It's a Geologist Thing You Wouldn't Understand
Geologists stop the car for a roadcut, and everyone else in the car has learned to expect it.
One design for this subject, on a Unisex Standard T-Shirt. If more appear in the same line they will show up here.
Geologists stop the car for a roadcut, and everyone else in the car has learned to expect it.
Trade and profession shirts are specific on purpose. Someone who says they are a geologist will not accept a near-miss title, and the closely related jobs each have their own version — that precision is the whole point of the joke.
One design for this job so far. Check the wording matches the title they actually use before buying.
Best for someone a few years into the work — long enough that the job has its own vocabulary and its own complaints. For a new starter it can read as presumptuous, and for someone who has left the trade it reads as nostalgia rather than a joke.
Field geologists cannot walk past an interesting outcrop, and everyone who has ever gone hiking with one knows this.
The timescales are the part that changes how they see landscape — a hillside is an event, just a slow one.
The hammer is real, the hand lens is real, and both live in the coat permanently.
The wording only works when it names the exact job, so it is worth checking before you buy. Gynecology, Hockey Coach and Inspector each have their own page with their own designs, and there are more below.