A Clean Sweep For A Flueologist

I took today's shot just because it really amused me. I was taking a quick walk around our village when I saw this chimney sweep's van parked at the side of the road - and I loved that with his (or her) tongue firmly planted in their cheek (I hope!) they have called themselves "The Flueologist". I also liked the fact that from this angle the van looks like it carries its own spare set of chimneys! :-)
This reminded me as well of other jobs that can have pretentious titles - Education Centre Nourishment Consultant (dinner lady), Customer Experience Enhancement Adviser (shop assistant) and Gastronomical Hygiene Adviser (dish washer) being just a few examples.
This can even extend to the job descriptions with their very own form of gobbledegook. One recently advertised job in the NHS (with a £115,000 annual salary) for a Director For Lived Experience (?!!) stated candidates needed to be "courageous" and "having a desire to reduce power dynamics" and that they should "bring the experiential lens to trust board decision-making, and facilitate the cultural changes needed to infuse and propagate best practice around shared decision-making"!! BS of the highest order!

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