[HPforGrownups] Muggleborns choosing WW

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 118262

 Sandy wrote:
>Maybe I'm just stuck in Muggle thought processes, but I don't see
>that most wizarding jobs are all that much different from their
>Muggle counterparts, or "stripped of the unpleasant part of work."
>Teachers still have to plan lessons, grade papers and keep an eye out
>for the exploding cauldron or stray spell that turns a student into a
>water buffalo or causes their teeth to grow like a beaver's; civil
>servants still have to deal with paperwork and red tape; shop keepers
>have to be physically present during business hours, etc.

I'm sure you didn't mean to imply that Muggle teachers have to deal with
those eventualities (a fascinating thought if they did)!

But no, I'm not implying that work doesn't _exist_ in the WW, just that we
haven't seen any canon evidence for useless or alienating work.

>let them churn out elf clothes day and night.) You can't just conjure
>up a flying broom, someone still has the tedious-sounding job of picking
>out the right sticks and twigs and putting them together properly, as
>well as adding the appropriate charms to guarantee it flies, is
>balanced and will brake when needed. An assembly line job to create a
>magical product.

Maybe a broom maker takes enormous pride in putting together the right
sticks and twigs and it's a closely guarded craft secret, of course... This
once again isn't something which canon tells us. _Are_ broomsticks made on
an assembly line by miserable workers each of whom has the task of
installing one particular twig, or are they made individually by time served
craftswizards in a workshop, each signed by the person who produced them?
(Coinage has the individual mark of the producer, but that's made by goblins
so it would be risky to extend that analogy).

>I will grant you that driving the Knight Bus would be a whole lot
>more fun than the Muggle equivalent of driving a Greyhound through
>rural Mississippi, but even then you have to deal with nauseous
>passengers.

Evanesco.

>The only job that sounds totally cool is the one there's no Muggle
>equivalent for -- Bill Weasley's exotic job as a curse-breaker in
>Egypt. But I'm sure it has its own dirty, dusty, dangerous drawbacks
>as well.

Wouldn't fancy it myself (is it the job or the job holder that's cool in
this case!?)

But JKR alone knows all

Cheers

Ffred

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