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Someone Asks: “What Are Facts About Your Job That The General Public Has No Idea About?” And 30 Folks Online Deliver
Insider information is a great thing, especially in today's world. From insiders, we learn everything we need and don't need to know. From Charlie D'Amelio's personal breaking news to stock tickers, from the Lakers locker room to the White House.
In addition to established insiders who have made gossip their job and main source of income, there are also other types of insiders. These are just people who not only do their job, they are well versed in it - but at the same time, they know something about it that an ordinary person could hardly guess.
And, to be honest, we would hardly have thought of it, if not for this thread in the AskReddit community, whose topic starter asked both a simple and non-standard question: "What are the facts about your job that general public has no idea about?" To date, the thread has over 11.6K upvotes and almost 8.5K comments, where people willingly reveal all the light and dark sides of their work.
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#1
That as a trucker, that space I left in front of me is so I don’t kill anybody, NOT your personal invitation to jump in front of my bumper because you forgot your exit or whatever reason. So many want to get in front of us and slow down and park in front my bumper.
YSK: Don’t believe the billboards those ambulance chasing lawyers put up about big truck accidents mean big bucks. Only survivors get money, most likely not you. If you do survive, more than likely your quality of life is going to be miserable.
Also YSK: these trucks can weigh up to 80,000 pounds, 34,000 pounds empty and around 20,000 pounds without the trailer. How does that compare to your SUV or even your lifted pickup. Do us all a favor and give us some space, leave us room so that you can live and go home to your family
One final thought, NEVER assume the other driver sees you.
Wow! Thanks for all the upvotes. Glad you found it helpful.
Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago (edited)
Exactly! A 35-ton truck has hella more inertia than a Ford Focus or a Honda Civic.
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Sinead Kenny 3 years ago
I'm 5'2 and back in 2005 I was on the M6 (uk motorway) n my engine blew up caight fire, n spewed oil onto my windscreen at 80 mph! 😵 thought I was dead.. 2 artic truck lorries v necked in front of my car, slowed the traffic behind and managed to help me steer the car onto the hard shoulder. Then beep beeped me n let the traffic flow again after I was safe. Will never be able to thank them but I'm still here.
Uncommon Boston 3 years ago
If you can't see the side mirrors of ANY vehicle, they can't see you.
yeeyee 3 years ago
I'm gonna piggy back on this post and also say that flashing your brights doesn't make us do anything. We also miss when people pumped their arms get us to honk.
James G. Currie 3 years ago
If you can not see the operator, the operator can NOT SEE YOU! If it's bigger than you, it needs MORE SPACE to stop...and if the collision is decided to have been your fault, your family may not even receive a token pay-out! Respect busses, trucks, and trains, and give them lots of room!!!
Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
When passing a truck, make sure you can see both of its headlights in your rear view mirror before getting back in that lane. At least, that is a safety tip I learned years ago.
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Cammy Cat 3 years ago
I used to do insurance and people would always use the phrase "they have insurance" as an excuse for their not paying attention". U r most likely not going to get millions and a couple hundred thousand, at most, won't last long when u r in a wheelchair and need constant care
Robert T 3 years ago
For those of you struggling to comprehend the weights of a lorry in pounds, 80,000 pounds is 36 metric tonnes, 34,0000 pounds is 15 tonnes, and 20,000 pounds is 9 tonnes. Average family car weighs between 1 and 2 tonnes.
Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
When in blue blazes is the USA going to switch to the Metric system?
Load More Replies... Robin Roper 3 years ago
People falsely think large trucks "go slow" so pull out in front of them. These people must not have paid attention in physical science class - Newton's II Law of Motion Force = mass x acceleration
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#2
Public defender.
I don’t do this because it’s the only job I could get. I do it because I’m passionately invested in making sure poor people have access to the courts and because without us, there would be absolutely nothing between them and the awesome power of the government. The vast majority of us are there for the same reason.
The perception that we’re not as good as private attorneys is just wrong. In fact, most PDs have done many more trials than privates because we have many more clients. The difference is that we can’t pick and choose our clients as private attorneys can. We have to work with what we get so our win/loss ratio isn’t as impressive as theirs. Ask a private defense attorney what they think of public defenders- most will tell you that some of the best attorneys they’ve known are PDs.
While we can’t take the time to hold your hand and take every one of your calls, we actually do care about you and your case. I work nights. I work weekends. In fact, every weekend I’m at the jail, seeing my guys, because I don’t have time during the week.
We are excellent attorneys who chose public service.
Kusotare 3 years ago
Public defenders are the unsung heroes of the American criminal justice system. The system supposedly provides fair trials, but it falls to PDs to keep some semblance of fairness actually in the courtroom. If nothing else, PDs require DAs to do their jobs, rather than railroading one of the 'usual suspects'.
Paul Davis 3 years ago
However there are lots and lots of stories of public defenders showing up without having read the case, without asking any questions, and just telling the defendant to plea bargain.
Zack Podany 3 years ago
Reminds me distinctly of Law Abiding Citizen, or even Doctor Strange. I'm glad to know, if I ever need one, a PD will have my back.
Michael Largey 3 years ago
Just because you do PD work doesn't mean that's all you do. I know successful and established attorneys who do public defender cases as part of their caseload.
Lonecoolman 3 years ago
I HAVE BEEN A PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR OVER MANY YEARS. I AM 59. WE HUSTLE AND WORK HARD. BUT AS IN LIFE, NOTHING IS PERFECT. A LOT OF CLIENT'S THINK THAT YOU CAN GET CASES DISMISSED LIKE THAT. ONLY RARELY DOES THAT HAPPEN.
Nupraptor 3 years ago
The fact that you apparently don't know how to turn off Caps Lock is not helping your image.
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#3
I work in IT support.
Legit about 80% of all problems are solved by rebooting the computer/terminal/phone.
If not, 20 percent is pure detective work.
Nuku Nyara 3 years ago
This is 💯 percent true and my first stab at trouble shooting my computer problem at work before I reach out to my IT department as 99% of the time I don't have any IT reps available during my shift where I work.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Hell, even rebooting your Roku can instantly get rid of issues. Also keeping up with updates.
Don't tread on me 3 years ago
I can't believe how many people don't even know the term reboot. I have to actually spell it out to them as power the device off and turn it back on.
Toni Thompson 3 years ago
Always turn it off and on before calling help that's the first step with everything lol
#4
ER Nurse.
People get seen by severity, not the order they came in the door... Also, just because you came in by ambulance doesn't mean you immediately bypass the waiting room.
Aisling Raye 3 years ago
Can this be number 1? Please? Waiting sucks but waiting also means that you're not actively circling the drain. Your broken arm can wait long enough for the guy with his brain bits exposed to get stabilized. Just sayin'
SupernaturalPanda 3 years ago (edited)
Again this is true. Just because you took ambulance to er for a pregnancy test don’t show shocked face when your a*s is wheeled straight to lobby . People need to learn what a true emergency is.
abby smink 3 years ago (edited)
Or better yet, stop coming to the ER for dollar store pregnancy tests and STD checks
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Dando 3 years ago
That saved my life at 42 years old. I had a complication from a procedure unexpectedly and went to the ER as soon as I felt pain. There were at least 20-30 people in the waiting area. The staff took one look at my face and the way I walked in, and took me straight back past admissions to a doc, who did a CT scan, and came back moments later with a tray of IV meds. He said I was septic already and if I’d waited 20-30 mins, he couldn’t have saved my life.
T J R 3 years ago
WOW! Thank goodness the staff noticed something wasn't right!!
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Kim Kermes 3 years ago
This should be painted on all walls in all ER waiting rooms in as many languages as possible. And ER nurses should run hospitals.
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
There are couple of scenes in M*A*S*H where it's pointed out that being the last in line is a _good_ thing.
T J R 3 years ago
I walked into the hospital, very obviously in labor, unable to stand up straight or walk much longer. I got in line at the checkout counter. A guy currently checking in told the front desk lady that he could wait and to let me go ahead of him. Tere were 2 people ahead of me, plus him, and none of them appeared to be having a real major ER issue. The front desk woman told him I could wait my turn. Him and the 2 people in front of me all walked out of line and got behind me. I was willing to wait in line and hadn't said a word (just grunts through contractions). It was such a sweet gesture by them that it made me cry. The front desk woman did get in trouble for not calling to at least get me into a wheelchair while I waited to check-in since I was doubled over and shuffling along. TL;DR: Being in labor does not put you ahead of the rest haha!
#5
When you call 911, please say your address before anything else. It doesn’t matter if someone is actively dying, say your address first. (I’m from a rural area so this might just be a problem where I’m from) but if you’re calling on a cell phone sometimes it can ping in a completely different spot then you are. If you call and don’t say where you are and we get disconnected, I might not have any clue where to send rescue/police/fire and therefore I cannot help you. Say your address (if you don’t know then please give like a cross street or notable location) first, then preferably your name, THEN tell me what’s going on.
A lot of people assume that we automatically have a precise location where they’re at, and the systems can be pretty accurate but you can’t always rely on them. If you say the address and we get disconnected I can at least send someone to the area to figure out what needs to be done.
(Source: I am a 911 dispatcher and I have so many people scream at me for not automatically knowing their location)
James G. Currie 3 years ago (edited)
If you are on a cellular telephone, the phone can be connected with the 9-1-1 dispatch where you live, so if you`re roaming several hundred kilometres from home, the dispatch will be unable to help you! TELL THEM WHERE YOU ARE! (They can transfer your call to a local 9-1-1 dispatch!) Do so even if you are on a landline, because some people have their landline outgoing location data blocked! (In some cases, automatically because of where the phone is - like a Shelter for Abused Persons!)
Eric Mac Fadden 3 years ago
At least the police comes... mostly... in Brazil almost every time it's too late. Burglary investigations are basically nonexistent here, only if involves a car.
Kristine Ellis 3 years ago
If you do have to call for help, keep as calm as you can, while pronouncing your words clearly and distinctly.
Erik Ivan 3 years ago
Here in sweden, there is an app people can download to have if they need to contact emergency services. It tell the operator your adress and GPS coordinates as soon as they pick up the call. Really good, because it can be a total brain melt when you are on the phone and need to give the adress/direction. The stress levels in a situation can be extreme, and it's one thing less you need to have in your mind. Also, if you are traveling somewhere out of the daily commute, there is no guarantee that you know exactly where you are, if you are in -for example - a car crash.
It's Me 3 years ago
They need the address first because calling 911 doesn’t give them a location. And more recently it seems that you can reach the wrong dispatch. My most recent 911 call did just that. She literally said “911 emergency what is your location” to which I replied and she had me call back to get the local dispatch.
Catherine Spencer-Mills 3 years ago
Witnessed some winter accidents. Going up a steep hill, snow and ice on the road, no cell service at the location. Cars spinning out, in the ditch, scary as all get out. We didn't spin out (my husband is the best driver ever) and we stopped and called 911 at the rest stop on top of the hill. We didn't get the closest town (11 minutes away), we got the town an hour drive away. Dispatcher: Where are you? Us: the rest stop at the top of this hill Dispatcher: Why did you call here? Us: we just dialed 911. (after describing the situation) Dispatcher: Why didn't you stop to help? Us: No cell service and we were concerned we would be stuck in the ditch with everyone else. Dispatcher: Okay I'll forward this on to the closest town. There were 5 (five!) dents in that snow bank the next day. Nastiest darn commute to work.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
Where I live, they don't wait for you to say anything, they ask what service you need and your address straight off the bat, including your nearest crossroads.
Jenny Fullerton 3 years ago
Download the “ What Three Words “ app , it will help you pinpoint exactly where you are Anywhere in the world as long as you have coverage https://apps.apple.com/au/app/what3words/id657878530
Bi-Polar Express 3 years ago
Yes, when you call 911 always remember....you are calling freaking 911. Most of us don't do it often and are freaked out when we do.
#6
Chef here.
80% of us are alcoholics or addicts
ERIKA H. 3 years ago
Yep. Husband worked in restaurants for 10 years. Kitchen staff were always doing lines to keep up with the grueling long hours
Honu 3 years ago
I've had a few people in my family that developed issues with methamphetamine. One was a cook, the others had similarly grueling jobs. All of them started down that path by using to keep up with their work. My relative that was a cook had to find a new career. Meth nearly killed him, relapsing likely would, and he knew it would be all around him if he returned to working in a kitchen. Just like physical injuries are often the gateway to opioid addiction, the toxic work culture in the US is often the gateway to meth addiction.
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The Moop Of Venice 3 years ago
I was going to write a joke but this is just sad.... we need to treat chefs better....Nigh, we need to treat all workers better. It is time for a proletariat revolution! Rise up against our capitalist over lords. Shoot the mailman. Elect Bernie Sanders to lead us to a better era.
ArodTheHorrible 3 years ago
Agreed, based on my observations. I would extend that to restaurant workers in general, in fact.
Marcela Mikulová 3 years ago
I m not surprised... U must stay focused plus work manually. It is physically and psychically tiring...
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Quiavonna Thompson Mutts on the Manasquan LLC 3 years ago
Ex husband was a chef his whole life. Was an alcoholic and a drug addict.
Ana 3 years ago
As a retired chef, who worked in busy kitchens up and down the west coast of US, I'd say not ALL kitchen staff were addicted and alcoholics. But most were narcissists, especially chefs! Ocd mf with childhood trauma they took out on everybody. I was a recovering addict when I started, so I recognized my people... sick environment even for the healthiest of us. Always remember to tip big!
Ogre Juan Canolli 3 years ago
Tips Hardly Ever Make It To The Line Cooks--14 Years And The Only Tips I Got Was Who's Holding What
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#7
The bags of cement are not filled by a robot. A person handles every bag. I can fill 2500 bags in an
8 hour shift.
Luna Crow 3 years ago
Also, with everything else being automated, I'm surprised that this isn't. That stuff is bad to breathe!
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Daffodil 3 years ago
That's about 5 per minute, if you were working at a steady pace the whole 8 hours
v 3 years ago
A person may handle every bag but "handle" encompasses a world of possibilities here. By the way you want us to read it, you're physically moving around 25,000 pounds of concrete per hour with no aspect of "robots" assisting. There may very well be a human component in the process I seriously doubt that there is a complete lack of mechanical automation in the process.
#8
Ex-security guard here.
We're not there to protect you. We're there to observe and report. Don't assume that just because whatever building you're working in has security that you're safe. Especially if security is of the unarmed variety.
Kusotare 3 years ago
Ain't that the truth. One of the security guards where I used to work was this little old lady who was as sweet as the day is long, but lord help her if she was called on to do her duty. It took her a good 30 seconds to get out of her chair. I don't remember her name, but everybody called her "Maxine" because she looked like the cartoon character.
Hiram's Friend 3 years ago
As a bank guard in San Francisco in the early 70's, I was told my job in the event of a robbery was to hide behind a pillar and memorize faces.
Chris M 3 years ago
I once intervened at a big chain store when 3 men were harassing a women. The store was not at all empty, but no one else helped, even when I asked. I got them to leave without violence. Infuriatingly, the security guard showed up a half hour later. Thanks for the help, dude.
aj B 3 years ago
If you're in the US exactly how willing are you to risk your job on any given day? Because security guards are often given contracts where the slightest f**k up in policy ends employment. Does it suck to have to choose between what is right and being able to keep a roof over your head and food in your belly, Absolutely. But keep that in mind in scenarios like this, that's the choice they're given, be moral and unemployed, or be apathetic and paid.
Load More Replies... James G. Currie 3 years ago
Security Guards are there to, first and foremost, Reduce Insurance Rates. Second, be a paid witness, and, third, call the cops. Anything else is generally just trying to help the Maintenance staff find stuff that needs to be fixed, or reduce likelihood of the Client being Fined for various H&S stuff when something happens.
Nancy Curtiss 3 years ago
A security guard was placed outside our office door for 6 months to protect the office from a person who had made threats. I felt sorry for the guard who was not armed and would have been the first to be killed if anything happened. Fortunately nothing ever happened.
SupernaturalPanda 3 years ago
I can agree to this . Once saw a security guard stand by and watch as a patient high on drugs destroyed lobby and registration area. Ripping tv off wall and smashing computers. I have never felt so safe (sarcastic )
#9
I’m a nanny and most people think the kids are what bothers me the most or what would lead me to quit. It’s never the kids, always the f****d up parents. People with too much money who don’t intend on raising their own kids are far too prevalent.
J Baker 3 years ago
True for teachers as well. Parents are the most stressful part of the job.
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
Too bad they won't let you administer corporal punishment on the parents.
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Sara Williams 3 years ago
Exactly this. Kids know how to manipulate their parents, but they can't do it to the nannies--we get paid to be the "mean" parent
Jarvis Samuel 3 years ago
Yeah! Damn those parents with too much money and not wanting to raise their kids...says the person who makes a living off said people!!!
RowdieAngel 3 years ago
nanny also. I left daycare centers because of the parents and a completely out of touch administration. now I choose the parents i'll work for
#10
Bridge carpenter.
When you drive by 6 people standing around one guy working, the group is usually comprised of inspectors, superintendents, subs, engineers, and foremen all standing around a laborer to talk. You can differentiate by the hardhats and how clean they are.
If you want to get upset at someone for your commute being slowed, don't pick the dirty guys.
James G. Currie 3 years ago
Sounds like a typical City Works Crew... You forgot about the one in the truck playing solitare for 8 hours on the laptop. lol
M O'Connell 3 years ago
If his job is to drive the truck, and the truck isn't moving most of the time he's got to do something.
Load More Replies... Enigma wrapped in a paradox 3 years ago
I'm a flagger and this is truth! Also, please give us some slack. It's really not our fault that you're late. Again, blame the guys in the shiny clean hats!
M O'Connell 3 years ago
Also, when you see 6 guys standing around a hole "not doing anything" the hole is only big enough for 1 worker, and they trade off when they get tired.
Christof Irran 3 years ago
I used to commute via train into and from Seattle. One year they added a third track on that route to cut down on freight/passenger train traffic jams. That year the commuter train killed 69 track workers. The reason was that the track workers wore hearing protection (freight trains are loud!) and so they couldn't hear the rather quiet passenger train soon enough. But mainly, for every worker there was only one supervisor (lookout?). "...inspectors, superintendents, subs, engineers, and foremen all standing around a laborer" are important because working next to traffic is dangerous, and the more 'lookouts' you have the more likely your survival.
Joe Standford 1 year ago
If they’re on the road interfering with traffic their a*s better be working right beside you
MediumPimpin 3 years ago
It takes a crew of four to dig in the heat because you have to take turns.
#11
I was a licensed Cremationist for 8 years. Regardless how hard we tried, that wasn’t just grandma or grandpa in the urn….
Tigerpacingthecage 3 years ago
I want to be cremated when I die and I personally don't care. I wouldn't care if it wasn't just my mom in her urn either. After you die your body is just that - a body. It isn't what makes a person imo.
Caitlin McCauley 3 years ago
I like this point of view. Your urn is probably mostly your mom. But I dunno, I would kind of feel good to know I'm caring for and respecting the ashes of some other people, too.
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Apachebathmat 3 years ago
This is misleading, there will be tiny, tiny, wee fragments of others as the cremators aren’t scrubbed down in between each person, however, every effort is made to collect ALL of the loved one that has been cremated, a lot of time is put into doing this - I’m an undertaker
Nathaniel 3 years ago
I heard that when the oven is cooled down, each urn just gets a shovelful of ash.
RoanTheMad 3 years ago
Your ashes aren't actually "fire ashes" from the oven. After the furnace/oven, your skeleton survives even despite the high temperatures. The skeletal remains are then placed into the cremulator, which grinds the bones down into the ashes. Also, care is taken to make sure that your ashes/remains are NOT mixed. The oven etc is cleaned after each cremation too, so if there is chance of mixing, it is very miniscule. If OP was actually a "cremationist" they must have worked at a very bad crematorium.
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Crazy Dog Lady 3 years ago
So when you scatter their ashes be sure to pray for your loved one and erm, their “friend”
#12
Chef here. The reason you love our food is salt and butter... and a lot of it.
aj B 3 years ago
You'd be surprised at the number of people who insist things be made "healthier" by removing butter and then yell about how it tastes awful.
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ThisIsNotTheOneYou'reLookinFor 3 years ago
People look down on Lawry's Seasoning Salt. As a retired chef, I've used it on grilled pork chops with black pepper and got rave reviews. LOL, told them it was a secret blend.
Ashley Schriber 3 years ago
Sugar plays a major role as well. Our drive for sugar, fat and salt and the modern world's abundance of these things are believed to be major factors in overeating, and this has been the subject of more than one book. https://www.drmcdougall.com/newsletters/salt-sugar-fat-how-the-food-giants-hooked-us/
Brian Droste 3 years ago
I eat eggs for breakfast. I put salt on them, without it, they would taste bland.
Brian Droste 3 years ago
I eat eggs for breakfast, I put salt on them. Without it, they would taste bland.
#13
I have worked for the US federal government.
Every time Congress waits until the 11th hour to pass a budget or a continuing resolution (a temporary "budget"), the government spends an unknown amount of money, probably millions of dollars, preparing for a government shutdown, whether the shutdown happens or not. If the government actually shuts down, even if only for a few hours, it wastes millions more tax dollars. Taxpayers get no benefit from these expenditures, and the money is simply wasted.
When Congress holds the budget hostage, they're not actually hurting political rivals. They're punishing taxpayers and anyone who relies on government services directly or indirectly for anything.
Edit: One more thought:
If your Representative or Senator engages in this, **vote them out at the next election**, because they're burning your tax dollars to deceive you into supporting their careers. You get nothing, your tax dollars are thrown in the trash, and a bunch of stupid rubes get duped into voting to keep a do-nothing politician in office, earning six figures.
funkybluegirl 3 years ago
Term limits. Anyone who has been in elected office for more than a decade, is out of touch with the people.
Scipio Africanus 3 years ago
There should be no such thing as a career politician
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nini 3 years ago
Why is there a picture of the bundehaus in bern (switzerland) though, if the post is talking about us government?
Jon Borrmann 3 years ago
Either a douche,, or a turd sandwich.. That's the choices we get... period...
Kel_how 3 years ago (edited)
The reelection rates for Congress are ridiculous: 90%+ for both House and Senate. That's why these fools can amass wealth; everyone in Congress in a millionaire. And many times, they're reelected because they gerrymandered the hell out of their state. Our system is shameful. We need term-limits and to abolish the filibuster so that our tax dollars and politicians are working for us, not the other way around.
Bob Marino 3 years ago
if the government is open it is also a waste of taxpayer money... just sayin
#14
I'm a massage therapist. I don't care if you didn't shave. But please wash your feet.
ArodTheHorrible 3 years ago
Always wash your feet... for your sake and for everyone else's, too LOL
Jeremy Van Portfliet 3 years ago
Just my feet or do I have to wash other's?
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Cherie Huber 3 years ago
Ha! I was going to say the same thing! Also a 10+ year experienced M.T. and people need to know. No massage therapist cares what you may think is wrong with your own body. We have seen it all.
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
TBH, it’s personal pride that leads me to shower and shave before any appointment where body parts are going to be examined (doctor) or worked on (mani, pedi, massage, etc). I even shower and wash my hair before going to the hairdresser. I would be mortified if anyone thought I have poor hygiene habits.
Shane S 3 years ago
My mother works in the operation room and says to always trim your toenails and clean your belly button- those are the two most neglected areas
Justme 3 years ago
My brother is a surgeon and anytime he goes in for surgery (as a patient) he packs his belly button with dryer lint.
Load More Replies... Penny Hernandez 3 years ago
Each time my sister or I left for the hospital to deliver one of our babies, our grandmother, an RN, checked to see that our feet were clean.
Enigma wrapped in a paradox 3 years ago
When I did body work I never touched the feet. Massaging with gloves on is a hassle and very impractical. I don't know where your feet have been. Will you disclose to me that you have athletes foot? How about any other fungus you don't know about? Athletes foot is very communicable. Yes, I wash my hands thoroughly between clients and you (I assume) wash your feet at some point. If you can wash your feet twice a day and still have athletes foot, it's not cause you have dirty feet. I don't want that on my hands. I need my hands for my livelihood. I am also able to then pass that on to other clients. Feet is a nope for me.
#15
I work at a large biotech/pharmaceutical manufacturing company. The medication you take or buy from your local pharmacy are so insanely and meticulously regulated & inspected at every step of the journey - from petri dish to pharmacy shelf, that you could take a pill from a bottle and it can be traced back to the exact room it was made in, the exact equipment that was used, who was responsible for each step, and the time it was made down to the very second. Seriously, there is no misteps when it comes to GxP.
ArodTheHorrible 3 years ago
Damn straight... not only do we pay enough for that level of attention, but our very lives are at stake.
Air Conditioner 3 years ago
I'd buy the prop just to humor guests at my house
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James G. Currie 3 years ago
And Generics are even more tightly controlled. They are required to have as much as double the Medically Active Ingredient as non-generics. If a tech has to make notes on his or her glove, the glove has to be stapled to the paperwork for that batch!
Tim 3 years ago
Can you explain "they are required to have as much as double the medically active ingredient as non-generics"? That isn't safe to have twice the active ingredient in your medicine, that can lead to overdosing.
Load More Replies... Troy Parr 3 years ago
Here's a Q for you. I take a 175mg of Levothyroxine. It comes as three pills, a 100, a 50 and a 25mg. The 25 pill is always much larger than the 100 pill. Assuming that the medication element is identical, what is the filler material used?
Tim 3 years ago (edited)
It depends on the specific formulation. It's possible that the 25 mg one is an "extended release", so there are ingredients in it to slow the dispersion in your body, designed to keep a certain level of the medicine in your system at all times. The others are dispersed more rapidly when you take it. Just a guess tho. Your pharmacist may be able to answer that question.
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Jodi Anderson 3 years ago
Can I add to all who say genetic medications are equal and possibly better than name brand. ..
#16
Retail worker so this may not be surprising
A majority of food waste/waste in general are from customers. Yes, leaving that cold f*****g food at the other side of the store because you decided you didn't want/need it and were too lazy to put it back correctly, that s**t adds up and is a majority of what we throw out. Cannot tell you how much good food went to waste for no good reason, just because people were too lazy to put it back
But, at least we donate our meat to animal shelters.
ArodTheHorrible 3 years ago
I was at a Kroger once where a customer had left a pack of chicken in an empty cooler at the front of the store. Someone opened the cooler several days later (the day of my visit) and the entire front of the store was unbearable because of the smell.
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
That just reminded me of many years ago when I worked in a supermarket and some customer stuffed a package of chicken behind the register belt. We all thought there was a dead animal somewhere until the checkout lanes were taken apart and the culprit found. It was so nauseating and we have no clue how they lodged it there
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Michelle Carlson 3 years ago
I do Shipt shopping (grocery delivery) on the side. Once that food leaves the store, it CANNOT be returned. Oh, they'll take it back, but every bit of food is going in the dumpster. I had customers reject deliveries (or cancel the order) after I left the store and I had to take it back. The company will credit their account, but the store has to (by law) throw the food out. Makes me sick. It doesn't happen often, but still.
Dagnirath 3 years ago
I can verify this. Any retuned produce HAS to be disposed of because of potential food tampering. At the same time, it really isn't wasted. It either goes to be composted or turned into animal feed.
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UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
Just give it to the cashier if you decide you don’t want it. There are people whose entire job is to put “go backs” away. And this means give it TO the cashier, not shove it in the magazines and candy at the register. (I used to be a cashier.)
Chris M 3 years ago
Hate when people do that. I'd put it back myself, but it may already have gone bad.
clairelise@pacific.net 3 years ago
One time I saw a handle of vodka tucked in next to the frozen broccoli. Now, I'd expect to see a packet of melting broccoli florets in with the Tito's, so this was an interesting choice someone made.
Lazy Panda (she/her/hers) 3 years ago
I like to think a worker stashed it there so it'd be cold when they bought their own groceries at the end of their shift.
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Piper L 3 years ago
Or when people decide that the ingredient they are going to consume tonight cannot possibly be the one with a week until expiry and that they must have one with 3 months to go. Too many like that and *bang* that unsold food goes in the trash.
Dagnirath 3 years ago
I can't speak for everywhere, but where I work if something is past date but otherwise ok, we send it to Feeding America. That's only about 10% of the stuff we pull, though.
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Cathy Hurd 3 years ago
I always knew when my cousin had been in a store. She'd fill an entire shopping cart and buy nothing but just put things in random places all over the store. Drove me crazy.
#17
I currently work the line at a recycling facility.
Y'all m***********s throw a lot of s**t away when it could have been given to a charity.
LMW 3 years ago
When I worked for a restaurant, the amount of food that was thrown away was absurd. I would pack the "mistake" orders and give them to the homeless people I would see on my drive home. The amount of humbleness and thankfulness I got was so heartwarming 💕
Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
This really burns me up. People go to bed hungry in a country that has a food surplus - unacceptable!
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jade s 3 years ago
True, but not everyone has the luxury of a car or van to get said items to a place where they can donate it. I'm donating books to a free library (leave one take one) but no access to a car so I need to load it all in to a suitcase and drag it in to town. With more bulky items I don't have that option.
JMC5003 3 years ago (edited)
Try freecycle; post a picture with an address, say it'll be at the curb and stuff disappears like magic! Or, you can communicate through the app. My daughter uses it all the time, both to give stuff away and to acquire stuff to refurbish. There's tons of other apps that are similar.
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James G. Currie 3 years ago
Yes, yes they do... But, depending on Market Demand, the Recycling trucks dump up to 80% of their loads in the local landfill instead of the depot.
Lawrencium 3 years ago
Having worked at a charity donation center, we throw a LOT of stuff away. We do get quite a bit of donated garbage/unsellable stuff, and we ship out literal tons of clothing, etc.. to other locations, but a fair share of otherwise fine stuff gets tossed regularly simply because we don't have enough processing power to keep up with all the donations.
Leslie Harris 3 years ago
I donated so much when i was downsizing, filled my car a few times, and that doesn't account for what I gave to friends for their charity drives.
Upstaged75 3 years ago
We can no longer recycle glass in my state. It feels weird to throw it away.
Ophelia Vandergurgleduffen 3 years ago
Charities do their fair share of disposal into the trash.
#18
As someone in construction, statistically speaking, I have a bigger chance of [passing] on the job than police officers do in their line of work. It was even more dangerous when I did scaffolding at an oil refinery.
I think people abstractly know construction is dangerous, but sometimes you have to put it in perspective for them.
Timmy Pillinger 3 years ago
Farming is worse, but because if something goes wrong you are more likely to be alone.
Mosheh Wolf 3 years ago
So are farming, fishing, and many other jobs. Only around 50 cops are murdered in the line of duty in the entire USA, in a YEAR. Compare that to the 1,000 people who are killed by police every year in the USA...
James G. Currie 3 years ago
Doesn't help when you have some people with the attitude that Safety Regs are required for everyone EXCEPT them! (Can not tell you how many times I've seen Maintenance, Roofers, HVAC, and Construction personnel walking unharnessed on raised platforms!) Heck, I've seen *Inspectors* failing to rope-off when on high platforms and working near the edge!
survivalrhino 3 years ago
Especially, in the case of this photo, no fall protection, and at least one moron with no hardhat, taking stupid risks on where he stands.
Tricia Georgetti 3 years ago
My father was an electrician in NYC his whole life same with my grandfather. Most people don't make it to the standard retirement age. Also when he put in his pension papers the girl at the Union told him the majority of them don't get to collect more than a years worth bc they die. My grandfather died from asbestosis. My father removed abestos for years which I'm pretty sure will be a contributing factor when he dies.
#19
I work with the developmentally disabled. While we are allowed to encourage our clients to make good choices and try to talk them out of making bad ones, we are not allowed to stop them from doing what they want. They are people first, and everyone is allowed to make poor choices and suffer the consequences. The United States government calls it "The Right to Consequences."
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
This is always a tough one for me because my brother is developmentally disabled. I absolutely agree they have every right to make their own choices but sometimes I think intervention is definitely needed; they don't always learn from the mistake because they don't always understand and hence keep doing it. Also, those that work with developmentally disabled people are highly underappreciated and programs are so understaffed; it's such a shame how much they're expected to do with so little help.
Ogre Juan Canolli 3 years ago
This Doesn't Apply To Everyone Though--Look How Much Sh^t A Certain Orange Blob Has Gotten Away With
Doggo 3 years ago
Exoctly. I lit 6 sparklers on the same hand yesterday (July 3) and burnt a hole in my sock. Pain is a great teacher 👍 (Btw, I’m not injured)
Masen Silas 3 years ago
Sending to my 19 year old bf who had SEVEN conversations with his parents about his penis.... In 1 day
#20
Healthcare worker - part of the reason your doctors appointments are so quick is the amount of documenting we have to do so we get paid. We can be the most brilliant clinician and save your damn life but if we don’t write a note that’s complete enough or have the right elements, your insurance company will pay less. We get nothing for being smart, correct or compassionate….only what we can “document” and takes time away from you.
funkybluegirl 3 years ago
Agreed. But, please, don't blame your Coder, if you have one (and get a good Coder, if you don't). Your Coder should be able to give you advice on minimizing your documentation, while still hitting the requirements to get get you paid, fairly. Source: 11 years as a medical coder (CPC).
Aballi 3 years ago
I've talked to my doctor about this. She's always late, and I know it's not her fault. She's an excellent physician, and MediCal jams so many clients in her schedule that each appointment ends up running late...just because she does an excellent job and spends time with her patients. Frustrating!
Gabriele Alfredo Pini 3 years ago
This is in USA, I image. In Europe the situation is way better
AMH 3 years ago
How will folks pay for obscene medical bills without the help of insurance? With todays current healthcare, what is your logic for making health insurance illegal?
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Jerry Mathers 3 years ago
Yet another good reason to get insurance companies out of healthcare. They add 0 value, take exorbitant sums of money, and interfere with your healthcare. There no good reason to have them and, if you want a real life death panel, it's the guys putting profit above your health that are doing it.
The Deez 3 years ago
I work for a small concierge medical clinic and the stuff I've learned about "treadmill medicine" since I started here is astounding! (We're the exact opposite of treadmill medicine at this clinic.) A large part of the reason the visit length is so short can be attributed to the corporation who runs the hospital with which the doctor's clinic is associated. That corporation cares more about how much money they can make than they do about your medical health! It's alllll about productivity - how many patients can the doctors see in a day? They're the ones who set the length of appointments, which can sometimes be as short as 9 minutes. So, one of the reasons the clinic you go to is likely running behind is because too many patients needed to talk for two or three extra minutes. (Heaven forbid!!) Also, I never realized that the doctors aren't the bosses in the clinics. It's the office manager who is, in turn, working for the hospital corporation.
GoGoPDX 3 years ago
I worked an OB/Gyn clinic that was part of a huge hospital system here in the NW. Before this, I had worked in private practice, and the difference was insane!! Most appointments were 10min long, and a lot of Dr's would double, even triple book patients. Nobody really got personalized care, patients were rushed out as fast as possible. This also made it nearly impossible for the MA and Nursing staff. We would have to do all vitals, on top of tests, blood draws, specimen prep, on all patient's, on top of triage, sterilizing instruments, and other duties. So, when a Dr is triple booked, by the time you get done rooming the last patient in that time slot, you were already behind for the next appointments. They had a very unsatisfied staff, with lots of turn over, and patients who never felt they were actually being cared for. It was all about the money. NEVER AGAIN!
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John Topper 3 years ago
Not getting paid is only part of the problem. If a malpractice attorney catches us making a mistake on our documentation it could be world of trouble.
Ophelia Vandergurgleduffen 3 years ago
Documentation is EVERYTHING in healthcare. It may seem trivial when you are asked what medications you are taking by every clinician, but drug interactions can be deadly. And not all medical offices talk to each other.
#21
Working for giant companies, it’s comical how many systems are raggedy messes of bare-bones functionality. All available money gets thrown at certain projects, leaving everything else to work on complete shoe-strings.
ArodTheHorrible 3 years ago
Very true. And everyone gets the standard build laptop/PC, no matter if you're a receptionist or a programmer
James016 3 years ago
This is correct. We just rolled out 94 identical laptops. Only difference was what software was installed - specific software for the finance teams for example.
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
When I went to work for the TSA in 2012, their computers were still on Windows 95. That wasn’t remedied until about 2015-2016, when they updated them to Vista (FFS!). Your Federal Government is operating on vastly outdated computer systems. Terrifying, isn’t it? But it does explain why they’re always slow.
Paul Davis 3 years ago
Even in the data center, often equipment and software is outdated and in bad shape because the IT people keep going to the managers to ask for money to fix and upgrade things, and getting shut down because the CEO wants to re-carpet the sales floor for the 2nd time this month. And many executives think "well if something goes wrong in IT we just blame them". sure, that's a great strategy, until your system does seriously fail or get a ransomware attack. Most of the time that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars or millions. Sometimes it even puts a company completely out of business. But yeah I'm sure it made you feel better to blame the IT guys who were the ones trying to prevent that.
Piper L 3 years ago
Yep, work for a large multi national. Stock is still primarily handed by a system built in 1988, will little to no changes since.
Torsten 3 years ago
Ah, ye goode ole "English prosa in capital letters starting at column 8" aka COBOL.
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Cory Tollman 3 years ago
I've been at my current employer since before Y2K. We had a mainframe at that time. It has been interetings noticing the upgrades in functionality and security over time.
Denise Aitchison 3 years ago
I worked for a company that huge contracts with foreign and US companies and kept all of it's accumulated data on Excel spreadsheets. Everyone had access and it could have been wrong or changed at any time.
Kahlan H 3 years ago
worked as customer support for a multi billion dollar bank, our basic programs would crash every day, we tried to submit tickets with no success, customer details wouldn't load for us to do our job and many more. the app the company so arduously forced us to encourage the customers to get, had constant major issues to process basic payments. A banking app, Couldn't handle payments. It destroyed so many credit scores and we couldn't do shite. The communication between departments was so bad sending smoke signals across the countries were were on would have been more beneficial.
#22
I’m the spray tech at a golf course. We use green dye on our putting greens.
The grass at Augusta national is sprayed green as well; “any grass you see on camera has been sprayed green”
Got Myself 4 Pandas 3 years ago
I don't think that would be true everywhere - I mean, grass in Scotland is very much bright green naturally thanks to the plentiful rainfall, I don't think grass painting is a thing here, could be wrong though
Elizabeth Elliot 3 years ago
If they dyed the greens in Scotland it'd wash out!
Load More Replies... Valley Girl 3 years ago
John Oliver just did a great show pertaining to the water crisis in America versus the building of new golf courses and manmade surfing IN THE DESERT!
Scott Rackley 3 years ago
Maybe, maybe not. I worked as the super at a course, nice private one. We only used green die to show us what we already sprayed. The goal was to see where we covered, not to "paint" the grass. Also, once dry that dye is not "fast", it will dissolve back and stain the members shoes, a no no.
#23
If you ever fall off a ship/ferry at sea and were lucky enough to be spotted - don't try to swim your way to safety. The more you try to swim, the lesser the chances of survival. Just try to keep afloat and conserve energy (and body heat) while the rescue team does what they're supposed to. Unless you are in hypothermic waters, the best bet always is to stay afloat without trying to swim to 'somewhere'. This information about falling overboard, hypothermia and conditions, survival at sea etc are based on my own experience of many years sailing on [mega container ships]
Griffin McKinley 3 years ago
Backwards dead man's float, regular dead man's float had your face in the water, it's so bears think you died
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Kathi Schäffer 3 years ago
Was on a ferry in Scotland. They had these big posters saying "Float to save a life" and the explanation was the same as OP stated.
James G. Currie 3 years ago
Well...if you're a couple hundred metres from shore / dock / etc... Swim away. Otherwise, yes. Stay put, you'll increase the lieklihood of being found.
Pogi Gwapo 3 years ago
I got caught out at sea a few years ago. I did manage to swim to safety but I very easily could have drowned and I fully recommend being careful in and around water, no matter how good a swimmer you may be.
marianne eliza 3 years ago
Learn how to make your clothing into air filled flotation devices. Yeah the air will leak out slowly but combine a pair of tennies, one pair long pants, and a long sleeve shirt and you have 3 flotation devices. If you're in a bathing suit, well, SOL.
Wood Carver 3 years ago
Unfortunately the number of areas where the water is warm enough for you not to die of hypothermia is exceedingly small. You can get hypothermia in the oceans of the tropics. Unless you are in a survival suit the honest truth is if you fall off a boat in the ocean and don't get rescued by the boat you fell off of you have a very slim chance of surviving more than a couple hours in the water.
Isabel Care 3 years ago
The only benefit to failing mobility is the added buoyancy that comes with extra fat
Michael Lechner 3 years ago
Not every person can float; I know a number of people who sink as soon as they enter any body of water, including salt water.
#24
In newswriting, if we like you we don't quote you exactly. If we don't like you, best believe you're getting a 'sic'.
Anthony Cerreta 3 years ago
Wow, I always thought Sic meant “spelling incorrect “. Learn something new everyday.
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B.Nelson 3 years ago
It's used to show that the person quoted said what's typed exactly instead of it being a mistake on the part of the writer. Happens when the quote has bad grammar or doesn't exactly make sense. It can even have spelling errors if it was a written response.
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Mosheh Wolf 3 years ago
Almost anybody seems stupid when their entire response is quoted verbatim.
Edwin Cheng 3 years ago
Treat media like the police. STFU and don't say a thing to them if it can be construed against you or others.
#25
Government worker here. You know how you all have the opinion that government departments are massive bureaucracies that take forever to get anything done efficiently, if at all? It's true. And we hate that, too. It can take me 2 months to get an answer that would normally take 1 day in the private sector.
Timmy Pillinger 3 years ago
Not my experience. Government departments are operating on a shoe string.
Scott Rackley 3 years ago
Well, when you have 3 times the managers/bureaucrats than you actually need, I suppose so
Load More Replies... Kristine Ellis 3 years ago
Best ever TV show about bureaucracy was "Yes, Minister". A real education to watch.
Chich 3 years ago
Worked in both and there was good and bad. Private can be just as bad or worse. When I was in Goverment I worked on projects with folks from the private sector. One in particular had to get *everything* approved by their head office and we were often delayed waiting for them.
Sandra Givens 3 years ago
Depends upon the level of government and how it is organized. Worked for a county government for over two decades. Some departments were totally by the book, which could mean delays, but others had managers who encouraged workers to problem solve and follow through, meaning I could make a call and have my answer in a few minutes.
Catherine Spencer-Mills 3 years ago
Depends - I have worked for a defense contractor, a county health department, and a city. I had/have no idea how many layers of management were at the defense contractor or the city. At the health department, there were 2 managers above me and then the board of health. There was also audits. But there were audits and byzantine managerial levels at the private companies I worked for as well. People are people and are capable of effing up no matter where or what the business model is.
Patrick McKemie 3 years ago
This one is simply not true. This sounds more like propaganda from some haters.
v 3 years ago
I think it depends on the agency and how it's managed. I currently work for a federal agency and one of my responsibilities is to ensure projects are running according to the plan and cost proposed and to also guide project planning toward making financially prudent decisions. The most recent example of this is helping to stop a project that would have cost $1.5 million but the system being proposed would have been obsolete within a year of the implementation.
#26
I'm in pharma. So. Much. Paperwork. Also we use a lot of single-use stuff, so the pharma industry's probably responsible for a not-insignificant amount of the world's plastic waste.
James G. Currie 3 years ago
They are also prohibited from using white-out on ANYTHING! Worked at a Generic for a short time... There was ONE person in HR that was authorised to use white-out, and it was exclusively used to make sure that the name of the person on the benefits form could not be read. (Once the cost have been approved or denied.)
Tim 3 years ago
Not in any manufacturing, testing, or other (what we call) quality record. You have to be able to read the crossed out entry too. No scratching out, no turning a fve into an eight, etc.
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RandomFrog 3 years ago
Talking abt waste: my aunt is in nursing school and stayed the night at my house, but she has to practice procedures on a plushie. She had to use sterile field ands couldn’t hang something above it and I think I’d rather throw away a single use paper box than become infected in an organ.
Catherine Spencer-Mills 3 years ago
I have noticed that each and every prescription is bagged in plastic. Just to throw away when I pick it up. Why???
Hutt'nKloas 3 years ago
@ Susie Elle: Depends on where you work. We develop biodegradable plastics for medical applications. The paper work really starts when you go into the clinical phase. Before that it's simply cooking with lego & testing your construction!
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WordWeaver 3 years ago
At least the reasons make sense as opposed to the waste in packaging and fast food.
#27
Structural Engineer
We take materials we do not entirely understand, form them into shapes we cannot precisely analyze to resist forces we cannot truly assess in such a way that the public at large has no idea of the extent of our ignorance!
ArodTheHorrible 3 years ago
That's why there is so much redundancy. Still, it's a solid (hopefully) point
Paul Friese 3 years ago
Even geniuses like Frank Lloyd Wright didn't always get it right: One of his famous houses - Falling Water - is a mess of cantilevered floors, early reinforced concrete and is in need of constant repair. Still a beautiful thing, but not the most stable design.
#28
Crisis hotline. Sometimes we get really disturbing prank calls. I always encourage people to call back if they are ever in crisis. A lot of times, they (the prank callers) do.
James G. Currie 3 years ago
And the reason, in some areas, it is a Criminal Act...
Load More Replies... Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
If there is a Hell, I hope ìt has a special extra-nasty place for these @s$holes.
Load More Replies... Tricia Georgetti 3 years ago
Wow I didn't know that was a thing? People really are f*d up. Sounds a lot like the people that SWAT others.
KimB 3 years ago
Meanwhile while I worked in ER, a 19 year old girl called 911 and told the operator she just wanted to talk to someone before she died and proceeded to shoot herself with the poor 911 operator listening. Because she had just done it, we tried everything to save her even though blood was flowing out faster than we could pump it in...something I'll never forget as I was 24 at the time...people who really need help often never ask :(
Coffee_nut45? 3 years ago
Why do I always get put on hold when I call the crisis line? It doesn't matter which number I call I always get put on hold.
#29
US based flight attendant here. Unless you’re flying on Delta, your flight attendants aren’t getting paid during boarding and deplaning. We’re just as annoyed as the next person that the flight is delayed because of a mechanical issue, weather, etc. If the boarding door is closed we (usually) don’t mind though.
Paul Davis 3 years ago
This isn't legal, at all. Employees are required to be paid for every minute they're on the job site. This is just due to them not pushing for their own rights.
Well-Dressed Wolf 3 years ago
This depends on the employment laws in your country/state etc. It also depends on what the company defines as a job site. Maybe don’t make such foot-in-mouth generalizations and blame the workers because they’re “not pushing for their own rights”.
Load More Replies... Cathy Hurd 3 years ago
I just recently found that out. It's disgraceful and as a rule they're so polite and chipper. (Except American Airlines at LA Guardia)
Toni Thompson 3 years ago
That's horrible sad and I've been hearing about this awhile now. They should pay you all the minute your in the airport to start your job
AzKhaleesi 3 years ago
Hmm well can you all stop canceling 100's of flights a day then? I just had an emergency trip to NY to bury our grandmother and my flight out and back were canceled and trying to scramble and hope to the plane gods that the next flight actually took off was way more stress than we needed on an already stressful time. Just insane right now. Hubs is still back home tying up loose ends and he's scheduled to return today and I hope to God he makes it because he's by himself with no help if something happens. I at least had him to come get me and our son to take us to another airport to catch another flight home.
James G. Currie 3 years ago
Some companies, the cabin crew doesn't start being paid until the aircraft leaves the ground. So that 6 hour standby on the tarmac? They're unpaid volunteers, and you're just peeving them off with your stupidity!
#30
Radioactive contamination can often just be cleaned with Windex or even water
Jihana 3 years ago
Well.. duh! Why shouldn't it? 95% of the time the radioactive material is some kind of salt that is soluble in water. Actually those household cleaners with abrasive particles in them (don't know the English word, Scheuermilch in German) were initially invented for decontamination purposes. It just so happened that they removed the rest of the dirt as well. But a very diluted acid (0,1M HCl) actually works a tad better than pure water.
James G. Currie 3 years ago
I wouldn't say anywhere near 95%... But if it is simply a surface contamination of radioactive material coating the object, then yes, hosing it down with high-pressure water can blast it loose. If the contamination is because the material itself has become impregnated, it can not be "cleaned."
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The Scout 3 years ago
An eternity ago, I visited a nuclear power plant as a school field trip (times were different back then...). When exiting, we were quite surprised that after doing a quick geiger counter check, the staff singled out some of us and sent them to the showers - we were wearing coveralls, but hair and skin were not fully covered and thus "contaminated". But yes, water was quite effective to quickly get radiation levels back to normal (hint: "normal" isn't 0, there is such a thing as natural background radiation).
Bobby 3 years ago (edited)
The fact that kids became contaminated is a huge NRC violation. And this was on the books when it was still called the AEC, no person who is not trained as a radiation worker(lowest level of radiation training, think clerical staff, security, janitorial, etc) may be permitted in an area of known or suspected contamination. The only places that even reasonably have a chance of contamination would be the reactor compartment, analysis lab, spent fuel pool, and sample station. The only one you should even have seen is the pool. From an observation room with a leaded glass window
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Barbara Schubert 3 years ago
Depends on what type of radiation, concentration and so forth. Tritium you might be able to clean with Windex, but uranium? Not so much.
Jihana 3 years ago
Actually it's exactly the other way around. Uranium is much easier to clean up than tritium. Tritium is hydrogen, and since it is such a tiny atom it constantly gets exchanged between molecules. And hydrogen is pretty much in every everything you see. Meaning in the time you needed to get the Windex some of the tritium will be exchanged with stable hydrogen from the floor. No matter how well you wipe, you will not be able to get it out of the floor molecules. You would have to wait til it decays or til it get's exchanged with some other hydrogen, for example in air moisture. Uranium on the other hand...if it's a solid salt, you can just wipe it away, if its a solution it is soluble in water, so you can also wipe it away. And as I said before, any setting where you would handle uranium HAS to have surfaces that are easily cleanable.
Load More Replies... Michael Lechner 3 years ago
If the cockroaches ever discover Windex, they might become unstoppable.
Susie Elle 3 years ago
Well, yeah, but you still flush the radioactive material down the drain then.
Hutt'nKloas 3 years ago
@ Susie Elle: So do many patients after having received radiotherapy ;-)
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James G. Currie 3 years ago
They (likely) did. They did what they did to stir-up radioactivity in the area in an attempt to keep the Ukrainians away, possibly to sabotage the reactors, and to spread the fall-out further as a terror tactic. You really think that an army using terror tactics of launching dumb munitions at 99% Civilian targets would be unaware of what their presence in the area would do?
Load More Replies... KimB 3 years ago
Not sure why you were downvoted you are absolutely correct...here's an upvote to even that out :)
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#31
i work with recycling
i can assure you that recycling is WAY more dangerous than it looks like
people throw away loose razor blades, glass (sometimes even whole knives)
there's also the problem with human excrement ,if you're cut and get an infection from human fecal meter ,you're f****d
Jihana 3 years ago
I was wondering how human excrements get into the waste, but then I remembered that diapers are a thing...
Benita Valdez 3 years ago
And don't forget some people are just disgusting
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Anne Kilpatrick 3 years ago
This happened near where I live. He was missing for over a month...Missing man fell into shredder at South Carolina recycling plant, coroner finds https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/missing-man-fell-shredder-south-carolina-recycling-plant-coroner-finds-rcna37240
#32
Paramedic here
Me and a shocking amount of my medic friends learned vital, life saving skills off of YouTube. The schooling just isn't always what it should be and often we are left on our own to figure things out while we are learning. More often than not that leads to YouTube video tutorials (they have one for everything) so more frequently than you'd think people are learning how to give needles and read ECGs from the same place we all learn what the proper time to hard boil an egg is
Nicola Roberts 3 years ago
To be fair, Joe helped me fix my boiler in 3 minutes.
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Trophy Husband 3 years ago
I've worked for construction companies that literally pull up YouTube videos to train people on new products or techniques. And literally half of basic IT work is based on googling. LinkedIn learning can teach you any tech skill for a few hundred dollars a year. And MIT open classroom can get you access to every class needed for some 4 year degrees completely free! Never stop learning, and take advantage of everything the Internet has to offer!
funkybluegirl 3 years ago
Of course, a paramedic is going to learn a lot 'on the job', but they should, absolutely, be given adequate training before being on their own. They are, too often, life savers, literally.
ArodTheHorrible 3 years ago
I don't see a problem with that... I learn stuff for my job from YouTube, too
Aileen Grist 3 years ago
In the UK my friend's daughter is finishing her 3 rd year of a paramedic course at university
survivalrhino 3 years ago
Not in my day-- we had to have 3 years of street time to take Medic, and in 1984, when I graduated, there wasn't no such critter-- did it on skull sweat, and paying attention in the street-- had street medics mentor us the first year after graduating as well
Sue Mullen Andersen 3 years ago
I am hoping you are talking about refreshers or to clarify something. My own training was in the 1990's and I had pretty good teachers. I cannot imagine a medical control authority that allows you to practice if you have to learn how to use a needle or read an EKG online.
#33
Martial arts/self defense instructor "Women's self defense" is a waste of time. Unless you're taking real classes regularly, that seminar you took that taught you what to do if a man tries to kidnap you is really only good for getting away momentarily. I know it's not necessarily the point but you'll NEVER fully stop an attacker with anything we can show you in an hour. If you can, take a normal martial arts class. No reason that what works for the men won't work for you. Edit: Boxing and MMA are also martial arts. Pretty useful on the streets
S Mi 3 years ago
Let's spend more time teaching people, often men, not to attack women... Then this becomes moot
Strings 3 years ago
Unfortunately, you can't educate someone who is a savage, chooses to be a savage, and likes being a savage.
Load More Replies... Benita Valdez 3 years ago
I'm all for throat punches and when they're bent over grasping at their throat kick in the junk. You play as dirty as you can if you want to live; low blows only matter in professional boxing and mma. Oh and if the height difference isn't too bad, headbutts are great to stun and then you go on the attack like a rabid beast until they are too preoccupied with pain to give chase and run like the floor is lava.
Doctor Strange 3 years ago
Our instructor is a former law enforcement officer. His women's self defense classes focus on escape. Lesson 1 is always running away. Everything after that is ways to get away from an attacker. Nothing is taught to defeat an opponent, and he absolutely emphasizes this.
BadCat 3 years ago
The scary truth is your attacker is likely stronger than you, has a plan on how to handle someone weaker and how to block defenses. The whole gouge their eyes, cause bodily injury to them is great for the short time you get away. But if you leave injuries or marks better call your lawyer.
Diolla 3 years ago
In my experience the main problem is that women often don't fight/ become aggressive when attacked. We freeze, try to wriggle loose, etc.. We almost never hurt the attacker. I have suffered several attacks and have found that hurting / verbally assaulting the attacker often works because they don't expect it. Best getaways ever ware a guy who literally grabbed me by the pussy... I just saw red and punched him in the groin. He never saw that coming, LOL. And that time a guy pushed a knife almost into my chest (was wearing a thick coat)..... I just yelled at him to get the f*ck out of my way because I want to MOVE . then reported him to the doorman.
Lorrie Rothstein 3 years ago
On tv they always show women in self defense classes throwing a guy over their shoukder. Or they tell women to attack someones eyes
Seedy Vine 3 years ago
Jiu Jitsu is great for self defense because it helps you learn how to overpower an attacker larger than yourself.
#34
Copy/print industry.
I have signed a lot of NDA's and copied/scanned many jobs that I wasn't allowed to 'look at'. Medical documents, documents for law suits and such, and helped a few people with patent application.
Had a few print jobs they guy had to sit there the whole time. No one was allowed to look at the printouts. Had to show him how to take the prints out of the copier and make sure no customers came back by the copier.
I couldn't copy the files if the DVD, and had to sign a document no copies of those documents - physical or digitally were kept by my company. I think the guy was a defense contractor, so that was interesting.
Also - the pulp to make paper mostly comes trees specifically grown for making paper. The rest comes from leftovers from the lumber Industry. Recycling paper into reusable white paper is WAY worse for the environment that making new paper. Making brown paper goods from recycled paper isn't so bad, but still not great.
Seedy Vine 3 years ago
I worked for attorneys. I had to keep typing "Dictated, not read" at the end of all their correspondences, so I was basically getting paid to lie, because the typist has to read what has been typed for accuracy, so...
Rosemary Booth 3 years ago
I always wondered about that! I mean, how could you take dictation and then go type the letter without reading it? You should have put "Dictated, don't care" because I'm sure most of the attorney's correspondence isn't super interesting.
Load More Replies... #35
Most fossils in museums are plastic replicas. Not always the whole thing, but any full dinosaur you see more than likely has at least some plastic components.
There's only a handful of businesses in the world that make the replicas and, at least in the US, they're pretty small operations.
#36
Software developer here. Only a minority of companies take data security seriously enough to prevent leaks. For every publicly announced leak, there are 20 that were swept under the rug. Proper security requires that the whole structure, from the top down, has an understanding of the issues. It's not just down to the techies, it's down to their managers, and their manager's managers.
Kristine Ellis 3 years ago
So, no real data privacy for ordinary people? Why am I not surprised?
Gabby Ghoul 3 years ago
Cybersecurity worker here and I question the number 20, I suspect it should be higher.
#37
When your Nan or pop passes away in a nursing home, often they're still in their bed for over 12 hours before the funeral home picks them up. We just quietly close the door and continue our shifts.
1.21Gigawatts?! 3 years ago
I mean there would be more problems if they went somewhere within those 12 hours…
#38
Worked at an automotive assembly plant. Every 60 seconds the assembly line is shut down, the plant is losing $10,000. Missing parts, incorrectly sequenced material(a red bumper shows up next in line when it’s a blue car in bumper install), broken lift assist devices, 1 person running off the line to bathroom(it’s happened), chains breaking etc.. could all shut down the line.
Tensions were incredibly high and the stress was unbelievable on some days. Other days it was super easy and chill. Good pay. High school degree is the only mandatory requirement to be a supervisor, and with the mandatory OT(usually you work 5-6 days, 10-12 hour shifts) you’re making at least 100k.
Bart 3 years ago
Mandatory OT, what a great way to say: we refuse to hire more people so you can have a normal working schedule and will grind you down first...
M O'Connell 3 years ago
The reason for the extended shift is coordinating a shift change takes so much time that it's more efficient to pay everyone time and a half for their overtime and run two long shifts instead of 3 8-hour shifts.
Load More Replies... Christof Irran 3 years ago
Now imaging the cost of shutting down the entire production line and re-tool it so you can crank out 15,000 copies of the same vehicle but with right-hand drive for the UK market. And then the Brits wonder why they have to pay 20,000 or 30,000 more Euros for their BMW 330i than their German counterpart.
#39
I'm a supervisor at a home health company. I may actually have the easiest job in the entire world and I get paid decently for it too. Because of Medicare/Medicaid regulations the company has to send a supervisor out to all the homes our employees go to so we can make sure things are going well and the client is being taken care of well. My time is spent either driving to someone's home and asking them maybe 15 questions about their care or sitting in the office doing paperwork about those questions. That's it. That's all I do.
funkybluegirl 3 years ago
I'm glad you like your job, but as someone with social anxiety and agoraphobic tendencies, your job sounds extremely difficult and stressful. 🙂
Wandaluzt 3 years ago
You can't reply to them here, it was posted on Reddit and copied
Load More Replies... BadCat 3 years ago
Hmmm.....Is owning a vehicle necessary if you live in a city with good public transit?
IDK_Something 3 years ago
Depending on where clients are located, I would say yes. It's also another way to manage the employee's time, by making them submit paperwork for mileage.
Load More Replies... #40
People dont realise how much work goes into making boxes or binders for products. Huge machines are used, tens of thousands are made in the matter of days. I have made the same binder about 70,000 times roughly in the 6 months since I started on the job. If you receive a box with your product and its still in good shape, consider reusing it for something? As a production operative, i know how much anger and frustration goes into making a simple box. Honestly you wouldnt think its that hard. But when 1 box goes wrong, every single box following does too. Its hard work for a job that should be simple
iseefractals 3 years ago
My wife and I have our own business, which has evolved into making branded items for other small businesses, including boxes. The most time consuming aspect can be gold foiling (laminator feed is slow and it can take multiple passes) but when everything goes smoothly, making a 10x10x2.5 cm box takes 2 A4 sheets of 180g/m card stock, two A4 sheets of 280g/m posterboard (reinforcement) 3x2cm square of gold HTF. Foiling can take 1-3 minutes, die cutting the box shape takes 15 seconds per piece (4 pieces per box) Assembling the two pieces takes less than 20 seconds, and hot gluing top and bottom pieces inside takes another 30 seconds (2 pieces per box). 3 - 5 minutes (and 20 seconds) to make one small box by hand, which we sell for $3 apiece. Material cost is less than 10 cents. The most we've done in a week, was 2000 which sucked as it was one of many clients, 500 is a comfortable output (44 hours of labor split between us) where we still have time to sleep and fulfill orders for others.
Isabel Care 3 years ago
Before Covid I saved all boxes below a certain size, and all protective fill for someone that had a home business. I would call them when I had enough. Now I take bubble wrap etc to the local charity shop for them to use
Lillukka79 3 years ago
I know it's not that hard. It was the easiest job I've ever had, and we made really complicated huge boxes.
#41
I work for a department that does tolls by mail. A robot may take your picture, but a live human ends up processing it. We can see inside your car... even in the dark tunnels.
Well-Dressed Wolf 3 years ago
I always stick out my tongue and throw a thumbs-up or a heavy-metal “horns” hand gesture or something XD Hopefully I can make someone laugh when they’re reviewing the pic!
#42
I'll share a few different facts from my experiences; Most fast-food is kept around much longer than it is supposed to be. Bacon from the previous night will be reheated and used the following day. Anything that's heated and not a burger or fried good is microwaved. Grills and fryers aren't cleaned as well as they should be. If you want to check quality on furniture, look underneath. Most places won't clean the underneath of their furniture. If there's a lot of excess glue or chipped/scratched/dented parts the manufacturer cares about quantity over quality. Good quality furniture will last forever. Bulletproof helmets have very little QC done to them other than ensuring they will stop a bullet and even then it CAN be hit or miss depending on the thickness and quality of the material used to create the helmet. Some helmets were born from styles that were created for a contract that was terminated before completion. I.e. we have 1000 helmets that the customer no longer wants, what should we do? Shape em a lil differently and call them a new type of helmet.
ThisIsNotTheOneYou'reLookinFor 3 years ago
Writer went from bacon to furniture to helmets. They must change jobs every few years. As a 20+ restaurant manager I call BS on microwave and other items. Our restaurants didn't even have microwaves. Strict nightly schedule on grills and weekly on fryers at any national chain. I think he just likes to make stuff up. Check under "new" furniture to find chipped or dented? Where is he buying? Who buys bulletproof helmets? Guess he had one and it failed.
#43
I'm a truck driver. I don't listen to country music.
Pat Bond 3 years ago
♫♫East bound and down, loaded up and truckin' A-we gonna do what they say can't be done We've got a long way to go, and a short time to get there I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run♫♫
#44
Teachers 100% are generous/not generous with grades depending on how much of an a*****e you are to them.
Kristine Ellis 3 years ago
I cannot agree with this point of view. It's unethical and unprofessional.
James G. Currie 3 years ago
Might be unprofessional, but I don't think ethics are involved. Treat your teacher like doggie-doo, they'll return the favour. It is Human Nature. The nastier you are, the more likely the teacher is to require you to prove you know the material instead of show a grounding an knowledge of basics.
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April Caron 3 years ago
What would you do? Two 15 year old students…Student #1 doesn’t complete work on time, is often disruptive in class, you discover they took a ruler and broke the corners of it off in the locks of your cabinets when you had a substitute, so you can’t access them because the key won’t fit in the mechanism. He earns a 59.7%, which is .3% away from barely passing with a D- for the course. Student #2 always shows up to class on time, is respectful, turns work in on time, asks thought-provoking questions indicating a desire to learn more about the content of your course. He’s on the path to becoming a valedictorian if he can maintain an A average throughout high school, but he earns a 92.7%, which is keeping him .3% away from that A average. So, what do you do? ***TRUE STORY - REAL KIDS *** I want to help my “good” student out, but adding a point to his grade is unfair to every other student I have. If I add a point to his grade, I’m going to do it across the board to ALL my students’ grades.
Ana 3 years ago
Teachers have one of the most difficult jobs in the US. If you're an a*s to a teacher then you can not be upset when said teacher picks apart your essay and grades you in exactitude. What's the tradition give your teacher an apple... show some GD respect for the person that opens your mind and works to learning. On the other hand some teachers are just jerks... I'm looking at you Mr English professor whowrote a crappy 100pg book and made us buy it for $120 and then only used it twice in a semester!
Demongrrrrl 3 years ago
I'm pretty sure the author does not get any money from the sale - that one is entirely on the publisher. The professor might not know the price.
Load More Replies... Lillukka79 3 years ago
Bs. The only reason my elementary school teacher was a bastard to me, was because my family didn't go to church and he was in a cult.
#45
Electricity is fun to play with and can create a multitude of phenomena
Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago
HELLO! People are complete morons. Electricity is NOT something to play with. Jesus!
WoodenLion 3 years ago
if you know what you are doing it can be pretty amazing
Load More Replies... Christof Irran 3 years ago
Ah, I am reminded of the juvenile crow that landed on the transformer on top of the pole across the street. My, what a lovely (and loud!) fireworks display that was. The power was out for about eight hours. Electricity - your friend and entertainer.
Chucky Cheezburger 3 years ago
No,electricity isn't something to play with. At least not at 4160 volts.
Fabian Meresse 3 years ago
I'm ill at ease toward electricity. I switch off everything even for changing a lightbulb
What do you think ?
Daffodil 3 years ago
Unrelated to the article, but: Has anyone else been getting notifications on here about a comment but when you go to click it, it takes you to a comment section where you didn't comment anything? Idk if this is just a glitch for me or if other people are experiencing it too.
Jihana 3 years ago
That happens when your comment is about those submissions that are not shown initially. You know, when you have to click the link at the bottom of the article to see all submissions. Scroll down and click on the link and you will get to your comment.
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Tricia Georgetti 3 years ago
Lifeguards are NOT babysitters/nannys. Do not drop your small children off at a pool or a beach and leave for hours at a time. They aren't a daycare. Our job is not to look after just your kid. Also we get paid for what we might have to do not what we are actually doing.
TheElderNom 3 years ago
I'm a train driver, do not kiss someone through the window. We hit animals quite often and stuff can splash surprisingly far back along the train. Then there's the myth that som male train drivers relieves themselves through am open door even when the train is in motion. Impossible with most modern trains/locomotives but still.. And yes, trains do get washed but no ones going to cancel a train because of animal blood, we're not exactly drowning in working trains.
Curry on... 3 years ago
Not related. Is anyone experiencing bogus web pages or Mcafee notices randomly popping up? This is the only site I experience these. It's darn annoying.
Daffodil 3 years ago
Unrelated to the article, but: Has anyone else been getting notifications on here about a comment but when you go to click it, it takes you to a comment section where you didn't comment anything? Idk if this is just a glitch for me or if other people are experiencing it too.
Jihana 3 years ago
That happens when your comment is about those submissions that are not shown initially. You know, when you have to click the link at the bottom of the article to see all submissions. Scroll down and click on the link and you will get to your comment.
Load More Replies... Tricia Georgetti 3 years ago
Lifeguards are NOT babysitters/nannys. Do not drop your small children off at a pool or a beach and leave for hours at a time. They aren't a daycare. Our job is not to look after just your kid. Also we get paid for what we might have to do not what we are actually doing.
TheElderNom 3 years ago
I'm a train driver, do not kiss someone through the window. We hit animals quite often and stuff can splash surprisingly far back along the train. Then there's the myth that som male train drivers relieves themselves through am open door even when the train is in motion. Impossible with most modern trains/locomotives but still.. And yes, trains do get washed but no ones going to cancel a train because of animal blood, we're not exactly drowning in working trains.
Curry on... 3 years ago
Not related. Is anyone experiencing bogus web pages or Mcafee notices randomly popping up? This is the only site I experience these. It's darn annoying.
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