# A guessing game: What does Skald the Rhymer do for a living? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082 "2006-12-06T16:55:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/21 "2006-12-06T18:03:52Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Do your responsibilities primarily involve contact with outside customers/clients either by face to face contact or via telephone? [/QUOTE] Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/22 "2006-12-06T18:03:54Z")
[QUOTE=Spiff] Does your job primarily entail meeting the needs of clients? [/QUOTE] Please define “needs”. OK, I have a dirty mind… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/23 "2006-12-06T18:09:04Z")
Do you work in a sales capacity? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/24 "2006-12-06T18:10:53Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Do you work in a sales capacity? [/QUOTE] Negative. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/25 "2006-12-06T18:13:02Z")
[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer] [obtuse hat] Um…do you know what a “question” is? Or is that your guess? [/obtuse hat] [/QUOTE] Guess. Wrong, I presume. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/26 "2006-12-06T18:21:27Z")
[QUOTE=An Arky] Guess. Wrong, I presume. [/QUOTE] Yes, it was a wrong guess. Also we have no bananas today. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/27 "2006-12-06T18:35:07Z")
Does your work focus mainly on troubleshooting customers’ problems over the phone? ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/28 "2006-12-06T18:35:39Z")
Are you a CSR (Customer Service Rep)? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/29 "2006-12-06T18:35:46Z")
To catch up the rest of us playing at home, Skald works… In the private sector In an office primarily in one location (possible a desk although not specified) Works mostly with outside customers He does have a degree, but it does not relate to his work. The work is not in IT, consulting,management,sales,insurance or advertising. the work does not mostly involve numbers. He is not an evil overlord but does approve of beating Ben Affleck with his oscar. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/30 "2006-12-06T18:36:47Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] He is not an evil overlord but does approve of beating Ben Affleck with his oscar. [/QUOTE] Skald has an Oscar??? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/31 "2006-12-06T18:41:07Z")
[QUOTE=The Scrivener] Does your work focus mainly on troubleshooting customers’ problems over the phone? [/QUOTE] Nah. [QUOTE=Winston Smith] Are you a CSR (Customer Service Rep)? [/QUOTE] Nope. > [@](#): > > Skald has an Oscar??? [bitch hijack]I have exactly as many oscars as Ben Affleck deserves. [/bitchy hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/32 "2006-12-06T18:47:44Z")
Are you in HR? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/33 "2006-12-06T18:51:30Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] Are you in HR? [/QUOTE] No. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/34 "2006-12-06T18:52:13Z")
Do you work in a library of some sort? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/35 "2006-12-06T18:54:14Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Do you work in a library of some sort? [/QUOTE] No. I have, however, been to LaFayette in the course of my employment. Given that it was for a previous job, though, that bit of information doesn’t do y’all a damn bit of good and I am only mentioning it to be a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/36 "2006-12-06T18:59:55Z")
Do you bring your customers physical pleasure? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/37 "2006-12-06T19:01:12Z")
[QUOTE=jali] Do you bring your customers physical pleasure? [/QUOTE] No. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/38 "2006-12-06T19:05:27Z")
Are you a receptionist? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/39 "2006-12-06T19:08:52Z")
[QUOTE=Missy2U] Are you a receptionist? [/QUOTE] Nyet, nein, nay, no, nah, nope, nuh-uh. ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guessing-game-what-does-skald-the-rhymer-do-for-a-living/383082/40 "2006-12-06T19:15:51Z")
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