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People Spilled The Tea On Their Jobs, And These 22 Stories Might Change How You See Certain Careers
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Most of us have a general idea of what certain jobs look like—from what we see in movies, on social media, or just passing by. But the truth? A lot of the wildest, weirdest, or most surprising parts of the job happen behind the scenes, far away from public view. And those are the stories that deserve the spotlight.
So, I asked the Bored Panda community to pull back the curtain and share the things about their jobs that outsiders rarely see or understand. From unexpected perks to absolute chaos, these behind-the-scenes confessions might just change how you look at certain careers forever.
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#1
Despite how basic it sounds and no it's not a stupid question. When someone in I.T asks you if you've tried rebooting your computer, we're not being lazy, and no we're not quoting "The I.T Crowd". The vast majority of computer issues can be resolved by simply rebooting your machine. So please. Try it before you call because they will ask you to try it.
Final score:
32points
Stephanie Did It 4 months ago
Speaking as an IT person, I would add that no one is talking down to you. If you're not sure of what they're saying or asking, just say so. Most will patiently walk you through the steps. Just follow directions. If they say click on something, do it, then wait. A lot of problems happen when you get ahead of the directions and start clicking on other things. We want to help you.
Tom Hutcherson 4 months ago
That's why remoting into an end users computer or back end of a server. I'm the one driving.
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Julia H 4 months ago
I get frustrated when I've done all the proper troubleshooting steps before calling only to be told to do them again before service is scheduled. A waste of everyone's time
Papa 4 months ago (edited)
I get especially frustrated when I explain the steps I've taken to fix the issue, but the IT person who was assigned the case apparently only read the subject line of the email.
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Sue 4 months ago
As an IT liaison to a few departments with higher & faster response times needed, I swore my computer was plugged in, only to have them come down & find out that the cleaning people must have accidentally unplugged my computer. Always check the plugs & reboot, no matter how sure you are.
Tim Douglass 4 months ago
This is also important for your phone. I shut down and restart my phone every 2-3 days. It's amazing how many problems that avoids. A friend had his phone quit making calls. It would start to call out and hang up. He was ready to get a new phone, so I had him restart it (something he had never done in the several years he had owned that phone). Big surprise! Now it not only could make calls, but his e-mail, which had quit working weeks previous, also worked again. It's especially important if you use lots of different apps or go to lots of web sites. Little bits of zombie code get left running on you phone (and computer!) and mess things up.
Sarah Baker 4 months ago
Yeah. A friend @my phone won't do anything and I can't turn it off When did you last reboot it? I can't remember Grrr I had to go to his house and turn it off power and volume down buttons at the same time I said it gets confused after a while - don't ever leave it that long again... Zombie code is a really good way of describing it
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Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 4 months ago
Also, restarting/rebooting is not the same as turning it off and then back on again.
Rick Murray 3 months ago
Oh, and don't ask us why it works, it just does. I'm new to Linux and I've been reading through the boot logs (because sometimes it just won't start up from cold) and it seems every time things happen in a slightly different order. I'm just going to guess that some hardware devices take [random] moments to get themselves going, but...we're *far* from the days when you could apply 5V, bang the reset line, and it'll start up from an EPROM or ROM in a fraction of a second. Anyway, if it doesn't work, shut it down, start it up again. That often sorts out the problem.
Apatheist Account2 4 months ago
"I assure you it's a hamster, it doesn't have a tail." "Very well madam, right-click on your hamster..."
KatSaidWhat 4 months ago
Our IT boys said that it also gives them time to google something they might not know 😆
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#2
Insurance companies do not care about you. They are for-profit companies, and the bottom line is way more important than you.
Final score:
29points
BrunoVI 4 months ago (edited)
Prior to the 1990s, nearly all health insurance companies were non-profits. Then new laws passed at the urging of for-profit health insurance companies tilted the playing field strongly towards for-profit insurance companies which could legally entangle themselves with d**g companies, pharmacies, hospitals, etc., (*In America)
Don't listen to me 4 months ago
So another casualty of the de-regulation of the Regan years.
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keyboardtek 4 months ago
I always got the feeling that the overly nice insurance salesman was always trying to sell us more insurance than we needed.
#3
Grocery store stocker here: If you are shopping close to closing time, and the item you want is empty, tough luck. We are not equipped to have backup stock just in case. We fill the shelves overnight with a new delivery so it's there when we open. Just to placate you, we will wander around the backroom and hope you get bored and leave. Also we don't stock certain products i.e. coke, Pepsi, lays chips. Those are brought in by vendors that stock it themselves. They only bring in what will fill shelves. Not a lot of room to keep extra cases around. It may seem like we have tons of space, but that is not the case. The backroom is openly designed to take in pallet deliveries by several people at a time, and be broken down to take to the floor. At best we keep the bare minimum of popular stuff i.e. water. Yes we do run out of water if a hurricane is approaching. Depending on landfall and our warehouse, it's not deemed safe for our drivers to deliver sometimes. Hope that helps anyone who can't find the product they're looking for. We're not lazy, but most people assume we have everything you need 24/7. Definitely not the case, nor realistic.
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Final score:
28points
Asher Tye 4 months ago
And no, saying you want to speak to a manager will not make it magically appear
KatSaidWhat 4 months ago
"Oh, you want someone more senior than me to tell you to f**k off? Ok, BRB!"
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Kristin 4 months ago
My incubator (mom, who dislike) worked for king soopers grocery store for 25 years, she was a general manager. This post is 110% accurate. Vendors come in a bring on what fills the shelves. Here when I live in colorado some stores will buy extra towards have on hand for holidays, or natural disaster. This is even true for gas stations, they also have deliveries on certain days and vendors as well. Oh and also for the shop lifters, when the bags were removed from stores, and now you bring your own, yes are you most likely going to be watched closely and checked at the door. They are now bringing out grocery carts that weigh at the self check outs and if the weight dont match, your getting checked.
#4
Software Engineer: You may be disgusted by how badly it works. I'm amazed that it works at all.
Final score:
27points
Skara Brae 4 months ago
This statement is indefensible. There are many companies and products (specifically NOT home computer software or web programming companies) that take software testing very seriously. Testing is expensive. For example, strict testing is required for flight-critical equipment on commercial aircraft.
Stephanie Did It 4 months ago
Which is why many companies or agencies stick with tried-and-true programs instead of risking vital operations to the newest unproven technology.
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Sue 4 months ago (edited)
There is rarely consideration given any more about how to make software easier or quicker to use. Forget hitting Enter instead of clicking on the Enter button, forget putting fields in the optimum tab order. I'm actually surprised these days when an app works quickly & easily. My daughter's company replaced their easy-to-use green screen program with an Excel app & now it takes over an hour to do what used to take 5 minutes. I think part of the problem is that creating forms like that is much easier to do, so people who wouldn't have had the brains to do it back then can easily do it now.
Don't listen to me 4 months ago
When I started programming (in the early early days!) one of my first courses was Forms Design. It was thought so important & not easy. Now it's never mentioned. I think a lot of the young programmers making Apps have very little training at all.
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Kim Kermes 3 months ago
Computer problems are often because companies won't spend the money for the time needed to write programs properly.
#5
Might just be relevant to the UK, but you don't get seen quicker in the Emergency Department if you arrive by ambulance. The ED staff will do their own triage and determine what priority you will be. So, if you arrive at the ED in an ambulance for your hurty foot, you will more than likely get put in the waiting room like any other low priority issue...
Final score:
26points
Daniela Lavanza 4 months ago
And that's a good thing: priorities are made according to medical conditions. Getting on an ambulance can't make your broken toe case more urgent that someone having a heart attack or a stroke.
PeepPeep the duck 4 months ago
So true but I asked for a baby to go ahead of me when I broke my fingers in my hand, i remember sitting there crying in pain across from this baby (it was not well, it def wasn’t paranoid parents) doing the same, and asked when the nurses came got me if they could do the baby first cos it was new to pain 😂 I was delirious with pain so they took us both in together, the mother must of thought I was crazy 🤪
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Kristin 4 months ago
Working at a hospital myself, specifically ER this is very accurate. We will see you by severity and urgency. Last week had a woman come in with her child and said he has a splinter, yes a splinter. Im not one to judge anyone or parenting but when you get mad like she did cause we had a gun shot victim come in that was only 13yrs old.
KatSaidWhat 4 months ago
If you call an ambulance for your hurty foot, you deserve to sit in A&E for 4 hours.
Sue 4 months ago (edited)
Maybe not, but if an ambulance has deemed that you are an emergency, their opinion will probably more likely be taken into consideration than if you come in by yourself & give your own opinion. We have seen too many people dying to falling out in ER's because ER staff didn't do a proper triage.
Poppy 4 months ago
In fact, you might be seen quicker if you make your own way to hospital. Ambulance wait times for the different category of calls can be anything up to 10 hours for a category three call (not an emergency) when we're under severe pressure. So you will be seen quicker if you can make your own way to hospital rather than waiting for the ambulance and then waiting in ED. I work for the ambulance service in the UK.
#6
Generally speaking school admin don't care about your kid and will do anything to help their bottom line. Eve if it means cutting programs and resources kids need. Teachers are constantly fighting to get your kids help and are often ignored. We have been told sorry can't get enough money for a reading interventionist. But they can find money to give themselves raises.
Final score:
26points
Ghostchaplain16 4 months ago
This doesn't fit the category because it's a generalization and isn't true across the board, as the comments already show. Yes, it's true in many school districts, but there are caring and passionate administrators out there also, most of whom were once teachers themselves.
Krissy Bulan 4 months ago
Agreed! I work for a school district and our admins have for the most part been very caring and great advocates for our students. It's only an issue when you have an admin who only cares about clawing their way to the top or become jaded. But I always say: if you don't like an admin wait a few years and they'll be gone.
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Crystalwitch60 4 months ago
NOT IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL in the village where I live n is 5 doors up from me , my kids went there ! N the admin last o e of our few next door neighbours they all go above n beyond for our kids , !! don’t slate admin, or teachers slate the bloody government!! it’s THEM as cut the money NOT ADMIN 😡 ok so I am in uk , not an orange lunatic led state but hmm
Flowerpower87 (Submission author) 4 months ago
Now I agree there are some truly wonderful admin and schools. But in the states school funding is given to the school and there is some of it that can only be spent on certain budgets. But when it comes to staff the admin are in charge of hiring. I worked at a school system that had no reading interventionist for our middle school because the principal never got around to it then later claimed there wasn't a need for one. We had four kids reading at a third grade level in the grade I was teaching. Then at another school we had some students that didn't speak English and we needed a staff member to support them. The school admin kept dragging their feet until someone reported the school to the state education board.
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Wildlife rehab Vet- when you bring me in a cute little baby bunny you 'bravely' tore out of a hawk's talons, I do not think you are a hero, I'm actually going to be really, really annoyed. Most of the time in those situations, whatever you "saved" ends up dying from its injuries anyway, and now you stole someone's meal. Even if it was a bunny we spent time and care raising anyway, I'd still be annoyed. What happens now is either the predator has to go out and catch something else, or it starves to death; either way, a life was wasted. The main goal of wildlife rehab is to fix problems in wild animals caused by HUMAN interference and/or domestic animals. I don't mind trying to save a bird your cat brought home, since that is something humans cause that affects the ecosystem, but for all I know, that hawk was just released by me last week and was trying to do its job and survive. Even if it was a bunny I just spent weeks caring for, I know when it's released, it is probably going to eventually get eaten by something because that is their role in the ecosystem. The public bringing in prey they "rescued" from other wildlife is becoming more frequent and a super alarming trend I don't think we spend enough time educating people against
Final score:
23points
KatSaidWhat 4 months ago
Started watching new Attenborough the other night (Parenthood) and keep forgetting how heartbreaking it is to watch nature in action.
#8
Former auto mechanic: yes; those add-on fluid maintenance services (with the exception of engine oil) are a rip-off. Most modern fluids are designed to last 10 years in a car but the quality of the other components has gone down over the years. Your transmission for example, is much more likely to suffer an unrelated internal failure than it is to last long enough for the fluid to be a problem. It's not the mechanic's fault though as those policies are usually directed by the company to make money.
Final score:
19points
UnicornSnotRules 4 months ago
My son (who went to school to be a Ford technician) got so disheartened and upset by the dealerships forcing unnecessary services on customers (he was basically in trouble if he didn't "upsell") that he no longer works as a technician. He felt guilty every time he had to do a brake flush because the dealership sold it to an unsuspecting customer.
Austzn (Submission author) 4 months ago
I also have felt that dilemma. For me personally the worst part of it it was the constant struggle to "flag hours" since you're probably paid on a commission basis in the US. It could have been one of those "yes, but" posts: Yes, you have to and are expected to keep up with technology and hone your skills, but diagnostics don't really pay well so "recommend" fluid services to make a basic living income.
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Guess how old I am. When I quit turning wrenches an oil change/tire rotation was $12.95
Sue 4 months ago
Also, make sure they actually changed the oil, or that they even put oil in it after they removed the old oil. Also make sure they put the cap back on the oil reservoir. All problems I have heard or have happened to me.
Austzn (Submission author) 4 months ago
I've also noticed an odd resistance in auto shops to replacing those crush washers on the drain plugs that many cars use. Even in dealerships where the entire line of cars uses them I still encountered mechanics that had some irrational objection to replacing them. If you don't it will eventually damage the threads of the bolt and/or oil pan and cause leaks or the plug won't stay torqued down and can fall out while you're driving the car down the road (yes, seen it happen plenty; some get towed-in for new drain plugs and some get towed-in for a new engine!)
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Ace 4 months ago (edited)
Any new car comes with a maintenance schedule from the manufacturer, That's pretty much all you need. More frequent oil changes, which I've often seen referenced by Americans, will not make it run better or for longer, for example. I wasn't even aware that they tried to persuade you to do other unnecessary 'maintenance' there.
Kristin 4 months ago
Ugh yes 😫 I fully understand that mechanics need to make a living as well but some really take advantage. With the amount some charge my best bet is to just get a new car lol
Austzn (Submission author) 4 months ago
You've hit on another problem with this: Around my area most shops that employ people are charging in the neighborhood of $175/hr but only pay the mechanics a commission of $20-40 per billed labor hour. I get some overhead but when the mechanic is literally doing all of the work and providing most of the tools, it stings a bit.
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Dave In MD 4 months ago
All the car experts in the comments should not have any issues with what repair shops are recommending since it doesnt effect them. I mean they are experts and do all their own work, right? Proper maintance will make a system last long. But what do I know, you all are the experts.
#9
In my state in Australia, as well as the current issues with our Working With Children's Check system, the assessment and rating system for childcare/out of school care is deeply flawed. Services routinely put on extra staff before their assessment comes up and pretends their service runs that way all the time so they get a better rating. So if you are a parent, don't use their rating as your only consideration when enrolling your children. Hopefully this practice is hampered by the shorter notice of when assessment will happen but so far it hasn't.
Final score:
19points
KrazyChiMama 4 months ago
Healthcare professional here…you can lie to literally everyone else in your life, but don’t lie to your healthcare providers. Be very honest about your history, medications you take, and your d r u g and alcohol use. We don’t judge. We need that information to properly treat you. We DO care about you and your issues and even if you aren’t nice to us, we will still treat you with dignity and respect. I know not ALL healthcare professionals have adopted such morals and for those of you who have experienced differently, I truly apologize. I know that I got into the field because I want to help people. And for 27 years I did. The private insurance companies are responsible for the c r a p s h o o t situation we are currently in. Denial of care, delays, and red tape are just a daily reality for both hospitals and doctors offices. When you receive remittances from insurance companies you can expect about 1/4 of the amount you billed for.
KatSaidWhat 4 months ago
This!!! You can lie about how much you drink but your gamma GT is a little snitch. Same as don't lie about your smoking status - cotinine test is also a snitch.
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Emilu 4 months ago
That may well change. There's talks that the WWCC process will be changing since that alleged paedo was allowed to get one. (A childcare worker who worked in over 20 childcare centres around my state has been charged with numerous child abuse offences. Something like 1.8k children are needing to be tested for STIs. It makes me sick just thinking about it.)
KatSaidWhat 4 months ago
I've long said that inspections should not be warned about in advance. Just show up and see what the real deal is rather than allowing time to hide the b******t. This is true of schools and health. We had a CQC inspection pre-covid, we had time to hide a lot of s**t.
#10
Not so much a secret but rather confirming suspicions, but some health inspectors absolutely work on bribes. I've worked in several restaurants with "A" ratings that were anything but. I even submitted an anonymous request while working at a place, and despite there being no soap in the hand washing sinks, many out-of-date and unlabeled items, and giant 5-gallon, unmarked buckets of water-down bleach used as sanitizer, the place received a 98%.
Final score:
17points
Karl 4 months ago (edited)
I worked in a restaurant in the 80s and the owner was blackmailing the health inspector (he was having an affair) to give us a clean bill of health. The place was disgusting and remained that way until the day a new inspector turned up. He closed us down immediately, gave us a 30-page report of all the hygiene infractions and gave us a week to sort it all out. Ha!
LJ North (Submission author) 4 months ago (edited)
Maybe it's a regional thing because I've worked three places now that passed with flying colours despite obvious health hazards. Please note that I said "some" and not "all." Edit: I'm in the south of the U.S.
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Architects are perceived as prestigious jobs where I live. It took me 8 years of my career to actually earn an average income in the country.
I remember my professor saying that if you want to be an architect - marry rich. I laughed then, as I didn’t like what he was designing, but oh man, he was right.
Also, it seems that some other jobs have bonus systems or gratis perks like books when you work for a publisher. As an architect, you never get the chair you picked 😂 And most of the stuff you design cannot really afford yourself.
Final score:
14points
#12
If you think a handwashing or glove change occurs between flipping a steak, making a sandwich, and making a salad, you've never worked in a restaurant. Always order cooked food. Make your salads at home
Final score:
12points
LinkTheHylian 4 months ago
So are you advising we go to a restaurant for the cooked food and take it home to eat with a homemade salad, or should we take a homemade salad to a restaurant?
#13
Americans: ever wonder why charities always talk of those generous donors willing to match whatever you contribute, 2-for-1? It's because that grass-roots campaign isn't grass-roots at all. They are financed by a small number of huge donors, and they want to continue their tax-shelter status despite tax laws that require tax-exempt non-profits to get at least 1/3 of their funding from the general public, and not from federal grants or one big sugar Daddy. That's why so many "charities" will spend so much more money raising funds than actually helping the people they claim to help.
Final score:
11points
#14
Human Resources here:
The people in charge of leading the company usually have no clue what they're doing. They are either paying overpriced consultants to "teach" them, then regurgitating all their BS jargon to sound good, or they have people under them that know what they're doing and are the ones actually keeping the business afloat. Stop putting these CEOs on a pedestal when most of them got there because they were born or married into it.
Second - I know, everyone says HR is there for the company, they don't care about employees, etc. but there are some good HR folks out there, who genuinely care about helping employees and doing the right thing, even if it's not what's best for the company. I've unfortunately seen good people get screwed by the system because they disregarded the advice of HR and did the opposite, thinking we were "out to get them". No man, my paycheck isn't big enough to make me sacrifice my morals.
Lastly - document EVERYTHING. Sure your manager may have told you lots of great stuff, but if you didn't get it in writing, it didn't happen. Yes, perhaps you really did slip on a puddle at work and tweak your back, but if you didn't report it and get it in writing, the work comp insurance will probably deny your claim. ALWAYS GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING.
Final score:
11points
#15
Customer service agent - if you are annoying, shouting, entitled, demanding a$$hole - nope, we won't help you, won't do anything. No escalation to manager, no extra offer.
Most people don't realise we have all correspondence sent recorded, so those chase letters you never received - yeah, not our problem, we sent them, talk to the postman.
It's miraculous that people don't receive any statements, chase letters, but somehow they surely receive letters from solicitors chasing them.
Final score:
9points
KatSaidWhat 4 months ago
Medical admin here - amazing how the only prescriptions that "don't arrive" are for zopiclone or diazepam... also if there is a repeat on that prescription, don't be the d*****s who tries to get the repeat the same day from a different pharmacy when the first one was stamped with a date. No, I'm not kidding.
#16
Train driver here. Aside from the obvious trains are silent and will k**l you so keep off the tracks, there is the less obvious touch the outside of the train as little as possible. We hit animals fairly often and sometimes the sides of the train get splattered. Whatever you do don't make out through the closed window like one couple I saw. Even if the train isn't splattered it isn't clean enough to lick.
Final score:
9points
#17
I'm a retail worker and customers often treat us like we’re invisible or dumb, yet we know everything about the store’s secret discounts, stock glitches, and when stuff is REALLY coming back!
Final score:
9points
#18
Speaking from over 20 years in the 811 industry, when you call 811 (required by federal law in the USA at no cost to the caller) before you break ground please be aware, those locate tickets are usually processed and cleared as "no locate" by a person in an office, sometimes hundreds of miles away, that has never been to the location you are digging. They depend on in-house GIS/GPS information and what you said in the work description of your ticket request, and all of it is usually really bad or completely wrong.
If you ever doubt that a pipeline or other buried line is closer than the Positive Response says, then call 811 again and request a meeting with the facility owner to clarify. You might be shocked to know, that the locator is the only one who actually knows exactly where that line is.
The maps most companies use are usually old, have preliminary/construction GIS data, or old survey data that the GIS was never updated on, and they use that to "clear" a ticket in the office. For stats, google underground utilities "near miss" data or the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) website. Good resources there, and free kid stuff to teach them how to watch out for danger underground.
Stay safe and happy digging!
Final score:
8points
OneHappyPuppy 4 months ago (edited)
I know it's in English but I'm not understanding a word here...
Trophy Husband 4 months ago
I'm my area, they send someone to mark the ground and that person runs a tracer. If they don't come out and you hit a line, is on them. But if you don't call it's on you. I know someone who knocked out phone service to his neighborhood and the phone company presented him with a huge bill, but he had called so he showed the record and they had to rip it up. Also, most states let you do it online now and you get an email confirmation, that's much better!
Yrral Spavit 4 months ago
Our area was put together in the days when the rules were in place but not enforced. I hand dig all holes. I recently went out to help a work party erecting some signs. The mapping provided showed nothing but we found pipes in 3 of 4 post holes we dug.
Wendy Miller 4 months ago (edited)
Basically, a person puts in a request to 811 to find out if/where underground pipes, cables, etc. are located. That's before any dig work is done on your property or even just to put up a "For Sale" sign. What the poster is saying is that often the person on the other end of the okaying process is using old information. (GIS- = Geographic Information System). So basically, even though it was cleared and you should be good to dig, if you have doubts call back and ask to speak to the facility owner. Possibly the gas company, cable company, etc. I used to have to put in 811 request to put up "For Sale" signs when I worked at a commercial real estate company. I did it online and had to pin the place I wanted the sign. Those maps used at 811 were not even as up to date as Google maps.
Tim Douglass 4 months ago
Huh. Every time I've ever called for a locate we've gotten a guy with a bunch of equipment and spray paint wandering all over the place. Of course he was 3' off, so we wiped out the fiber cable anyway, but there was a real, on-site, locate done.
#19
I am a college professor and if you try hard and are nice I will bump up your grade and pass you.
Final score:
8points
#20
Many daycare teachers shouldn't be trusted around kids because of how negligent they are. Doubly so for special education daycare. They're also paid jack shít
Final score:
7points
#21
Thrift stores, at least the major one I work at,
WE DO NOT SELL DIRTY, USED UNDERWEAR.
Even if they look unused, we rag them out (toss them in the bin for clothing recycling). They must be found in unopened packages, and/or with the tags still on them and be obviously brand new. We remove the packaging as a standard procedure to hang them up, as that's how the company wants us to. But even if the brand new underwear has any sort of flaw or mark on them, we toss them out. We, as staff, do not want to handle and put out your crusty, nasty underwear, either. We do not want our customers to have to deal with that grossness, too.
Another thing,
Now, I've not been trained as a grader (the people who put the prices on the tags.) Not every thrift shop employee is granted that authority and privilege.
But I do work alongside the graders and know the basics. They analyze the items, make a quick decision and enter a grade (hence 'grader') into a computer that will calculate what that price will be for the item, based on the grade (A, B, C, etc). If it's a low enough grade, they will toss out the item. Yes, s**t gets overlooked because we have daily and weekly quotas management is always on their backs about. The whole soft side production team is expected to do 700 items a day.
Final score:
6points
Yrral Spavit 4 months ago
Why on earth do people donate used ratty underwear? Never could understand the thought process.
StrangeOne (Submission author) 3 months ago
The nasty underwear is one thing. But I've worked in the bed and bath department. I'm glad I don't work in that area as much as I used to. It got repulsive. Comforters literally covered in pee and poop, and God knows what else. Happens so often I question humanity.
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Legal - If you did it, don't b******t us; just say you did it. It makes us look stupid when we go into bat for you and you'll likely cop more of a punishment than if you just say "yep, I did it; I effed up". It's also a waste of everybody's time as there's a decent chance we'll figure out you're lying anyway, and you've just spent however long getting advice on a situation that isn't applicable to you. We're more likely to bend over backwards for someone that stuffed up but is honest about it than someone who lies to us.
Final score:
6points
Kim Kermes 3 months ago
Don't lie to your lawyer, don't lie to your doctor, probably not to your mechanic. Did I miss anyone?
What do you think ?
jasper 4 months ago
911 here. If you yell at me and are a rude a*hole, you bet I'm putting that in the call. Also, everything is recorded, don't make threats on the phone. 911 operators are not always dispatchers, it's not up to me if you get contact or not, yelling at me is not going to help things.
Emilu 4 months ago
Legal - If you did it, don't b******t us; just say you did it. It makes us look stupid when we go into bat for you and you'll likely cop more of a punishment than if you just say "yep, I did it; I effed up". It's also a waste of everybody's time as there's a decent chance we'll figure out you're lying anyway, and you've just spent however long getting advice on a situation that isn't applicable to you. We're more likely to bend over backwards for someone that stuffed up but is honest about it than someone who lies to us.
jasper 4 months ago
911 here. If you yell at me and are a rude a*hole, you bet I'm putting that in the call. Also, everything is recorded, don't make threats on the phone. 911 operators are not always dispatchers, it's not up to me if you get contact or not, yelling at me is not going to help things.
Emilu 4 months ago
Legal - If you did it, don't b******t us; just say you did it. It makes us look stupid when we go into bat for you and you'll likely cop more of a punishment than if you just say "yep, I did it; I effed up". It's also a waste of everybody's time as there's a decent chance we'll figure out you're lying anyway, and you've just spent however long getting advice on a situation that isn't applicable to you. We're more likely to bend over backwards for someone that stuffed up but is honest about it than someone who lies to us.
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