# Ridiculously elaborate job titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-elaborate-job-titles/619429 "2012-04-20T17:51:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-elaborate-job-titles/619429/41 "2012-04-25T00:02:30Z")
I wish I could remember the title I came across today. It was something ludicrous like “Business Leader at the CEO’s Office.” So you’re a PA, right? ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-elaborate-job-titles/619429/42 "2012-04-25T00:20:37Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > They aren’t just selling a product, they’re selling a service model. I like the post - username combo 😛 ---
**Author:** ![smee\_goan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@smee\_goan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smee_goan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-elaborate-job-titles/619429/43 "2012-04-25T21:34:41Z")
DOT compliance officer, A supervisor who the other day changed a bad headlight on a bus ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-elaborate-job-titles/619429/44 "2012-04-25T23:06:35Z")
> [@SunSandSuffering](#): > > On the present series of BBC’s The Apprentice there’s a “Drinks Distribution Entrepreneur”. You just know he worked on his dad’s transit van during the summer holidays delivering milk. I had similar thoughts, but I figured he was one of the guys that replaces the big bottles on the water coolers. > [@](#): > > Looks like he got fired on last night’s episode: > [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pj01n/candidates/duane-bryan](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pj01n/candidates/duane-bryan) Thanks for the spoiler! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-elaborate-job-titles/619429/45 "2012-04-26T18:23:09Z")
I used to buy [EKHO](http://www.ekho.us/) heart rate monitors for our health clubs and knew the owner. His business card had his title as El Presidente. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-elaborate-job-titles/619429/46 "2012-04-26T18:40:47Z")
I was Chief of Staff once, unfortunately it wasn’t at the Ministry of Defence, it was at a cinema and I was in charge of the Usherettes. Sorry Receptionists. When we were advertising for a new one our boss got fed up with angry women storming off when they found out that the job was showing people to their seats and selling ice creams, rather then sitting behind a desk operating a switchboard ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-elaborate-job-titles/619429/47 "2012-04-26T19:13:45Z")
“As Assistant Regional Manager…” “Assistant TO the Regional Manager…” ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-elaborate-job-titles/619429/48 "2012-04-27T11:14:00Z")
I saw a sign inside a Lord and Taylor dressing room that said activities were being monitored by a Loss Prevention Specialist. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-elaborate-job-titles/619429/49 "2012-04-29T10:41:36Z")
I had my ticket checked on a train the other day by a ‘Revenue Protection Officer’. Purlease, you’re a ticket collector. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-elaborate-job-titles/619429/50 "2012-04-29T17:34:04Z")
My company has an “Operations Excellence Manager.” Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-elaborate-job-titles/619429/51 "2012-04-29T17:39:09Z")
I remember a Harlan Ellison story – I think it was _The Place With No Name_ – where the narrator talked about garbage men being ‘sanitation engineers’ and such. In talking about the protagonist of the story, he said something like ‘“Entertainment Liaison Agent”? Pfui. Norman was a pimp.’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ridiculously-elaborate-job-titles/619429.md?page=2)