People are sharing the jobs they wanted when they were 5 and it’s an innocent delight

It’s not always (ever) the case that the job you want to do when you’re 5 years old is the job you end up doing when you’re all grown up.

And a lot of the time those nascent ambitions are very funny and rather touching. Like this lot unearthed by a chap called Eric Alper after he asked this on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/ThatEricAlper/status/1088481752044183554

And here are the very best 17 replies.

1.

I am Traffic Lights

— Steve F (@mlvcfannireland) January 24, 2019

2.

Senior Level Packing Bubble Popper. I’ll be in my office if anybody needs me.

— Kevin Sussman (@KevinSussman) January 24, 2019

3.

https://twitter.com/heyitsliore/status/1088517266105200641

4.

I drive the tiny train at the zoo https://t.co/RXUebZXJKv

— ⭐️ Griffin Candey ⭐️ (@griffincandey) January 24, 2019

5.

https://twitter.com/maxtastrophe/status/1088496312830566401

6.

Writing about dystopian worlds. But I thought it would be fiction. https://t.co/uIKXIaeyj5

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) January 24, 2019

7.

Hurray, I am a policeman clown! https://t.co/6uqJUAMNjO

— Eric Bailey (@EricVBailey) January 24, 2019

8.

Ice Cream Lady. Drive the truck, ring the bell AND free ice cream.

— Nancy DeVico (@NancyDeVico) January 24, 2019

9.

My dream was to combine mail delivery with an ice cream truck.

— Rita Meter Maid (@rd522) January 24, 2019

10.

I am a Police Dog https://t.co/zK4lg1MsKG

— trouteyes (@trouteyes) January 24, 2019