Monday, September 6, 2010

Umm...I bake?

I'm never sure how to answer the following exchange with people I meet:

Them: "So what do you do?"
Me: "I'm a baker for [insert company name here]."
Them: Oh wow, that's cool! What do you do there?"
Me: "...Umm...I bake?"

I don't want to be a smart alack and answer with the above response, but I'm not sure what information they're after. Do they want a detailed list of each product we make? Or maybe a play-by-play of the proofing process and shaping of our sourdoughs? Or do we ask this question automatically because so many people have obscure job titles like "Consumer Marketing Specialist?"

I certainly can understand why people get confused with titles like the one mentioned above. But my job title is the noun of the action verb that encompasses my job. I bake. I am baking. I am a baker. I put things in ovens and they come out yummy.

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