It's a Locksmith Thing You Wouldn't Understand
Locksmiths get the same joke about breaking in, usually before they have put the toolbox down.
One design for this subject, on a Unisex Standard T-Shirt. If more appear in the same line they will show up here.
Locksmiths get the same joke about breaking in, usually before they have put the toolbox down.
Trade and profession shirts are specific on purpose. Someone who says they are a locksmith 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.
The burglar joke arrives within a minute of the job being mentioned, every time, and locksmiths have long since stopped pretending it is funny.
Most call-outs are people locked out of their own homes at an unhelpful hour, usually in whatever they were wearing.
Picking is a small part of the trade. Most of it is fitting, cutting and repairing.
The wording only works when it names the exact job, so it is worth checking before you buy. Logger, Macro Photographer and Manager each have their own page with their own designs, and there are more below.