13 February 2009

The most interesting job title in Canberra?

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Poptop has emailled in the following job title which was affixed to an email she received:

    Kellie White
    Life Enhancer to Winsome Willow,
    Manager of Inanna Inc
    Crisis Service for
    Women & Families in Distress

For those who don’t dabble in the mystic Inanna is the Sumerian “goddess of life and royal power”.

Have you come across better?

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colourful sydney racing identity10:01 am 16 Feb 09

Hmmmn, how about ‘Director of First Impressions’ for a receptionist, seriously.

When Hollingworth was appointed Governor General there was a bit of a kafuffle about whether to call him Archbishop or Governor General.

Surely GG would win, since that title is the one of incredible importance to the population of Australia, who he was working for, while Archbishop only relates to people who share the same imaginary friend who is a two thousand year old Jewish zombie.

F#ck it, just get on and sue me for defamation already…

Better add me to the class action.

Granny said :

I’ve known programmers like that!

; )

Ha! Me too!

When Hollingworth was appointed Governor General there was a bit of a kafuffle about whether to call him Archbishop or Governor General. They got around this by awarding him an honorary doctorate, because Doctor out-ranks both Archbishop and Governor General; who would have thunk it, and who would care. Oh, I – if forgot – those kids he fiddled with might care. Ops, he never fiddled with any kids, he – or his boyfriend – just thought it was OK or something, right?!?

F#ck it, just get on and sue me for defamation already…

I’ve known programmers like that!

; )

I helped/worked at a sports carnival today and my job title was ‘Ass programmer’. Best job title that I ever had.

Perhaps Life Enhancer is the new public service speak for coffee maker.

I can remember a few times when a nice cup of coffee enhanced my life no end.

Seriously, those gods and goddesses were worse than ‘Days of Our Lives’ …. The writers of those soapie-genre shows seem totally inspirationally-challenged by comparison!

LMAO!

I hadn’t realised the this would be such a hot topic. I had received the title in an email from a widely available distribution list and so regarded it as public property.

The work Inanna does is in the main admirable but is undertaken at public expense so I decline to get too excited about any prospective knock on effects. Frankly the people Inanna decline services to or withdraw services from would be of greater interest.

Inanna as a name for a women’s crisis service is also particularly hilarious. In essence, Goddess Inanna tried to steal her Goddess sister’s throne, failed, was hung from a spike and left to rot, was rescued by men under instruction from a God and seems to have spent the rest of eternity as some sort of trophy wife to royalty.

I’m still pondering the intended message to Womyn-kind in all this. I suspect that the workers in Inanna have been playing a long and deeply subtle joke on the community.

I think Shitty Little Jobs Officer is a good one. I was so enamoured of this job title I went to great lengths to ensure that the position existed on our family organisational chart while I was Captain!

*snort*

Then my dad came to visit and over-ruled me and I had to take it down …. *sigh*

VYBerlinaV8_the_one_they_all_copy10:24 pm 13 Feb 09

I’ve worked with a range of pentesters, typically an odd bunch.

this is for real:

Penetration Tester
Vulnerability Unit

it’s a classic – imagine being a young man and responding with that when asked what you do for a job?!

I think it was last year that the Department for Disability Housing & Community Services advertised the position of “Thinker in Residence”… now whenever we see someone at work deep in thought and staring into space, we ask if they’re going for the job.

BerraBoy68 said :

Personally, I think JB has probably the best job title in the ACT. After all, who else can publicly call themselves an ‘Overlord’!

Stanhope? Nah, he’s an Overlord wanna-be

Personally, I think JB has probably the best job title in the ACT. After all, who else can publicly call themselves an ‘Overlord’!

Hello from inside the… what’s that thing that Lex Luthor and his compadres get sent into in one of the Superman movies that goes spinning into the stratosphere until it gets slammed by a rocket or some projectile and they get released? The Mod Zone!

Just to shed some light on what I was mentioning about above about Inannarama (choir from the Inanna people.

Last year, this group of very strong people put together their second album, and they stepped right outside their comfort zone by recording it live in front of an audience in pretty much one take. It was… well, follow my link above to the ad for the event.

Here’s an excerpt from the book that accompanies the CD, ‘Inannarama: Live In Concert’:

“Linking music and writing to art seemed to be a natural connection and opened the door to a thrilling project.

Many of the songs had been created, shaped and sung over the last twelve months and this project was an opportunity to capture and present them further as words and the live CD recording.”

There’s more, but maybe go to the web-site and learn more, and buy the CD and accompanying booklet that includes words and art as well.

Will cost less than a round of drinks in most venues this weekend and maybe half of your monthly Foxtel bill for that game of football that’s now on. Or Lifestyles of the Rich and Gormless that’s on Lifestyle after the game.

The web address isn’t jumping off the page at me, but if you click on the link to the previous story, there’s something on ABC666 about them. ABC 666 have been incredible advocates of this project.

Back to the whirly, glass flying thing. Poooooooooooooooooosssssssssssst!

Just do it, p1. They don’t care, as long as you’re paying your taxes! And look at this way – not many people laugh when they see a letter from the taxman.

When my son was doing his first on-line tax return, he noticed a drop down box with choice of titles.

I always wanted to make myself a Cardinal, or an Abbot, but was afraid I would spend the rest of my life responding to questioning letters from the ATO.

Muttsybignuts4:38 pm 13 Feb 09

johnboy said :

Simply because he chose to ignore a warning.

90% of comments made from moderation are eventually published. After a week or so of constructive, on topic commenting most people come out.

Further discussion of this here will be treated as off-topic posting though, I suggest you email me if you’d like to have further clarification.

Thanks mate.

Holden Caulfield4:31 pm 13 Feb 09

[three post nutbag]

Having thought about it for a bit longer, can anyone really come up with a better Canberra job title than “Usher of the Black Rod”?

[/three post nutbag]

Holden Caulfield4:29 pm 13 Feb 09

trevar said :

I’ve never thought there could be a better job title than “Opposition Whip”, myself.

Surely a “Chief Whip” is better than an “Opposition Whip”?

Holden Caulfield4:28 pm 13 Feb 09

justbands said :

A guy I work with (as a bit of a joke) requested that his official title be “Senior Expert Specialist”. The (US) management approved…so that’s his title now.

I haven’t read the whole thread, so I apologise if this has already been mentioned. I used to work with a guy who had a father who was a weapons inspector. Think Richard Butler, without being given the opportunity to rort the Tasmanian taxpayers. Anyway, his business card read:

Firstname Surname*
EXPERT

That’s pretty cool I reckon.

*Removed to protect the innocent.

I once sat through an extended AGM because some twit wanted to amend the constitution of the organisation so that their job title was changed from “Co-ordinater” to “Master”.

Simply because he chose to ignore a warning.

90% of comments made from moderation are eventually published. After a week or so of constructive, on topic commenting most people come out.

Further discussion of this here will be treated as off-topic posting though, I suggest you email me if you’d like to have further clarification.

Muttsybignuts3:55 pm 13 Feb 09

Thank you for an interesting read. I am a bit confused though. I read Riot Act a fair bit and see people attempt to tear each other a new arse, albeit tactfully and eloquently, every day. Why is Overheard being moderated for having a half hearted crack at someone else. I imagine it would take me about 20 seconds to find another post 10 times harsher.

When my son was doing his first on-line tax return, he noticed a drop down box with choice of titles. Not just Ms, Mr, Dr etc, but it included many many others, such as military titles and more. He chose ‘Lord’.

It still cracks me up that whenever the tax department writes to him and its addressed to Lord Owen surname.

Wow. Kellie is really pegging herself to Winsome and her achievements.

Pommy bastard3:20 pm 13 Feb 09

Hmmm… I wonder if there’s a title for someone the opposite of “Life Enhancer”?

Just about every bloody boss I’ve worked under, that woudl be.

PA: Preciousness Adviser?

seems like a pleasant if not slightly comical way to put it really.

Winsome is the manager of Inanna, and I guess Kellie would be her PA.

I know a plumber who used to call himself a Liquid Directional Engineer.

So your title ended up as VYBerlinaV8_the_on: Knocked Back?

That must have been disappointing.

VYBerlinaV8_the_one_they_all_copy3:05 pm 13 Feb 09

I once asked for my title to be ‘Grand High Poobah’, but got knocked back.

Kellie White
Life Enhancer to Winsome Willow,
Manager of Inanna Inc

So is Kellie both Life enhancer and manager of Inanna?

Or is she life enhancer to Winsome, who is manager?

I thought a Life Enhancer was something you picked up in computer games?

Granny, you’re the best life enhancer in the business!

Hey, I must be a life enhancer!

: )

I reckon a life enhancer makes your life better by just hanging around.

MY old man always told me that the the Post Numberals MLA stood for Man oafing About and I always had a chuckle at that one. Seems relevent with some of the muppets in teh assembly these days.

well… not a canberra job title…but when i worked on the trawlers up north one of the deckhands was always the designated “coffee c***” each night….

I’ve never thought there could be a better job title than “Opposition Whip”, myself.

Good.

I did some artwork for some business cards recently and the job title for one of the staff was “Office Wrangler”. Not way out there, but a tad unusual 😉

Overheard into moderation.

A warning is not an invitation to argue the toss (as it were).

What does a “Life Enhancer” do, then?

Talk about a colossal overreaction to a thread about interesting job titles… I had to read your posts a few times overheard to ensure you weren’t taking the piss.

Now, who did I call ‘spankers’? Can you tell from one word?

Do you know me that well?

Artsound FM this afternoon from 5.03pm — listen to some of the Inanna Choir (Inannarama), possibly including Kellie White and Winsome Willow. I don’t have the CD or booklet with me here.

And I did not say anything disparaging about spankers.

I used to know quite a few. It’s not my thing, but whatever floats your boat.

They were harmless (unless someone asked them to) but they were fun to have a drink with. Dress up nights were interesting….

Get to the Fringe tonight and you’ll see something like it. Burlesque night. Yay!

Come and say hello. You’ll find it hard to miss me! (Promoting others’ stuff, nothing here about me.)

trevar said :

Overheard said :

Oh. My. God.

Here, you offend certain religious groups;

Overheard said :

JB, and others, making fun of this person and their organisation (or simply holding them up for ridicule) is like making jokes about any of the organisations that are helping the bushfire victims.

Here you are most disparaging of those who make fun of people who the good Lord put on Earth for us to make fun of;

Overheard said :

Spankers.

And then you call them Spankers. Sure, it’s a funny insult, and made me giggle, but how can you not see where you’ve been offensive?

It’s a rock and roll world, trevar. I said ‘My God’, not yours. Didn’t even bring her up for discussion.

You did that all yourself, pal. Don’t put words or intents in other people’s mouths or keyboards, please.

That sort of thing should get you thrown into moderation.

But, he says, flying from radio station to radio station, there ain’t no such thing as bad publicity and if this gives Inanna organisation some exposure and profile, without unduly upsetting anyone, that’s a good result.

It’s the knock-on effect on the people involved and the people that use Inanna’s services or who have put in their time, effort and invested emotionally that concerns me.

And worse still, the people in terrible situations who might want to approach places like Inanna, but due to the sort of stuff above, would/could (note word choice) be scared of being vilified or ridiculed if they are in ‘crisis’ or ‘distress’ or actually badly need their ‘lives enhanced’.

Other fish to fry. I’m trying to help others to help others to enhance the lives of our fellow Australians who have…. well, you can read and probably are reading real news sites that can say more eloquently than I what’s going on to help our fellow humans.

‘Life Enhancer’

I actually quite like it.

O.V.R. Heard
Adding ‘Songwriter’ to his four page business card…

Overheard said :

Oh. My. God.

Here, you offend certain religious groups;

Overheard said :

JB, and others, making fun of this person and their organisation (or simply holding them up for ridicule) is like making jokes about any of the organisations that are helping the bushfire victims.

Here you are most disparaging of those who make fun of people who the good Lord put on Earth for us to make fun of;

Overheard said :

Spankers.

And then you call them Spankers. Sure, it’s a funny insult, and made me giggle, but how can you not see where you’ve been offensive?

johnboy said :

Overheard, you won’t make NOTW, you’ll just make the mod list, possibly permanently.

I suggest you phrase your arguments without abusing other readers, or me, if you want to be heard in future.

Please point where I have “abus[ing]ed other readers, or me”, Johnboy.

Then I’ll go and send you offline some of your greatest hits where you have explicitly abused people. Directly and indirectly.

Pommy bastard said :

Overheard said :

JB, and others, making fun of this person and their organisation (or simply holding them up for ridicule) is like making jokes about any of the organisations that are helping the bushfire victims.

Apart from our gentle mocking of the job title, no-one has in any way ridiculed the person, let alone the organisation, mate.

“or simply holding them up for ridicule” is the phrase you need to have a think about and then rephrase your statement. Mate.

Another colleague has sent me a verifiable source for a person who works as a “Future Team Leader”

Ambitious or ambiguous?

I am sure Kellie does a great job but I think most “pubes” like to have at least 4 lines of text under their name to make them sound and feel important.

Many moons ago I used to actually work for a living and I used the name ‘doctor of sanitry science’

Life Enhancer? I thought that stuff only came in liquid form.

Pommy bastard12:36 pm 13 Feb 09

Overheard said :

JB, and others, making fun of this person and their organisation (or simply holding them up for ridicule) is like making jokes about any of the organisations that are helping the bushfire victims.

Apart from our gentle mocking of the job title, no-one has in any way ridiculed the person, let alone the organisation, mate.

Overheard, you won’t make NOTW, you’ll just make the mod list, possibly permanently.

I suggest you phrase your arguments without abusing other readers, or me, if you want to be heard in future.

neanderthalsis11:58 am 13 Feb 09

Winsome Willow evokes images of toad hall, mole etc…

In realtity she is less entertaining though. I wonder what a life enhancer does? Iron her shirts?

Oh. My. God.

I am so tempted to write some ‘Nutter of the Month’ style rant with lost of spelling errors, capitals and written forms of phlegm.

JB, and others, making fun of this person and their organisation (or simply holding them up for ridicule) is like making jokes about any of the organisations that are helping the bushfire victims.

Actually, scratch that, like pointing and giggling at Lifeline, or a rape crisis centre, or Ainslie Village or some of the many good causes that have been championed on this site.

You can make fun of… stuff it, I have bigger fish to fry.

And will now be playing some music from an event publicised here before: http://the-riotact.com/?p=8921 on the wireless this afternoon.

Have fun finding other vulnerable and fragile people to point, stare and giggle at.

Spankers.

Pommy bastard11:36 am 13 Feb 09

Gobbo said :

Who is Winsome Willow?

Shouldn’t that be; “what is Winsome Willow?”

I always thought “solutions architect” was about as naff as you can get.

When I collected trolleys at Woolworths I was a “mobile assets relocation officer”.

Curses. I should have used my friend Google before asking.

A friend of a friend is a “Fresh Blood Manager”

(at the blood bank)

Who is Winsome Willow?

Many years ago in a terrible front-of-house job I had, I made my own business cards to cheer me up. I titled myself, ‘Front Desk Dude’

neanderthalsis10:12 am 13 Feb 09

I always wanted “thinker in residence” but you need to go to Adelaide for that.

Pommy bastard10:08 am 13 Feb 09

Hippies, you can’t like them can you?

A guy I work with (as a bit of a joke) requested that his official title be “Senior Expert Specialist”. The (US) management approved…so that’s his title now.

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