As a professional working in the IT industry (I’ll assume you’re a professional) how do you respond to the question (from the person who still has no real comprehension of what computers are and do) “So... what do you do?”...

I get this quite a lot, and more often than not it’s from those people who grew up without them and never had to use them (lucky really).

I used to respond as best I could with what I thought would be understood, but this was usually met with, glazed eyes, more questions or silence.

So how do you respond?

a) mumble something incoherently and quickly change the subject

b) embark upon a TLA tirade that leaves your inquisitor stunned to silence

c) deny everything, lying through your teeth

d) ask for personal details in a menacing voice, writing it down before continuing

e) other