Occupation?

 I don't cut my own lawn anymore, so I don't have to go to the lawn mower repair place around the corner.  And between the price of mower repairs and the price to hire some really dependable guys to mow our 1/4 acre, I figure we break even.

But I drive by the shop because, like I say, it is right around the corner, and last week one of the mower repair guys was outside cutting the lawn of the shop. So that got me to thinking.

I guess barbers and hairdressers are more or less obligated to cut each other's hair. But if you're a a butcher, do you have to supply the rib-eyes for the neighborhood cookout? If you're a baker, does it fall on you to show up at family gatherings with a nicely done up gâteau? If your profession is making candlesticks, does everyone wait for you at dinnertime to light the wicks?

Let's say you're an air traffic controller. ("You're an air traffic controller.") Now let's say, when you go on vacation to see the folks back home in Crystal Falls, do you climb up in the tower and help land a few? Kennel workers, do you find others expecting you to groom their pets? Servers, does Aunt Minnie expect you to dish out the chow on Thanksgiving?

If you work at the local US Post Office that is supposed to bring us our mail, I don't expect you to do anything. I'm shocked any time you show up, frankly.

And yes, I know from asking, meteorologists are always being asked for weather forecasts. ("Minnie's daughter Eloise is getting married on the 23rd of next month. Do you think it will be sunny and nice that day?")

And, anyone who has ever been on the radio is used to people saying, "Say something like you would say it on the radio!" The only answer is, "I just did."