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We all have secrets. Your partner may not know that you actually did watch the new episode already, and your parents might be blissfully unaware that very little studying got done in your high school “study group." But when it comes to the secrets that companies try to keep from their customers, many employees believe that the public has a right to transparency.
Below, you’ll find some of the dirty little secrets people who work in various industries have revealed on Reddit. So enjoy reading through these juicy responses, and be sure to upvote the secrets you want everyone to be aware of!
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#1
Not all that much of a secret, but, i used to work in a peanut butter factory, we produced about 25-30-ish different storebrands ranging from very cheap to stupidly expensive, we had a grand total of 3 recipes, chunky, not chunky and no additives
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
There are wines out there made by companies that have no wineries or vineyards. They just pay other wineries to make liquid and bottle liquid. All they do is print fancy labels and market the product.
Blue Mar 2 years ago
True, I was working for one of those companies. Funny thing is that sometimes when they got good season and more grapes then they were selling the same wine but in different bottles and huge price difference.
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Mark Reaves 2 years ago
Yeah, subscribe to the FDA recall list and you will eventually see just how much everything is connected.
Mabelbabel 2 years ago
I had a summer job working in a sliced meat plant-we produced those pre-packaged sealed packs of sliced ham. At the end of each conveyor belt there was a giant slicer that cut slices from a massive lump of re-formed ham, and the ladies on the line had to put 4 slices per packet, tucking any manky looking bits underneath so shoppers wouldn't see it. Once layered into the plastic pocket, it was heat sealed then further down the line, labels were added. These changed regularly, ranging from the cheapest supermarket to the allegedly fanciest and most expensive one. The labels changed, the meat didn't.
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago
Not surprising, there are actually only 8 food companies that produce the millions of different brands world wide
Solidhog 2 years ago
This is true for fruit and veg at different supermarkets. My neighbor worked at a fruit packaging warehouse. Fruit and veg would be delivered and dumped onto large tables. People around each table had containers from different supermarkets from cheap to over priced. They all picked from the same table.
Glitterati 2 years ago
Ex corn chip factory worker. They’re all the same whether they’re a fancy brand box or basic bag, only the packaging changed.
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#2
None of your restaurant food is "made with love". Anger and anxiety is what made that muffin, Tina, don't you forget it.
XenoMurph 2 years ago
Both things can be true. the environment is definitely frustrating, intense, and anxious due to time/staffing constraints. But many chefs/cooks still love cooking and love the ffood, love feeding people.
Fun Fan 2 years ago
Sure, without love, we won't even wake up for our shift-start. You have to have passion making food for people to be able to deal with all the shítshow of a profi-kitchen.
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Praea Kitten 2 years ago
I'll have that synonym roll, though, grammar was the best!
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
That's a funny looking muffin BP found to go along with this post.
TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
Thank you for that muffin, your pain gives me great pleasure /J (but dang that muffin was good)
Upstaged75 2 years ago
Don't forget horny. The kitchen staff is either banging each other or thinking about it. ;) I think it's something about the stress and hours that inspires all the passion.
Dynamite Samurai Koala 2 years ago
The beat kind of muffin is one made formanger, anxiety, and SUFFERING
#3
I used to do landscaping/mowing. All these people being like “I hire a professional lawn care company”. Like, no you don’t. You hire me and about 4 crackheads.
Imreallyjustaghost 2 years ago
Excuse me, you mean a professional crackhead...thank you very much
SirWriteALot 2 years ago
"Professional" means it is done for money. Says nothing about quality. Also who cares if it's 4 crackheads as long as the landscaping is done and it looks good.
Chewie Baron 2 years ago
So I used to be a Professional Man Whore? Putting that in my CV!
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Sherman Von Gee 2 years ago
My friend growing up opened a lawn care company when he was 16 by accident.. we needed money so we could get a half ounce of weed n some shrooms for our camping trip n we decided to hit up his neighbors to see if they needed help. Turns out the old lady had hella friends who also needed work.. we made more money than we needed. So after that they kept asking him for help. So we kept doing the work. That company now has contracts with the village n employs over 75 ppl. All because we wanted to get stoned n trip on acid in the woods. Hahahaha.
Benita Valdez 2 years ago
I hire professional landscapers because I don't want to mow (medical issues). I'm perfectly fine with whoever does it as long as it gets done.
Mark Reaves 2 years ago
I've heard from multiple construction contractors that most workers in that field are active users of some kind of illegal drugs. One said "they're all crackheads, but at least they try"
Sarcastic Jock 2 years ago
That's because the body gives up before pensions get paid.
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WonderWoman 2 years ago
They are professional - which is defined as an activity as one's main paid occupation.
Robert T 2 years ago
Are you our gardener by any chance? Don't know a weed from a plant. Don't take away green waste. Do about 5 minutes work then bugger off. The funniest was watching one of the kids with a mower - the mower was winning.
R. McTavish 2 years ago
"Professional" doesn't imply competence or moral virtue. It literally just means you do it for money. If someone pays to watch, I'm a "professional" masturbator.
#4
The vast majority of people working for pharmacuetical companies are hardworking, highly ethical, and proud of the work they do. We hate the executives as much as you do....
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago (edited)
Yeah I hate people who lump all the science and lab people into the ‘big pharma’ group. Like what kid dreams of being a pharmaceutical villain for the money? The clearly go into it for the love is science and discovery and that generally doesn’t change.
Dre Mosley 2 years ago
I can agree. It's the greedy execs and lobbyists of BigPharma that are the a-holes. Unfortunately, they have all the power.
gabrielle gnadinger 2 years ago
Pfizer is one of the worse abusers . My son has a chronic illness that requires a medication that costs $8000. a month in the US. But in Turkey it's $90. A month and Dublin it's $120. A month. If he gets a job- with insurance it will be a $2500. Co pay because it's a "specialty " drug. He wouldn't even make that much a month! Pfizer assistance program only gives $5000. A year. So my son is having to leave country to afford his medicine.
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Hold up! You mean it's ALWAYS the executives at the top, making 300x more per hour than the average worker??? Get outta here!!!
Boopasnoot 2 years ago
Executive jobs can be automated. We should do that. Save the company literally millions a year, give the employees who actually work hard nice big raises, and be happier.
Heather Talma 2 years ago
The problem is that the bad ones are also the ones making all the decisions
#5
We touch your food with our hands. Weird. And yes, we wash them so often that they might fall off. That, or you get a**holes that wear gloves for 12 hours and never change gloves or wash their hands.
Debbie 2 years ago
imo touching food with your bare hands is totally acceptible and normal. People freaking out over it... pfffft. How do they prepare their meals at home, how is the family meal prepared?
Micheala Smith 2 years ago
I prefer people using their hands and not using gloves. Most people forget to change gloves. They don’t forget to wash hands
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Last time I worked in a kitchen I was allergic to the sanitizer the dishwasher used and my the dermatitis I got was so severe I had to go on prednisone. Cortical steroids make me want to kill myself so that was fun.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
We have vastly different definitions of the word "fun".
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Roxy Eastland 2 years ago
Speaking as someone that used to train careworkers in hygiene I hate seeing people in gloves. Very little practice requires gloves. What it means is they feel super safe about their own hands at the end of shift (e.g. no raw meat on there, in the case of food prep), but have spread everything they touch everywhere else. Ever seen someone make your sandwich and then take your money, without taking off their gloves? Exactly. Bare hands means a worker feels what they have touched and this will prompt them to wash their hands in a way that gloves never will.
Rose the Cook 2 years ago
About those gloves, one place I worked (for one day) in a large Melbourne shopping centre insisted the used gloves be saved and worn by the next shift.
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago
So wrong 😂 that’s gross was it on lygon street ?
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pinkpie 2 years ago
I was a supervisor in a food truck that required gloves… All day long telling the employees to replace their gloves because they would touch their face, their phone, the floor, etc. Absolutely maddening. In my mind the gloves serve as a reminder not to touch anything but food/clean utensils and I STILL washed my hands a ton in between gloves.
Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
Yep. I was a restaurant manager, and any time my teenage daughter would work with me at home making meals, she'd touch her face, etc., and I'd immediately say "Go wash your hands." It took several dozen times before she learned not to touch her face, or anything else inappropriate, whilst preparing food.
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TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
Guess those mud pies we ate when we were younger made us stronger after all right?? :D…
Phil Green 2 years ago
As a chef, way back in the 90s, we started using a new sanitising handsoap in our kitchen, made by Diversey. We tested it. I worked a twelve-hour day and I was washing my hands somewhere between 120 and 170 times a day. Within four days I had washed all the oils out of my hands and the skin was cracking and bleeding. We had to start moisturising, which is anathema in a kitchen. We went back to the company and they couldn't get their heads around how often we washed our hands. They developed a less aggressive handsoap as a result.
Bex 2 years ago
Having worked both in kitchens and hospitals,can confirm.
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LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago (edited)
I used to work in a bakery when I was younger and went through so many gloves to avoid cross-contamination. Yes, the gloves were compostable/biodegradable.
#6
If it’s the first time a professor is teaching a course, there is a good chance they are just one lecture ahead of the rest of the class.
mulk 2 years ago (edited)
Me! When I taught web design and new standard or technology just went out. BUT, I asked my students first: do you want the "classic" course content, the one you signed for... or the new standard, with that one we will learn together, and I will take some time to prepare exercice... They choose the new. It was one of the best class I had in my (short) career. Learning WITH students is very cool: guided them, discover new thing and effects together, discuss and debate the impact of new technology...
Mat O'Dowd 2 years ago
I've been teaching web design for over twenty years and still learn along with the students. There are core fundamentals of course, but it is important to teach time relevant technology, learning with the students is great! I teach other subjects as well, but they don't evolve constantly as web design does.
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TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
In my experience, they make the lecture so much more fun and relaxed! Thank you Prof. Greer!
Kimberley Dillon Chapman 2 years ago
In medical school, when learning new procedures, it's see one, do one, teach one.
Noname 2 years ago
Because one would assume that the professor is an expert with a lot of experience, not someone who graduated from university/college one semester before becoming a professor.
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Thomas Ewing 2 years ago
Once, in college, I signed up for a course that I could only get the lab BEFORE the lecture, so I was a jump or two ahead of the class. The instructor didn't know and I looked real smart. Awkward, but effective. Not recommended.
Jeremy Bolanos 2 years ago
My public speaking teacher gave up a long time ago. He told us the first day, you'll get an A if you make the slightest effort. We spent most of the classes listening to stories, waiting for the results of his glucose test, or listening to his wife talk to him about cup cakes. Greatest class ever!
Renee Bianchi 2 years ago
I worked at a teaching hospital. When I went to school it was intense and we spent a lot of supervised hours learning procedures. By the time I retired, corporate took over medicine rather than having physicians in charge of the hospital. It then became the “See one. Do one. Teach one.” approach to education. Short staffing meant no one got the full benefit of in house learning. Horrifying, actually.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
I even had moments of this teaching grade 3 & 4s maths, because I never learned it while in school. There are much better teaching methods now, so it finally began to click in my mind.
Robert T 2 years ago
I used to deliver training courses for an IT company. When we started out, the trainers were consultants who did the stuff in the field and had real experience with it, so the course was really just some materials for the expert to work through. We occasionally added new courses and, yes, we would be reading through the slides for the next day the evening before we delivered them. Not so bad, as we understood the subject, to the point where we would frequently dive deeper into whatever it was the client was thinking of using the thing for. They then moved to dedicated trainers with no real world experience...
Lyone Fein 2 years ago
Um......sort of. If she's the professor, then she already read all the books last semester before picking them for the course.
#7
Wells Fargo (and other banks, WF is just the worst I’ve had experience with) likes to come up with ways to illegally charge you fees. They then eventually get sued, pay a fine that is less than 1% of the profit they made on those fees, then finds a new slightly different way to f**k you some more. Rinse and repeat.
Find a good credit union. Mega banks are all screwing you over.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Agreed with you on Wells Fargo. I was with First Interstate for years but they sold to Wells Fargo and service went to hell. That was 30 years ago now. I've had many more banks but I'm with a local credit union now and much happier.
ThéveNinja (she/her) 2 years ago
Yep, they treated me terribly too. That was my catalyst for moving to a credit union
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Nolgoth 2 years ago
Was with WF from 1996 to about 2012. They locked me out of my checking account because i never used my atm card. Had my disability check come in but when i needed money i did a wire transfer to another bank i was with (new orleans WF branch got flooded during katrina and they never rebuilt, closest was an hour away). Caused my check to go back to the VA. Bills couldnt get paid. They wouldnt even let me close out the account. WF is 🗑
Knox Warner 2 years ago
I worked for both a bank and an insurance company, and because of my position, I was required to know how all the other departments work. Robber barons, all of them.
Karynne Williams 2 years ago
I have been with a credit union for 30+ years, would never go back to a regular bank. Super happy.
DC 2 years ago
The law, to an individual person, is almost always a hard, rigid border, the line that really isn't to cross. To companies, the law is a suggestion of how to stay out of legal affairs altogether, but a mere suggestion still - the risk of getting caught and potential gain are weighed against not doing it every time, because nobody is held accoutable personally. That needs to change!
Thomas Ewing 2 years ago
Hells Fargo and BofA are among the worst. They will leer at you while cheating you. No shame.
NoNicknamePanda 2 years ago
That's why I belong to a credit union. We members are the owners, not some rich mf with a bunch of shareholders getting rich off your money.
#8
There is a lot of money spent every year that decides where specific items are placed on grocery store shelves.
If you're at a grocery store that's part of a chain, and you look at a shelf and there's an item that's approximately at eye level, I guarantee you that the company that makes that item paid a lot of money to put them there. There's lots of weird psychological tricks that go on in terms of how stores are laid out.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Bulk stuff above eye level, expensive stuff eye level, cheap stuff bottom shelf. That's literally why they call it the bottom shelf brand.
Superb Owl 2 years ago
Also, stuff you need to buy often is placed in the back of the store. You'll pass more of the shelves on the way, making impulse purchases more likely.
Dilly Millandry 2 years ago
That's the theory! Lots of people make lists and just go to the aisles they need. Know what you want, pick it up, pay for it, out the door. Those who don't, well that's their lookout I suppose.
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My friend studied this as part of her degree, even the music is often chosen to influence you somehow. It's why I go round supermarkets "backwards"
Notme 2 years ago
As someone who has worked as a store planner, I can assure you that “backwards” is also taken care of.
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Jon Steensen 2 years ago
I just find it super annoying the way the structure things. Normally I don't have plan for what I am going to cook, but just look in the box with things that is about to expire and should be used soon. This is both because it is saving me some money, but also because I hate to see eadible food being thrown away. This means that I start with the meat, and then design the rest of the course around that. With the way the stores are usually structured, that means i have to go back to the fruit and vegeable part, as starting the process with spotting a nice potato and then wondering what would go with that is a bit backwards. So I end up going back and forth several times through the store. It might optimise the number of items I am exposed to and increase the likelyhood that I get "inspired" to buy them, but it is super annoying having to waste time like that.
Thomas Ewing 2 years ago
The everyday 'milk-eggs-butter' is way in the back so you have to pass all the gimmicky advert stuff as you go through. Also, the peanut butter isn't next to the jelly or bread for the same reason. Want a pair of scissors? You may find them in a completely unexpected department after searching high and low across the store for just that reason: exposure to the gimmicky advert stuff.
Dr Robert Neville 2 years ago
Remember SunnyD being kept in chilled cabinets? No need for it but it made consumers think it was fresh and not a cocktail of chemicals.
AnnaRachelle 2 years ago
And changing the shop around so you can't find what you have been buying from the same place for the last year. It really pisses me off. They think I am looking at different items? No,I am very anxious and severely stressed as I like to make my shopping trip as fast as possible..
Praea Kitten 2 years ago
I thought that was pretty common knowledge? Or are most people like my dog, if it's above their head or too low down then it doesn't exist
#9
this isn’t necessarily a dirty little secret, but I work in a clinical laboratory at a big hospital. there is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE between pregnancy tests you get from the dollar store vs the $20 clearblue at cvs. they have the same. exact. technology. also, we use cheap a*s pregnancy tests in the lab. please save yourself, if you’re in the US, that $1000 ER visit and get a cheap a*s pregnancy test. I promise they are no different.
Philler Space 2 years ago
Seriously. Even if you doubt the accuracy of the $2 bargain bin pregnancy test, just buy a second one to confirm. Heck, I'll type a problem into the calculator twice just to make sure my results match; why would you be less careful with this?
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
Just pee on the stick, ladies. And if you're still scared, do it again a week later. Way cheaper than even going to your GP/GYN/etc.
Toothless Feline 2 years ago
Except that the ones in the dollar store might be expired or have been improperly stored. I don't buy any personal care or medical products from dollar stores. Ever.
Chris Moffat 2 years ago
Not in my lab. The quantitative beta-HCG test is done on serum using the big Chemical Pathology analyser. It is reported as a number, not "positive" or "negative". We can detect levels of beta-HCG that would never show up on a pharmacy pregnancy test.
Mark Trombley 2 years ago
Any time somebody says "I promise" I automatically assume it is a lie. Cynical but that is the way it is.
#10
When an app pops up with a 'do you like this app?' thing, the Yes button goes to the App Store for a review, the No button goes to an internal complaint process. This on average filters upset customers away from the app store and artificially raises app score by a whole star on average. That is the only way most corporate service apps have 4 stars.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
So the lifehack is to say yes but write bad reviews. Taken under advisement.
Szzone 2 years ago
Close the window, switch to store, do the review manually
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StrangePenguin 2 years ago
i got apple but i love the term crapple it’s true for a lot of features
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Armitage Shanks 2 years ago
You can switch these pop ups off for every app by going to: Setttings> App Store > In-App Ratings & Reviews> Switch to off
Rocket Surgeon 2 years ago
I only click yes (and then immediately back out of the app store) to hopefully trick the app into thinking I reviewed it, to get it to shut the f**k up.
#11
Nobody who actually sorts mail gives a s**t about your package. The word fragile doesn't stop them from throwing it 20ft into a metal container.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
That's why you label it "Danger, BIOHAZARD". Nobody drop kicking that cardboard box.
SadieCat17 (she/her) 2 years ago
That or "infectious biological material"
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Khavrinen 2 years ago
And yet SOOO many people seem to think, "I don't need to put in any kind of padding, or use a sturdy box, or tape it enough to make sure it doesn't break open, I'll just write 'Fragile' on it a WHOLE BUNCH of times!! What could possibly go wrong?" ( Source: UPS worker. And I actually do give a s**t about your package, but there's only so much one person can do. )
TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
L..O..L.. Working as an aircraft fueler in my younger years, I would watch workers stuff the plane full of all sorts of bags, boxes, and the sorts. The only time we held care was when we were loading an unalived body, we all took our hats off to that. I still remember seeing a little 1x1 deceased boxed loading up :,( never forget…
Alex Martin 2 years ago
Pack every box like the courier heard you talking c**p about his sister. Sturdy box that is at least 1 inch larger in all dimensions than the item you are shipping, lots of real filling in the box so there is NO movement of the items inside the box. By real filling, I mean heavy packing paper, foam peanuts, foam, or bubble wrap. Inflatable air bags are worthless for anything with weight or sharp corners. The 1 inch space and the fill gives cushion for the contents and a crumple zone if the box is partly crushed. Tape the entire box closed, top and bottom center and sides. I've run an online retailer for 13 years and we rarely receive damage claims.
Bunzilla 2 years ago
When I shipped a ceramic animal in the mail, I thought about all the potential ways it could break. Every point that was close to the walls of the box were potential places it could break. They got extra padding between it and the box. Any place that was thinner got padding to help keep it in place. The whole thing was padded, but those parts were extra padded. Once I was done, you could shake the box and nothing inside shifted. Thankfully, it arrived intact.
Thomas Ewing 2 years ago
Put the zip code on all six sides of the box, big and easy-to-read, and it zooms through the system. No one has to handle the box to see a tiny zip on one panel.
#12
HVAC guy here. Not really a secret but home owners sure think it is. CHANGE YOUR F*****G FILTERS!!!
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
So true. They cost around $20 a piece but a dirty filter can cost you a couple hundred over the course of a season because of reduced efficiency in your furnace.
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
We vacuum our "90 day" fiber, pleated, $5 ones. Actually get 90 days usually
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Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
I used to change our filters for myself when we rented. The he** I'm letting some landlord "get around to it". Nope. I change mine monthly. Saves a ton on allergy discomfort for hubby, and our system is cleaner. A straining HVAC system will cost you way more than filters.
Jeremy Bolanos 2 years ago
I have 4 filters to change and 3 cats. My HVAC guy said to change them every three months and to vacuum the cat hair off of them ever week or two.
Beck 2 years ago
As a package delivery person and sometimes mail carrier, put your address on your mailbox and even better, on your home too! If I don't have phone service and I have a ton of packages I am not spending 25 minutes trying to figure out which house/mailbox is yours. I will take that package back.
Beck 2 years ago
And if I am running different mail routes, I always find the flag up with neighbors mail in it ON BOXES WITH NO ADDRESS.
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DarkViolet 2 years ago
Isn't it dangerous not to change your filters? I would think that carbon monoxide would be a concern.
over it already 2 years ago
Don't think it would affect any CO risk. Dust, pollen, dander, the life of the (expensive) heating/AC unit yes, though. I could be wrong as I don't have gas appliances/heat, so correct me if I'm wrong, pandas.
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Stephen Hodgetts 2 years ago
To save money, buy a filter that's twice the size of your opening and cut in half to make two. Put some tape on both sides of the cut edge and it's fine. At many places it's the same price or not much more for the larger size. (Example: if required filter is 15x20, get 30x20). Sometimes a little harder to find larger ones in stock, but they're always available online. Some sites will even custom make any size.
#13
Locksmith here.
We can get into any lock/door within 30 seconds.
All the posturing and bringing out a impressive toolkit and hammer drill is just showmanship to pro long the call out.
30 seconds flat.
Mat O'Dowd 2 years ago
Have a look at "The Lock Picking Lawyer" videos on Youtube. Locks are just giving a feeling of security...
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Jared Robinson 2 years ago
As a locksmith this isn't always true, but about 70% of the time yeah.
TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
Depends on the lock lol :)…I may or may not have a little key that can get into the majority of marine lockboxes. S**t where did I put it…
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
I had a locksmith come to deal with a Lockwood deadlatch in the unmoveable locked position for which we had no key. I doubt it even took him 30 seconds
Donkey boi 2 years ago
Took you 4 hours to give up on mine! Ended up going through the roof skylight and taking the lock off from the inside! To be fair, the lock was made in the early Georgian period and set into a 3 inch thick solid oak door.
FranklySpeaking 2 years ago
Most cars and trucks are the same. I did service work through AAA for many years. An air wedge and long-reach tool will get you into 90-95% of vehicles. It was even easier back in the day when most cars and trucks had simple plunger buttons on the tops of doors. That was a Slim Jim and about 10 seconds. Every time a smart a$$ said something about how many cars I could steal I'd look at them with pity and say, "If I wanted to steal it I wouldn't bother unlocking it at all, I'd just haul it up on my roll back (flat-bed wrecker/car hauler) and book."
Stephen H. 2 years ago (edited)
Locked myself out of my vehicle one time and took the metal support blade out of the windshield wiper, slightly pried my door open at the jam with my pocket knife, and slid the wiper blade down to hit the unlock button. Took me 5 minutes. I was even amazed it was that easy without common tools. It would have been a little bit more difficult without my pocket knife, but I still would have been able to do it.
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Mark Fuller 2 years ago
Locked myself out of the house one day (old door, Yale plus Chubb lock). It certainly didn't take 30 seconds. At one point the locksmith was concerned he might have to drill the lock. Thankfully, he managed with no harm done. But it wasn't that easy.
#14
ex-farmer here. specifically, I worked at a "bio-certified" one. since there were no pesticides or herbicides used, every snail, every bug, every mouse had to be killed "manually" or by having a LOT of their natural predators around, ie. cats.
the reason? nobody buys tomatoes, or anything else with snail bites on them
mulk 2 years ago
Many Bio certifications are f***ed up... like this story about a farmer who produce milk I red. He is not certified, because he used antibiotics on sick cows. He used it because he love his cows and don't want them to die. When a cow is sick, he take it to another field, give it some antibiotic (depending on the problem found). When the cow is okay, he test its milk for any antibiotic trace. He bring back the cow to the main field only if no trace of antibiotic is found.... for that: not bio certification.
SirWriteALot 2 years ago
That's not how bio works. If a cow is sick it gets treatment. Non-Bio just means they give ALL COWS antibiotics regardless if they're sick or not.
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Debbie 2 years ago
Why is this a dirty secret? Plants do not grow in sterile factories, although many wish they would and many pesticide-hosed fields look like them as they are devoid of any other natural life. No, I don't like a snail in my food. Offer more "imperfect" food (with other colours, snail bites etc) and people will get used to it more. Keep adding makeup and that will be the expected beauty standard.
farbenzirkel 2 years ago
We have some supermarkets here in Germany, they have a (small) section, where they sell specifically "ugly" vegetables! :) But I think, they aren't that successful with it. :(
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Of course we did. Here's your consolation mousie toy.
Load More Replies... Noname 2 years ago
I really don't like the whole "bio" label. At the farmer's market back home (different country) anyone can rent a spot and sell their wares-food, handcrafts, etc. All the produce vendors were proud to display their "bio" certificate and charged a pretty penny for their vegetables and fruits. But one guy who didn't have the certification was selling really nice looking vegetables from his backyard garden and wasn't charging as much as everyone else. He explained that he didn't use pesticides or inorganic fertilizer but the process and cost of getting bio certified was too expensive for the short growing season and amount he was growing, so he'd rather not bother, and pass the savings on to his customers. In grocery stores, I avoid the bio label because I have a limited budget for food and every penny counts. I can't afford to pay an extra euro on a smaller head of broccoli just because it's labeled "bio".
Cathelijne Van 2 years ago
The thing us, that farmer can say he doesn't use pesticides but you would never be certain.
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Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
When I was a kid, we picked off the stuff by hand. Welcome to farming "the best way". It's frigging exhausting, fraught with failures of crops, and generally the reason we didn't produce much for sale. It was hard enough to feed *us*!
#15
a very popular local bagel shop/bakery i worked at advertised all of our baked goods were homemade (dozens of muffins, danish, cinnamon rolls ect) and they were not. they all came from sysco, frozen on sheets. many customers would rave about the baked goods saying they were the best they’ve had. god bless them
Robert T 2 years ago
That's not "homemade". That's an instore bakery. Everything comes ready made bar the actual baking. Shove it in the oven for the recommended time and Bob's your mother's brother, fresh baked goods. Real bakeries actually make things from scratch, usually with a price tag to match.
Fun Fan 2 years ago
May be a surprise for some people, but bread, quiche, croissant, donuts, bagel, pretzel doughs are very fine being frozen even for months. I was working in very many restaurants, wherewe were making our doughs for different dishes. So they were really homemade. But at the same time also frozen, because we were making like 50-70 kg at once from one type. It'snothing wrong with frozen things, if they are a good quality.
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Little Bi Guy 2 years ago
I've learned that I don't care as long as it tastes good and doesn't cost more than I make in an hour
SirWriteALot 2 years ago
That would be false advertisement and that is illegal in most western countries. So they opt for "creative" wordings around that fact. "Fresh baked" or something like that.
Ovata Acronicta 2 years ago
I want a little Sysco roll with a heaping serving of Sysco cream of broccoli. That soup is too good.
Jessica N 2 years ago
Ooo the cream of vegetable too, with the chunks of cauliflower and green bean!
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The Starsong Princess 2 years ago
They generally say freshly baked, not homemade. And they are freshly baked from the frozen sheets.
featherytoad 2 years ago
That's like people who think their grandmother's cookies where a special, secret recipe when actually, it came from the back of a Toll House chocolate chip bag.
Deaf Gypsy 2 years ago
It's easy to tell the difference between an artisan baked goods from a frozen ready made c**p... after noticing how European bakers make hand made baked goods daily basis and then compared to American's.... I still can't find a real bakery in the city I live in.
#16
Whenever you see a high profile person publishing an opinion piece in a news outlet, 9 times out of 10, they didn't write that. The "author" came up with a 1-2 sentence concept of what they wanted to say; their second-in-command engaged whoever the ghostwriter is; the ghost created the copy; the high profile person's #2 reviewed for necessary changes; the high profile person themselves reviewed and signed off; and the #2 engaged marketing people to place the piece in a news outlet.
If you see an article from a CEO, a Sr. VP, a member of an elected body, anyone with status, they don't write their own stuff. This is not inherently bad - organization leaders are busy, and they have the resources to have a team oversee their public-facing thoughts, so they don't have to worry about it. Still, the opinion pages of just about every news outlet in America (and elsewhere) are populated largely by ghostwriters.
Source: Am a ghost
DC 2 years ago
Not at all. Of all the magazines for highly specific stuff in engineering, most of the articles are written by people working in that field. ALWAYS the team leader and the head of department are mentioned as authors, likely as the first two of four, and the latter have actually written it, conducted experiments and simulations, and some time prior, the head of department must have given them permission or ordered them to investigate.
Load More Replies... Imreallyjustaghost 2 years ago (edited)
Fellow ghost here. 100% true. The CEO I work under hasn't typed a full sentence on their own in idk how long
Roxy Zena 2 years ago
Hey! I realise how naive I am but this is news to me and I have a genuine question on the back of it please; does this mean that Amber Heard didn't even write the op-ed she bankrupted herself defending?
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Sara Wilson 2 years ago
Just like speech writers. U REALLY think politicians come up with their own speeches? Not a chance! It came from someone that was on the debate team in collage
Momica98 2 years ago (edited)
Headline writing is the editor's job. Though I got pretty good with headlines during my 20 years as a news writer. And the "scary" headlines are typical of mainstream media.
Load More Replies... The Starsong Princess 2 years ago
Yes and good ones have the ability to write in the voice of the purported author.
#17
They put little weights in lipsticks to make them feel more expensive so they can charge more.
C L 2 years ago
Why the heck do I care if my lipstick weighs more? The feel of the lipstick as I apply it, how long it lasts, a pretty case - but heavier makes no sense to me
PotatoNinja5000 2 years ago (edited)
Allegedly it's because humans associate heavier objects with being more expensive/higher quality. Can't remember where I saw it, but they do it with other items as well. The inverse is also true - the lighter the object, the more flimsy it feels, and therefore you associate it with being cheaply made.
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birdhouse 2 years ago
They do this with cell phones as well. I had a neighbor that was sent to China in the big BlackBerry days to see why it wasn't selling there. They did a study that showed the people said it felt to light and light = cheap. They came back and added extra metal inside to make it heavier and relaunched as a new model and it sold much better.
The Weird American 2 years ago
Sony put little weights in their boom boxes to make them feel more expensive, too, back in the day.
Scott Rackley 2 years ago
This is done in most everything they can. Weight = Value in most peoples minds. This is nearly as old as prostitution.
Mark Fuller 2 years ago
Does that mean there's a really profitable market for obese prostitutes?? Wow. I'm seeing a Moulin Rouge remake here... albeit maybe without the swing descending from the ceiling.
Load More Replies... Benita Valdez 2 years ago
Without giving too much info, there are very very small differences in quality between your luxury makeup and the cheap stuff. The company I work for sells the base components to nearly all cosmetic companies and everyone get the same quality materials because we are highly regulated.
keyboardtek 2 years ago
Maybe it tricks one into associating the plastic case with being made of real gold.
Travelling Stranger 2 years ago
also, bigger and heavier face cream jar means cream is more "prestige" and is also priced higher
Jessica Cooney 2 years ago
Sounds like a man's logic. They think everyone assumes quantity is always as important as quality.
#18
Wash all of your “new clothes”. A very high percent has been worn and returned.
Jan Rosier 2 years ago
And even if it is not worn and returned, there's bound to be a load of chemicals in it (pesticides for during transport from the low-wage country where it was made, harmful colouring residues etc...) you would want to wash out before wearing. The closer to the skin, the higher the need to wash before wearing.
The Darkest Timeline 2 years ago
Formaldehyde is a common chemical in clothing but it takes about 20 washes to get it all out
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Rose the Cook 2 years ago
Even if it has not been worn, do you know how many workers in the factory handle a garment from cutting to packing? Most people assume it is sewn by one worker on one machine but actually straight seams, overlocking, buttons, button holes, zipper are all done by different workers on different machines. Then there are quality inspectors and packers that handle your new garment.
Jilltdcatlady 2 years ago
I worked for a garment manufacturer in the early 90s. The amount of dust!!! The machines were cleaned on Friday. The floors were mopped on Friday. Just imagine the dirt floating around! And if something got dropped, flick off the chunks and move on.
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Roxy Eastland 2 years ago
You know what, I really don't care. I don't regard skin as inherently diseased or infectious or yucky. I guess the worst would be if I caught scabies, which admittedly isn't pleasant but highly unlikely.
Lizz 2 years ago
I always do that. I get a rash if I don't. Plus I shower after a shopping day. Wash off whatever I get on me when trying on clothes.
David Hanson Naish 2 years ago
How many days a week do you have shopping days...I hope you shower in between
Load More Replies... Jared Robinson 2 years ago
also they use formaldehyde to keep clothes from wrinkling. wash your clothes
XenoMurph 2 years ago
That's just not true. In some low end shops it's cheaper to throw them away than pay the staff to refold or repackage the items. In more expensive shops a tiny percentage is returned. If it's been worn you can smell it.
SleepSycho 2 years ago
Too bad they don’t donate instead of throwing away
Load More Replies... Dr Robert Neville 2 years ago
I wash them because I'm allergic to a LOT of detergents and some companies use stuff that makes me want to tear my skin off after 10 minutes.
#19
Schedule your surgery as early in the day as possible. People in the OR get just as tired at the end of the day as anyone else.
SadieCat17 (she/her) 2 years ago
To be fair though, being the first surgery is in their tired as hell from the morning and warming up for work period. Not that I have much belief that it actually weighs the quality of the procedure anyway. /gen
David A Paterson 2 years ago
Since when has any patient had any say in when surgery is scheduled?
Jj321 2 years ago
Not only do you not have say, but surgery schedules are made certain ways for a reason. Diabetics and children are first. Certain equipment is needed with some surgeries, so they may be done early, then equipment is removed for the next set of people, etc.
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keyboardtek 2 years ago
A heart surgeon once told me he went to school for 18 years to become a heart surgeon. They learn how to deal with every possible problem that can go wrong. He said most of the surgeons he knows are type A high energy personalities that thrive at getting up early and functioning long hours at a high level.
SadieCat17 (she/her) 2 years ago
Alternatively, the comp sci academic types don't start being alive until noon after 5 cups of coffee.
Load More Replies... JuniorCJ82 2 years ago
People get to schedule surgeries? Any I've ever had I was just told when to be at the hospital.
Mark Fuller 2 years ago
In the UK, you get little influence on the daily surgical list. You're usually told AM or PM and the team determine list order on the day according to various matters. But... it's free!!!
Roxy Eastland 2 years ago
Okay, maybe this is a difference with the NHS that not everyone would appreciate, but patients do not schedule their procedures, they are given an appointment and you move hell and high water to make it. If this is a price we pay for centrally funded health care then I'll accept it.
Praea Kitten 2 years ago
My last surgery they just give you a relative time of day to show up and do many mini-procedures (trigger finger release for me) but they do the folks with diabetes first because keeping them from eating is not good for the blood sugar
Toni Ahlgren 2 years ago
You don't know when the surgeon has started the shift, they don't exactly work from 9 to 5.
Nancy Lynch 2 years ago
About medical clinics... Through trial and error I have learned to get the first appointment of the day or after lunch. I am in and out with no delays.
#20
When the health inspector shows up, a mad scramble happens in the back to clean the kitchen while they start the inspection in the dining/bar area of the restaurant.
Kurichfield 2 years ago
...is one of the first things the inspector looks for😊
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arthbach 2 years ago
In my country, the health inspector doesn't start in the dining area. They start in the places where there is most likely to be a problem. Then they work their way out to the places of lesser importance for health and well being.
Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
That's my experience too, working in the restaurant industry in both America and the UK. I've never seen an inspector start in the dining area.
Load More Replies... Mark Reaves 2 years ago
A surprising number of health inspectors will give a day or so warning that they're coming. Usually for smaller restaurants.
DarkViolet 2 years ago
I've suffered through many of those inspections. Try working at the drive-thru window while they're spraying oven cleaner like it's Chanel No5. If you didn't have COPD before, you will after that.
Debbie 2 years ago
Well isn't that what many people do when they have unexpected visitors that don't visit often? "Can I come over in half an hour?" "Sure, no problem" ... followed by frantic cleaning and tidying of the most necessary stuff. (No, don't do that for close friends/family, they've seen my house, but "new" people I'd like to show a house to that looks like it is maintained well and not like a hurricane just passed through and I haven't cleaned in 3 weeks. Having pets and kids can do that to your house in just 2 days.)
KittyMommy 2 years ago
I'm impressed it takes that long. My daughter as a toddler could destroy a room within half a day
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Fun Fan 2 years ago
Nope, not in normal countries. In Germany, for example, we know that there will be an inspection in the next week,or in two weeks, the institute (Fresenius) is sending itself notes about it. But when exactly, we don't know. And we don't care.It doesn't matter, anyway you have to have a clean working enviroment, and respected HACCP rules.
Rose the Cook 2 years ago
Depends who owns the place, if they have friends /relatives at the city council they have been warned of a pending inspection at least a fortnight in advance.
Sarcastic Jock 2 years ago
Health and safety used to inspect a factory I worked at. They gave advanced notice. Nothing was out of place whilst they were there.
#21
People like to think that data analytics is some objective truth when there is sooooooooo much bias and room for subjectivity in data collection, analysis, interpretation, and communication. Oftentimes insights are cherrypicked datasets deliberately presented to make a specific point rather than having the data craft the conclusion.
General Anaesthesia 2 years ago (edited)
As the saying goes, there are lies, darn lies, and statistics.
Scotira 2 years ago
🤣 I always use: " Never trust a statistic you haven't forged yourself"
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David A Paterson 2 years ago
I've seen data collection deliberately misused, mainly by politicians and by people with a political agenda. But even when there is no attempt to defraud, correlation does not imply causation. One I came across recently was that I plotted tobacco use against lung cancer, and found a strong correlation, obviously. Then I plotted tobacco use against life expectancy, and found an inverse relationship - tobacco users live longer - but with only a weak correlation. Then I plotted personal income Vs lung cancer, and found a correlation as strong as that between tobacco smoking and lung cancer. So what the heck is going on here? I don't know.
Cari Owens 2 years ago
It's the same with polls. If the "sponsor" wants [X] result, the questions are crafted to get that result and those asked are cherry picked.
Donkey boi 2 years ago
'4 out of 5 dentist recommend Oral B'. They ask dentists to recommend 4 or 5 brands, since there is only about 6 major/leading brands in the UK (Colgate, Oral B, Aquafresh, Sensodyne, Arm & Hammer, Macleans), you're almost guaranteed that they are going to to say your brand. They can then say that they are recommended by dentists.
iseefractals 2 years ago
100 companies produce 71% of emissions would be a recent example. People parrot that widely spread headline, almost no one read that one lone study making the claim. The top of that list was populated by oil companies. The extraction and refinement process does emit emissions, but it's an insignificant amount compared to those released from burning them. Oil companies aren't burning their product. individuals are! 30% of total emissions in the US come from people driving their cars. That study, attributed those emissions to the oil company, as it attributed every other downstream emission to the corporation making the product on the logic that "we wouldn't use it if you didn't make it" Further cementing the trend of people believing "not my fault"
#22
The Defense Department literally just spends money to spend it without any actual purpose just so they can say it was spent so they don’t receive less next year. In my building with 10 men the men’s restroom was gutted and remodeled 3 times in 3 years.
David 2 years ago
This reminds me of something I witnessed back in the 80s on my aircraft carrier. Upon returning from a cruise, the air departments generally get to leave a couple of days before we get back. The jets leave back to their home land bases and many of the airdales get to leave too if they can find a ride on one of the flights. Many don't of course. == Anyway, we are a day or two out from returning to port and we see these airdales throwing tool boxes full of tools over the side. Also one of those plug in juice coolers. We would have LOVED to have had that stuff down in the reactor plants. We needed more tools (had enough but often had to share between plants) and a cooler full of ice water would have been excellent. We asked them why and they told us the squadron would just buy them new tools back on base. It really pissed us off.
DJR 2 years ago
Aviation maintenance definitely can't do that anymore. Losing ANYTHING will cause the entire maintenance department to come to a screeching halt. Aircraft in the air might even get called back if the missing item could possibly be onboard.
Load More Replies... The Darkest Timeline 2 years ago
To be clear: this is how it works pretty much everywhere, public and private sectors.
Kisa “Kizna” Kitsugi 2 years ago
I have to say not all DoD units are treated the same in this regard. Some purse strings are so tight employees are using items that older than some employees.
keyboardtek 2 years ago (edited)
I worked in a county school AV maintenance department. Five techs would have to share one oscilloscope. All through the year we would beg for more test equipment but we would be told the funds were not available. Then a week before the end of the budget year, the managers would order a ton of expensive office equipment, new cars, new computers, etc. with all the funds left over because they refused to spend it on the people who actually did the repair work.
Lene 2 years ago
Pretty much the same in Denmark. My bf's uncle spent his time in the army printing out blank papers and driving vans all over the country for no purpose. Because the military needed it to look like they actually used all those things so they'd get the money for it again the following year. I hope they don't do it anymore but I doubt it.
#23
Nurses and doctors have too many patients and the nurses are on the front line to alert the doctor on important changes in patient condition. Ideally a nurse should have no more than 4 patients who are stable but VERY FREQUENTLY nurses will have 6 to 8 patients and in that mix there are very ill individuals. We URGE you to read r/nursing frequently to get a true flavor of the atrocious dangers you are ALL in if you are a patient in the hospital. The medical establishment is gaslighting you with the nice websites, music in the lobby, smiling calm staff but behind the curtain we are all scrambling to make sure we don’t make errors but with all the stress, long shifts ….people are most likely dying from nursing and doctor errors. Most are avoidable if we weren’t stretched so thin. The industry will say there aren’t enough nurses and that is partly true but we’ve been in many many situations where there can be safer staffing numbers. Coworkers calling the hospital offering to work and they are declined.
Unfortunately, the medical system is all too focused on financials to pay BIG CEO and upper management salaries and they answer to their shareholders interests and NOT you the patients. It is a dangerous time to be a patient.
Again, I beg you all….in mass….educate yourselves buy reading the nurse’s comment on how scared they are. Anything marked “vent” is most likely a good read on a stressful and dangerous shift for a nurse.
Mark Reaves 2 years ago
I was in the hospital a few months back and someone mixed up records or something and now my documents say I drink alcohol. I haven't had any alcohol in literally years. It seems to be impossible to get them to correct it. It took almost a year for my medical records to be updated showing I don't smoke.
Celena Camps 2 years ago
I work as a social worker in the hospital .. we are updating the records every visit (Canada) .. it is more of an evolving document.
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Marianne Lynn 2 years ago
Hospitals should never be allowed to be for profit. When that happened we have the dangerous situation we are in now.
Lori T Wisconsin 2 years ago
Healthcare, or sickcare as we have in the US, should be a basic human right and not for profit.
Load More Replies... Bamboozled 2 years ago
The NHS nurses were absolutely amazing when I was in hospital, so were the Health Care Assistants (bar one - Jo, you were a cow!)
Mrs.C 2 years ago
Spend a little time in a nursing home/rehab facility and you'll see this all out in the open. They don't have anywhere to hide behind the scenes. 1 CNA for a hall with 20 patients, 15 of which cannot feed themselves. It's heartbreaking .
Cranky when UNcaffeinated 2 years ago
My mom was released from a nursing facility literally 6 hours ago. Her wing was so chronically understaffed that she was constantly neglected. One night that poor woman had 37 patients!! By herself for 12 hours. That place should be closed down but they are always at capacity because old people frequently have no choice but to go to substandard places like this one. (My mom was forced to go due to an insurance issue that was worked out by resubmitting paperwork but not in time to prevent placement.) She saw alot of people die there in 5 weeks. I wonder how many from neglect?
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PiAnisum 2 years ago
My mom worked in a hospital here in Germany for nearly 30 years. The stories I heard are horrifying and it only gets worse. Unfortunately Germans are way to busy planning their next vacation to stand up and fight against the bail out of our healthcare system. This Monday a lot doctors offices stayed closed to protest the way our system is run lately. Especially the For-Profit way the clinics and doctors have to focus on is endangering patients and the health of the healthcare staff. Yet you see barely any Germans team up with them in the protest.
Scotira 2 years ago (edited)
A friend of mine is a pediatric nurse and they have been demonstrating two month ago (I think). I rooted for them from far away as there is iterally nothing I can do for them from Switzerland 🙈 we have just recently passed a vote for more salary and less hours for nurses but there are so many more medical professions that need more staff and less hours, fe MTRA (as you would call it in Germany)
Load More Replies... Donkey boi 2 years ago
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Barbara Kelly 2 years ago
Add the LPNs (licensed practical nurses), the health care aides, and the orderlies to your list!
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Cerridwn d'Wyse 2 years ago
California has a legally mandated nurse patient ratio. The state investigates multiple complaints all the time based on not enough nurses to follow the law. And a lot of times that's not the hospital's problem they would recruit and have more, the biggest problem right now is that too many people have left Healthcare as a business, the nurses theaides the technicians, even the Physicians, and they can't recruit more or at least not enough more to fill all the vacant spots they have. It's pretty sad because lack of people wanting to do the job is causing people to die. And again at least in California nurses are paid fairly well they're maybe not paid as well as they should be, but they're definitely paid more than a middle class income for either two or four years of education depending on the facility
Jessica N 2 years ago
I'll get down voted for this but every job sector is understaffed now. People are more interested in vlogging than working. Healthcare and food service seem to be the most affected. Ceos demanding profits =short staffing so overwork and burnout. And the second part- customers/patients have gotten HORRENDOUS. Rude, self absorbed and entitled don't begin to cover it. I'm burning out on customer service, the good customers aren't outweighed the bad anymore. I can't even imagine how bad it is with patients. I was in hospital for a week for cancer removal surgery and I was grateful for everything they did to help me...except making me move 12 hours after being cut from my V to my rib cage 😅
Load More Replies... Praea Kitten 2 years ago
I broke my arm near my shoulder last year and because my medical records say I'm allergic to Vicodin they wouldn't even give me a Tylenol for pain. I sobbed in the waiting room for six hours begging for relief but all the doctors in the entire hospital were busy, apparently, and since an IV lead was established as soon as I walked in (so they could deliver pain medication) I couldn't even go to my vehicle to get one. They're overworked but I think, too, there's a real empathy burnout when you can watch someone in obvious pain and do nothing. To be clear, I'm not blaming the people, I blame the system they're equally locked in
FranklySpeaking 2 years ago
For-profit healthcare companies are the poster children for illustrating how unregulated capitalism wrecks life.
#24
Microsoft Excel runs the country
Carl Nixon 2 years ago
As an Excel developer (yes we exist) I can confirm this is scarily true
David A Paterson 2 years ago
As you are an Excel developer, I have a hundred changes I want you to make. I can confirm that at least half the "science" you see comes from Excel. And most of the "engineering".
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OmMi 2 years ago
I agree. I have worked for USA customer support and am now working as in healthcare billing department. E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G is in excel sheets. Btw I have never visited USA and am from a third world country so its everyone using third world cheap, and I mean CHEAP labour to maximize profits.
David Bramhall 2 years ago
So what? It's a tool like any other. You might as well say that the world automotive industry is run by spanners, or that all our nutrition is monopolised by spoons.
FranklySpeaking 2 years ago
It's a pretty $hitty tool that dominates the market due to Microsoft's nefarious monopoly. Like spoons making it impossible to buy a knife or fork. Need to cut your steak? Sorry, all we have are spoons.
Load More Replies... FranklySpeaking 2 years ago
That program wins the award for a lack of intuitive commands. There are classes just to learn it and you still need years of experience to use it well. Windows is the eternal damnation of computing. Look for open-source alternatives like Libre instead of Word.
Rebecca Porter 2 years ago
makes me glad to be an excel master guru. I can make it roll over and beg with a few tickles of the keys.
#25
My buddy worked at our local movie theater (AMC), he told me the signs up front say "no outside food or drink" but their policy says they can't search or stop people even if they clearly have something, I told this to another buddy and he went next week with a whole tai dinner and a big gas station soda, cashier said it smelled good lol
Theora Fifty-five Johnson 2 years ago
Kind of sketchy to bring smelly food, but I bring snacks and drinks. Tangerine margarita is my favorite.
French panda says ur worth it 2 years ago
I bring a couple boxes of candy. Milk dud and sour patch kids oir my favorite. Carry a purse or bag and just put it in there.
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David 2 years ago
I have not been to a movie theater in years but when I go if I plan on a snack I usually take my own. I would purchase it in the theater if theaters were not to GD GREEDY on the prices. It's ridiculous that I can buy a box of candy in Target for a buck (back then anyway) and see the SAME box of candy in the theater display for $5-6. I police my own trash so I'm not costing you anything since I would never pay your price for candy even if there was no other option.
Power puff scientist 2 years ago
point is that cinemas dont actually make a lot of money of the tickets as a large percentage goes to movie companies. so they make most money of sales of these products. and price ups are the same if you go to a bar, its never the same as the grocery store.
Load More Replies... Bunzilla 2 years ago
Whenever we went to the theatre, we always stopped by the supermarket across the road before going so that we could buy snacks. Couldn't afford it otherwise. Though we were always considerate and A: made sure nothing was too noisy or messy, and B: nothing was too smelly. And most importantly, C: made sure to CLEAN UP AFTER OURSELVES. We were just as disgusted by those who left a mess.
Firefly1617 2 years ago
I had a 1.5L bottle of ice tea and a big bag of snacks and they let me in :D
David A Paterson 2 years ago
The sign is only there to boost kiosk sales. If I remember correctly, about half the profit of a cinema comes from kiosk sales.
Kathryn Englund 2 years ago
My son has walked into theater with large pizza, in box. Has carried in dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts. No problem.
#26
I work in childcare. If your child has a milestone first at the centre, we don’t tell you. Taking first steps is the one that sticks out the most.
arthbach 2 years ago
One trick is to say to the parents/carers, "Oooh, I think Sam might be almost ready to take their first steps." Then the parents can come back, grinning from ear to ear, "Yes, you were right! Sam took they first steps last night!"
Auntriarch 2 years ago
Hehe there was a cartoon in Mad magazine in the 70s with just that supposition
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I'm way late to this party, but I used to be a political campaign manager and political office staffer.
The US government is run by an invisible network of interconnected staffers. The good elected officials are informed, but it's still the staffers who inform them. They write bills, they write bill summaries, they research the issues, they write the things the elected officials say. Without staffers, the vast majority of elected officials wouldn't have a f*****g clue what's going on, and we have *an absurd* amount of influence over the information they base their platforms off of.
On the campaign side, the reason there aren't viable third party candidates in the US is that campaigns are highly complicated, absurdly expensive, and outrageously time consuming. Successful candidates even for your state legislative races really can't do it all by themselves, which is why everyone hitches their wagon to a party. Only ultra wealthy people can really afford to run their own successful campaigns, and even they usually need a party apparatus just to get the competent manpower required to run a successful campaign. Our first past the post means of voting virtual guarantees a two party system, because elections are just extremely difficult for individuals or small party organizations to campaign in.
Kristy Marion 2 years ago
It’s such a shame this is the US system, bc so many talented individuals are being overlooked bc they simply can’t afford to mount a campaign, both due to the system and the outrageously long election campaign. For all the political faults in Australia, I much prefer having the party choose the candidate they’re going to put forward, and only giving me 4 weeks of listening to their b******t before voting.
David A Paterson 2 years ago
I really appreciate in Australia having minor parties in the Senate that are actually worth voting for.
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Lucas 2 years ago
Pretty much the same in a lot of countries regarding who is doing the real work probably. In the UK the unelected civil servant is doing the research, writing, informing. They're the same people regardless of who is in power as well. Just what they're asked to work on might vary - or the slant they government wishes to take. Government advisors have a lot of power. Though some MPs/Ministers/Prime Ministers might ignore them it will probably to their detriment! And, no, Boris isn't the reason why you got your covid jab! The campaign financing is different as there are limits on what can be financed and how much. Prior to the 2019 election the spending limits for candidates was £8,700, plus 6p per elector in borough constituencies (mostly urban seats) and 9p per elector in county constituencies (mostly rural seats). Party campaign spending is also strictly regulated and limited.
Jon Steensen 2 years ago
And thank God for that. During the Trump precendency, i think one of the most important staff functions was babysitting/distracting, so the rest of them could actually get some work done without the todler in command medling and ruining everything.
Vermonta 2 years ago
Nobody good runs because they investigate you to find dirt on you. Who feels like being publicly scrutinized? and your family members investigated. Who needs that when a felon can run for President? That's why we have useless little whiners running the country.
madbakes 2 years ago
And it seems like all elected officials are at least somewhat narcissistic.
Load More Replies... Lyone Fein 2 years ago
We need to change this system or else we will keep getting the worst candidates instead of the best.
Barbara Kelly 2 years ago
The "First Past The Post" voting system does not consider fairly all of the voters. Ranked choice voting seems more democratic.
Load More Replies... FranklySpeaking 2 years ago
In a representative democracy you get the government you deserve. When your electorate spends all their time wondering what some vapid celebrity might do next, instead of using that time to educate themselves about candidates, you end up with vapid politicians.
Sven Horlemann 2 years ago
Not a secret... just reality. Which in itself often is a bit absurd.
#28
I worked at a major jewelry company in the US. When we wanted to buy jewelry, we paid what it costs to make the product (material, labor, shipping), plus 10%. I paid around $115 for a pair of $950 diamond earrings.
Cavern Gill-Vernon 2 years ago
And THAT'S why you go to a proper jeweller. We don't charge excessive markups. I know one company in the UK that charge 300% PLUS vat on top of what I charge. And I charge them the same as I charge my own customers who come through my shop door.
David A Paterson 2 years ago (edited)
So, where's the best place to buy jewelry? A manufacturing jeweler, China, back streets of Abu Dhabi, Goodwill, a bead shop, Etsy?
Jon Steensen 2 years ago
Well there is rent, there is taxes and VAT, there is electricity, there is staff that must be paid, security systems that must be installed and maintained etc. All of that must be paid for somehow, so some amount of markup must be expected. If you want to go to a brick and mortar shop, you must expect that it comes with an increased price. That is just the cost of the extra service it offers.
Megan Clarke 2 years ago
I only buy used jewellery these days. I mostly buy from jewellers on eBay. I overpaid on a white gold, 0.40 ct diamond bangle because I loved it. Cost me £360 on eBay. I lost it after a few months & claimed from my insurance. They had a deal with a jewellers & were going to give me £1500 store credit or would replace it. Even though I overpaid, that’s more than 4 times the price. I took the cash payout of £840 & bought another used bangle.
Jeremy Bolanos 2 years ago
I laugh when someone says they bought a $5,000 ring because that $5,000 is gone. It's literally worth less than half.
#29
You have to know your way around health care to get good health care What you should know: 1. Your patient rights. You can ask for a referral to a specialist. You can ask for second opinions. You can ask to see what is in your chart. Know your rights. 2. If you have a family member in a hospital or long term care home, please visit and be there as much as possible. When you are sick or old you are just not able to summon the energy to be on top of Med errors or even general care. The more eyes on the care and environment the better for your family member. 3. Advocate for your family member. Do some research too: what is the illness? What are some options? And take these to the doctor and ask if they’re appropriate (with the patients consent obviously) for the patient. 4. Follow up. If the office doesn’t call you : FOLLOW UP. Keep following up with offices, pharmacies, specialists, etc. until you’re satisfied. 5. If you are in the States, review your bill. Go over every item and see what can be negotiated and hound them until you feel it’s fair. The squeaking wheel gets the grease. 5. Get a job in health care. Not a clinician? No problem: environmental services and portering are excellent well-paying entry-level jobs that can get you potentially into a union. You will learn hospital and health care really fast. 6. Before your family member goes home from hospital make sure you see a “discharge planner” or a “social worker” to talk about discharge. Hospitals are full and they usually are pressed to send people home fast with health care at home being an option: but it’s not the only option. Talk to the discharge planner and push back if you need to. Look up questions to ask the discharge planner. 7. If you want the doctor to do/prescribe/refer something and they CHOOSE NOT TO, you are within your rights to say “May I have that option noted in my chart? I’d like to keep track of what I’ve asked you about”. Innocent, right? Well it’s a good way to get the clinician to think about whether they want their rebuttal of your suggestion in the chart. 8. If it feels wrong, please see someone else. Don’t just blindly trust health professionals. They’re people too. They’re not magic. Some are better than others. read clinician reviews so you at least know what to expect. To all those folks who go into appts with chronically ill family, or partners, you are guardian angels. Keep doing what you’re doing. It is more supportive (and the optics for the clinicians matter) than you know.
LB 2 years ago
I was on the operating table to get my pacemaker when I asked my doctor to give me beta blockers after... it was half the reason for the surgery, that I'd be able to take this after. Had a feeling they forgot about it... I even 'decided' my own type and dosage! All because I remembered what I used to take a few years ago. Health literacy is important!
DC 2 years ago
Absolutely! Know where and why your body fails you, how to deal with it. You only need to know details about your own disease, not every one there is. They need to know ... a lot more. Being informed better on your specific issue isn't hard, but may safe your life. If I count the number of times I had to repeat that I can't use Ibuprofen, it makes me doubt they know, remember or care about anything at all...
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Alysia Grey 2 years ago
US-based Nurse here: I have no idea how the average layperson gets around the awful American health system. It’s fractured insanity. If you’re in over your head, I’d recommend finding a patient advocate (usually there’s an official position in a large hospital system, under varying names) or find a compassionate nurse who will take the time to orient you. I personally use a Nurse Practitioner as my General Practitioner, because they are trained in the basics but in my experience are more focused on coordinating care with specialists. I don’t need one person to know everything, but I’d like one person keeping an eye on the whole thing.
Celena Camps 2 years ago
In mental health .. families are imp for collateral ie changes in peoples mental health symptoms etc. Also working as a social worker a big part of my job is helping people to navigate through govt services and benefits etc,
Patricia Childers 2 years ago
I was in a nursing home for rehab on my ankle. The nurse didn’t like me and withheld pain medication. Also they didn’t answer the call button so I called in through the switchboard.
Jennifer Smith 2 years ago
My husband always stays with me when I’m hospitalized for these reasons
Deaf Gypsy 2 years ago
1001% TRUE. As a life long self-advocate, I've fired so many incompetent doctors. They were shocked I fired them on the spot. I would remind them sharply, "You work FOR ME, not the other way around!"
#30
The ice cream machine is not broken, no one put it in its cleaning cycle when it needed to be so they're locked out of it until they do the whole cleaning process.
quentariel 2 years ago
I would like to know how your machines never break? Also do you really have an automatic cleaning cycle? We have quite strict standards here for cleaning, daily cleaning and desinfecting the nozzles and literally taking the whole thing apart every other week to individually clean every single part that is even close to touching the ice cream. But still, the damn machine has so many problems and malfunctions often.
AG 2 years ago
No disrespect but I'm willing to bet some of the problems are caused by a combination of poor training, user error and apathy.
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Penelope Orange 2 years ago
I'm curious to know why they say it's broken instead of it's being cleaned and to come back later. I'd rather know the machine was just cleaned vs just repaired. Can anyone clarify the reason?
buckeye6382 2 years ago
There is no cleaning cycle. The problem is that no one want to clean the machine. It's the end of their shift and they're in a hurry to leave. "I'm scheduled out at 12, I'm leaving at 12." kinda s**t
Dynamite Samurai Koala 2 years ago
Watched the matpat video and it turns out the ice crema machine company stocks are directly related to McDonald's stocks so the more that is paid to fix the machine (by leaving it broken or dirty longer) the more both companies get. And those machines are cr@ppy as hell so both companies get rich off of their horrible machines and perfect ice cream.
Jane Hower 2 years ago
Seeing the condition of most soft icecream machines I'll never have it again, NEVER
Celtic Pirate Queen 2 years ago (edited)
My husband is a restaurant equipment service tech and would NEVER allow anyone he knows to get soft serve ice cream. He has seen some of the nastiest sh*t you can possibly imagine in and around those machines (cockroaches, rats, black mold). And it's true (at least in his experience) they are definitely not cleaned according to the manufacturer's specs. So when they say the machine "isn't working" they're absolutely lying to you and the machine has shut itself down. McDonald's is one of the worst.
Storms Thief 2 years ago
I am convinced that McDonald's never sold ice cream. I've yet to meet anyone who actually had it in the past decade. Maybe they did once, because I have a memory or eating a McFlurry, but also could've been a dream.
Howl's sleeping castle 2 years ago
I feel this McDs broken ice cream machine is common in US only. I never had this issue, no matter which part of the country or which McDonald's outlet.
#31
In the consulting world, nobody really knows what they're doing
Victoria Brubaker 2 years ago
Not always true, some of us have decades of experience. We've seen it all in so many flavors and are able to problem solve on the spot.
Sarah 2 years ago
Last year, I was staff at a company and everybody argued with me when I suggested how to massively improve things and make more money. This year, I'm a consultant saying the same things to almost the same companies and everyone is thanking me profusely. I do exactly the same tasks I did at work a year ago, but now I make $50k more annually and don't have my ideas sh*t on all the time. Save yourself the money and listen to your smartest employees, they already know what's wrong.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
I was once hired as a consultant to a company to see if they could route their trucks more efficiently. After due study and thought, I returned to them with my answer: No, you can't". (Their problem was that they were not measuring the efficiency correctly. I showed them how to do it right. They must have been pleased because they kept hiring me for other matters.)
Grace Smith 2 years ago
He also said “As a consultant, you win when your Dunning-Kruger Effect is greater than the other person’s Imposter Syndrome”
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Veronica Jean 2 years ago
This is actually frighteningly true of...literally everything that isn't a hard science. The best you can get is people who study trends, stay on the ball, and have thrown a CRAPTON of stuff at the wall to report what stuck and find ways to keep it sticky.
Scott J 2 years ago
We just have to know more about a particular subject than the average layperson.
#32
Hotels don't change the comforter on the beds in between guests unless there's a noticeable stain on it. If the pillows are placed on a chair instead of on the bed at check out, housekeeping assumes they weren't used and puts them back on the bed without changing the pillowcases. All of this is due to cutting corners in housekeeping because the keepers are under strict timers for each room, and they have an insane amount of rooms to do everyday.
Yer maw 2 years ago
The number of beds I've slept in over the years from hotels to friends/family houses and everything in between is it really a massive deal that another person has been there before you? Unless it stinks or has stains or whatever I really don't especially care
neytjie 2 years ago
What if they had lice? Contagious skin diseases? What if they sweat excessively? Nope. No thank you.
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Debra Stolle 2 years ago
Strip your bed before you check out / leave. It saves time for housekeeping and they are less likely to "forget" to change the bedding.
Justme 2 years ago
Yep, I do this every time. Strip the bed & place bedding at the foot of the bed. All used towels go in a pile on the bathroom floor (I assume some places might separate towels & sheets). Comforter gets folded and put on the chair with pillows. Trash gets emptied,
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Wednesday Addams 2 years ago
And this is how my family found bloodstains and then dirt and grime on our beds at a hotel and got upgraded twice
Jessica N 2 years ago
Who thought they washed the comforters? You're not meant to sleep with it, that's why there's blanket underneath it. I rent hotel rooms to keep some of my kinkier extracurricular activities away from my roommate and roll those off right away. Reading the Karen comments above me...hilarious. I'd like them to imagine what my friends and I did in that bed he day before and watch them clutch their pearls
#33
I apologize in advance. Do you ever set your groceries in the fold back child seat of your grocery cart? Between children with leaky poop diapers, vomit, the dirty shoes when children stand up and the small pets that are often placed there, you probably should stop doing that. The carts are not cleaned daily…not even close. They are sanitized by professional steam cleaners, once a month. ONCE A MONTH. That’s the frequency the Health Department requires. You’re welcome.
David 2 years ago
I don't actually care. Most of my groceries are packaged and never touch the actual cart. If you are worried about germs, the bigger concern is probably your bare hands on the push handle. But a lot of places have sanitary wipes available if you want to wipe it down.
Barbara Kelly 2 years ago
Sanitary wipes (the facility's or your own) would help solve the seat cleanliness problem.
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Yer maw 2 years ago
I generally do the scan as you go when I shop so goes straight into my bags in the trolley so don't touch the trolley itself. But honestly, I don't really care if they do - I've survived this long using trolleys in supermarkets, I don't see it suddenly becoming a huge deal
María Hermida 2 years ago
I totally agree with you. I reached adulthood using trolleys in supermarkets, eating raw cookie dough with egg, without black-lighting my hotel room... Somehow I managed to survive.
Load More Replies... Alex Martin 2 years ago
They do sit in the sun, the heat and UV rays will kill quickly kill off most pathogens.
Janos Schumacher 2 years ago
I've never even heard of a cart getting cleaned. I don't worry about it, and I don't die. It seems to work out.
David A Paterson 2 years ago
I wish you hadn't said that. The fold back child seat is where my unwrapped vegetables go.
Dynamite Samurai Koala 2 years ago
Why did scotira's comment got down voted. She's right.
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Airlines often make more money carrying cargo than passengers. Also, they have much stricter contracts about delivering cargo on time than passengers.
If a plane is overweight, they will usually remove passengers before they remove cargo.
Kristy Marion 2 years ago
They’ll try and keep the passengers, but offload their bags. Happens all the time
TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
Don’t forget the fuel :). They might take a little bit of fuel out of the tanks to compensate the weight, but don’t worry, you’ll be fine mwahahaha. (Not joking about the fuel but you definitely will be fine)
Gabby Ghoul 2 years ago
Yes, you will be fine. Fuel requirements are calculated based on weight, distance, etc., and there is a minimum required at the start of the takeoff roll. If, for example, a plane is on the taxiway too long for some reason and fuel falls below that minimum level, it must go back for more fuel before it is allowed to takeoff.
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Gregg Bender 2 years ago
Airlines are banks that happen to fly airplanes. They frequently make more money from their credit cards than flying.
Ale Fab 2 years ago
How do they find out the weight of the plane? They weigh checked-in bags, but not carry-ons let alone passengers.
FranklySpeaking 2 years ago
They guess. There are tables for estimates and they have a "safety margin." Fatter passengers nowadays makes this a little tricky.
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Christoph Pipoli 2 years ago
This is 💯 true. I used to work for Delta and cargo and mail are top priority bc it makes the most money for the airline. This also applies especially for international flights. That's why airlines will cancel domestic flights and you'll still see international flights eventually go out in bad weather.
#35
When you call a cable company to cancel you speak with sales first the deals they offer are not the best they can do.
Astrophile 2 years ago
Last time I did this to my cell phone company, I was getting 20g of data. They upgraded me to 30g of data and free roaming (I visit the US a lot) for the same price. I wasn’t even thinking of quitting, I just wanted to see what I could get from this massive corporation lol.
Load More Replies... Sarcastic Jock 2 years ago
Yup. Former call centre staff for BT here. Always ask to speak to cancellations. They have the most authority and give the best deals. Always ask to speak to cancellations.
Szzone 2 years ago
I was 17 and driving my parents insane with the phone bills I was generating because I talked so much on the phone with my gf. Once I found a better package, I called the service provider to cancel. They went through the process of trying to convince me to stay, looked at my bills, and started offering much better packages with extra perks that aren't on offer in the store. That's when I realized I might have leverage with service providers. After that, every year when the perks expired, I called them to cancel, dramatically went though the process of being slowly convinced to stay - just to get the perks renewed once more. My advice? Look at your phone and internet package, look at packages offered by competitors, call them and inquire about better packages, and mention that you might cancel and go over to the competition. The service they give you at a certain price can be negotiated and what's in their catalogue can sometimes be more... guidelines than unchangable prices. So haggle.
Praea Kitten 2 years ago
"Retention departments" are always sales, they don't have a retention department and they will do just about anything for the numbers
JuniorCJ82 2 years ago
If nothing, it makes for a hilarious SNL sketch starring Kieran Culkin.
#36
Fast food, cleanliness gets overlooked to an extreme amount. Cleaning things properly takes time, which means that is time that youre not making orders to sell to customers. People like to say "Just clean during downtime" but there is no such thing as downtime. Because they will cut your crew to a skeleton, meaning you cant get orders out fast enough for there to be downtime. People like to say "Then clean at close". Nope, because they want you out asap, as to not run up the labor time. Get what is needed to be done for the morning shift and GTFO
Mark Reaves 2 years ago
Pretty much all restaurants are absolutely filthy and only appear somewhat clean. Takes no time to wipe a wet rag over everything. It takes time to properly clean and avoid cross contamination. The human immune system is quite amazing. It has to be or we would all die before we became adults.
Jj321 2 years ago
It's been about 15 years, but I worked at chickfila for about 4 months in college. It was really clean. I only remember being their for one health inspection. There was a slight scramble. But for things like putting the lid on the cheese, that was often left off for convenience (also, I didn't realize we were supposed to keep it sealed.)
The Darkest Timeline 2 years ago
My experience years ago was “If you have time to lean, you have time to clean.” There absolutely is downtime between “rush” periods. But, my manager was a stickler for cleanliness and things have changed in terms of staffing and, quite frankly, work ethic. I got paid $4.25/hr and worked hard; kids today make $15/hr to do the same job but can’t be bothered to speak clearly or, apparently, clean their area. Fast food is not a particularly fun or rewarding job but if you’re getting paid to do the job, do it right. Now get off my lawn!
DarkViolet 2 years ago
When I worked for McDonald's, it was the responsibility of the night crew to have the kitchen areas cleaned and sanitized before they left for the night. Riiiiiiiiiight. The next day, the salad area hadn't been touched. So in addition to making salads, I had to clean and sanitize everything. All before I took my place at the drive-thru.
#37
Wash the top of your cans. Mice poop on those things all the time while they are in warehouse or transit.
AlMa 2 years ago (edited)
Still pouring out of the same hole. I had bird poop on many cans as a flight attendant because they sat outside exposed to everything.
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Miranda Veracruz de la Joya Cardenal 2 years ago
Doesn't it build up a good immune system? I'm actually asking, I'm not a medical professional by any means.
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
And workers stand on or climb upon open cases of cans, bottles, etc
#38
A teacher will fail you or lower your grade simply because they don’t like you
David A Paterson 2 years ago
Can happen in Australia. I was lucky enough for it to happen in reverse. My grades in one subject improved markedly when the teacher discovered that my mother was her boss.
Nichola Drigout 2 years ago
I am a teacher and I don't do this, I try to be as objective as I can.
WonderWoman 2 years ago
Grades are arbitrary which is what caused standardized testing, then students were taught to beat the standardized testing rendering that useless.
T'Mar of Vulcan 2 years ago
Maybe in America, but it's nigh impossible to do that in a public (government) school in South Africa. We have a system of checks and balances - your tests/exams/projects are checked by your department head beforehand and once marked, the papers and marks are checked again.
Kat Lyle 2 years ago
That might be in place now, but in 1988 I was deliberately failed at history.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
Doing this would be hard in many subjects. The right answer on a math test is the right answer. On the other hand, my freshman English teacher said this about my first essay. "It was really good! But no one gets an A on their first essay in my class." We did not become friends.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 2 years ago
teachers can be so vindictive. in our school, they weren't allowed to keep you for detention for all of your lunch break, because, hey, the school accepted you needed to eat something. so most of the time, you'd be kept back for half of the hour long lunchbreak. my german teacher would keep me back for 55 minutes, knowing full well that the canteen was right over the other side of the school, and even if I could get there before the bell went, I wouldn't have time to get and eat lunch before the next class. she did that out of pure spite. I remember getting to the canteen right when the bell went off and bursting into tears, and thankfully, one of the dinner ladies sorted me out some lunch, stayed on to make sure I could eat it, and wrote a note both for my next class explaining that I was late because I needed to eat, and hadn't been given enough time to do so, AND raised their concerns about the fact that teacher was deliberately making sure their detention students couldn't eat.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Where I went to school, it would be hard to do this, all marks are connected to the marking rubric. There would be small margins between some marks, but not most, and if you disputed any it would be given to another teacher to mark. I'm not saying it wouldn't happen, but it would be hard to do, especially on multiple assignments through the year.
Aaron Parker 2 years ago
In subjects like mathematics and the hard sciences, grading shouldn't be arbitrary at all, it should be straightforward and simple. But subjects such as history and literature are based almost entirely on interpretation and thus the grading is an absolute crapshoot.
The Darkest Timeline 2 years ago
What? Are you suggesting there is no such thing as facts or grammar or sentence structure?
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My billable hours are not the actual hours
keyboardtek 2 years ago
If you take something to a small one person repair shop, he will bill 1 hour for the 45 minutes he worked on the item. That is to cover his time ordering parts, paying the bills, cleaning the shop, answering the phone, and the cost of replacing broken tools and equipment and shop supplies.
David Beaulieu 2 years ago
My billable hours are WAY short of the actual hours spent on your project
Vanessa Richardson 2 years ago (edited)
In automotive, (this isn’t true for all, but many) there’s an industry system/manufacturer recommendation that tells you how many “hours” it should take to do a repair on a certain vehicle. This means that if the manufacturer says a water pump should take 4 hours to do but i get it done in 2.5, I still get paid for 4 hours.
iseefractals 2 years ago
Yeah...? Standard practice among anyone who bills by the hour. Most require you pay a minimum hourly, usually that requires paying multiple hours, but always at least one. From there, if you do 61 minutes of work, you bill for two hours....because you've gone into the second hour. Smaller or more consumer friendly places MIGHT break down by the minute, but usually they'll just round up in 15 or 30 minute blocks, but the more in demand a person becomes, the more likely it is that their billing you in that 61 minutes = 2 hours mindset.
#40
If OSHA ever pays attention to small breweries, the entire industry is going to be shut down.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Fifteen years in craft brewing and can confirm. You never get breaks. You are doing incredibly dangerous things on a regular basis. My breaking point was when I almost drowned in a wastewater sump when I was attempting to fix it without a spotter or confined space permit. They would have found my body on Monday and the owner would have been pissed about the machine running all weekend.
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
If OSHA were big enough to actually do it's job 70% of the country would be shut down over night. Pallet towers are fun
David A Paterson 2 years ago
I'm not a fan of OHSA. If they had free rein then everyone in the world would starve.
Alex Martin 2 years ago
If OSHA didn't exist it would be so much worse. The fear of OSHA makes companies pay attention to safety. It's like kids and God. If you tell them God is watching them, they'll be more likely to behave. It doesn't work for all kids, just like the fear of OSHA doesn't work for all businesses. I fire people who do unsafe things, they are a risk to themselves, other people, and the financial health of the company that employs a great many people. Just let me catch you climbing on a pallet rack. That's why I bought a forklift, a platform ladder, and a WAV machine so I don't have to explain to your loved ones why your dumb a*s was injured or killed.
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Cruise ship crew members are underpaid and overworked, to the point where it'd be illegal in most rich countries. Explanation: I worked for a company that serviced cruise ships while they were on-shore and in port. The staff and crew on the ships (who actually travel with the ship) are often from developing countries and are really underpaid for the amount of hours they put in. Here in Canada (and I'm sure in the US too), it'd likely be below minimum wage. How can the companies get away with this? Flags of convenience. Much like how cars have different license plates from different provinces/states, ships must also be registered to a jurisdiction. But because there aren't enforced rules about the ship ACTUALLY being from where they're registered, they tend to have "home ports" from countries where labour laws and regulations are more relaxed, and follow the rules from those places instead of their actual places of operation. The crew puts up with this because despite being underpaid by wealthy countries' standards, that translates to a LOT of money in their home countries. So if they work for a few years on a cruise ship, they can gather enough money to put their kids through school or buy a new house back in their own country. So they tolerate it. This is why you have so many ships that have "PANAMA CITY" or "NASSAU" painted on the rear as their home port, even if the company itself is based in Florida or something and the ship itself has never been to its own port of registry.
Jane No Dough 2 years ago
This is the same for cargo ships, only worse for a lot of the employees. They may not get paid at regular intervals, and may work for months without being permitted to step off the ship in port, let alone go home.
Alex Martin 2 years ago
From my experience, the officers and entertainers are Western European/North American. It seems like everyone else is Eastern European, Filipino, or from a similar background. From talking to the workers, they work seven days a week with downtime at night and a break at some point in the day. They occasionally get to leave the ship at ports but that isn't guaranteed as rooms must be cleaned, lunch service provided, port repairs competed, and supplies brought on to the ship. Food workers likely have it the hardest as they serve three meals each day and keep the buffet stocked for 18 - 24 hours. Tell one of those Starbucks kids that they get to work 10 - 14 hours a day with no days off and they'll lose their s**t. Sure, workers are paid relatively well when compared to the costs in their home countries but those are some tough working conditions.
Donna Peluda 2 years ago
I can confirm this I have worked as a contractor while the ship is docked. Not only do they pay them S*** they treat them like slaves. I talking the big ones, Princess and Royal Caribbean.
Jon Steensen 2 years ago
Yes and added to that can be wild-west-condions that going into international waters can cause, or the truely obscure effects that can be the result of crossing borders between two countries. E.g. Denmark and Sweden is not far from each other, and it only takes about 20 minutes by ferry to go from one to the other. There is a small shop onboard where you can spend the time (and your money) as kind of a thing to do since you are there anyway. But as the tax on alcohol is lower in Denmark than in Sweeden whereas the reverse is true for tobacco, the alcohol is only sold while in Danish waters, and tobacco only in the Sweedish waters. So if you want both, you have to visit the shop twice as only one part of the store will be open at the time, and the goods gets locked away for the other period. The result is chaos as people will spend nearly two times as much time going through the checkout, and there really isn't much time to do the shopping before the destination is reached.
David 2 years ago
While I believe this is true, as the OP noted they are comparing it to US and Canada wages. "Underpaid" is a relative term. I have Filipino relatives. "OFWs" (overseas filipino workers) is a thing because the money they earn typically goes a lot farther in the PI. To put it another way - if a Filipino worker on a Filipino ship was happy with their pay, would you suddenly say they were underpaid if that ship happened to sale to Canada or the US? If their housing / food is covered so they don't have expenses while on board then the "underpaid" part is debatable. You are asserting your wage standards onto a different economy.
#42
More people in the US die from simple medical mistakes than are reported.
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
The mistake is simple, The circumstances usually aren't. Underpaid pharmacy staff equals soundalike meds being given out (clonidine for clonazepam). Overworked nurses who can't see straight by end of shift may misread a number. And as an MD, I've screwed up. I've caught it, but I'm in research 90% of the time ------- I can just re-enter data. Not so easy during COvid when I was on the wards. Family screaming at you to save a life that was lost before it got there, inaccurate history given, then no idea of the meds the patient was on .... No, we don't know, and no, in the US, we cannot LOOK I TUP. Thank the Republicans and corporate health "systems" for that. I can't just enter a number and find all your info. ______ TLDR: All medical info about meds, conditions, history, needs to be on a card in a wallet at all times, on the body at all times. This helps a LOT. And don't abbreviate the drugs. You know but we don't. We see "dil" and that can mean Dilantin or dilution!
Mark Reaves 2 years ago
I'm reminded of what my family said they saw when my grandfather passed (I didn't get there 8n time). They said he seemed to be doing fairly well until a nurse came in and gave him a shot. He was dead within a minute they said.
David A Paterson 2 years ago
Can you give an example? I can, my daughter died from hospital-acquired pneumonia. She went in for an ear operation and died a fortnight later. It wasn't reported as a medical mistake.
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
That's not the same as a medical mistake as it is a tragedy. Medical mistakes are: Oops, wrong medication! Or, oops, wrong surgery done (a hospital I know of did a wrong-amputation-leg ---- the pre-op nurse marked the wrong leg, the surgeon trusted his nurse, and that was that.) Hospital-acquired infections are not mistakes by medical personnel, but by *janitorial* staff, whose job is to keep the place absolutely positively clean as possible. Coming from a medical doctor, along with a soft hug of tear-filled condolences.
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Post covid recycling in America basically does not exist anymore. No one is taking the end product anymore so massive yards of processed material is sitting and degrading.
Trisec Tebeakesse 2 years ago
We have a bottle-bill in the state where I live. For reasons unknown, bottle returns were shut down during Covid. We started throwing them in the trash, and have continued to do so. Not worth the hassle - the state can keep my nickels.
iseefractals 2 years ago
The majority of plastic recycling was shipped off to CHINA. China, decided that the american output of plastic is disgusting, endless pit of sadness they can no longer cope with. Americans use 500,000,000,000 plastic bottles alone, each and every year, a total of almost 100,000,000 METRIC TONS, with more than half being single use. Reasonable, decent people would reason that not even having a bad plan in dealing with this problem would maybe be motivation to, i dunno....stop using so much f*****g plastic. But most can't think beyond the direct immediate impact to their own lives.
Load More Replies... #44
Most store brands, are just repackaged name brand. All they do is swap the packaging. The trick is finding *WHICH* name brand it is that produces it. The reason they do this is because the store guaranteed the name brand to purchase X million units a year. So the name brand gives them a big discount, and still makes money. The store sells their brand next to the name brand. And people looking for discounts buy the store brand, of which the store makes a higher profit margin, but people looking for "better" buy the name brand, so they both win.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
Kellogs had adverts in the UK saying "if it's not Kellogs on the box, then it's not Kellogs in the box" I guess they got fed up with customers thinking the supermarket brands were the same product.
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
I'm a big cold tea drinker. Can taste the difference between most blends. Now use a private blend, 24 GALLONS for $4.
#45
75% ( based on personal experience)of the people working on volume build housing sites in the uk ( think persimmon, bloor etc )give zero f***s about the quality of their work as long as they get paid , and don’t have to go back and put it right .
HardieBoysMama 2 years ago
I know where I live (Georgia, USA) contractors have 45 days to slap all these McMansions together. And not just 45 days on one house, like they're working on whole neighborhoods at the same time, so that 45 "days" aren't full days working. Then sell them for $400k. 🙄
keyboardtek 2 years ago
Contractors hire the best trim carpenters they can find because the trim covers up all the bad misaligned framing work.
David A Paterson 2 years ago
Don't building codes ensure adequate build quality? The ones you really have to watch out for are the renovators, literally painting over the cracks.
#46
The roses you buy at Valentine's Day were harvested around Xmas. It's the worst time of the year to buy roses and I don't mean because they're more expensive. They're also the worst quality because it's a longer holding time between harvest and use than any other time of the year.
Never ever ever send flowers through an order processing service. Look at the location you're in or sending to and talk to a florist in that area directly. Don't pick a picture off some external website. Ask the florist what they have and can make that fits your budget. If you're worried, ask them to text you a pic of the completed design.
XenoMurph 2 years ago
But if I send flowers on the 25th of Feb, there's no point because she's aready broken up with me for not sending flowers on Valentine's day.
arthbach 2 years ago
Instead, celebrate Santes Dwynwen's Day on the 25th of January. Dwynwen is the Welsh saint for lovers. (Outside of Wales) it's far, easier organising dinner, flowers, etc on the 25th of Jan than the 14th of Feb. You can spend the same amount of money and get far more for it.
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Dragonbeard 2 years ago
Or you could spend the money on something that'll last longer than two weeks!
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
Note: I once temped at a "neighborhood florist". My job was to take orders over the phone, then call FTD and place the order there. The shop owner charged an extra 30% for the arrangements.
Judy Reynolds 2 years ago
Met a couple who celebrated Groundhog Day and ignored Valentine's Day. They never had a problem with getting a sitter, or a reservation.
#47
Cyber security. You have absolutely no clue how out of date and insecure the vast majority of the planet’s IT infrastructure is. But the problem is that infrastructure is built upon so heavily and is such an intrinsic piece of what came after that you can’t just swap it out or upgrade it. All you can do is build layers of defence around it. This is the important s**t too. Nuclear systems, power stations, hospitals, militaries, banks, you name it. Your average office PC will be vastly more secure if it’s kept up to date than the PC that’s used to access all your medical records, because it isn’t held back by poor future proofing and still receives important security updates.
David A Paterson 2 years ago
I could write several hundred words on why "computer security" is a useless placebo. And worse.
cdubaya 2 years ago
Same with Network security...I can state the Solar Winds exploit a few years ago, the current Cisco crisis, etc
Load More Replies... featherytoad 2 years ago
I don't care how up to date my PC is, I never save cc information to websites for future use. I type it in every time. And, if a website doesn't give me an option not to save it, as soon as the payment goes through, I go back and delete it.
iseefractals 2 years ago
Part of the reason that old infrastructure is kept around, like ancient nuclear systems that run off 5.25 or 8in floppy disks, is because they actually are MORE secure. Sure, if someone happens to get on site, bunch of people are gonna have a bad day....but most require that you actually be on site, no network access, physical keys and buttons must be pressed, and the systems are built using coding languages that are so old, like COBALT that almost no one knows them anymore. 95% of computer security breaches are the result of human stupidity. You open the sketchy email, you plug in the mystery thumb drive, you leave your passwords written down in obvious, easy to access places. You have the same simple password for every single account. Massively powerful bits of hardware (like modern GPU's) have made brute forcing simple passwords (less than 10 characters of numbers or letters) take seconds. 11 Characters, mixing numbers, upper and lower case letters and symbols, would take 34 years.
iseefractals 2 years ago
expand that up to 18 characters, upper and lowercase, numbers and symbols, it would take hundreds of billions of years to brute force, but it doesn't matter how strong your passwords are if you plug them all into something like 1pass, where they're saved on an unsecured server.
Load More Replies... The Darkest Timeline 2 years ago
Didn’t the airline issues we had recently expose this? We build houses of cards on the sand then expect it to work flawlessly.
Matthew Thompson 2 years ago
I'm guessing it's all resting on old MS-DOS hiding af the bottom of all of it.
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
It's amazingly common for users, especially older ones, to decline updates because they're suspicious of anything new. This is why your company IT pushes out automatic updates that you never see. Clear your cache, clean up your files and update your system at home, and don't forget malware protection.
Mark Reaves 2 years ago
I spotted a windows xp computer at a major hospital still in use less than 6 months ago. It was connected to some kind of network via Ethernet and apparently had a password in plain sight.
#48
Bedbugs are actually incredibly common in hotels. It’s just that nicer hotels generally have better means of treating them.
David A Paterson 2 years ago
They are supposed to exist in my country, but I've never met one.
Shark Lady 2 years ago
Apparently there is a population explosion going on in Paris right now.
#49
Life coaches need life coaches the most.
David A Paterson 2 years ago
I've no idea what a "life coach" is. I've noticed that therapists need therapists.
Donna Peluda 2 years ago
I have a friend how works as a criminal psychologist mainly with kids. Child abuse from poorer people and false claims about child abuse from rich people trophy wives looking for $$$ . They have there own support groups because of some of the stuff the have to deal with.
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Em 2 years ago
Friend of mine was married to a "life coach" for awhile. Guy was an (certainly emotionally, I believe physically) abusive shithead who once got us evicted from the house we were living in because he was the one in contact with the landlord and was using our rent money to fund his seminars. I knocked him on his a*s once, and I'd be more than happy to do it again.
#50
Customer service reps are timed on calls so when we rush you, it isn't to be rude.
Tobias Reaper 2 years ago
it depends on the job my job does have average handling times we have to go by but its not strictly enforced as the nature of my job means we sometimes can have really long calls
David 2 years ago
This was true for me in IT as well. They looked at overall call volume compared to others in your department but there was no set time per call. They recognized that some calls are quite short and some longer - and once in a while you get one that involves hours.
Load More Replies... David A Paterson 2 years ago
Always. One reason is to use up all the customer's time, so the customers don't have time to call anyone else. Another reason is red tape, they have all these counterproductive rules that they have no option but to follow. A third reason is to appear competent and friendly.
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Donkey boi 2 years ago
I struggle to get them off the phone when I've sorted out what I need to. 'Ok, let me just confirm for you one more time' - You've already confirmed 4 times!!! 'Is there anything else I can do for you?' - No, that's all thank you 'Ok, so we've resolved your issue with xyz, and you're happy with the outcome?' You just confirmed again, didn't you? You sneaky little..., 'And there is nothing else I can do for you today?' - Yeah, get the f**k off of my phone!
Rahul Pawa 2 years ago
I find myself rushing them so often. Seems like they waste a lot of time on politeness.
#51
There are train derailments all the f*****g time that don't make the news. Not all of them are hazmat related, but it happens a lot.
Mark Reaves 2 years ago
Yes, and a surprising number of rail cars leak contents along the way. Not to even mention the excessive spraying of toxic herbicides along the tracks routinely to keep plants away. It's a mess.
DC 2 years ago
Maybe that's why the Deutsche Bahn allowed me to harvest the blackberries along the tracks?
Load More Replies... Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
The entire American rail network needs a major overhaul but because it's owned by an all but official monopoly so yeah. Never getting fixed.
Jj321 2 years ago
I live right by a station. They used to have a big, visible sign about how many days it was since their last lost work time incident. It was laughable how often the count would restart. It is gone now.
Load More Replies... #52
I worked in the moving and storage industry and if you EVER pay movers to pack and move your family, DEMAND an itemized bill and proof of service. These people are out here RAKING people over the coals. Inflating box counts, charging for services not performed, etc. it’s not AS BAD if it’s COD but if it’s a corporate move for your job?? DEMAND IT. You might not be paying for it out of pocket, but it’s still showing on your income as taxable wages. **special note to say not ALL companies do this but ALL the ones I worked with did**
Judy Reynolds 2 years ago
A friend worked for a moving company - if they ran out of legit jobs for the time allowed, they would wrap the garbage, and charge for it.
Theora Fifty-five Johnson 2 years ago
Some companies refuse to deliver all your stuff unless you pay extra.
#53
I’ve been in IT for 20+ years. We’re not smart. We just google s**t.
Debbie 2 years ago (edited)
But we are smart. We do not invent the wheel a second time. For strange or difficult problems we consult other experts - via a search engine. Why invest 40 hrs into trying to solve something, if a little googling reduces it to 2? edit: not to mention, we know how to google and to read the results. We know what to search for, what keywords to enter, which sites to trust, and most of the time a good analytic mind.
arthbach 2 years ago
Debbie, exactly right. There is a definite skill in using a search engine to find the solution to the problem.
Load More Replies... Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
So OP was in IT after search engines like Altavista came into being. Those of us in for 40 years had to be smart since you had to figure it all out yourself. And even if you do just Google stuff you have to be smart to identify and disregard the utter garbage that often finds its way to the top of the search results (or maybe thats why so much s**t code ends up in bespoke application software)
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago
See I can google it too as a regular joe, but it doesn’t mean I’d know how to fix it still or understand half the computer IT people words
John L 2 years ago
You may not be smart, but we have to interpret what we find to even see if it's applicable. Sometimes the information doesn't fix it, but leads us down a path to figure it out. If you're helpdesk, I agree with you. If you are systems admin or engineering, you won't be able to just google your way out, like a monkey.
Vanessa Richardson 2 years ago
That’s exactly right. No one can know EVERYTHING when it comes to troubleshooting. And that’s with just about anything. For me, it’s automotive. Google has saved me quite a few times. You just have to be knowledgeable enough to use the bits and pieces you find to create a solution that works for you.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
You're being paid because you know what to Google and understand what the information means when in comes up
cdubaya 2 years ago
As a network engineer, I can say Google is like 10-20% percent after I've exhausted all my work experience and peer input. I've been doing this for 20+ years and I'm often engaged by younger peers due to the fact my on the job training has taught me to look at certain things.
Mark Reaves 2 years ago
I don't work IT but everyone I know thinks I'm some computer wizard. No, I just have years of experience searching for the right things in the right places. It gets interesting when I find myself having a problem that seems to happen to nobody. Then I really have to work lol
#54
If you’re ever buying bulk gravel/sand/crushed stone from a local pit/quarry that has scales to weigh the amount of product you’re getting- you’re getting f****d because you’re paying for water. Most of these pits/quarries spray the living f**k out of their stockpiles before/during operation to make the material heavier in the truck. Never buy by the ton- always buy aggregate by the cubic yard. It’s a measure of volume- not weight.
Source: I own a rock crushing business/multiple quarries and I charge by the cubic yard to not screw the public :)
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago (edited)
NO! They spray to keep dust down. Dust is a hazard to the workers and the surrounding area. The OP here is LYING and I know because my dad works for a rock crushing company. The water is there so the workers aren't breathing powdered rock. Also potable WATER is worth MORE per pound than rock. Unless you live someplace that let you spray sewer water all over the place you would be losing money by substituting water for rock.
Donkey boi 2 years ago
I knew this. I bought a few ton of stone, and the fella said to give it a shot with the hose before using it to reduce the dust. Made a fecking mess of my driveway, but that just made the reason clearer.
Load More Replies... SadieCat17 (she/her) 2 years ago
The point is the weight of water vs air since water fills the gaps between the rocks. Either way though, they just use the water to keep down dust and particles for the workers' protection.
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Superb Owl 2 years ago
The gravel and such are cheap really, at least where I live, it's the transportation that'll cost you.
#55
When you go somewhere that has novelty beer dispensers that you and a group can take to your table, just know they are incredibly incredibly difficult to clean thoroughly and there’s probably mold in there.
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
Got a "twofer" at a restaurant happy hour. Daughter got down to the bottom of her draft beer...wad of gum stuck to the bottom. Called the manager over as the waitress was too horrified. It was agreed, since the mugs go through a high temp sanitation phase, probably not a health risk. I gaurantee whoever is doing the washing now has a chunk out of thier butt. Entire meal for 4 ($125) comped.
SirWriteALot 2 years ago
Also the beer goes stale, you buy too much, it's constantly in someone's face and you make a mess.
#56
I use to work as a secretary at a roofing company. A common practice of "scumbag" roofing companies (in regards to rubber row home roofs) - if your neighbor calls a scumbag roofing company and they fix their roof and then not long after you or another neighbor's house starts leaking - there's a terrible possibility that the scumbag company went out and knifed a hole in your roof. They do this because your neighbor may recommend their company to you as their roof is no longer leaking. Scummy move.
Mark Reaves 2 years ago
Would be hard to do with my home. A solid 500 feet from neighbor and a metal roof.
John L 2 years ago
I think they are talking about townhomes/townhouses. Very easy to do with them and they have a higher population density. NEVER have your roof done by the people who leave flyers in your neighborhood.
Load More Replies... cdubaya 2 years ago
Single family home and no neighbors for at least 5 acres on each side in the woods. Best bet would be for them to try and come and try to get me to pay $1000 for tree removal and then mess with my roof. These guys that come to my house for tree service are laughable at best but rip off artist at the worst. $1000 to limb out a single tree? Sorry, my $200 chainsaw can take care of that in about 5 minutes. Hint to all those that get cold call walk-ups, just tell them you rent.
#57
I wouldn’t say it’s mostly a secret but agency staffing firms churn and burn college graduates who are basically thrown in the wild. The recruiter you worked with may be gone in six months and that’s why a lot of ghosting happens.
#58
High volume recruiters spend an average of 10 seconds looking at a resume.
Donkey boi 2 years ago
That long? I just look at the last job title, just to check if you were a trainee, or experienced (not that it makes a difference, it just let's me know how much of a blank sheet I get to work with). You already know what the resume is going to say, so what's the point?
#59
I've worked in the music industry for 10 years and have access to financials of nearly 15% of all artists' recorded music revenue. Nobody is making as much as you think. The superstar artists who look like millionaires are not, in fact, millionaires.
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
How does that explain the multi-million dollar mansions, yachts and designer bling?
The Darkest Timeline 2 years ago
So your supposition is that the only revenue stream they have is from record sales?
Aaron Parker 2 years ago
Interesting, I didn't realize this. So Taylor Swift isn't a bazillionaire?
#60
Unless it’s a chocolate themed cafe, there is a good chance your hot chocolate is just made with the powder used to garnish your cappuccino. Also although I never did this, I’ve known plenty of baristas who will give you the wrong milk, either by accident when they’re in a rush, or on purpose if you’re rude or sometimes when they think you’re just snooty with your milk choices. So if you’re lactose intolerant, be sure to mention it!
DarkViolet 2 years ago
Amen! There's no thrill like ordering a crafted beverage WITH SOY, only to experience the beginnings of a gastrointestinal maelstrom, and doing my best Roadrunner impersonation to the nearest bathroom.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Would it be more accurate to say that your cappuccino is dusted with the same chocolate as used in hot chocolate (given the quantities)? Also, is there a problem with them being the same?
#61
Many therapists are still practicing after probation or punishment for really egregious acts, and they don’t have to disclose this to potential clients. If a therapist actually gets their license revoked they often go into life coaching.
#62
Zoos and museums are universally held together with double sided tape. The size or prestige of the organization doesn’t matter either.
TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
Wellllllllllll… I imagine they're like every other business. The executives could care less, but the employees caring for the animals/exhibits/etc really care. Just my opinion, could be wrong!
#63
Aerospace has a phrase "Get Healthy in Maintenance." Underbid the contract to win to the work; then they over charge on the maintenance activities. It's an investment strategy that pays well. Many aerospace sites have "cash cows," long term maintenance contracts that keep the money coming into the site. BTW - this is one of the reasons DoD spends sooooooo much.
Dolly_of TheCowboy 2 years ago
Infrastructure project industry (think roads that every few years have "upgrades" due to traffic flow management improvements) and inkjet printer companies looking at you here...
#64
There is very little math in investment banking. (Trading, however, is different). They put up all kinds of gates to keep people out to chose “the best.” But all you need is good grooming and arithmetic.
#65
Still surprises me people don't seem to know you're SUPPOSED to call and threaten to cancel. We don't mind. We're not going to give you the offers unless you ask for them, that would be financial suicide.
David A Paterson 2 years ago
In what business? Not insurance, that doesn't work any more. Internet service provider?
Donkey boi 2 years ago
Depends on the insurer. In the UK, NFU Mutual, & Nationwide are easily the best for home insurance if you ever end up making a claim.
Load More Replies... featherytoad 2 years ago (edited)
Before I went streaming, I would do that with my cable company and every time they just said, "You have the best deal." I also threatened to cancel and they didn't give a s**t. I secured a new service and everything was installed and activated. I called to cancel and THEN they wanted to give me a deal after everything was set up with the new company. So, I would have had to pack everything up from the new company and then ship it back. F them.
#66
IT certification companies that sell courses to "get you into a well paid IT job by learning while you still do your day job" are selling you a hollow dream. I did sales. Not a single person I, or my team, suckered into buying an expensive set of courses got a job in IT, anywhere, ever. Well, amost, the company did get a single student into a job, but it was with us. In the end after giving phone-ins 'Marks' the sales script I just use to say to them "Now ask me how many people we've found jobs for." I got sacked when management listened to tapes of my phone calls. It was the only favour they ever did me. Most people just didn't finish the courses because they were too tired after work but the company knew this and still sold them.
Annymoose 2 years ago
Boot camps are a scam, and computer science degrees don't teach you enough about how to work on PCs. But the companies you work for want either a degree or certification, or they won't hire you. Thankfully, the market is so saturated even with all those it's hard to get a job, and with the "ai revolution" Ceos think they don't need more IT people.
Lori T Wisconsin 2 years ago
That's why you get a computer science degree from a reputable college, and don't waste money on certification courses.
Annymoose 2 years ago
I'll make sure to tell my CS majors who can't find a job in the oversaturated market. Companies love hiring people with little CompTIA certificates because they're a dime a dozen. Thanks for the great advice of going into major debt tho. USA! USA!
Load More Replies... David A Paterson 2 years ago
Old style IT used to be good. You used to buy the computer (in bulk so they're all identical), install the operating system yourself, configure the operating system and all the software the way you like. Lock the user out from doing serious harm. And then go and enjoy a game of table tennis.
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Porta-potties are basically made to look clean and smell good when cleaned, they're not actually sanitized in pretty much any way.
Thomas Biorogue 2 years ago
Is this your squad car D**k Tracy? No kidding. It's a freaking portable outhouse. The only time those things are clean is when it's new.
Aaron Parker 2 years ago
I wouldn't be surprised about anything I could possibly read about Porta potties.
Geoffrey Scott 2 years ago
I saw a deal on tv on this very thing. 2 tanks on truck,, one hoovers the waste, other uses sanitizing solution and sprays down inside.
#68
If your business uses an inventory company, your numbers will not be correct.
#69
more product hits the floor and then thrown back on the line than you know. source: worked in a meat packing plant.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago
Not at the plant I work at. Been there almost a year and never seen it happen once.
Lori T Wisconsin 2 years ago
Meat is filthy dead animal flesh. Animals are loaded with microorganisms. What do you expect?
What do you think ?
Joy 2 years ago
I work at a medium security prison in the US. A lot of folks don't know that we have a crapload of programs for the inmates to take advantage of. We even have programs to help inmates accept their sexuality if that is something that they struggle with. You only hear about the horrors of prison life, but there is a lot of good that comes from certain ones too. (DEFINETELY not all of them though, ESPECIALLY private prisons). HOWEVER, a lot of folks also don't realize how much of a struggle it is for an officer to do their job. Inmates don't just stop breaking laws while in prison. They will continue to try to do whatever it is that they did on "the outs" while locked up. I've busted sex offenders trying to contact minors. I've busted inmates trying to get a buddy to buy drugs off the dark web and have it smuggled in. What's the most frustrating, is that it's so hard to hold the inmate accountable as well. (Part 2 in reply).
Joy 2 years ago (edited)
Like, if I'm doing a cell search and I find a shank hidden in a sock at the bottom of an unsecured locker of an inmate, underneath a pile of clothes, there is a high chance the inmate could beat the charge. They would claim that someone else put it there and the folks overseeing the case, (WHO DON'T EVEN WORK AROUND INMATES!!!), would side with them. EVEN if that inmate has a history of violence!
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Memaw Mitch 2 years ago
This isn't an industry secret, just something I've noticed... Not all products are created equal for different retailers. For example, if you buy Angel Soft at Target, Walmart, and Amazon, the quality of the tp will be different. First noticed a couple of years ago, I have been an Angel Soft girl for years and years, and the new pack I opened seemed to be significantly less absorbent. I assumed it was COVID-related, making it thinner so they could make more. But no, it was a pack I bought at walmart, the rolls were significantly less thick and had less absorbsion "bumps" than the last pack i had from Amazon. Same name, same number of sheets, same count of rolls. Plus, the larger bulk packs of 36/48 are worse quality than packs of 4 or 8. I've been asking my grandkids to make a tikTok about this showing how you can see the difference just by holding them next to each other. Maybe someday.
rapid unscheduled disassembly 2 years ago
Memaw, get on TikTok and do it yourself! I think you'd do a great job and people would be interested.
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Petra Schaap 2 years ago
Once worked for a cleaning company where my boss said "it doesnt have to be clean, it has to look clean"
Alecto76 2 years ago (edited)
I'm an attorney in the US. The number of attorneys I deal with that are incompetent to do the case they are working on is disturbing. If you are looking to hire a solo practitioner, be wary of those that claim to handle multiple types of cases. Jack of all trades, master of none. In the past 5 years I've dealt with 3. Two of which would have been resolved in a year if the attorney knew what they were doing. One we were called in to try and save where the attorney's errors resulted in a judgement of several million.
Joy 2 years ago
I work at a medium security prison in the US. A lot of folks don't know that we have a crapload of programs for the inmates to take advantage of. We even have programs to help inmates accept their sexuality if that is something that they struggle with. You only hear about the horrors of prison life, but there is a lot of good that comes from certain ones too. (DEFINETELY not all of them though, ESPECIALLY private prisons). HOWEVER, a lot of folks also don't realize how much of a struggle it is for an officer to do their job. Inmates don't just stop breaking laws while in prison. They will continue to try to do whatever it is that they did on "the outs" while locked up. I've busted sex offenders trying to contact minors. I've busted inmates trying to get a buddy to buy drugs off the dark web and have it smuggled in. What's the most frustrating, is that it's so hard to hold the inmate accountable as well. (Part 2 in reply).
Joy 2 years ago (edited)
Like, if I'm doing a cell search and I find a shank hidden in a sock at the bottom of an unsecured locker of an inmate, underneath a pile of clothes, there is a high chance the inmate could beat the charge. They would claim that someone else put it there and the folks overseeing the case, (WHO DON'T EVEN WORK AROUND INMATES!!!), would side with them. EVEN if that inmate has a history of violence!
Load More Replies... Memaw Mitch 2 years ago
This isn't an industry secret, just something I've noticed... Not all products are created equal for different retailers. For example, if you buy Angel Soft at Target, Walmart, and Amazon, the quality of the tp will be different. First noticed a couple of years ago, I have been an Angel Soft girl for years and years, and the new pack I opened seemed to be significantly less absorbent. I assumed it was COVID-related, making it thinner so they could make more. But no, it was a pack I bought at walmart, the rolls were significantly less thick and had less absorbsion "bumps" than the last pack i had from Amazon. Same name, same number of sheets, same count of rolls. Plus, the larger bulk packs of 36/48 are worse quality than packs of 4 or 8. I've been asking my grandkids to make a tikTok about this showing how you can see the difference just by holding them next to each other. Maybe someday.
rapid unscheduled disassembly 2 years ago
Memaw, get on TikTok and do it yourself! I think you'd do a great job and people would be interested.
Load More Replies... Petra Schaap 2 years ago
Once worked for a cleaning company where my boss said "it doesnt have to be clean, it has to look clean"
Alecto76 2 years ago (edited)
I'm an attorney in the US. The number of attorneys I deal with that are incompetent to do the case they are working on is disturbing. If you are looking to hire a solo practitioner, be wary of those that claim to handle multiple types of cases. Jack of all trades, master of none. In the past 5 years I've dealt with 3. Two of which would have been resolved in a year if the attorney knew what they were doing. One we were called in to try and save where the attorney's errors resulted in a judgement of several million.
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