CERTIFIED PROFESSIONALS

Ever wondered what that meant?

Professional means they do it for a job and had special training to do it. Anything from Brain Surgery to Carpet Cleaning can be classified as Professional. There have even been examples of Whingers being Professional but you'll find many of these just migrated from England unqualified.

The term Certified adds extra weight to your business card. It indicates that you have been accepted by other people who do the same job. It's like being invited to join the Progress Association. Some refer to this act as being eligible to be 'Certified'. Even some of the journalists for the Astonisher have been 'Certified'. They are professional at what they do and other people who journalise just as goodly invite them to join their gang.

Who exemplify the term 'Certified Professionals'? Irishman Andrew Joyce the CEO of Qantas, had an Irish relative named James Joyce (Author of 'Ulysses') who not only knew about screwing people but wrote all about it as well. There is a difference however. James only screwed people in bed while Andrew managed to f........ people all around the world.

Professional – does it really mean anything? Even Real Estate Agents call themselves Professional, and Second-hand Car Dealers, Insurance Salesmen and Politicians.

Certified – does it add anything to being professional? Maybe it just means that people who have no ethics agree that their latest recruit has no ethics either.

Way back in the days when I wasted time at the Health Faculty of Sydney University it was constantly on my mind as to who checks the sanity of the people who check our sanity. Some of the Psychiatrists I ran across were demonstrably certifiable but nobody was game to put themselves in charge and do anything about it but just stood by and watched these ‘nutters’ progress on to jobs in the government sector pretending they know all about Skinners Pigeons and interpreting Myer-Briggs.

There is an old 'truism' that advises one about any goods or services you are about to purchase.

Whether they are a Certified Professional or Professionally Certified…... 'LET THE BUYER BEWARE'