The 3 most trusted professions and the 3 least trusted

I didn't read the OP as light-hearted either - rather thought-provoking. It's terribly sad that trust has become so lacking. As others have said, I do tend to be a trusting person. BUT ...... I would never trust a politician and I have a strong mistrust of 'the meeja'. On the other hand I do trust BBC news. At a local level trust is my baseline in everyday dealings and lost trust is never regained.

I don’t trust someone purely based on what they actually do for a living. It’s more how they do their job with interest in what they do no matter what their job is.
A person can have a highly ranking professional job but not be very good at it in reality. On the other hand a person could have the most dirty horrid job but take pride in doing it right.
Everyone is an individual I don’t like classification stereotyping or labelling people.

If something is lighthearted, best to put it in the title. Or at least clearly in the opening post.
It saves misunderstandings.

Not telling anyone what to do.
Just advice.

I think our trust in doctors has been betrayed. They are under the thumb of the drug companies, which encourage them to prescribe too many drugs. We are also constantly given advice on health, which then turns out to be incorrect.
Teachers are given instructions on what to teach. Many teachers have left the profession because of this modern ideology which is actually telling lies to children.

I don't need to be "warned" that something is lighthearted.
If it is or isn't, and I don't like it, I don't read further or contribute.

We have a very good estate agent, I am very happy using the company. My recommendations was based on broad experience. As we have renovated and extended ou current home we have dealt with tradesmen of all kinds and always found them good and trustworthy. The same for car mechanics and coach drivers.

I assume anyone listing professions would be doing it on personal expereince, not just old fashioned ideas of respecting our 'betters'

Another vote for not being judgmental or categorising people without knowing their work and worth.
My son began his career as a car salesman, moved to Food production and is now a Managing Director. He is very trustworthy. Another family member is an estate agent.

I trust my plumber who has been coming here for 12 years. I treat people with respect but with caution.

So glad I am not a teacher nowadays.

I have problems trusting anyone really. But I do feel fairly happy with the nice young chap who cleans the windows and cuts the grass etc. I think I can trust him.
Also the garage where I've been taking my car for many years. I've never had any reason to suspect that they are ripping me off.
I'm sad to say that I don't trust doctors and do feel let down by them. What on earth has happened to the good old family doctors who knew us inside out? And I much prefer the nurses at the surgery rather than the doctors.
Also, one hospital consultant in particular who treated me like I was something nasty on his shoe. I wish now that I had reported him at the time.
As for teachers, I simply don't have any dealings with them these days. Having worked for an estate agent once, I don't trust them at all. Politicians, absolutely not!

fancythat

If something is lighthearted, best to put it in the title. Or at least clearly in the opening post.
It saves misunderstandings.

Not telling anyone what to do.
Just advice.

Thanks for that fancythat Appreciate your comment. Sometimes I have a very different way of looking at things, possibly cultural and in future I will say if it is meant to be lighthearted. The actual thing I listened to was quite funny, at least that is how it turned out.

Henetha, I sympathise with you about bad communication in hospital. We are all so vulnerable as patients. I hope you can put the experience behind you and I assure you , you are not the only one this has happened to.
BTW surgeons , not physicians, may be the more frequent culprits!

Thanks Caleo. He really was the most unpleasant person I have ever come across in the medical world.
Yes, I'm sure there are many people who have experienced similar. We just have to suck it up, I suppose, as I gather that making a formal complaint can be a very difficult matter.
Anyway, I'm ok now. But just disillusioned with doctors of all kinds...

They are under the thumb of the drug companies, which encourage them to prescribe too many drugs.

I think you are wrong mum2three but I do think they are forced to prescribe instead of running tests sometimes.

So, for example, if you have a skin problem they will eliminate what it isn't and gradually work towards a solution by saying "it's likely to be xyz" and giving you drugs in the hope they are right instead of swabbing/sampling and finding out first. My surgery has no sample kits available.

I have had drugs given to me rather than be sent to hospital for a scan to check exactly what my problem is.

I have to deal with Lawyers, Bankers and Car Dealers none can be trusted its caveat emptor, they only protect their own interests. It’s much worse than it used to be 20 yrs ago you could arrange a deal with some confidence, that’s long gone.

The list of professions I don't trust after certain life experiences is far too long to list here.

We have to trust all of them to a certain degree though, because without them we'd be scuppered.

I trust my daughter, I trust my good friends and some members of my family. I trust myself, but I trust in God more. He never lets me down!

nanna8

Listening to our radio here today and they were talking about this. The most trusted were doctors, teachers and people serving in restaurants and the least trusted ( surprise surprise) were politicians, sales executives, and bankers.
What do you think? Someone rang in and disagreed with teachers because they said theybtell students what to think politically and are too ‘woke’. Interesting comment I thought.

Least trusted by me are hospital consultants, I could have a long rant but I won’t.
Next on the list are builders.Next come plumbers, needless to say I’ve had issues with all these three over the years.
More trusted are teachers, funeral directors and removal men.
An eclectic grouping😁but just what I’ve found to be reliable.

mum2three

I think our trust in doctors has been betrayed. They are under the thumb of the drug companies, which encourage them to prescribe too many drugs. We are also constantly given advice on health, which then turns out to be incorrect.
Teachers are given instructions on what to teach. Many teachers have left the profession because of this modern ideology which is actually telling lies to children.

I do not think doctors in the UK are under the thumb of the drug companies. To begin with NICE make decisions about what drugs can and cannot be prescribed and, I think, what they can be prescribed for. Then most GP practices have a budget for drugs and try not to prescribe drugs if they can avoid it. Although once you are on a drug they do seem to mindlessly keep renewing subscriptions.

My main complaint about doctors concerns misdiagnosis and not taking other symptoms the patient reports seriously because, they have made up their mind on the diagnosis and do not want to be bothered by patients reporting symptoms that conflict with the diagnosis they have decided upon.

I can totally agree with that, having been on the receiving end of the "stress" diagnosis, because that is what had been decided for me.

The thing is, you can’t generalise. There are trustworthy and untrustworthy types in all walks of life, all sorts of professions.
Yes, our own view can be tarnished by personal experience, but even then it’s wrong to suggest, surely, that all people working in the profession in which you’ve had an unpleasant experience with are untrustworthy. Every builder untrustworthy? Every doctor? Every teacher? Every politician? Every banker? etc, etc? Of course not.

I don't trust anyone until I find that they are trustworthy.
I trust my MP, having worked with him.
I trust my decorator.
I have some trust in my designated GP but not really in the others at the practice.
That's about it.
I'm chary about the garage that does my car.
Also about the dental practice.
Also about the care agency I've paid £££ to after I was really ill following the operation for bowel cancer in August.

Liz46

I was disgusted when a teacher told my grandson's class that there are 52 different sexes. I agree about not trusting politicians.

Teachers don't have much control over what they teach. They must follow policies and curriculums no matter what they actually think. 52 sexes sounds ludicrous! Please don't label all teachers as untrustworthy!

NotSpaghetti

^They are under the thumb of the drug companies, which encourage them to prescribe too many drugs.^

I think you are wrong mum2three but I do think they are forced to prescribe instead of running tests sometimes.

So, for example, if you have a skin problem they will eliminate what it isn't and gradually work towards a solution by saying "it's likely to be xyz" and giving you drugs in the hope they are right instead of swabbing/sampling and finding out first. My surgery has no sample kits available.

I have had drugs given to me rather than be sent to hospital for a scan to check exactly what my problem is.

Absolutely. I could have written that post NotSpaghetti both from DH’s treatment and my own.

Not so much the people who work in them but I do not trust Insurance Companies. Experience recently of hospital nurses, awful.

Caleo

Henetha, I sympathise with you about bad communication in hospital. We are all so vulnerable as patients. I hope you can put the experience behind you and I assure you , you are not the only one this has happened to.
BTW surgeons , not physicians, may be the more frequent culprits!

What’s the difference between God and a surgeon. God knows he’s not a surgeon 😂

I used to vaguely think nurses were OK. Being man handled by one and belittled by another changed this. Both at a time of great heartache.

Hi, Teacher here!
So tired of hearing the old chestnut about 'woke' teachers influencing children politically.
If we could make children do anything we would make them:
1 Turn up on time
2 Behave beautifully
3 Work hard
That's it.