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50 People Take The Chance To Say “It Doesn’t Work Like That” About Their Jobs In This Thread
As you enter the workforce, it becomes pretty clear that most jobs actually involve a lot of busy work that might not be visible to the naked eye. A chef might spend all day prepping ingredients without “cooking” a single dish, while a teacher may spend more time grading papers than standing in front of a classroom.
Nevertheless, between mass media and just plain ol’ stereotypes, there are all sorts of misconceptions many of us believe about different careers. So what better way to educate yourself than through the magic of the internet?
A curious Reddit user asked “What's a myth about your profession that you want to debunk?” and professionals from across the internet gave their best examples. So get comfortable as you scroll through, and be sure to upvote the replies that taught you something new!
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#1
Nurse: oftentimes we can't control death, only how we greet it, so for the love of God, do not refuse the comfort medication for your loved one. It's not going to [end] them, their disease is!! The comfort medication just help to ensure they have no pain or anxiety when they die. Let us help them so they don't die crying or trashing in bed, confused and scared out of their minds.
The hospice nurses loaded my dad the f**k up when he was dying and I'll forever be grateful for that.
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#2
Former dog walker. Cesar Milán is full of s**t. Dominance training does NOT work for most dogs. It creates more aggression and fear. Positive reinforcement with gentle corrections is *so much better*.
Those alpha wolf studies? Total BS as well. Most wolf packs are family units. Your derp wolf/dog needs a dad, not an alpha douche.
#3
School Custodian here and we are NOT overpaid cleaners. What would you pay someone that can paint, Sheetrock, tape/mud, patch concrete/asphalt, operate/repair commercial landscaping/snow removal equipment, operate/repair commercial custodial equipment, restore various types of floors including vct/hardwood/carpet/tile, replace toilets/faucets, air filters, belts, trim/fell trees, shovel roofs, etc? Not all of us are cleaners/janitors, which are vital and underpaid as well. Some of us are Jack/Jill of all trades and you want to pay us peanuts? All employees of a school are important and administrators shouldn't try to balance their budgets on the backs of workers when I've seen an exponential amount of administrative salary and stupid purchasing decisions, not to mention unfunded mandates from the state.
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
I remember our custodian in elementary. Super chill old black guy with serious granddad/wise old man vibes. He was a very nice man.
#4
IT. Rebooting is NOT a waste of time and solves a remarkable number of problems.
"Disembodied voice" 1 year ago
Also, if I say to stop because it'll cause a fire... please unplug it, I'm not kidding.
#5
People in minimum wage retail and restaurant jobs are not all high school dropouts or losers who wish they had gotten better educations.
#6
Veterinary medicine is not a happy-go-lucky career choice where you get to deal with cute animals rather than people. Most of your patients are sick and/or scared, and every case involves a fraught negotiation with their stressed-out human.
#7
Ambulance Drivers, no such a thing.
There’s highly trained Paramedics that just happen to also drive ambulances. As well as dispense over 47 medications, IVs, cardioversion, defibrillation, cardiac pacing, 12-lead EKG monitoring, advanced airways, are able to perform dozens of medical procedures, etc.
#8
Anesthesiologist: you're not asleep you are anesthetized. When you're asleep and someone stabs you, you wake up.
#9
Teachers are NOT indoctrinating your children to be gay.
#10
Speaking as an unemployed disabled, most of us *want* to work, but society won't give us a chance.
Louise Clarke 1 year ago
I have an invisible disability, (Chronic Pain)and I can't work regularly due to the unpredictably of it. I don't know when I will have good days or days where the only thing I can do is sleep.
#11
Politics here. Presidents do NOT control the economy!!!
They might be able to have some minor influence, but you are NOT experiencing inflation, a recession, or an economic boom because of a president.
Congress has more influence, but honestly economies are just complicated.
#12
Teachers have very little say in anything. We advocate the best we can but most of the time it’s out of our hands including holding children back who desperately need help.
#13
There is sooooo much more to the speech-language pathologist scope of practice than working with kids who stutter or can't say their "r"s. An entire half of the field is in the adult medical setting working with people who have dementia, swallowing disorders, oral cancer, strokes, Parkinson's disease, and voice disorders, plus some other niche areas like transgender voice or accent modification. The pediatric half of the field also works with AAC devices, social skills, literacy development, syntax, executive functioning, writing, feeding, and more.
Mark Alexander 1 year ago
I learned that when my daughter had a stroke. Y'all need a serious rebranding marketing strategy. 😉
#14
Bartender here. No I am not hitting on you, I just want a good tip and maybe a nice review with my name so boss knows I'm working hard
#15
Maintenance is worth doing and definitely worth paying for.
"I don't know why we pay those maintenance guys, nothing ever breaks around here."!!
The reason Germany and Japan (and South Korea) became and remain such manufacturing powerhouses is because they know the value of maintenence. If you keep everything in clean good working order, you end up with minimum down time. Working maintenance into manufacturing schedules keeps output level, because you have no unexpected downtime.
It's the same for your car or your home. Setting aside time and resources for maintenance means you won't lose unexpected time and resources when things break. Good maintenance will spot things before they break and switch them out. That's worth paying for.
Kim Karlotta 1 year ago
Yeah, well, germany has stopped doing that and guess what, our bridges are breaking down, railroads and interstates are constantly out of order...
#16
Nursing is a profession, not a devotion, calling, whatever other b******t they tell you.
Yes, it’s an honor to care for people at their most vulnerable, but stop telling people they’ll be a terrible nurse if they say they became a nurse because of the job security or semi-decent wage.
#17
I am a public librarian. While curating books is still a portion of the job, much of it these days is taken up by database assistance and training, program development and teaching, and public education. It’s much closer to school teaching, but for adults and without grading homework, than it was in the past.
Firefly 1 year ago
I live in a small town, and our local library is absolutely wonderful. Checking out books is a small portion of what our librarian does. She applies for grants, stays current on different interests, and sets up programs for the community, anywhere from toddlers on up to senior citizens.Thank you to all the librarians.
#18
Forester.
I am not the one who actually cuts and hauls the trees, that's a LOGGER. If you have a problem tree you need removed from your yard or trimmed, you need an ARBORIST.
My job is to create and implement management plans, cruise timber for volume and defect, and mark trees for the logger, among other preparatory and managerial tasks.
Furthermore, my presence does not mean that a forest is being clear-cut (hardly ever). "Clear-cut" does not necessarily mean the complete removal of every tree in an area. Most importantly, the cutting and removal of trees is not automatically a bad thing; more often than not a forested area needs to be thinned to encourage growth/production, increase carbon sequestration efficiency, and reduce fire risk.
#19
I'm an accountant. Whenever people jokingly talk about the good looking people in the office, it's always "Lisa from accounts".
As an accountant, I wish to point out that most of us look like a bulldog chewing a wasp.
#20
I am a stay at home dad and former NICU nurse.
No, I do not sleep all day as a stay at home dad. No, I did not get to play with cute babies all day as a NICU nurse.
MicrowaveGoddess 1 year ago
I would imagine being a NICU nurse is very stressful. Like another panda said above, all medical professions have some degree of stress to them
#21
Therapist here- specifically couples therapist
Therapy is not just about venting or having someone agree with you all the time to make you feel better. Yes we validate and listen and venting happens at times. But we also challenge you, encourage you to set goals and make change, and sometimes give “homework.” Therapy is an active process and if you want to see change you have to be willing to make change. I think media has really warped peoples ideas and they expect miracles to happen by showing up without any effort. I wish I could do that for you! But I need you to partner with me to make things happen.
Also- very few therapists actually have you lay on a couch
The Announcer 1 year ago
A therapist who only listens to you and tells you what you want to hear is not doing you any favors. it's just a paid friend at that point.
#22
If you go to the ER via ambulance, it does NOT mean you will be seen quicker.
ERs take the sickest people first, definitely not the ones who come in by ambulance first.
Justin Tyme 1 year ago
And then there is the opposite situation of people who really need an ambulance but are too stubborn/proud to call one. I worked as a nurse in a hospital emergency department and saw this a few times. One time a man called us and said he was on his way to the hospital and that he was having a heart attack. We knew he arrived when we heard the loud crash as his car hit the concrete wall by the parking lot. But he did survive.
#23
OBGYN.
Childbirth *absolutely* can and does changes the caliber of the vagina. The entire field of urogynecology wouldn't exist if that weren't the case.
TwoXChromosomes and other women's empowerment places on the Internet love to say everything goes back to normal after delivery. It's not true and it doesn't make you an anti-feminist to acknowledge the realities of pushing a 10cm diameter, 9lb sack of potatoes out of the pelvis.
This messaging detrimental and causes patients with incontinence and prolapse not to seek help.
This is NOT to say that the "husband stitch" is a good thing...or even that it exists. I've literally never heard of it being performed outside of the Internet, and a partner has only asked me about it once in my entire career. (my response was: "Do you need it?")
KillerKiwi 1 year ago
I agree with everything except for the husband stitch not being a thing. That s**t really happens
Curbz81 1 year ago
I was overstitched (accidental... it was a trainwreck at the time down there). No fun for anyone when hubby can't fit.
Lord of the laserprinter. 1 year ago
Never heard the vagina being mentioned in calibers, but now that I have I am never going to look at my black powder rifle in the same way again.
Rachel Pelz 1 year ago
Can, folks. It is important to be honest about possible problems and provide adequate treatment for these women --all the best to each one of them. No body shaming there please. On the other hand, there is a good chance of no permanent damage due to childbirth. Like a lottery...let's be honest and sensitive, but it's not all worst case.
Laura Mitchell 1 year ago
I have intermittent sciatica, a cystocele and a rectocele because of pregnancy. Fun story: I'm a retired labor and delivery nurse. I was helping at a delivery and while the OB was repairing the perineum, the husband asked him to "put an extra stitch in." The OB, without missing a beat, said, "Why, are you that small?" Total mic drop!
Sandra Morison 1 year ago
If you manage control, pelvic floor exercise when you are still you it can become an issue later in life . I'm 58 and since menopause am beginning to lose some control
Lynette Hannan (Lyn) 1 year ago
Hubby asked for an extra stitch after the first birth. I told him to get the divorce papers ready, then told the Doc to stitch me up completely to keep the F****R out. Neither happened, obviously, and we are still together after 25 years and a second child! Lesson was learned!
Meagan Glaser 1 year ago
Good lord, an actual medical professional decided that since they personally haven't encountered female mutilation, it must be a myth? Sure, and slavery didn't exist and the catholic church had no idea what priests were doing to little boys. As long as you didn't personally see it and the authorities covering it up said nothing to see, just deny the past and learn nothing from it!
#24
Logistics is a vital component of our society.
Everything we touch, everything from the doorknob of your home to the oil in your car to the coffee shop to your desk to your commute to your bed has employed around 10 people.
More if it’s food related.
Logistics wins wars and ends them.
Take a banana -
From the planting, fertilizer, cultivation and harvesting involves about 8 different types of transportation, warehousing, storage, distribution and delivery.
On average 17 people will physically touch a banana before it’s eaten (and very few people wash the outside of a banana)
I’ve been in logistics for years, previously a break bulk specialist with my area of expertise being Russia.
It’s a very interesting career
Montanavanna 1 year ago
When I look at mass produced cheap junk it breaks my heart because of the logistics it takes to get it to the store and presented as an option to me. The amount of resources used to produce the junk, the amount of people hours required to get that junk to me is astounding. Just for 90%of it to end up in a landfill...truly depressing.
#25
That all lawyers make absurd amounts of money. The ones that won't sell their entire life for big bucks tend to make pretty average money.
#26
Ejection seat mechanic. Goose would not have died in Top Gun. The canopy explosives can malfunction but moving at the speed that a Tomcat moves at would’ve ripped that canopy off and Goose would’ve escaped without perishing. Obviously done for dramatic effect.
#27
Daylight savings time isn't for the farmers, please quit blaming us.
#28
Biomedical/bioinorganic chemist: no, there's not harmful levels of metals in your vaccine. HOWEVER, you absolutely should get your drinking water tested for lead, arsenic, mercury, and all the other nasty metals. Harmful levels of lead, for example, are common in cities and with well water...
#29
Teacher here..Specifically Preschool/toddler..I DO NOT PLAY ALL DAY!!! I am engaging children, making moment by moment decisions and keeping children safe.
Beak Hookage 1 year ago (edited)
I've worked with small children myself and if you think one or two are a handful try managing twenty of the little devils at once with just one other person to help! And that's when you're not even trying to teach them but just make sure they're all fed and safe and not (to give a random example) attempting to hang themselves with a piece of string tied to a drainpipe. I've never run so fast in my LIFE. (EDIT: These were kids aged about five or six and I was just an assistant who did not have any say as to whether they were allowed to have access to string, or anything else. They were just doing it as a "game" and were quite indignant when I freaked out and put a stop to it).
#30
I can write code. I cannot debug most of your windows problems without googling them.
#31
Performing in a touring band is hard a*s work and a myriad of things can lead to depression and burnout. Also, crew on tour (sound engineers/TM’s/merch people) are what keep your favorite musicians from imploding and having fights on stage. If you see one at a show, thank them too.
Hiram's Friend 1 year ago
Being a roadie is truly hard work, particularly on the really large productions. Include theater, dance, ice shows.
#32
Hospital lab workers DO exist! No really! The lab isn't just a black hole where tubes go in and results come out, but there's people inside making that happen!
Hiram's Friend 1 year ago
They also come and draw blood at 3 am so the doctor can have the results at 7 when they makes they make their rounds.
#33
I was a Domino's manager for most of a decade. Nobody seems to know that we actually stretch and top the pizzas by hand. I used to make hundreds of pizzas a day, every day, just to have people think we reheat frozen pizzas. On top of that, we were required to be able to make a large pepperoni (from stretching the dough to sliding it into the oven) in under a minute. I was making pizzas at breakneck speed for people who thought I did nothing all day but reheat frozen food.
The bread sticks, cheesy bread, etc. were also made by hand. The pan pizzas were made by hand. Anyone who came in to the store could have watched me make their food and known how much work I actually put into it, but most people ordered for delivery or stepped outside after they ordered or just didn't pay attention.
Jeff Gabrisl 1 year ago
For my 30th birthday party, I decided that I would make homemade pizza for everyone. I was really into making homemade bread and beer at the time. It was kinda fun, and the pizza was delicious, but it was so much work that I didn't really get to enjoy my birthday. Everyone else had a good time, but I never had a chance to make the pizza I wanted because I ran out of dough. However I did get a slice from every other pizza. But I still don't recommend any one doing that. Between the cost for ingredients, and the time I spent cooking, It cost more than if I had just bought pizza from my favorite pizza joint instead.
#34
Archaeologist. The myth that most of the stuff we find is financially valuable. I’ve had literally hundreds of people ask me to look at the tiny stone tool fragment or the s****y piece of pottery they found because they think they’re gonna pay off their mortgage. Buddy I have bags of 100,000 of those things sitting in the lab.
Sand Ers 1 year ago
And location context is -everything-. If you have an arrowhead and know where it came from, you know something about who was there, and when, and why. If you have an arrowhead and don’t know where it came from, you have an arrowhead. “There were arrowheads” is already common knowledge.
#35
Social worker here. We do FAR more than just take kids away from their parents. Child protective services social workers make up such a small percentage of us social workers. We work in so many different fields. (i.e. geriatrics, medical/ hospitals, criminal justice, government, foster care, domestic violence, schools, hospice, prisons, the list goes on!)
#36
Massage is not sexy, professionally. If you want a sexy massage...idk, do it with a partner or a sex worker, not your physio.
Beak Hookage 1 year ago
I got a neck and shoulder massage on a whim and thought it'd be relaxing! What I actually got was a muscular young man going at my own muscles for 15 solid minutes in a way that was actually quite painful. I didn't start feeling relaxed until *afterwards*, and the soreness lingered for at least an hour. Definitely nothing sexy about it, but boy did it work out those knots.
#37
Commercial aircraft are built almost entirely by hand. Like 96%. There's very little automation in the process.
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
If you mean built as in assembled, then yes. If you mean fabricated, then no.
#38
I'm a security guard. The myth that we don't actually have any power is false. We have the power to call the real police if there's real trouble. 😁
Justin Tyme 1 year ago
Everyone has the power to call the real police if there's real trouble.
#39
Professors sit in cushy chairs all day thinking important thoughts, publishing stuff nobody will read, spending zero effort on teaching, and lighting cigars with wads of grant money.
The reality is we're all frantically trying to keep dozens of plates spinning at once, desperately begging for the money needed to pay for basic supplies from granting agencies with a
#40
Nail tech here. We are not uneducated or lacking intelligence. In order to do the job safely, we need a deep understanding of product chemistry, anatomy, and must able to recognize a ton of diseases and disorders that impact the hands and feet. In the US, we are also required to have continued education on these topics.
We also aren’t being greedy by charging higher prices. We not only have to purchase way more products for our services than other professions in the industry, but we also have some of the highest product costs. So no, we can’t afford to provide a LUXURY service with quality products, keep up with our educational requirements and also charge $20 for a full set or a pedicure. If you find a salon charging that low, run. They are absolutely cutting corners somewhere, and it’s anyone’s guess as to whether that cut comes from low quality products, safety, sanitation and disinfection, or labor law violations. For transparency sake, I am on the low end of pricing in my area and a full set starts at $60 and a pedicure starts at $45. At those prices, I’m barely making more than minimum wage after overhead.
#41
Scientist (more specifically, molecular biologist in biotech).
I am not hiding the cure for cancer, and idk s**t about actual medicine.
John Cole 1 year ago (edited)
Pharma companies aim to make money, like any other company. Its lack of regulation of insurance that's the tragedy. If anyone could cure cancer or heart disease nothing would stop them selling it. Its plain expensive and unpredictable to even try to find new treatment. The body didn't evolve to be logical, understandable or fixable. The complexity is hard to fathom, even for someone who spent their life in the field. Trillions of moving parts per cell, trillions of cells, in a spatial and temporal organism. Per individual...
#42
Bartender.
We're not short pouring you. The glasses are different sizes.
Light ice = more mixer, not more alcohol.
No, I'm not giving you anything for free. If you were someone I liked enough to do that, you wouldn't have to ask. Also, if I do indeed give you something for free, it's not free, it's just gonna be me paying for it.
No, I can't take a picture of your ID. I need to see and touch the ID. Would you try this at the DMV? No.
The Doom Song 1 year ago
And if we ask you for ID don't get upset -it's a compliment!! And don't get upset with us coz you didn't bring your ID with you. No matter how old you are you should always have your ID on you in a licenced premises
#44
I doubt this will be popular, but here goes… Not my profession anymore, but I sold diamonds (for engagement rings primarily) for a number of years, and have three separate certifications of expertise.
TLDR: diamond rarity is a more complex topic than people realize, and they are incredibly expensive to produce. Diamond companies have done s****y things in the past no doubt, but the stone itself gets a bad rap for no reason. Besides a sapphire or a ruby, if you put anything else in an engagement ring it will inevitably break regardless of how “pretty” you think it is.
The idea that diamonds are worthless, or should be much cheaper than they are, is incredibly misinformed. People talk about them being “common.” As in, there’s a lot of them mined out of the ground. That is true in a technical sense, but reflects a lack of understanding. 90% of diamonds that are mined are industrial grade and not suitable for jewelry. Of the remaining 10%, about 2/3 to 3/4 are of such low quality that you won’t ever see them being sold (color grade below K-M, clarity below I1). For people who don’t know what those grades mean, color has to do with the presence of nitrogen in the carbon chains that makes it look yellow and clarity is about imperfections in the crystal formation. The price of poor color and clarity jewelry quality stones will be accounted for later in this comment. Of the remainder, they get much rarer as they approach being “perfect” (D colorless, FL flawless color/clarity respectively). Size itself plays a huge factor, because while it’s true that numerically a lot of diamonds are mined, only about 1% are a carat or above in weight. I did the math on this once, and a flawless, colorless, 1 carat Diamond is a 1 in 10 billion stone. Really changes the understanding of what makes a diamond “rare.” Most diamonds also have some degree of fluorescence, which is as undesirable trait, so add in no fluorescence and it gets closer to 1 in a trillion.
However, all that aside, there’s elements of pricing strictly related to diamonds as a commodity. The cut quality of a diamond is absolutely crucial to how it looks and how it sparkles (no one wants a dull diamond). Cut quality is graded to microscopic specificity when it comes to angles and proportions (literally hundredths of a millimeter can effect the symmetry grading). As you probably already know if you read this far, diamonds are also the hardest substance on earth. Long story short, it takes an extremely skilled individual with extremely specific and expensive equipment to cut and polish a diamond and there are not that many of these people left, either. As you can imagine, they are paid very well, and that cost is incorporated into the stones.
There’s also the matter of sourcing the stones (before I get anything about bLoOd dIaMoNdS do some research, it’s not the 90s anymore. If you wanna talk about child labor in Africa, you better never consume chocolate, African coffee, or basically anything made over there at all). Anyway, back to the sourcing. Diamonds are mined out of kimberlite shafts, which go deep underground in the sides of volcanoes. They take about 10 years and a billion dollars to build. So there’s that. 90% of the stones mined are sold for industrial use in bulk for not a lot of money, so for it to even be economically sustainable, the money needs to come from somewhere just to cover costs of mining. Then cutting, not to mention the cost of transportation around the world in armored shipments.
Victor Botha 1 year ago
Everyone commenting here seems to have missed the point this OP is trying to make. It's not about liking or hating diamonds, it's about what makes them expensive, rare and valuable which he explained very well.
#45
Marine biologists do NOT get to play in the ocean for 90 percent of their careers. Tons and tons of desk work, data analysis, report writing, etc.
#46
Engineer here. We can’t fix everything. I’m mechanical, I know enough to stay away from electricity, not enough to fix most electrical problems.
nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
Engineer here as well. "Electrical engineering degree" does not mean "qualified electrician."
#47
I was a tandem skydiving instructor for a bunch of years. For some reason, people thought that I was an adrenaline junky and risk-taking, pass-on-a-blind-curve guy.
I just worked my way up to a pretty easy job that became mundane and boring 99% of the time. The only time it was adrenaline inducing was when something went wrong. It’s not the type of adrenaline high anyone would seek out.
#48
Fashion design is not glamorous. It has glamorous moments, but is mostly a catty corporate mindf**k and the 2nd biggest industrial polluter, I think. you might have a nice colleague here and there but in general people and management tend to be f*****g AWFUL. 4/10 stars, do not recommend.
#49
Board game inventors aren't usually multi-millionaires, nor are they all broke with a dream. Many of us just make some extra yearly cash that helps with the daily expenses.
#50
The infrastructure, services, applications, and database platforms of even the largest global companies are all held together by hopes and dreams.
Jorge Gonzalez 1 year ago
In many cases it's text files and excel held together by hopes and dreams.
#51
Working from home does mean I have any free time to do what I want. No, I cannot talk to you to hear the latest gossip. No, I can't go meet you for lunch. No, I do not go to sleep in the middle of the day. In fact I barely get a chance to go to the toilet. It is not easier working from home.
While this is not profession-specific, it is a work-condition that needs debunking.
Little Wonder 1 year ago
I work from home and I have shifts I need to be around for so yeah, I AM at home but please don't drop in on me I am working.
#52
Teachers do not get the summers off. We do not work only from 7-3:00. We have no decision making powers concerning curriculum, discipline, or testing. There is very little autonomy remaining for teachers.
Daniel Atkins 1 year ago
What does the op mean by they don’t get summers off? What do they do? I have heard a teacher use that as the reason he was a teacher.
#53
Being a full time artist is enjoyable or good fun. It isn’t, it’s like any job, you have to get up every day and work wether you like it or not. It’s hard work, because you need to turn it on and concentrate 8 hours a day, every day. Because you’re doing it day after day, year after year, you’re rarely impressed by your own work. It is rewarding though, but you have to work really hard to get that feeling.
AnonymousApple 1 year ago (edited)
This is also why people under-value original artwork. People are constantly surprised at the cost of an original or commissioned piece because they just don't get the years of study that go into it plus the hours and hours it takes to create a single work. My husband occasionally does commissioned pieces, and he's really talented, but it's hard to come by work because people are constantly like "what, you can't do this for free/whatever measly price I suggested???" Well bro, did YOU spend 20+ years studying and perfecting your technique plus hours upon hours working on the piece? No? Then stfu and pay $20 for whatever mass produced c**p you want.
#54
Postal workers aren't paid by your taxes, it comes from postage.
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
And, BTW (at least in our local office), many are part time, with no expectation of full time status.
#55
Not all mental health workers have mental health problems.
Upstaged75 1 year ago
My shrink is totally nuts. One of the weirdest people I've ever met. But he's good at his job. :)
#56
That people in the funeral industry really do care about the families and communities they serve and we’re not out to just gouge your wallet at one of your most vulnerable times. Yes, there are certain entities and people that ruin the reputation for everyone else, but that the majority of people in the industry are in it for the right reasons.
G A 1 year ago
I was sat in the pub with the son of a local undertaker amongst others, and his pager (yes it does date this anecdote) went off. He sighed, put down his drink, said "Time to go and scrape someone off the road" and left. Made me think, poor sod going out on a wet winter Friday night to do that job, losing all your social time. That's stuck with me for a long time.
#57
System admin for a major company. It's NEVER as easy to make a change as you think.
"It's just text. How hard can it be to change??!!"
Changing that specific text requires changing 5 training files, multiple Sharepoint pages, 10 other places in the application, and on top of all of that, a code change, which costs time and money. We also have to ensure that the display doesn't break if the new text is a different length, on 3 browsers, and mobile devices. Then, there is translating it to the 20+ languages that we support.
Just so a single executive director can see it say "Personal Time Off Request", instead of "Vacation Request", because that's what he prefers to call it.
Now, that's just for a single line of text. We get change requests every single day for things that not only change the entire fundamental reason for the system, but would require policy changes impacting 20,000+ employees.
Then we get often-escalating hate mail for a month after we let them know that the request was denied, and why.
Sand Ers 1 year ago
I’ve had some experience with maintaining Product name/number files, part number files, Bill of Materials files, and product configuration charts. Those things all touch each other in ways you would never dream of. And in addition to maintaining the info, we had to maintain numbered records of what the changes were, when, and why they were made. And that’s just for when the information was accurate. Don’t -even- get me started on trying to chase down errors faster than they could propagate through the system.
#58
Firefighters don’t all look like those calendars
Pernille 1 year ago
I always buy the local firemen's calendar and I can testify that they look nothing like the Australian ones that hold puppies and kittens. Jean Louis has 6 car tires instead of a six pack, and Xavier is balding, but having met them at the firemen's ball I know that they have great personalities.
#59
I was an Amazon Delivery Driver, we aren’t lazy because we didn’t specifically follow the instructions you wrote. We have up to 500 packages per day and no extra time to read your message, your backyard looked sketchy, and the app never deleted old instructions so 1/2 the time it’s outdated info.
And honestly Amazon is world famous as the company that delivers things to your porch, you should expect the package to go on your porch.
#60
Train conductor here. We do a heck of a lot more and are responsible for a lot more than “just taking tickets”.
#61
Emergency Services Dispatcher here: Just because your alarm system is going off, does not mean PD/FD/EMS will respond any faster. They are far more inclined to respond to a confirmed call in progress than they are to the alarm system that goes off every time a spider walks over a motion sensor.
Side note to that: Just because you have an actual emergency, doesn't mean emergency services will get there any faster. They can only respond so fast, depending on the geography of your jurisdiction and how busy it is that at any given time.
Mike F 1 year ago
When I was 17/18 I worked for an alarm company as a monitor. The spider - motion sensor type thing is real, lol. We had an installation in a school annex building that had the microphone (yes, audio as well) mounted much too close to the time clock so that damned thing tripped several dozen times a night. One of the guys heard a strange rustling in a bank after the cleaning crew left. It wasn't rhythmic but it was noticeable. He notified the police and the "first person" who met the police there. They searched that building high and low and after about 20 minutes they heard the noise, of a mouse that fell into a newly emptied trash can. But in the end, just like the OP said, the cops aren't burning any tires getting to a call generated by an alarm trigger if they are involved in another violent crime situation.
#62
- Chardonnay isn’t “oakey” or buttery unless it’s overly manipulated
- Very few Rieslings are sweet
- Saying you want a Pinot Noir tells us nothing. Pinot Noir from Saint Aubin Burgundy France vs Otago New Zealand will be wildly different
- You don’t have an allergy to sulfites unless someone with the letters MD at the end of their name actually told you that you do
- Most red wines that are completely opaque are overly manipulated, and over extracted
- There is no alcohol in the world that won’t give you a hangover
quentariel 1 year ago
I most likely don't have allergy to sulfites or anything, bit drinking red wine (or something like cognac) gives me a horrendous migraine every damn time. Even if I'd drink only one or two glasses.
#63
Most cops dont hang around waiting to ticket or arrest you. We just want the shift to end, go home, and see our family (or for me, play with my cats)
Beak Hookage 1 year ago (edited)
I've interacted with cops a few times, and they were either friendly or in "just another day at the office" mode. The most amusing was when I found a lost wallet. I had a look inside and there was an ID card indicating that it belonged to a policewoman. So when I got into town I flagged down a passing patrol car and said "hey, I found someone's wallet". The two officers clearly could not give a damn... until I added, "It belongs to a cop". Then they were suddenly super pleased. XD
#64
Cyber security is tedious. If you are doing pentesting, 60% of your time is spend on deliverables (aka reports). That's what you are paid for and that's what decides if customer will contact you again. Outside of assignments? Learning. Learning. Oh and learning some more.
Jason 1 year ago
The best part is the reports security people provide. You ask them tech questions on them and most have no clue and just say to read the report. "I just push the button on the scanner at the change time then email the report. I have no idea what the vulnerabilities actually mean"
#65
That graphic design is just a click of a button. Ai still can't handle layout and typography well... at all.
It takes hours of work, study and implementation to pull it all off.
keyboardtek 1 year ago
And after years of study and practice graphics designers still have zero taste and use twenty different fonts, have ten extra colored boxes, and ten unrelated images on one page of a magazine. As a senior with failing eyesight, reading a page with all these fonts is impossible. And package labeling on grocery store items? I need to bring a microscope to read them.
#66
I used to be a 3D artist and no, the computer doesn't do all the job for us and no, there isn't a "better" software that'll make everything better in 5min and gosh no, there isn't that one button that makes everything like in my head instantly like in movies.
iseefractals 1 year ago
I've been doing 3D art/modeling/animation for nearly 30 years. When i first got interested in it, i was building 3D scenes using basic primitive shapes and boolean modifiers. When i first got my hands on 3D studio max a few years later, everything was comparatively much easier, with a lot more options and more powerful tools. Before i figured out how expensive the education would be against the s****y pay and long hours, i was working on my portfolio for uni applications...and i was an obsessive perfectionist. I spent more than 24 hours modeling hardware for a drawer, by placing individual vertex points...because the mirror function wasn't making things perfectly symmetrical, and the NURBs modifier ended up amplifying that distortion. So i agree with the sentiment....BUT....3D studio is great for modeling, while Cinema 4D has better animation tools. Poser made character rigging much easier, Face Robot was a godsend for rigging character faces and synching them to audio....
#67
That working with musicians is an awesome experience. Don't get me wrong, most of the time it is fun, but they are also some of the biggest Karens.
#68
Most pathologists don’t do autopsies, except for medical examiners and those in forensics
#69
Pharmacist
- we do not just count pills
- we find mistakes and interactions from your doctor all day and do our best not to throw them under the bus so you don't lose faith in them
- we have more training and have doctorate degrees in pharmaceuticals than your doctor and are not pill ATM's to just hand over what your doctor orders
- many of us work in areas where we don't talk to patients or doctors and have more financial, research, compliance/regulatory skills than you think we do
-your pbm is not taking your health plans/insurers money.. we have transparent contracts that are audited all the time and often your health plan or insurer is skimming off the top more often than you know with quality payments and marking up the programs they sell your employer/HR... your plan and pharma and congressman point the fingers but when you look at the contracts... your plan is the one charging your employer more than they are paying for the service. 90% of all pbm claims are pass thru where the amount your employer pays the plans is what they pay the pbm and is what the pharmacy gets paid... the 10% that aren't are set up for the plans' benefit, not anyone else's. We give 100% of the rebates we get from pharma ( the contracts that we have to negotiate and administer without fees paid to the pbm either) and the health plan is the one that is taking some of that rebate $ and not passing it to your employer...
keyboardtek 1 year ago
Our pharmacist caught the beginnings of Tardive Dyskinesia in our daughter that was a side effect of a medication she had started a few weeks prior.
#70
Will be a dietician next summer and most people think we want everyone to only eat salad and fruits, but in reality we urge people to eat a balanced diet. Which indeed includes what people enjoy to eat like junkfood, cake, alcohol etc. - it’s all about being physical active and eating varied, baby
keyboardtek 1 year ago
Although the latest research indicates cancer metastasizes primarily because of a diet high in protein. In particular, animal based protein.
#71
Counselors aren’t analyzing you if you aren’t paying for a session. I’m not flipping thru imaginary DSM pages when you just need to vent. When I’m not at work my counselor brain can turn off to just be a good friend and listen.
#72
Architecture is not mostly inspiration.
David Paterson 1 year ago
1% inspiration and 99% perspiration and 200% worrying about where the next dollar is coming from.
#73
Doctor here. Messaging your doctor through the messaging portal does not mean your doctor immediately sees your message. Depending on the healthcare system and clinic, it often sits in a pool for medical assistance or triage nurses to shift through first before forwarding us some of those messages. In addition, often times doctors have to find time to respond to your message in their own time that they are not getting paid for after their full day of patients. The messaging system should not be used to replace a clinic visit, only for quick questions. You do not want your doctor to miss something just because you gave them a vague description of what is going on and they handled it to the best that they could over text message when they might have done things differently after seeing you in person and getting a more thorough history.
Hiram's Friend 1 year ago
I'm lucky. My primary care physician generally reads my message and gets back to me within 24-48 hours.
#74
Airport workers don't make lots of money. Anytime I say that's what I did, people look at me like I was wealthy. Perhaps projecting on me the same way aerospace marketing is concerned. "Put aerospace on the name and mark the product up 50%".
Most people looking to work at airports aren't aware of the monopolies that Delta has. Work for any other airline or worse yet, a sub contractor (fueling, de-icing, baggage, and so on, you've got the s**t end of the stick) You're not making much. They even have the funny practice of falsely advertising benefits that aren't real. Namely flight benefits. I've seen companies lure people because of such false claims.
#75
Sales are a very important pillar of society. Yes, some salespeople are selfish and are only looking out for themselves. But the best services and products, especially complex ones, require sales people. Good ones make all the difference in the world (for both the company and consumer).
Regina Holt 1 year ago
And people working in retail, dealing with customers, are often hit with the line about customers always being right. That is BS. The complete phrase, by Harry Gordon Selfridge, was "The customer is always right in matters of taste" meaning if customer wanted a hat that was not suited to the customer, if they want it, don't tell them that they have awful taste. Just sell them the hat. Google will help you find the full saying. Be nice to retail workers.
#76
Ignorance of the law sometimes *is* an excuse.
#77
Good HR people ARE there to protect the organization. However, they know that the best way to do so is to put the employee first.
We may not be "your friends" but we absolutely take care of you first. I've fired #2s, COOs etc that were jerks and detrimental to the organization's culture and staff (but were extremely successful in their role).
We also generally hate party planning but get stuck with it 😂
Mario Clouâtre 1 year ago
HR exist because humans are more complicated than buying 2" X 4". They are a specialized purchase department. Their purpose is to make humans as close to a 5lbs of nails as they can.
What do you think ?
Justin Tyme 1 year ago (edited)
Nurses do not simply follow doctors' orders. Nurses make dozens (or perhaps hundreds) of independent decisions during their shift (within their scope of practice of course). They also need to determine how to best apply doctors' orders. Also, a nurse knows best what is happening with a patient because the nurse is right there working with the patient. The nurse often needs to be an advocate for the patient and contact the on-call doctor and convince the doctor that some order is no longer needed or that a certain new order is needed.
Damned_Cat 1 year ago
I often trust the nurse more than I trust the doctor. Nurses tend to listen more and relate to your experience. I truly believe that a nurse saved my life once when she offered to "help me to my car" and then told me privately that I should get a second opinion.
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Damned_Cat 1 year ago
Government employee. The people working at the public service level are not a bunch of lazy bureaucrats just out to screw you. We are dedicated to running our part of the system to the best of our ability. We have processes and procedures that were developed to make things run as expediently as possible (just like any private business) so if you have to fill out forms, go through an intake interview or provide us with personal information, there is a reason. And no, we can't break the rules just because you know someone higher up the chain of command. Those higher-ups are judging us on how well we follow the rules. They will often appease you to your face, but then tell us to do things just the way we are intended. Just know that we are trying our best to get you what you need as fast as we can.
LinkTheHylian 1 year ago
Also, just because we work for the government doesn't mean we agree with that government. Also also, we're not throwing money at "every immigrant who gets off a boat". They need to qualify just like those of you born in the country. Also also also, I can't let you speak to "Jennifer". Do you know how many Jennifers work in the goverment? Because I don't, and I'm right there with them.
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StrangeOne 1 year ago
I work production at a thrift shop. No, I can't change the price on the item. No, I'm not trained in grading/pricing, so if I tell you to see the cashiers about an item with a lost price tag I'm not trying to pass you off because I don't want to deal with you. If anything I want to help you, but I am not of authority to decide a price or change a price for you. The only thing I can do is guide you to the people who can help you with that. If you need to know where something is, I may or may not know. If I do, I'll definitely show you. If I don't, that means it's outside of my department and may be too new to know where everything is. I will have to get someone who does know. Yes, we are watching out for shoplifting. No, we cannot stop shoplifters, nor accuse anyone of shoplifting. What I will do is offer customer service, ask you if you need help, offer to get you a shopping cart/basket, ask if you're okay. We're also looking out for anyone who needs medical assistance.
B.Nelson 1 year ago
High school Teacher: grading stuff is exhausting and that's why it takes so long. We can usually tell if a kid should be evaluated for ADHD, autism, depression, anxiety, dyslexia, or any number of other issues they might have. We can also tell when a kid comes to school high/drunk/whatever. The best students are those whose parents have raised them to take responsibility for themselves and their actions, not necessarily the smartest ones.
whiterabbit 1 year ago (edited)
Dental professional.. very few people have actual enamel disorders. I couldn't even begin to count how many times people claim they're teeth are rotting, their bone loss, or their gingivitis is because of genetics. Yes, genetics will play a role, but it's typically not as big of a role as hygiene and eating habits. We can tell that you don't brush and floss daily, or, if you do attempt to brush daily, it's not done adequately. You can prevent that vast majority of tooth problems but you choose not to.
Justin Tyme 1 year ago (edited)
Nurses do not simply follow doctors' orders. Nurses make dozens (or perhaps hundreds) of independent decisions during their shift (within their scope of practice of course). They also need to determine how to best apply doctors' orders. Also, a nurse knows best what is happening with a patient because the nurse is right there working with the patient. The nurse often needs to be an advocate for the patient and contact the on-call doctor and convince the doctor that some order is no longer needed or that a certain new order is needed.
Damned_Cat 1 year ago
I often trust the nurse more than I trust the doctor. Nurses tend to listen more and relate to your experience. I truly believe that a nurse saved my life once when she offered to "help me to my car" and then told me privately that I should get a second opinion.
Load More Replies... Damned_Cat 1 year ago
Government employee. The people working at the public service level are not a bunch of lazy bureaucrats just out to screw you. We are dedicated to running our part of the system to the best of our ability. We have processes and procedures that were developed to make things run as expediently as possible (just like any private business) so if you have to fill out forms, go through an intake interview or provide us with personal information, there is a reason. And no, we can't break the rules just because you know someone higher up the chain of command. Those higher-ups are judging us on how well we follow the rules. They will often appease you to your face, but then tell us to do things just the way we are intended. Just know that we are trying our best to get you what you need as fast as we can.
LinkTheHylian 1 year ago
Also, just because we work for the government doesn't mean we agree with that government. Also also, we're not throwing money at "every immigrant who gets off a boat". They need to qualify just like those of you born in the country. Also also also, I can't let you speak to "Jennifer". Do you know how many Jennifers work in the goverment? Because I don't, and I'm right there with them.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 1 year ago
I work production at a thrift shop. No, I can't change the price on the item. No, I'm not trained in grading/pricing, so if I tell you to see the cashiers about an item with a lost price tag I'm not trying to pass you off because I don't want to deal with you. If anything I want to help you, but I am not of authority to decide a price or change a price for you. The only thing I can do is guide you to the people who can help you with that. If you need to know where something is, I may or may not know. If I do, I'll definitely show you. If I don't, that means it's outside of my department and may be too new to know where everything is. I will have to get someone who does know. Yes, we are watching out for shoplifting. No, we cannot stop shoplifters, nor accuse anyone of shoplifting. What I will do is offer customer service, ask you if you need help, offer to get you a shopping cart/basket, ask if you're okay. We're also looking out for anyone who needs medical assistance.
B.Nelson 1 year ago
High school Teacher: grading stuff is exhausting and that's why it takes so long. We can usually tell if a kid should be evaluated for ADHD, autism, depression, anxiety, dyslexia, or any number of other issues they might have. We can also tell when a kid comes to school high/drunk/whatever. The best students are those whose parents have raised them to take responsibility for themselves and their actions, not necessarily the smartest ones.
whiterabbit 1 year ago (edited)
Dental professional.. very few people have actual enamel disorders. I couldn't even begin to count how many times people claim they're teeth are rotting, their bone loss, or their gingivitis is because of genetics. Yes, genetics will play a role, but it's typically not as big of a role as hygiene and eating habits. We can tell that you don't brush and floss daily, or, if you do attempt to brush daily, it's not done adequately. You can prevent that vast majority of tooth problems but you choose not to.
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