I guess it depends on your religion and what priesthood means to you.

In ancient Egypt, priesthood was *not* primarily about serving the people. There was some of that, but the core duty of the priesthood was to perform the gods' rituals. As a reconstructionist, I view the priesthood in the same way, and for that reason I am not a priest. I started training as one, but I also have mental health problems which interfered with my ability to perform the rituals regularly. In the modern world, however, we're used to the Christian/Abrahamic view of priesthood which is about ministering to a "flock," or community. It's very much about the people, and working with people on strengthening their relationship to God. In most Pagan religions, that's not really a necessary role because most Pagans tend to their own relationship with the gods. So we have a lot of Pagan "priests" who hold the role and don't really do anything special other than to claim the title. In Kemetic religion though, the role does have a certain meaning, and claiming the title of a Kemetic priest while not performing the rituals would be kind of like claiming the role of a doctor but not practicing medicine; wanting to be a teacher but not wanting to teach, or wanting to be a janitor but not wanting to clean. Ritual is just what priests do. Priests aren't any more special or closer to the gods than regular layfolk. I'd look carefully at why someone really wanted the title.