mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
Right - when people wrote that ebay isn’t a job, they are thinking about entry #2. eBay isn’t a full time or part time “post of employment.” And a seller on eBay - whether casual or dedicated - might have individual tasks that could be referred to as “jobs” (taking the packages to the PO might be a job).
Point is that writing that being a full time seller isn’t a job isn’t an insult. It is just that it isn’t a job by the regular definition. That is not an insult, and it doesn’t mean that a dedicated seller doesn’t put in long hours or approach their activities with high degree of professionalism.
It isn’t a paid position, and that’s fine. A friend’s husband is a bitcoin investor -
does very well for himself. Nice house in a great area, plenty of money socked away for retirement. He doesn’t have a job - but works just as many hours as some would, and earns more than he would if he was collecting a paycheck from a “job.” If I say that he doesn’t have a job, that isn’t a negative.
You seem to be confusing the definition of an Employee with the definition of a Job. You do NOT have to be an some companies Employee to have a job. By your definition no one that works for themselves doesn't have a job, even if they are paid for performing whatever service it is they offer.
So when I was an consultant and paid by various companies for services I performed for them, I didn't have a job??? Sure could have fooled me, I could swear I was working job and being paid for the services I rendered.
job
noun (1)
pluraljobs
1a
: a regular remunerative position
got a part-time job as a waiter
she quit her job
b
: a specific duty, role, or function
The heart's job is to circulate blood.
c(1)
: something that has to be done : TASK
was given the job of delivering the bad news
(2)
: an undertaking requiring unusual exertion
it was a real job to talk over that noise
2a
: a piece of work
doing odd jobs around the house
Repairing the roof was a big job.
especially : a small miscellaneous piece of work undertaken on order at a stated rate
a car that needs a brake job
b: the object or material on which work is being done
c: something produced by or as if by work
did a nice job
3a: something done for private advantage
the whole incident was a put-up job
b: a criminal enterprise
specifically : ROBBERY
There comes a time in everyone's life when you need a lawyer. And I'm not implying that you're going to hold up a liquor store or pull a bank job anytime soon.—Stephen Fenech
c: a damaging or destructive bit of work
did a job on him
4 chiefly British : state of affairs
it was a good job you didn't hit the old man—E. L. Thomas
5: plastic surgery for cosmetic purposes
an eye job
jobbed; jobbing
1: to do odd or occasional pieces of work for hire
supported himself by jobbing in local orchestras
2: to carry on public business for private gain
2: to hire or let by the job or for a period of service
job a carriage
4: to do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots : SUBCONTRACT
a publisher who knew the market might have jobbed out the work to factories in Asia—Michael Shnayerson
5: to penalize or deprive unfairly
… fans and players who may still believe that … they were jobbed out of a World Championship …—Roger Angell
1: of or relating to a job or to employment
a guarantee of job security
2: used in, engaged in, or done as job work
a job shop
3 British : that is for hire for a given service or period
a job gardener
1: the hero of the book of Job who endures afflictions with fortitude and faith
2: a narrative and poetic book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture
@meme6253 wrote:All I said was replies were not needed, However calling someone names for NO Good reason is Really Immature!
The post of @conservitvs you are responding to did not call you or anyone else names. Unlike your first line in your original post. Just sayin'.
