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4 basic types of people:

Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2014 04:45:06 GMT

1: leader

2: investigative

3: carer

4: prat

Which are you?

I'm carer type, who now wishes to do some investigative stuff = scientific if I can ..... ..... ..... the prat part in me is my silly/ridiculous sense of humour, or so I believe

the Powerful People here on O2CF are Good-Allrounders & their prat part = terrific sense of humour

if you are basic prat type eg the guy who hangs around the water cooler loving hearing the sound of his own voice surrounded by a group of people with delighted expressions upon their faces & it'd be little old me saying excuse me, excuse me repeatedly until I could get some water asap as I'd have a deadline from my boss to achieve

WispaRed7

Re: 4 basic types of people:

Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2014 05:24:24 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

I personally don't prefer to label people.

As human beings people revert to type and typically change their personality and characteristics in different settings. Ie if under stress one can become moody etc.

If I was to label myself fir the sake of your thread it was be 'listener'

Re: 4 basic types of people:

Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2014 05:38:13 GMT

yes, the BoB I know in my short time on O2CF I'd say you are a good listener

I don't wish to go into detail now ( done too much of that recently on O2CF )

but yes I have mood swings in a general sort of way

its raining cats & dogs here

hope its better where you are

WispaRed7

Re: 4 basic types of people:

Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2014 05:40:08 GMT

Hi Wispared7

Unfortunately it's the same weather here too.

I'll be leaving my humble abode to make my way through it to work.

😞

Glad I only work half days on a Friday.

Re: 4 basic types of people:

Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2014 10:02:40 GMT

I doubt if anyone else will own up to it let me be the first to confess with all due modesty that I am a PRAT, which the more savvy amongst you may know is an acronym for Perfectly Reasonable Adult Technophobe - which is why I can often be found skulking about this Community picking up hints and tips galore. :O))

Gerry

(Hon. Sec. "Save the PRATs Society")

Re: 4 basic types of people:

Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2014 17:57:33 GMT

Well Gerry, you have given me a right good old belly laugh

As relatively new to IT ..... I did not know that PRAT amongst you techno savvy people meant

Perfectly Reasonable Adult Technophobe

= just love it

enjoy what's left of the day

WispaRed7

Re: 4 basic types of people:

Cleoriff — Sat, 10 May 2014 08:17:33 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I doubt if anyone else will own up to it let me be the first to confess with all due modesty that I am a PRAT, which the more savvy amongst you may know is an acronym for Perfectly Reasonable Adult Technophobe - which is why I can often be found skulking about this Community picking up hints and tips galore. :O))

Gerry
(Hon. Sec. "Save the PRATs Society")

Well @Anonymous I have never heard that acronym before...so now I will say I too am a PRAT.and like you am often found skulking around the help threads reading absorbing and learning (a bit at a time)

So, if anyone should call me a prat in future I will be able to agree with them

Re: 4 basic types of people:

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 01:51:45 GMT

I'm reviving this thread for a reason

Is it possible to change from one type of person & develop yourself well not into another type, I don't mean that quite exactly ... ... ... but I'm well ruddy sick & tired of being 'carer' type ... ... ... I can't draw pics, but you are attracted to the opposite types, so I'm attracted to 'leader' types, which is true, I can attest to that in my working life, my better jobs were when I was working for say a lone boss or more-than-one (max 5 at one time) in a clerical support / telephonist way ... ... ... there is some overlap in people types ... ... ... but the passive / agressive it the worst sort of person in real life ... ... ... & ... ... ... on the 4 basic types of people ie prat for me to be with ... ... ... & of course ... ... ... me being little ol' Wispa' in my private life attract the crap ie prat / passive-agressive type of people

I can't go back & ask the course leader about the above ^ ^ ^ for various reasons ... ... ... but ... ... ... that course was the Best Course I'd Ever Been On

What's the best course you've been on ?

WispaRed7

Re: 4 basic types of people:

Daddydoink — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 06:52:43 GMT

Best course? Antibiotics. That and the cream, of course.

Re: 4 basic types of people:

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:34:23 GMT

@Daddydoink wrote:
Best course? Antibiotics. That and the cream, of course.

thank you for putting a smile on this ol' lass' face ... ... ... allus fond of a laff

Re: 4 basic types of people:

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:57:12 GMT

You are right in what you are saying @WispaRed7. People evolve and it's wonderful to see that happening. Would you say you have evolved from "carer" to more "leader"?

Re: 4 basic types of people:

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:50:08 GMT

No @Anonymous I'm not a leader, I'm a sheep, albeit a black one It isn't in me to become leader-type

I would dearly like to go investigative / scientific type

eg I'd luv to go & do say Physics to GCSE 'O' level

We have a town college

but the courses are prohibitively expensive

You used to be able to get a course for a fiver, given certain circumstances, now that's gone, you see it used to be the college needed a certain number of students to run a course

town collee now affiliated to Huddersfield University

geared to young people (quite rightly imho) but since no 'night school' even the vocational courses are beyond my means

How is it in your area of UK @Anonymous

Re: 4 basic types of people:

Cleoriff — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 11:28:48 GMT

People do evolve. I walked out of school with not a qualification to my name....Went into nursing as a cadet at 15 and 5 half days a week were spent in 'college' I then went into nursing at 18. Got married.. had kids and then dedicated myself to my career...as well as running a home and family.

It worked well for me and wouldn't change a thing. I had many opportunities within nursing to go on and get more qualifications. The hospitals were great allowing education and development. No...I wouldn't change one thing...:smileywink:

Re: 4 basic types of people:

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 11:14:46 GMT

@Cleoriff wrote:
People do evolve. I walked out of school with not a qualification to my name....Went into nursing as a cadet at 15 and 5 half days a week were spent in 'college' I then went inti nursing at 18. Got married.. had kids and then dedicated myself to my career...as well as running a home and family.
It worked well for me and wouldn't change a thing. I had many opportunities within nursing to go on and get more qualifications. The hospitals were great allowing education and development. No...I wouldn't change one thing...:smileywink:

Good for you @Cleoriff

Re: 4 basic types of people:

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 11:15:33 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

No @Anonymous I'm not a leader, I'm a sheep, albeit a black one It isn't in me to become leader-type

I would dearly like to go investigative / scientific type

eg I'd luv to go & do say Physics to GCSE 'O' level

We have a town college

but the courses are prohibitively expensive

You used to be able to get a course for a fiver, given certain circumstances, now that's gone, you see it used to be the college needed a certain number of students to run a course

town collee now affiliated to Huddersfield University

geared to young people (quite rightly imho) but since no 'night school' even the vocational courses are beyond my means

How is it in your area of UK @Anonymous

I live in London so there a great choices of courses available. However with a very high price tag. I am all for education but I think education should be available for free. Look at countries like Finland and Sweden, socialist countries in their inception, they are the leading examples when it comes to high-standard free higher education. Finland being rated the top country in the world. That being said, there are online courses that you can get for affordable prices here in the UK and community colleges that have affordable curriculum. Do you have time to study full time? Would your company support your expenses of the course? If you want to study, nothing should stop you

Re: 4 basic types of people:

Cleoriff — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 11:33:19 GMT

Many of our colleges and community learning centres offer free courses. I enrolled for basic Spanish a few years back....sadly they changed the day and as I was going to Birmingham University at that time to do a degree and the dates clashed...I had to give it up... (then got lazy as so many Spaniards saved me the trouble by learning near perfect English)