's real estate, but a very specific market. I hear it's actually quite lucrative if you're good at it. I mean, people are dying for your business....

[LaraMN]

29. Ughhh...

That's an "I'd hear it from my Dad" joke! :spray:

[jpgray]

18. Those things are so fucked up

I don't think "dead in a gutter" is even a real occupation. x(

[LaraMN]

25. Shut UP!

Well, if mine had been accurate, it should have told me "knocked up by your second year of college.":rofl:

[jpgray]

35. One of those tests almost kept my pop out of officer candidates school

He thought credulously to himself: "You know, I -do- enjoy camping outdoors. I -do- enjoy living off the land. And accomplishing set tasks, why, I suppose that really can be satisfying to me at times."

[Lady President]

24. Mechanic

Mechanic was on the top of my list. Of course, last time I turned in a car I had to have the dealer pop the hood because I didn't know how. I couldn't check my oil on a bet.

I also remember that it said that I shouldn't be a doctor, architect, or lawyer. (I guess the test showed I was a little slow.) Today, I'm a lawyer.

[LaraMN]

34. Way to defy the test!

Don't feel bad about the vehicular ignorance-- someone once convinced me that my turn signal had gone out because I needed more "blinker fluid." :banghead: I swear I'm not a moran!

[Qanisqineq]

30. it told me to be a chef

No thanks. Most of the guys I know are told to be a minister with those tests. :shrug:

[Rhiannon12866]

33. Author, lawyer, speech pathologist. That's what the test said I should be.

And I ended up writing about shows on network TV... The lowest scores I got were for gym teacher, either high school or college (do they even have those?:shrug:), LOL!:D