“What’s The Dark Secret About Your Profession That The General Public Doesn’t Know?” (30 Answers)

I love this!

Been along on trucks and been on road construction ... it's absolutely true! Those kids makes the day !!! It can even makes you forget the (many) as$hole drivers that cuts off trucks, not allowing truck any space on the roads while they completely forgetting it's the road they (mis)use we are laying down, it's their $hit being delivered

I like hearing this end of it as i see the other side of things. I run an at home daycare. I love taking the kids out for walks just to find and look at the construction stuff going. Not only do the kids absolutely LOVE watching the "big trucks" and and equipment. But 95% of the time the operator of said truck usually stops, beeps and waves. And it's the highlight of their walks too. 😊

They might have been the little boy that clapped at one time.

This was so adorable. Having kids that do exactly that I got so happy!

I love vets that love my pet and are kind and sweet to them. Please, do kiss them each time you can.

The cat's expression, "Did you see what he just *did* to my tummy?"

I would be disappointed if they didn't! My kitten, however, might disagree.

Well...they're only flesh and blood after all!

I can concur. I worked temporarily in a vet clinic. We sometimes love your pet more than you lol and are happy to see them every time

Elder care in memory care units is a disgrace in the US. The employees don't care because they are paid peanuts. The residents cannot complain because they no longer have the capacities to do so. Meanwhile the families are paying the price of a small car every month for "care", and the facilities' owners are reaping the profits.

I worked on a surgical unit. One of the nurses (who was a bit in left field) called a doctor late one night because her patient "was in kidney failure." This is making a diagnosis, which, in those days was a huge no-no. Her "diagnosis" was based on low urinary output (which was not uncommon for a patient in her situation). Doc made the trip in to check the patient, about 11 pm. Went ballistic at the nurse and she was written up. After a couple of more outrageous behaviors she finally got terminated.

Can confirm. Especially govt run ones, because the budgets/paychecks suck.

When you meet a doctor or nurse who is actually interested in you getting better and is open to ideas really shines a light on the others. Many are a bit too swift with meds that have no real background to them, no body of research.

I was a nurse for 15 years and yep this is totally true and getting worse!

This is what a century of for-profit prisons gets us.

Some cops also do petty things as revenge when people p**s them off during arrests. I was friends with a cop who told me that if someone angered them during an arrest, they'd do things like break their key off in their car ignition before it got towed to the impound lot, or let the battery die by putting the lights on. We also had a festival that got out of control with public drunkenness. They'd simply drive the drunk offenders to the middle of the hood and drop them off. No paperwork, out of sight, out of mind.

I'm thankful to live in a place where the metrics are showing there's a decrease in crime statistics. It is not in the police's interest to make high number of arrests. It make them look bad.

Because they won't take the bad apples from the barrel. Immunity and unions.

So rehabilitation is not encouraged then....hmmm?

Some economists know what they are doing. Enough of them supported Reaganomics to screw this country hard in the 80s. At least most of them are clever enough to oppose Trump's TARIFFS TARIFFS TARIFFS strategy.

A trickle down Ronald Reagan's leg is more like it.

Milton Friedman's economic ideas is what most conservative people follow. Yeah free-market economics with few regulations is a little crazy. If not regulated most industries will turn to the old"Greed is good " motto.

We knew THAT little tidbit 40+ years ago when Raygun uttered it. At least most of us did.

Economic forecasters have as much effect on the economy as weather forecasters do on the weather.

Run. Hide. Fight. That is the order in which you should do things in the event of an active shooter. Like most instructors, I have a plan for my students in this situation. Run is always the first option.

Pretty standard besides hiding somewhere safe. Or blocking the doors. Or as a last resort, find something and be prepared to protect yourself with whatever you can find. Standard HR video material. Can you guess this is the US?

Everyone is supposed to run. Everyone.

Too right. Just as I would.

I remember a meeting when wew ere warned that a former fired employee had been arrested for having stolen company property and many guns. And now he was out on bail. A lady piped up with the question would our security protect us. They mainly checked Employee ID and checked vehicles in and out. They were also paid like a fast food worker and some still smelled of French Fries. So probably not.

Not to treat the subject lightly, but the claim as is is BS. It comes from a 2012 assessment by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and is often misreported. First, it's not a statistic but an estimate (i.e. an educated guess based on non-measurable parameters). Second, it is about generic violence in institutions for people with disabilities, not specifically SA. The biggest source of violence is denial of healthcare and physical abuse. The same risks apply to challenged children and -in slightly smaller measure- to men with disabilities. One exacerbating factor is that disabilities common in women do not shorten lifespan as much as men's, so women require more assistance later in life, exposing them to abuse in living institutions and by caregivers. [continues]

Can confirm as a SA victim with multiple disabilities and I'm neurodiverse... I was vulnerable and niave with no ability to escape and thought no one would believe me, even denied it when directly asked due to fear of people turning on me as the person was well liked and I'm socially awkward

Let's not forget the poor young woman who became pregnant by an 'Employee' of the facility she was in! Paraprashing here, 'Hospital/Care Taker staff noticed the young woman moaning louder than 'normal'. Come to find out she was IN LABOR. https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/23/health/arizona-woman-birth-vegetative-state/index.html

And men with developmental disabilities. Something else you learn in the field

I have a non-verbal 20 year old daughter with Down syndrome/autism and this statistic always scares the c**p out of me, especially since I know she will need to move to a group home setting when we are too old to keep her at home.

When we went to toss my dad's cremains into the ocean, my 5 year old niece wanted to know why Grandpa looked like kitty litter.

I read a similar comment before picking my Mum up from the crematorium. I was horrified and asked the director if when I scattered her would I be scattering “chunks”. He was equally horrified in return and explained the process. I can deal with heavy sand. I can’t deal with charred chucks lol