A job is more than its direct responsibilities; it also includes the relationships we build, the skills we develop, and the impact we have on the organization and the outside world. However, it's difficult to learn these things without belonging to the "club." Movies and TV shows aren't reliable sources, and there are only so many careers we embark upon ourselves. So, let's take a look at a Reddit discussion where people from different industries have been spilling tea about their professions.
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Woo, buddy, here's my chance to vent. I am a climate scientist.
1) Uncertainty does not mean we don't know what we're talking about, or that we're guessing. Any scientific estimate of any kind has an uncertainty. You're just usually not told about it. We're pretty transparent about our math, so you get to see the range of estimates. That doesn't mean we don't know the mechanism behind it, it just means that there are variables involved that can't be predicted precisely.
2) We KNOW the sun goes through cycles. I promise that we've already considered whatever showstopping thing you found on the internet.
3) When we say "climate change" in this current context, we mean the human-caused part. You aren't providing new information by saying that "the climate always changes." We know that.
4) We know that it's the carbon causing the temperature rise (and not the other way around) because we know exactly where the carbon came from. It's not a coincidence that the CO2 concentration started rising at the same time we figured out combustion.
5) Some data sucks. That fact does not invalidate science.
An addition to #5: sometimes data is also simply incomplete, leading to inaccurate science. But when more or better data emerges, scientists make adjustments. That also doesn't invalidate science, nor does it mean that scientists are always "changing their minds."
Climate-change deniers are in a world of their own construction. The Ancient Greeks were aware of human-caused climate change. Yep, you read that correctly. There was a 19th woman scientist who raised the alarm. Point being, anyone who doesn't believe in human-caused climate change is just being stubbornly stupid. I just can't figure out why they choose being stupid over learning.
There is a large political bias with accepting this truth and many would rather align with those in their political sphere than to accept or try to understand the truth. The bandwagon effect. There is also a related anti-science bias. Science is confusing to those who don't do it and easy to dismiss as flawed, confusing, or wrong. Some also take change as a personal threat and accepting the truth can threaten their comfortable way of life so they are unwilling to deal with the change and discomfort that the truth brings, especially when guilt that can come with our role in climate change. I think those are largely the reasons for the stubborn stupidity. Sigh.
Load More Replies...#6 : The word "theory" to a scientist doesn't mean the same thing as the word "theory" to a layperson.
Or as I say. Do not confuse theory and hypothesis.
Load More Replies...I think that one of the reasons climate change was rejected by a lot of older folks was because it was presented as "global warming" which may be accurate, but since back in the 1960/70s we were bombarded with how the rise in pollution would lead to extreme cooling and another ice age it seemed like nothing more than a flip-flop, which always makes it hard to trust the message.
As far as (1) goes. Everything has a tolerance, no if's and's or buts. "I just bought a 2 inch piece of steel" No, you did not. You bought something close to 2 inches, how close is up to the tolerance. I have gage blocks nominally referred to as 2 inches, but NIST insists they're a few millionths off.
Everyone should have to take a statistics class. Even though I wouldn't be able to conduct a t-test on the spot a few years later, I do have a better understanding of how to evaluate a scientific study or statement. With good scientific research, you can draw reasonable conclusions, but there is always a margin of error or a variable you might not have considered.
How is this hard to understand? I think people are wilfully obtuse regarding this, something I can understand considering the threat to our everyday life it poses - and how we’re doing it ourselves. To ourselves. Even though we know better. It’s hard to admit that yes; my way of living is a part of the problem. Doesn’t change anything, though. The planet is still dying under our feet and sooner or later we’ll pay for that, pay through the nose.
fine . . . now tell us about the Holocene period, and the current ice age which is slowly receding.
Actually uncertainty It applies to predictions of future events, to physical measurements that are already made, or to the unknown, and is particularly relevant for decision-making. Synonyms are chance, guess.
Scientists talk about everything including the margins of error. Some popular media hype the extreme and call scientists liars if that doesn't happen "according to schedule". Maroon politicians politicize and deny science. The "I did my own research" crowd is really into confirmation bias. Let me quote Isaac Asimov, adding that the rest of the free world has its own Misundereducated (thank you, GW Bush, R) Geniuses : “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
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No, I’m not bullying your child.
He just needs to learn that they are rules in a society and that the world doesn’t revolve around his a**e, which you seem to have omitted.
Edit: I was a teaching assistant, my partner was a teacher.
And then they start to homeschool or unschooling (only learn things they ask about). SMH..
Homeschooling is a secret code word Christians use as an excuse to not tech evolution or critical thinking to their kids.
Load More Replies...I got the death stare from a kid who insisted on using his "wheelies" in the hallway. He was REALLY annoyed when I let the Principal know and he wrote him up.
Teachers don't get paid enough to teach, parent, and police your spawn. Either do a better job or keep them at home. No parent who wants the best for their child wants your little brat in the classroom.
However some teachers do in fact bully and claim this. It doesn't matter what you think, it's what the person on the other side experiences. So you may in fact be a bully to that one kid. You aren't the centre of the universe either.
It's not always what the person on the other side experiences. Many children and adults experience "you can't do that now" as bullying and it may just be rules, or good sense or good manners. No-one is the center of the universe but there are things that are objectively right and wrong.
Load More Replies...I'm not saying all teachers are bullies. Some are excellent. But there are teachers who are wretched towards children and some play favourites with the popular kids. I'm just saying. And definitely what I've experienced growing up is that some teachers are very good but slip up time to time. Some express a tone of frustration to a child struggling to understand a lesson, forgetting that the tone is now what that child will remember and be less comfortable to be forthcoming about a problem to that teacher. I'm sure the teachers do not wish that scenario. However, for a child to call out a teacher's tone is considered "talking back" and everything just snowballs from there. It would be far grand if logical thinking and open communication between students and teachers were more acceptable. If this were something I was taught in school, I would have less problems talking to my superiors at my jobs.
For every teacher like that, there's 20 or more parents who have raised their child to be as selfish, undisciplined, lazy, and entitled as they are.
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I’m not making up the fact that your child hasn’t done the work and behaves badly in class. I don’t just have it in for your child for no reason. And no, I won’t change his grade because you’re harassing me.
Lucky you. I had teachers promise certain grades if XYZ was completed, then just not give that grade. I've also had teachers grading unfairly based on nothing at all. While you can't bully a teacher into changing a grade, it's completely fair to have a discussion about it if you suspect they may have made a mistake
Load More Replies...One of the best cartoons I saw when working in school: A parent scolding their child in 2000 "How could you have let this happen?"...next panel, 2020 parent is scolding the teacher using the same words, kid with a smirk looking on.
A kid got caught cheating in the class of one of my teachers. When mom came in for the required meeting, she just flashed a big grin and said "Well, how do we get around this?"
Load More Replies...One parent, a used car dealer, wanted his son's grade in a previous class in my department raised "to make him more marketable to colleges". I asked the dealer if he turned back the mileage on the cars he sold to make them more marketable to the public. A long silence followed. (Epilogue. Years later, the father turned the dealership over to the son. That didn't last. Soon the kid was back to holding the title of "Vice President in Charge of Being the Owner's Son.")
Some teachers do in fact fail kids for petty reasons. Grade 9 science teacher failed our class for not being mature enough to be responsible in grade ten science. All 30 of us repeated. Thankfully with another teacher
I do remember some teachers in high school who were real power monsters and did have it in for certain students.
Stupid kids. Don't they know They are responsible for changing the teacher's grade before handing in their report card. My brother got soooo busted for doing this.
Spay and neuter your f*****g pets
Also, cats shouldn’t drink milk.
Also cats are not pets. They are free loading roomates that s**t in a box cause they are too lazy to make it to the bathroom.
Well, clearly you have not been around many cats.
Load More Replies...And please keep you cats indoors! Our small rural town has an infestation of feral cats. The colony feeders put out food for them and they are a major nuisance to the rest of the neighborhood. The cat p**s odor is nauseating. They are the number one predator of wild birds, and they do not k**l them for food.
Cats are lactose intollerant. Direct quote: "WHISKAS® Cat Milk is low in lactose (less than 0.1%) making it easier for your cat to digest than regular cow's milk" and the ingredients list milk. My little orange friend Keith loves his cat milk.
Load More Replies...Cats are lactose intolerant and are carnivores. Also they can't taste sweet things.
I had a cat that went absolutely bonkers over lettuce. Some carnivore...
Load More Replies...Not all cats are lactose intolerant... My old kitty (she's 21) occasionally enjoys some, and suffers no ill effects from it.
spay and neuter your children. we have an overpopulation problem on planet earth
The kicker is how many animal shelters and vet clinics give discounts for this procedure, so there's no excuse. Can't afford to spay/neuter, then you can't afford keeping an animal. Yes, cats are lactose intolerant, but there are special formulas on the market specifically for cats.
Child predators very rare look like criminals, and they rarely look like folks from the s*x offender registry. Those are mugshots taken on what is often the worst day in someone's life.
They look like your youth pastor, your best friend from college, maybe even your brother.
The reason there is so much f*****g paperwork and huge wait to work with children is that it helps us identify those people.
I would just like to know what makes the justice department and corrections allow repeat, high-risk to reoffend s*x offenders to be let out and live where they want. Brandon, Manitoba, is not a big city but there's an unsettling amount of s*x offenders and pedos who live there. The public just becomes a guinea pig to see who will reoffend.
It's called the Law. History shows us plenty of examples of brutal regimes who started out by just being a little bit over-zealous about certain types of 'criminals'.
Load More Replies...And many of them are very good at hiding it if they've never been caught. I dated what seemed to be a really wonderful man for a year, and we'd been friends for a year or so before that. He had no criminal record and set off no "mama bear" alarms for me. But he was arrested for possession of child p***. Thankfully, he'd not had enough time around my children to harm them before I found out, and I ended that relationship immediately. But it shattered my trust completely, and i don't know if I'll ever be able to trust another man.
Stupid remarks like, he's too handsome or kind to be a räpist, seriäl k!ller, or pedoph!le evidently have forgotten about Ted Bundy, who was soft-spoken, handsome, and educated. The reverse, of course, are the big, burly, tattooed bikers who work with, and advocate for, child victims of äbuse.
What do criminals look like, exactly? Poor criminals dress like other poor people, and rich criminals dress like other rich people. So how can you tell?
Anyone reading the news these last twenty years will notice a high rate of Republican politicians and Christian church leaders getting arrested for s*x offenses. Maybe those people lean towards religion and authoritarian politics because inside they realize they lack any self control.
So you're saying that few, if any, look like drag queens. I find this to be true.
Yup. Mine was a friend of the family from church. It’s rarely someone in the bathroom stall.
I can't "Enhance" your tiny f*****g low res jpeg into a beautiful 8x10 print.
Retoucher.
you mean you can't get a usable photo off the reflection on a chrome trailer hitch so the cops can ID the suspect? Has NCIS been an entire lie?
Yeah, but they do it all the time on my TV show, so that means you're either stupid or lying to me. Unlike my TV show.
And yet there are hundreds of fancy tool that just promise to do that (for a 9.99 a month)
Part of the CSI Effect…”Hey, zoom in on the tiny reflection on the side of that curved wing mirror…enhance…enhance…enhance…That’s our m******r!”
I think I'll just leave this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMIHNiR3CP8
Viral infections do not need antibiotics and vaccines do not cause autism.
Guess what profession
Edit: nobody expects the Spanish I*********n. Aha!
Ìnquísition. And you're right, censorship is really getting out of hand. Hope it stops before they follow the Trump guidelines, and we can't write "woman" or "inclusive" any longer.
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But...as a grandparent of a child who was just released from hospital after he went from asymptomatic Covid>Strep (pediatrician refused to Strep test a 3 yr old)> Sepsis(d**n near killed him). Push back HARD on a doc that will not test. Or, take them to Urgent care if you KNOW they have been exposed to Strep.
Since Streptococcus (the causal agent of “strep”) - is a bacteria - what has your comment got to do with “viral infections don’t need antibiotics”?
Load More Replies...Antibiotics are for bacterial infections, and vaccines fight/mitigate viral infections. The latest research finds paternal genes responsible for autism, as well as environmental factors (long list) that include pesticides and heavy metals. Why has there been an increase? Because of better diagnostic tools recognizing autism in people. Oh, and screw you BP for your ridiculous censoring. I honestly think they're doing this to annoy us.
This. Right. Here. I'd also add onto it: No, the vaccine DID NOT give you the flu, COVID, or w/e. It's your body's immune response. Also, don't take ibuprofen for that pain, it inhibits the needed reaction from the vaccine.
I guess they did. Why? Busted algorithms that never worked anyway. What profession? Any medical profession. Viral infections do not respond to antibiotics and vaccines do not cause autism. The fact that millions of ignorant people believe otherwise means nothing.
Considering that being somewhere on the spectrum contributes to many scientists' effectiveness in their jobs, there is more evidence suggesting that autism causes vaccines than evidence supporting the opposite claim.
"cough or congestion? See your doctor today. it could be covid 19, the flu, pneumonia, throat cancer. don't delay!"
Electricity will k**l you.
A bad connection can burn down your house.
The YouTube video showing how easy it is to hook up your new hot tub does not understand your overloaded circuits.
Electricity and plumbing should be left to professionals. Many people seriously overestimate their DIY skills, especially with YouTube "how to" vids.
Yes. My dad could fix/build anything you could think of...but he'd pick up the phone for the plumber and the electrician in a heartbeat.
Load More Replies...As long as one remembers to turn off the power or shut off the water main before doing any electrical or plumbing work, simple repairs are safe. You will not know what kind of accident your house will suffer until the power and water main has been turned back on.
I did the rewiring in my house because I knew what I was doing, but I hired a journeyman to perform the final hookups into the circuit breaker. That I wouldn't mess with because I know electrical fires silently burn within the walls until the house is engulfed.
next YouTube video - how to install a Level 2 EV charger in your garage. Or outside if your garage is full of junk.
My BIL is a licensed contractor who started as a plumber. He does most of the handy work for my parents for free, but he always sends his electrician employee to do anything electrical (he pays the employee for his time, but doesn't charge my parents).
Programmers (generally) can’t fix computers. Or software they did not write. Sometimes not even the software they wrote.
Fixing software they did not write is part of most programmers job description. Otherwise you would be like a mechanic who can’t fix cars not built by him/her.
Refactoring is a significant part of most programmer's jobs. 10 people 6 months ago re-wrote the code on the banking app because PISA released a new patch for ATM fees to meet the new law. Now your want to add a new currency to the app but that patch from PISA isn't currently compatible with PuppyCoin(TM). Furthermore, only 5 of the people from 6 months ago are still working this app and none of them knows what the comment "PISA GT3557 exploit averted" means.
Load More Replies...Sadly programmers stand a better chance of fixing a computer than the rest of your family simply because we have a better understanding of how they work. There are however limits as to how far we can go. And the majority of software that has a life of more than a few months will have had a team of people work on it and that team will not be the same people it started with - often none of the original team will be left - consequently we end up fixing (or rewriting) a lot of code we didn't write. As to fixing your own code - you may not remember how it worked, but you don't deserve a job if it is that badly written that you can't figure it out!
My older relatives always ask if I can create an app. I am a network engineer. I have not opened a book on coding or software building in my life
Strongly disagree. Programmers know computers, they work with them 24/7 (well, almost). Of course they are good at fixing them. And if they're good, they can troubleshoot any software.
end users generally cannot figure out if their computer is plugged in. Or how to reboot it.
A shocking amount of people seem to think that because I work in a library, I sit around and read all day. I do not. I wish that was what I was getting paid to do but nah.
Got a lot of " So what do you do then", so I'm copying a reply I made earlier, with a few more things I thought of along the way:
It's a smaller library so I do a little of everything. I put materials away, I check materials in and out, I pursue our overdue fines, I help our patrons with things they may need or I make copies for them, I run our Facebook, I update our website, I write a monthly newsletter and an article for the weekly paper, and there is a lot of clerical work, billing, deposits, filing, supply ordering, etc. I create advertisments for our programs. I process and catalog new materials and weed old ones. I shush 12 year olds who confuse the place for a computer arcade. It's possible to have a slow day where I probably could pull out a book and read but it's not very professional looking so I don't. Oh and I take the occasional reddit break. ;)
I do also want to say that I work in a library but I am not an accredited librarian. I am actually "library support staff" so my list is probably short in comparison to the director of library services in my building, who does have her library science degree.
My master's was in library science, I worked in a corporation with offices throughout the U.S., I had to maintain everything, provide reference services, write the newsletter, etc. And I was thrown into that situation when there had been no librarian for several months previously.
When I was looking for jobs, the library was an interest but it came as a surprise you need a University degree. I haven't seen any positions not requiring some level of post-secondary education. Except maybe volunteering.
I worked in a library for a few years. There were well over a hundred members of staff. The librarians all had degrees, most had Masters. They could catalogue books. The library assistants were essentially clerical staff, some experienced and skilled in handling the public.
Load More Replies...All I know is that libraries were my sanctuary. That's where I went to escape my torments. I also know that reference librarians are some of the most intelligent and helpful people in existence. I don't know where I'd be without all the support I got from librarians.
I always wanted to be a librarian and am considering getting my master's in library science. My BS is in computer science, and I figure with even public libraries going digital, it'll be useful in the library field!
Come... Join us... We aren't as scary as some people think... :-)
Load More Replies...i met a librarian (degreed) who was a cashier at a bookstore. she was bummed that she couldn't work on the salary the library was actually paying. volunteers/support staff perpetuate this problem, imho.
Hello from a fellow library worker! I was support staff for 10 years and only got my piece of paper because the options for advancement without it were pretty slim. Libraries are wild places, man. I've found unclean underpants in the reference section, beer cans crammed down the men's toilet...and then there was the time somebody pulled the soap dispenser off the wall, did a p*o in it, and put it back on the wall. Am I a librarian or am I running a nuthouse? Lol
Libraries, especially main libraries in urban environments (Phoenix, Denver) act as day shelters for the homeless. This comes with the attendant activities the homeless often bring (alcohol/d**g use, completing personal hygiene in the restroom sinks, and even sexual activities.) Visiting branches away from the city center are a better bet if you want to avoid exposure to these things.
Load More Replies...I just wanna say that library staff (from my experience) is so helpful.
I work in an animal hospital. Our prices aren’t high because we want you to pay for our mortgages, cars, student loans, etc. Rarely do we actually make a profit and we ourselves don’t make much. We genuinely care about your pets and we take it personal when you question our training. Many of us are licensed DVMs and RVTs. We dedicate our lives to animals for the outcome not the income.
Have these people ever seen the memes about animal hospitals? The ones that tell you that human patients rarely scratch or bite their doctors, and are much less likely to pee on them.
Unless the doctor for humans is a pediatrician. In which case the risk of scratches, bites, and peeing rises significantly 😂
Load More Replies...Vet care is HEALTH care. The person seeing your animal is a MEDICAL professional. Not sure why this is hard to get. And as someone with a wife and daughter who both work for a Vet office, I can tell you the level of compassion is astounding. I can't tell you how many times I've seen the people in the office break down when a pet is put down, not just for the bet, but because they are broken hearted for YOU and your family as well.
I've never seen that meme, but it so true. Otherwise, the real problem with veterinary care is the same problem we have with human care. Too many facilities are now owned by investment groups who just want to see more money and don't care if you or your per live or die. I see this struggle every time we take one of our cats to the vet. I never blame the staff for problems caused by corporate greed. And even our fur babies behave.
i don't question your training. i do question your theory that the pet hospital is losing money. is that what the corporation which owns it told you?
I have family that works in Veterinary Science. She says all the time, "Vets do about the same amount of schooling as human doctors do, they get about a third the money human doctors do." I know when your furbaby is sick you're stressed, but be kind to your Vet.
I know people who choose not to go into veterinary medicine because they know how badly some human clients will treat them
A DVM is harder to get than an MD (there are fewer vet schools than med schools and your learning to treat more than 1 species!)
Just because you had some side effects from a medication does not mean you are allergic to it.
Also, please don’t f*****g eat or drink before surgery. I will cancel your surgery. It’s for your own safety, so don’t lie about it.
Not eating for a set period of time before surgery is not an issue (at least for me). The issue is that the way that surgery is run in the UK, is that they don't decide on the running order until the start of the day. They want everyone there by 7am, and then your surgery might not happen until afternoon if you are last on the list. So that is another 6-8 hours on top of whatever was requested.
That’s the same everywhere. Things happen. Hernia surgery waits for an accident victim.
Load More Replies...Too many people mistake side effects for allergy, not just with medication but with food as well. I eat bell peppers, I get an upset stomach. That an intolerance. I take zoloft, I get the runs. That's a side effect. I eat shellfish, I experience anaphylaxis. That's an allergy. I take penicillin, I break out in hives all over. That's an allergy.
Zoloft did the same to me. None of the other SSRIs, though.
Load More Replies...This is true. But also, some side effects are severe enough to warrent a med being "never take" for a person. And sometimes the only way to make sure of this is to put it on the "allergy" list because that may be the only one that exists. For example, steroids make me s******l. So they are do not take for me. I always explain to new doctors that it isn't an allergy. But it goes on the list.
One painkiller makes me nauseous and makes me vomit. But it’s not an allergy. I explained that before surgery, but they didn’t listen and gave it to me anyway. I vomited and tore a stitch, open. Then when checking me out they wrote me a prescription for the same d**g, which thankfully I caught before I left. You bet your booty I put it down as an allergy now. Doctors just don’t pay attention or listen to patients.
Load More Replies...I've a family member who is allergic to anaesthesia because it always makes her sleepy and forgetful. I've another who has coeliac disease-biopsy and serum screening positive, so very definitely affected. My aunt went through a phase of sneaking in gluten products, and not telling him she had used gluten containing foodstuff to cook with. Every time he ate at her house, he was ill for days afterwards. It turned out she didn't believe in food allergies and thought he was just attention seeking, and so decided to try and build up his tolerance for gluten secretly, so he'd get over it. Coeliac isn't like anaphylaxis, which can be lethal within a very short space of time, but repeated exposure to gluten not only causes intestinal issues, it increases your risk of a form bowel cancer. She might not have believed in allergies, but his body most definitely did.
Same here in the US with my doctors, but to a lesser degree. The most common reason for delays is triage. The worst cases get done first. I know in one case I blew up the waiting line myself because I was bleeding to death internally when I arrived and bumped everyone else on the list when I arrived. I try to remember that when there are delays.
Among the many reasons I dread my upcoming hip surgery. It'll be worth it, though
Oh, what's the matter Doc? You don't like having your patients aspirate under anesthesia while mid-operation? Where's the challenge???
That's totally my grandma. "Oh, if you have ONE side effect from a medication, you should stop taking it!!!" She basically stops and starts taking her meds (and sometimes changing the dosage, too) as she pleases, even though we all keep explaining her that it's a bad idea. And then she wonders why her treatment plans don't work... (She's not senile or anything she just has her... opinions about taking meds.)
My mother would say that she had a bad reaction to a flu shot and her doctor told her to never get another one. I would point out to her that her bad reaction had been 60 years ago and they might have made some improvements since then.
Load More Replies...Modern anaesthetics were used because ether caused vomiting. Hold over from back then. Surgery on accident victims? They don't starve first.
Because you always have to weigh the risks against the benefits. Your knew hip: die from anaestesia risks because of eating or wait another day? Accident victim bleeding internaly: die now or risk the anaesthesia?
Load More Replies...People wouldn't lie if you made the time to not eat or drink not 12 hours before. Most people aren't accustomed to going without food or drink that long. You ask for 12 hours then tack on surgery prep time adding hours on top of that. It was proven a while ago it doesn't have to be that long.
You think they're telling you this to make you suffer? No, they;re telling you this because they know that so many people will ignore them, so they increase the stated time to try to counter that. You know what happens if you eat before surgery? You may die. It really is not that difficult to go for 12 hours without food.
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Welding
People often think you need to protect only the eyes. And then get 2nd degree burns on their arms/neck when they realize the light from arc welding is like standing in front of a tanning bed on steroids.
Absolutely. Certain metals and galvanized metal can be extremely toxic.
Load More Replies...I only know it because my dad was constantly ranting about "idiots attending lessons in shorts" when he was getting his wielding license.
Load More Replies...I once got flash burns during a yard period in the USCG. Welder was working on a generator and I looked at the white bulkhead/wall, not at the arc.
The little triangle of your neck beneath your chin and above your shirt collar.
bring back shop class in high school. so people can safely learn trades like carpentry, metalworking, electrician, etc.
Tig is the worst for this. Had an apprentice who only wore tig gloves after I warned him. Got a nice sunburn on his forearms.
Plumber here. If it isn't turds, p**s, or toilet paper then it probably shouldn't be flushed down the toilet. Specifically, tampons, baby wipes and paper towels.
My work actually had to put up signs in each bathroom stall. You would think this is common knowledge.
I see signs telling people not to do this all over the place, so apparently not.
Load More Replies...My father was a plumber, and was vehement that kleenex not go in the toilet.
I was taught that you were supposed to flush tampons and it wasn't until I was about 20 that I learned that was wrong and had to teach the person who taught me! Embarrassing but true. Also, why on earth are wipes called flushable when they aren't supposed to be flushed? I'll never get that one. Is it to make people think they can just make the mess disappear even though they shouldn't?
I've lived 40 years with a septic tank, so this was drilled into our heads by the time we were toilet trained. Now I'm on city sewer, but I still maintain the strict do's and don'ts of a septic system.
My parents once owned a medical office building where the doctors and staff couldn't get it through their heads that the reason their staff toilets kept backing up was because they were flushing paper towels.
My new landlord was going over some stuff at the walk-thru and he kept saying "don't flush...y'know..." until his wife turned to me and said "Tampons. He's trying to say "tampons." We had a good giggle at the poor guy's embarrassment.
Cake decorator.
1) Yes, tiered cakes can be expensive. But you aren't just paying for my materials. You're paying for my time. Your three tier fondant covered fifty million details on each tier cake will take me the time that I could crank out at least 15 simple sheet cakes. You gotta pay for that maam/sir. Also, if it was "just cake and icing", you could do it on your own. Don't come in with a Buddy or Ace of Cakes cake and expect to pay less than $400. Ace of Cakes MINIMUM is like $500 so...Yeah.
2) Birthdays are not Easter. The day does not move. So your emergency because you forgot to order isn't an emergency for me and you are not more important than the people who properly ordered. What you consider "quick and simple" usually isn't. You can't just magically bake and decorate a cake in 15 minutes.
I find cake decorating incredibly hard. Something I would like to learn better. Also, those tiered cakes are heavy and super fragile, and not really the most stable when moved. People should be giving much props to those who were able to transport a tall cake with it arriving and placed intact.
I find cake decorating incredibly pointless, TBH. Especially anything covered in fondant or made from Isomalt.
Load More Replies...When people balk at prices for something they consider "quick and simple" should do it themselves. I may not like paying top dollar for a fancy decorated cake, but I know my culinary limitations, so here's my money for your expertise. I can't even make box brownies.
I'm not that good at decorating cakes, but it's something I enjoy. I do it for fun, not for money. It is a very hard thing to do right.
That's their point. Easter moves, birthdays don't. That's why birthdays aren't Easter.
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If the choice is between rushing to take your order at 4 a.m. in the drive thru or making sure our food is being held at temperatures that ensure it's safe to eat so you don't get fatally sick from a cheeseburger that was heated incorrectly, I'm not rushing to take your order.
You can tell the story however you want, but I'm not ignoring you (I actually will be with you as soon as I can, which is when I'm done ensuring food safety), and your story will not end with a trip to the ICU for severe food poisoning... you're welcome.
So many people don't understand, why they have to wait for their food-order "so looooooong", when is "just" a burger, fast-food and drive-thru, or a sit-down "real" restaurant. Being a chef, I don't give a flying fck about your tantrums, that you have to wait 20 minutes to get your burger (However, I feel the service guys, who have to deal with your entitled a.ss). The f.cks I'm giving are, that your food should be tasty, and you won't get any food poisoning.
In the current "me first" generation, people seem to think that food joints have replicators to crank out their meals on demand at any time of day. It don't work like that in the real world. If I show up during slow times, I am prepared to wait while my food gets made properly.
And these are the same people who will write a bad review if you immediately give that burger that's been sitting under the red lights. Can't win with some customers, so you're only choice is to do your best. Although some customers deserve a dose of food poisoning.
You don't use quotation marks to add emphasis.
(I'm an English teacher.).
I was so confused when I moved from the US to the UK and kept seeing signs using quotes for emphasis such as - "Fresh" Vegetables! I always read it in a sarcastic mental voice.
I use italics or bold for emphasis, unless I'm adding a character's direct thoughts, then italics for thoughts, bold for emphasis.
I'd be happy to use bold and underline on FB and youtube but I can't figure how. If it's even possible. So I'll keep using quotation mark when I see fit.
I'm a Music teacher.
I hear from many parents and adults in general that have this notion that some kids are talented or gifted in some way, and some just aren't. This is the farthest thing from the truth.
Literally everyone in the whole world is musical in many different ways, especially kids. There are predispositions to certain skills, but everyone has the potential to get much better. If you just encourage musical behavior and participation at home and school, kids are developing rhythmic and tonal understanding of music. If you're in an environment that encourages mistakes, experimentation, and practice people will naturally become more musical performers.
This is also coming from a guy who's mom told him he was tone deaf in 4th grade and quit chorus. Who's tone deaf now mom?!
There's no shame in recognizing we have limits in things we enjoy. I will never have the height or athletic ability of an NBA star so it was unreasonable for my parents to expect me to reach that league. No amount of practice will make me 6 inches taller. However, it doesn't mean I didn't play after school with my friends or 30 years later in pickup games at the gym (still picked last). I also have stubby fingers and no reflexes so I will never play the piano at Carnegie Hall. Piano lessons as a kid means I can still fill in and butcher the hymns on Sunday morning when the real talent comes down sick.
This is an issue in so many areas of the arts. Talent is not some ability blessed from the womb, unless you believe fairies actually visit babies and magically gift them skills. A child who exhibits higher than average skills in something is because there was already a deep interest in that activity and they also had very supportive parents who gave them all the chance in the world to practice tons and advance their skills. Sometimes, unfortunately, it's pushed on them everyday by the parents. The kids who are lacking those skills either just haven't been practicing enough out of lack of interest or have only started, or it's just taking them longer to get the hang of it. The word "talent" tends to be met with disdain depending on who you're talking to for this very reason.
I dealt with a lot of tone deaf parents, even though I didn't teach music.
As a musician since I was 5 years old, I have encountered a few other kids who had no sense of rhythm at all. If one cannot even match a steady beat, a musical activity and even dancing is pretty much out of the question.
Exposing those particular kids to musical lessons and experiences would be the best way to help them make up for these deficits and learn to keep a beat. Just because they can't do it now doesn't mean that they should be written off as "will never be able to". It will just take more work and they will probably become average at best, not incredible. I think becoming average at something that you have a natural deficit in is a great goal!
Load More Replies...In 4th grade, I auditioned for a show. The music teacher declared I was not musical. So to this day, I am not musical. Poor teachers reach much further than they realize.
My mom still thinks she can't do math, because she was told so in school. Even if she's rather good in it when there's no one staring at her with demands.
Load More Replies...in school i had a teacher who believed anyone could learn latin. and that it would make them happier later in life.
Linguam Latinam didici et multo felicior sum quam eram.
Load More Replies...Their dad and I used to dance with the babies, starting from very young, to teach them rhythm. Both are now adults with definite musical skills. I like to think we built the basics for them.
Everything can be learned given the right guidance, dedication, practice and study. EVERYTHING. People say that I'm talented in drawing/painting. The talent I have is that I'm interested in doing it enough, to experiment, practice, put in the effort and fail yet keep doing it. If I were talented in maths, I'd have the urge to sit through it, put the effort and study to do so. I lack that talent because maths are completely uninteresting to me. Same goes for music, cooking, painting, anything and everything creative or non creative. The talent we keep talking about, is the predisposition to have that interest and the motivation to keep at it.
I think the problem is that instead of comparing to the average, people try to compare against the standout musical genius. If that's your basis for comparison, of course everyone is going to seem to have no musical talent. Complicit in this is using social media to broadcast kids achievements. Any performances you see posted on social media is a carefully cherry picked 1% best attempt. If you're comparing your kid's average attempt against that, it's the same thing as comparing against the musical genius.
Teachers aren’t babysitters. We’re here to educate your children.
But in a way you are because the children can’t be left without supervision. This is one of many reasons why you should be paid more.
Except in homeroom, or study hall. or recess. or lunch. THEN you're babysitters.
I had a HS teacher who referred to himself (in class) as a glorified babysitter because teenagers were too dumb to be left home alone. He didn't last long.
More and more kids are starting school without basic skills like potty training, being able to dress and feed themselves, understanding how to follow basic instructions - stuff like that. It is not a teacher's job to wipe your child's àss.
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Getting a good photo doesn't mean you're necessarily able to be a professional photographer. Most people who enter the profession swiftly exit it again because of this. And those who stick around likely still learned it the hard way.
People tend to exaggerate their own abilities, skills and intelligence. I went to school in the media industry and as a photographer I consider myself mediocre. The golden ratio is burned deep into my consciousness and thanks to it I easily find the right angle and point to take successful photos. When you adjust the camera settings and focus on the moment, there is something meditative about it so I use it to support mental well-being. Photography requires passion and love. I just went to see a photography exhibition about birds and I have nothing but respect for nature photographers. All that waiting requires patience.
I loved photography all my life. Had a darkroom as a teen. At 70 years old with failing eyesight, I can no longer read the small print on cameras to operate them.
Load More Replies...I was working 11 years as a journalist, and I had to learn to take my own photos to my articles, because there was just one profi photographer. I learnt the hard way. And I consider myelf a real mediocre photographer. Guys, that's a real profession, what you can't learn taking some pics with your smartphone.
Part of being a good photographer is knowing how to develop, layout, and present your photos. That's the challenging portion.
Taking good photos is easy. The business side is the hard part. Sincerely, tried and failed.
National Geographic ran an interview with one of their best photographers. He said he'd shoot about 30,000 photos for an article (this was in the film days so no spray and pray), and only the best dozen were published. Or 1 in 2500. So if you take thousands of photos and one of them looks magazine quality, you have the "talent" to be a professional photographer. The rest is hard work and dedication learning how to set up the shot and process the image.
you're a professional photographer is someone is willing to pay you for your work.
I'm an interpreter.
It's pretty obvious that you don't translate word for word and that you CANT be replaced by Google Translate, lol.
This is interesting. When I was in market research, some projects were multi-lingual and required calling an a phone interpreter service. There were already so many inefficiencies and outdated practices, obviously. But when you try to explain to an interpreter they need to repeat what I say word for word you know it's going to be futile, and there's not really any way of knowing if they are actually being cooperative in any way. I brought this up to my superiors, all they could say was "Yeah, that's going to probably happen. Just do your best." Market research is the snake oil of marketing and statistics science.
Interesting. Depending on what you're talking about, repeating everything word for word from one language to another, even if the target vocabulary makes it possible, can lead to bulldung being said. Hansel and Gretel word for word from non-English to English: "...they didn't have it in the holes that they [the crumbs] were being made soldiers by the birds...". Tabarnak! Tabernacle!
Load More Replies...Google Translate is fine for a foreign phrase, but I sure wouldn't rely on it for a conversation. Local idioms alone would literally be lost in translation.
Here in the UK the various govs spend a fortune on translators. I doubt if other western countries follow suit. If someone can't speak our language ( English) or can't be bothered to at least attempt, they shouldn't be given any assistance ( unless its in emergences) and just stay in their own country.
Mechanical Engineers aren't mechanics.
Everyone seems to think that I'm the guy to come to when their car is having problems. Like, yeah, I could figure out how to fix this and know what's going on... But really, you should probably ask the guy who does this s**t *everyday*, he is the expert here. Also, you don't want to pay an engineer to fix your car.
Why is this a thing now (other than the global spread of ignorance?) In the USA, you want an ASE certified technician. They will have the equivalent of a bachelor's degree in how to fix your car.
the guys at the dealership repair shop aren't mechanics either. that's why so many cars get a "wall job" (look it up)
Okay?!?! So someone who is not technically in a field, but generates excitement for kids in many fields and how cool it is, is to be mocked?
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Printing industry here.
People see that InkJet printers are cheaper, but they don't realize the consumables are more expensive and do not last long at all compared to alternative technology. Maybe a few hundred pages per color, and if one color is empty/missing, the d**n thing won't print.
I recommend Laser Printers, the brand Brother in particular is very reliable. Higher upfront cost, but the toner cartridge lasts much, much longer (thousands of pages) and is the tech is foolproof. If you get bad prints, just change the cartridge. Not always so simple with an InkJet printer. Black&White Laser machines are very affordable, and some Color Laser machines are becoming affordable nowadays.
I wish more people knew this so InkJets would disappear from the market.
Inkjet printers are often subsidised by ink prices - the initial purchase is very cheap because they expect you to buy ink for it. Printing photos is far better on an inkjet with the right paper, but if you want a workhorse, then a laser is much cheaper to run. I have just changed to a colour laser (Brother) after getting stiffed by HP.
I got major satisfaction in my life taking a hammer to a few inkjet printers that jammed.
Load More Replies...Love my Brother B&W laser. I bought it 10 years ago while attending university and it’s still going. And I maybe buy a cartridge every 18 months.
I have a Samsung BW laser. Bought 2013. Still works. But starting to get some problems last year. Will look at a Brother now perhaps!
Load More Replies...Inkjets will give you a much better printout of a photograph. Lasers will always print something that is recognisable, but not something you'd want to display.
Still gonna be of not so good quality. For good printouts of photos you'll need a designated photo-printer and photo-paper. Unless you want it in A4 size or larger: for that just go to some photo store and pay them, printers that can print photos of big sizes cost like a wing of a Boeing :))
Load More Replies...A lot of this depends on how often you use your printer, doesn't it? And the initial upfront cost of a laser printer. And inkjets do a lot better on photos.
The reason inkjet seem cheaper to buy a new one than to buy ink is the starter cartridge. They have half or less of the standard cartridge. But you can't just put in the standard or XL cartridges from the start. Hp has coding on the start up that requires them to be installed first or the printer will not set up. It will ask for the startup cartridges if you try to switch. I'm a printer tech with 17+ years experience. I will not try to fix an inkjet Unless it is simple like fishing an object out of it. You can't find parts and the replacement unit is cheaper than my labor cost.
Yeah, my brand new HP InkJet is already on the fritz, so I'm definitely buying a Laser printer next time.
Lexmark also makes very good laser printers, tad expensive, but the customer service is 5 stars.
People think lasers are cheaper for media because you get more pages per toner. Wrong. Cheap lasers are the same, minimal pages per toner. Do your research whichever it is...toner or ink. max pages per toner or ink, and take into account cost of ink or toner. costperpage.nz is a good example.
As a social worker many people think that if the child is removed from the house that the child will never return when in reality we're taught that reunification is the number one thing we can do and will do everything possible before putting the child in the system.
Something that doesn't get mentioned enough, being a responsible, caring and good parent means being accountable and seeking help when needed, before a situation becomes worse.
Agreed, but I feel like it's worth mentioning how many barriers there are to getting the right help... I can seek help as much as I want, but if there's no one out there willing to help me, or if I can't get to the help that's available (can't drive, can't get there because I'm working, can't find childcare to go, etc.), then what are my options? (Hypothetically: I can't have kids)
Load More Replies...Also seldom mentioned is that many well funded orphanages are actually decent places for kids to grow up. They get care, educations, have lots of friends, learn social skills, and often see it as their family.
Certainly better than the homes of a lot of bio-families. Newt Gingrich used to point this out and get crucified for it!
Load More Replies...The main reason why CPS wouldn't return a child to its home is when there's proof that nothing has changed. No dedicated person would do that. If you want your kid back, then do the work to prove you're a fit parent.
Geologist/Geophysicist. Here's some. 1) Hot, red lava is pretty safe. You know where it's coming from, and where it's going. It's the cool, explosive eruptions that are more dangerous. A 100 mph cloud of 800 -1000C hot, poisonous gas will take out far more people than movie-friendly lava will. Also, there's no good prediction mechanism for volcanic eruptions. In the movies, they always use microquakes as an indicator, but the earth shakes around volcanoes for years before and after eruptions. Or sometimes it just shakes.
2) What we know about the interior of the earth is either from pieces that have been brought up to the surface, or from guessing based on proxy data and lab observations. There's no way to see underground. We mark the bottom of the crust by a weird change in seismic velocity called the Mohorovicic Discontinuity. We do have some rocks called ophiolites that probably come from the crust-mantle transition, and that match the theorized changes in physics at that depth. Things get wacky under those levels of heat and pressure. Stuff changes chemically almost instantly when a certain heat/pressure is met, and it never leaves solid state.
3) Gravity is not constant from point to point on the Earth's surface. In fact, you can use the inconsistency of gravity as one of many geophysical imaging tools. Ditto on the Earth's magnetic field. The most common imaging technique (that fills your car's tank) is seismic imaging, which is basically like shouting really loudly at the earth and looking at the echoes that come back from inside of it.
"The most common imaging technique (that fills your car's tank) is seismic imaging". What?
What? You mean the most gravity, as the center of mass?
Load More Replies...people in hawaii will be astonished to learn that hot red lava, advancing on their homes, is actually safe. you should post some youtube videos to help them understand how.
I test video games. Most people just equate it to "Grandma's Boy" and think we smoke weed and goof off and eat junk food and have fun all day. In reality, it's incredibly tedious, you spend a LOT of time waiting around for new builds of the game to be delivered, and are technically doing the same things over and over. Not a bad way to make a living, sure, but it can be pretty g*****n mind-numbing at times.
And then there's a glitch and you have to go back over it and solve it and that means probably taking apart a whole section and putting it together. Before your first weed break.
Coders do that. Testers find what isn't working and report back
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I blame TV/movies for making mind-numbing jobs seem exciting. People need to learn how to distinguish a 30-60 minute story from reality.
You need to be able to focus and take very detailed notes, not to mention trying out every dumb idea you think a player would. At the stage where game testers are needed the game typically isn't really playable, but is at the point where it might lag or glitch out every few steps/ jumps. The level people typically imagine the game to be at is more beta testing, but that's really not it
I always knew video game testing wouldn't be how people thought it would be like. Surely it wouldn't be like playing games all day, every day at home and messing about in the games.
"spend a lot of time waiting" . . . you made your sale. how can i apply for this line of work?
Testing a boring game over and over is not fun, according to a game tester I spoke to.
If you stop paying your mortgage, you're no longer entitled to keeping your house.
I know it sounds callous but...Jesus, the amount of times I've seen people not pay for 3+ years and still raise unholy hell when they are denied for a modification. Bad things happen to good people, absolutely, and we would rather work with you than just take the house, but if you're not paying, not eligible for any sort of workout, and refuse to gracefully exit...we're coming for the house.
EDIT: I should have been more clear. We start foreclosure after 4 months of missed payments, but the foreclosure process can take years depending on the state and a number of factors.
You stop paying for something you don't own and you don't get to keep it? Who knew?! 😂
Different countries have massively differing regulations, some offering much more protection than that.
Load More Replies...Not if your Bank of America. They swoop in and take your house in the blink of an eye. People who have a 20, 25, 30 yr mortgage and proudly claim to own their home are funny.
NYC foreclosures can take decades. But really people, if you can’t pay your mortgage call your services and ask to speak with the home preservation/retention department as soon as possible. Mortgage companies really don’t want to foreclose. They lose a lot of money that way. They’d much rather do a modification or payment plan and keep you in the house. But there are governmental and investor regulations that require steps toward foreclosure at certain times, so it’s important to ask for help ASAP.
the solution here is to do something earlier than 3 years. start with a foreclosure notice at 90 days, to show that you're serious.
These people are maliciously incompetent. Everyone that goes through the process of buying a house understands that mortgage pays for the house. You don't pay rent you could lose the apartment, you don't pay mortgage you can lose the 'owned' property. They know that - they just thought they could get away with playing dumb.
I used to work in insurance and the number of people who think that the value of their car is the only factor which should be taken into account in calculating their premium is too d**n high.
If you cause a big accident on a highway then unless you're driving a vintage Bugatti the price of the car is a mere bagatelle compared with medical bills, lost earnings, paying for repairs to bridges etc.
That's why there are discounts for safe drivers and people who take driving courses.
Load More Replies...I understand all the reasons, the comp and liability coverage, etc., what I don't understand is why the premiums go up after submitting a claim. Sure, after someone puts in their 3rd claim, that's a red flag to raise rates, but you guys jump on it too quickly.
i blame courts for not revoking licenses quickly enough in DUI cases. Take an UBER to work if you're a drunk.
It does suck to have your rates go up when you need to use the insurance you pay into every month. I feel like I should be able to use all the money I've paid into it to buy myself a new car.
Not everyone in the Air Force is a pilot.
I always loved this one. "What do you fly?" "I'm a medic..." "So... you fly those helicopters with the red cross on them?" "... yes..."
As a young adult I wanted to join the RAF as a pilot. The response I got was "women don't fly, why not apply for admin". If you're not going to let me fly I'm not interested. By the time the rules changed and women were allowed to fly, I was too old to apply. Sometimes wondered if I'd gone in as admin maybe I could've moved over...
One of my students serves in the Air Force, and he tells me that he is still using all that trigonometry I taught him. He's a sniper.
Let's all pray for his continued success. He IS making the world safer for democracy.
Load More Replies...Oh this one many end up being military police. Get stuck guarding the bomb storage area 12 hours on 12 off, three days straight in a shack they can't leave. Guarding the Red line a red line painted on the tarmac that you can't cross without the proper clearance. Just sitting in a car waiting for some unauthorized person to walk across the line and arrest them just to break the monotony.
my cousin is an air force HVAC technician. At some air force base in the middle east. He plans on getting work as a civilian HVAC tech when his enlistment is up. I predict he will have a solid future.
Stop motion animation actually doesn't take that long. Building the puppets and setting up the scene takes a while, but you can animate a lot in a very short amount of time compared to 2D animation, and even 3D if you take rendering into account.
It's also the cheapest between 2D and 3D, even though most people think it's the most expensive. All of Laika's films have been $60 million so far, on par with Illumination's films which are considered low budget for 3D.
Everyday is a school day. This is an interesting fact. I love motion stop animation. Especially when they get the liquid effects.
A stop motion animator does about 5 to 10 seconds of film time per workday
Tippit said it took his team 1 hour to film 1 second of AT-AT movement in Empire Strikes Back and that was one model moving 1 leg. Wallace and Grommit was only able to do 5 seconds of film each week with 32 animators working the picture. Techniques have gotten better but $60 million for animators making $45K a year is still over 1300 years worth of their work.
Huh, I would've thought the opposite, given all the tiny alterations that have to be made to a character's position
You kinda do it little bit by little bit, so how it moves is easier to parse. It's REALLY tedious, and you gotta be careful, but it's easier to visualize something that has more than one sense attached and you're the one moving it? If that makes sense?
Load More Replies...WIFI DOES NOT MEAN INTERNET HOLY F**K.
WIFI is a wireless network. It allows you to attach to a router (which is what actually connects you to the internet) wirelessly. So you can have wifi all day, but if that router isn't connected to the internet, neither are you.
Load More Replies...Oh i feel this one as a printer tech. People think because the internet is down they can't print. As long as their network is functioning you can print. Printers are not required to have the internet . . .Yet.
And, if you're cheap like me and have limited data, but use wifi everywhere.. for pete's sake, make sure you are on the wifi when you are in an unfamiliar place. Used up our data at U of M hospital assuming it would jump on as a 'liked wifi'. NOPE! have to log in every time.
Unless it's an HP, then it probably does. And a credit card on file.
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That antibiotics will not help with whatever you have, unless it is a bacterial infection. I've had patients asking for antibiotics for back pain, vertigo, the common cold, head ache, joint pain, herpes, various kinds of skin rashes, asthma and even hypertension. Thankfully, enlightenment about this seems to be gradually reaching the masses, as this has become less and less common.
And antibiotic resistance is a real thing. And very scary. If the pharmacist gives you 12 pills, take all 12. Don't stop after 10 because you feel better.
No, follow the prescription. If the prescription says take one pill a day for ten days do so even if you get twelve pills. I understand that in the US pharmacists count the pills and put them in a bottle but in many places in the world you get prepackaged medicine so you might get more pills than needed. But always take antibiotics as prescribed, never quit early because you feel better.
Load More Replies...And the rural part of the USA is still buying Ivermectin horse medicine to treat human viruses.
I can only imagine what doctors and NPs go through after we've watched one pharmaceutical ad after another telling us to ask our doctor about it. Okay, let me get this straight. You want me to prescribe ED medication for your eczema?
Taking too many antibiotics can make you, not only immune to the medication, but kills off the good bacteria that fights the bad bacteria, making you susceptible for repeat infections.
No, it cannot make you "immune" to antibiotics. And the "good bacteria" in your gut do not "fight off" the bad bacteria.
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Making more money does NOT push your entire income into a higher tax bracket, and it will not result in you making less money due to taxes. The US tax system is progressive, meaning that only the amount of income you make above and beyond each tax bracket is taxed at that higher rate.
Said another way, and using fictitious tax brackets for simplicity ($0-10,000 taxed at 5%, $10,001-30,000 taxed at 10%, and $30,001+ taxed at 20%)... this would mean that if you make $50,000 you are taxed as follows:
- first 10,000 x .05 = 500 of tax
- next 20,000 x .10 = 2,000 of tax
- final 20,000 x .20 = 4,000 of tax
So, our $50,000 of taxable income ends up with $6,500 of tax due. This is so frequently misunderstood unfortunately.
EDIT: Bonus -- let's say you get a raise to $55,000. The additional $5,000 of income you're getting would be taxed at 20% in our example here, so you'd make $5,000 more income less $1,000 in additional tax, which means you would still end up $4,000 better off than when you made $50,000 before your raise.
This are some apparent exceptions. If you receive income-based benefits, you may lose them because of increased income. And you may lose more than you gain. But it won't be because of taxes.
While this is literally true, there are a few fringe cases that can be different. I got a small raise many years ago that pushed me out of eligibility for a particular credit. The result was that my small raise actually reduced my after-tax income-and it did it without moving me to a higher tax bracket.
The only time you might lose money by getting a higher salary is if you depend on some kind of subsidy like for childcare, rent or insurance.
More my hobby than a profession but, no, I can't crochet you a full sized throw for £10. Yes, I realize you can buy them for that price in a store.
I don't understand the difference in pricing myself.
The reason the store can do it cheaper is because 1 of 2 reasons. 1. It's not handmade, which is much faster and cheaper. 2. It is handmade but the person who made it has already gotten paid, their pay does not need to be factored in by the store you buy it from
Or it’s made by someone earning 3 rupees a week
Load More Replies...crocheting a throw blanket can take months. Sometimes a couple years depending on the skill level, pattern and size, and materials budget.
Also hobby, but: knitting takes 2 or 5 needles. Crochet, one hook. It's not that difficult to tell if you witness the process. The outcome, not that terribly hard either. But I do something with one "needle" in my hand, it isn't knitting. (Thank you for your attention).
Doesn't matter if it's a hobby or a profession, time is time, and a dollar amount needs to reflect that. Go to Target if you want it cheaper.
100% safety.
I work in the nuclear industry and we take safety so seriously that if you are walking up the stairwells and can't maintain 3 points of contact (say holding a box with 2 hands) people will STOP you, tell you to turn around, push the elevator button for you, and make sure you get on. This may seem extraneous to most people, but that's how seriously we take safety.
We have to always consider that no matter how benign an accident, if someone gets hurt, it may get reported to the media as "worker scalded in nuclear accident", when someone spilled hot coffee on them in a finance/budget meeting. That will show up on the front page, then 2 days later the redaction statement is in the bottom corner of page 67 after the classifieds.
It kind of tends to permeate your whole life. It makes me cringe when I watch people changing christmas lights without wearing fall arrest, just walking around their rooftops exposed to a 10+ foot fall. Or people mowing their lawn in sandles. Or people using a chainsaw without a hardhat or safety glasses. Just simple things.
People in the "real world" are insanely unsafe.
There was a brief moment where I would have visited a nuclear reactor control room, which I happen to know is one of the signs of the Apocalypse. Luckily, it didn't happen.
My dad ran one, and mom worked in one. Way way way back then you could get very very restricted tours of the plants in TVA. They would only let you in the training control room, which was really neat.
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I work in the political sphere.
1) There are Federal AND State governments. They are not the same and one legislator does not serve in both.
2) Basic civics education: How a bill gets passed, three branches of government, etc
3) That legislators, regardless of party, usually get along pretty well. They may have ideological differences, but a lot of them are friends. It's a select few, who are usually the most vocal, that make the public think there is major animosity.
4) No, I can't/won't "tell Trump sumthin." I also can't get the phone company to get you a discount on your bill because you think it's too high. Nor can I get the college to change it's start date so you can go on vacation. (These are all calls I have gotten this past summer.)
5) I don't make six figures.
Let's hope #2 won't change in the US...the three branches of government, the rule of law, the fact that laws are made by elected representatives and elected means by the people not by somebody who bought their way into getting appointed for "special tasks"...
It alsready has. The Constitution is void under Trump, Musk, and Project 2025.
Load More Replies...They want the populace to fight like cats and dogs and meanwhile they have d**g fueled org i e s with each other, allegedly. But I have heard that everyone genuinely hates Ted Cruz
Ted reminds me of that kid who will play with your new toy that his parents won't buy him and break it. Then when his parents relent and buy it won't let YOU play with it.
Load More Replies...I hear ya. Have done it in various ways over 30 years. Just finished as an analyst for our legislative session and thankfully I did not have to deal with any constituents. I think your comments point to how our younger generation is just not learning. These are all basics. Kind of sad.
Sounds like you have to have thick skin and be incredibly mature. But this gives me more questions than answers.
Basic civics education was part of the US educational curriculum, but some politicians had a problem with educated voters, so the government got rid of it.
No they don't make six figures but the US congress can get away with insider trading. This is how they get rich. They know what companies are about to get government contracts and buy stock before it is announced.
When we tell you the hotel is sold out it’s sold out, we are not holding secret rooms in reserve. Why does everyone think that.
As per the old joke: "Well, if the King turned up, you'd have a room for him, wouldn't you?" "Of course." "Well, he's not coming, I'll have his room!"
Insert his brother's name, and you might get a different answer.
Load More Replies...That depends very much on how you are booking the hotel. If you book through an agent, that agent may only have a certain allocation of rooms and be sold out. Booking through another agent or directly with the hotel may magically have availability. ;-)
After a couple bad experiences, I always book directly with the hotel. It has actually come out cheaper & I don't have to worry when I turn up that there is no room & to take it up with the third-party dealer.
Load More Replies...I think Hilton hotels have to always have rooms available for Diamond members. So sorry but I don’t believe this one.
"I think" not really. "Need that room on an important trip even if the hotel is filled – rest assured you can book that room, _if you reach out at least 48 hours before that stay_ – some restrictions apply..." - Hilton dot com members-benefits
Load More Replies...Because we all know that hotels magically produce extra room$ for the right rea$on$.
Also hotels are communicating with each other. At peak seasons, it's not unusual, that there are "emergency-calls" about have-you-some-free-rooms-for-'x'-nights?
No different than the customer insists the clerk look in the back for the out-of-stock item. Y'all know what that clerk's doing in the back. Chatting with their coworkers and coming back empty-handed because they know it's not back there.
Worked night audit in my early 20s. It can also be sold out if you are a known prostitute, or in the company of one (same goes for d**g dealers, pimps, or if you're 3 sheets in the wind). Depends on the hotel though.
I work in biomedical research, so, uh, like 90% of people think they know what they're talking about and just don't. The biggest pet peeve I have, however, is running into someone with enough scientific literacy to seek out and understand a study, but completely fail to judge the journal it's in, the methods used, and whether the conclusion the researcher has come to is *actually* supported by their results. Further, one result proves nothing if repeated or similar research studies have conflicting results, and the conclusions we come to as a general public about "this study showed that eating high fat increased XYZ inflammation" fails to account for the fact that the researchers might just have unintentionally proven an unknown carcinogen in the diet they fed the subjects led to the inflammation. Science just isn't cut and dry, it evolves, and it is *heavily* influenced by the biases of its practitioners (this is why diversity in science is v v v v important).
Yes, you found a study the concludes that eating meat will k**l you, congrats. Except it was a study done in three people, one of whom was completely fine, and the other two had *diagnosed* meat allergies, *and* it wasn't even *published* and *certainly* not peer-reviewed, just uploaded to a *m***********g "science" blog*.
The time I spent in graduate school learning statistics and learning how to interpret and critique research was some of most productive time I ever spent.
Yeah, but on the same token, American GI doctors and Infectious Disease specialists were behind on HCV (hepatis C virus) information/treatment compared to Australian doctors/researchers. So, I spent more time battling with these so-called experts who may have known genotype 1, but I had genotype 2. I deferred to the Australian research, not the American, because I had done the research. BTW, I've been cured, but no thanks to the arrogant pr!cks I was seeing.
"There are three kinds of lies - lies, d**n lies, and statistics." - Benjamin Disraeli (allegedly)
I understand that everyone told you that your wedding day is your special day and you can have whatever you want...
But we have a funeral at 10, you’re up at 1, the next couple at 3, and the parish Mass is at 5. Being fashionably late for your big day is actually significantly disrupting a few other people’s big day. No, you can’t stay afterwards for pictures beyond the agreed upon time.
Girls, and I will refer to these woman as girls, have had an image in their heads of their special day for years because they never grew out of the Disney Princess stage of their youth. Time? Why it's MY day! I shouldn't be constrained by Time! Off with your head!
Experienced this both in retail and food service. Just because we ran out of the product you want to buy doesn’t mean we’re trying to ruin your life, and just because someone works there doesn’t mean they place orders or have any control over what product we do or don’t have in stock. The way some customers treat people who are just trying to do their job over things that are beyond their control is unbelievable.
My attitude towards entitled arseholes are: You are free to take your business anywhere else, and bother somebody else, who is not me.
Retail clerks and restaurant staff don't make enough money to put up with so much BS they get from emotionally-stunted customers. When an employee tells me it's out of stock, I either order something else or go to another store. I don't stand there like a 4yo throwing a temper tantrum.
Just because you have access to the Internet 24/7 doesn't mean that e-commerce is processing 24/7. If you make an order at 10pm, consider that order non existent until we come in at 9am.
Just because it would take only 10 minutes to fill and process your order doesn't mean that your order will be ready 10 minutes after you place it. You're not the only order that needs to be filled.
I just assumed the way Amazon treated their employees that processors were chained to their desks 24/7 sending our orders out. I stand corrected.
Here's looking at you miss "WhatsApp missed call at 9pm on a Sunday"...
Taxes.
Also that accountants' time is really, really f*****g limited in March and April, and if you come near us before April 15th asking to do your taxes, pretty good chance we will look at you like you're insane.
April 16th, we drink.
I was a good little business owner. I kept excellent income, profit/loss, and payroll spreadsheet records, had all the receipts and government documents in a folder, and my CPA was able to get it all done rather quickly and painlessly.
April? It's March 31st in my country. Soo yeah, tomorrow is party time for my company's accountant
Tattoo artists are not photocopiers. We can get d**n close if you want something specific, but results are always best if you trust your artist to be an artist. We sometimes have to make changes to your piece to make it hold up better over time, or fit the shape of your body better, or include all the little details you want. I promise you, a reputable artist is making changes to benefit the tattoo, not to spite you.
The WORST clients are the ones who are so picky that no matter what we do they’ll end up disliking it. Fortunately it’s easy to see them coming (they demand multiple, minute revisions in the paper drawing phase and get snippier and snippier each time they have to have us ‘fix’ the drawing) and I’ve begun denying them as clients. I’d rather someone be mad at me for not tattooing them than have them mad at me for tattooing something on them that they hate. (And that hatred is not due to lack of skill or effort on the artists part)
Fortunately, clients like this are exceedingly rare. I only find one or two a year, and I wish them the best and refund their deposit.
On one hand people need to understand that skin is not paper. On the other hand I 100% understand being picky about something that you're etching into you skin
Best tattoos are the result of cooperation between the artist and the customer. I've seen so many tattoos where the customer ends up with tattoo that doesn't last, is stretched or just doesn't look good because they refused to listen the artist at all. Although, I've seen artists, who push their opinion so much harder than needed and the customer ends up getting a tattoo that the artist thinks is great, but isn't even close what the customer wanted.
I did the artwork for all my tattoos, then handed the drawings over to the tattoo artist who made changes and improvements. Still love all my tattoos.
Researchers and scientists are generally NOT rich. Irks me when people say we're corrupted and that we're feeding people false data to somehow get more funding from the government.
Every time you see a new article saying a scientist from a university in the US got a $1 million dollar grant, know this: between ~48-55% of that goes to the university as "indirect cost" (i.e., overhead). Most of the rest goes to supplies, grad student/technician salaries, publication fees, etc. The scientist might get one half of a month's summer salary because US universities do not pay their faculty during the summer months.
While there are some who doctor the results to get published, they pale in comparison to the researchers and scientists who are actually trying to get real work done that will benefit humanity. And now we have an administration who thinks you're no longer needed.
Coming into a restaurant 10 minutes before closing is rude. Especially when you’re the only people there keeping the restaurant open after hours. We want to go home too.
Insisting you sit at the only dirty table in the restaurant makes extra work for us servers for no reason.
No, it's not "rude". Nor is it "rude" for the staff to explain that they cannot take any orders that will not be finished up before closing time. I mean, you might give some flexibility in practice, but why is so hard for some people to understand that 'closing time' means the time that the doors are locked, with all customers outside of them?
Getting an 2-3 course order 10 minutes before kitchen's closing time, is a massive F.CK.YOU, from the cooks. Let me explain. Kitchen is closing at 22.00. The kitchen's staff working hours are ending at 22.48. Those extra 48 minutes are for cleaning the kitchen. It must be so clean, that if in the next morning at 7.00 o'clock comes a unexpected OSHA inspection, they should find everything right. If the cooks have to cook your order still at 22.30, it means they have to do OT. Nobody likes it. You also don't like at your profession. Than, why are you doing it to others?
Load More Replies...I worked at a couple of restaurants where late diners showed up expecting service. As long as we had something already made and could get you out the door promptly, no problem. Otherwise, go down the street to the 24hr diner.
I don't shave your dog to be mean. I shave it because you dont brush it. Do better.
I'm not going to hurt your dog by brushing the mats out to make up for your negligence. Do better.
I don't think it's cute when your dog bites and you shouldn't either. Do better.
I love being a dog groomer, but it's amazing how much of my job is dealing with people being terrible pet owners.
I just recently got asked where I take my pomeranian for grooming. I groom her myself. She's my dog, it's my responsibility to take care of her. I understand that a lot of breeds have specialized requirements that need a professional. But a lot of breeds just need regular brushing. And if you let it go so long it needs professional help, do your research, find a good groomer, and let them do their job.
I appreciate our groomer so much. I used to do it all myself but my dog has black nails and I cut his quick once. It was so upsetting for me that I swore I would never do his nails again and haven't. My last dog had white nails and being able to see the quick made such a difference.
Load More Replies...Translation is written, interpretation is spoken.
This is about the difference between translators and interpreters (two different jobs), not the more general meaning of those terms. I'm a translator, and I definitely base my work on context. But it's written, not spoken.
Load More Replies...One interpreter for a German TV station wasn't aware that his microphone was open at Trump's second "inauguration speech", after the official ceremony. He asked editorial staff "how much longer are you going to cover this sh!t?" That's something that won't happen to a translator :D
Electrician here. People are amazed to find out how pissed off we get when someone sneaks up behind us to scare us when we're working in a live electrical panel. It's not funny, it's not cute, and people are a******s for doing that.
Saw a couple of young carpenters screwing around on a site I was doing some work on. Then I saw them walking to their trucks after being fired.
When someone's working on a live electrical panel, I prefer to retire to a nice comfy chair in another area code.
That retail worker has next to no training and doesnt care a whole lot about your problems.
no, you can't return all of your plastic bags in bulk or even singles either. at least where I am we consider them non returnable.
I work in retail. I'm probably one of the few who actually likes helping people find what they're looking for. But don't come to me b******g about store policies and prices. The customer has more power to make those changes than the employee stocking shelves. We sometimes agree the policies and decisions are feather-brained but there's not much we can do other than send you to the manager, just for them to be annoyed and tell you the same thing we said.
Preach. I know we all need to vent now and again, but don't take your anger out on low-wage retail clerks and wait staff. As if they have any authority to make policy changes. If that was the case, the first thing they'd do is give themselves a raise and benefits.
Load More Replies...I'm a little color blind so I used to ask the sales people to help, but I eventually realized their answers always happened to be the more expensive shirt. I already knew how to do that.
No we can't replace your wall for 100 bucks. We need to get sheetrock, get joint compound, get paint, have the tools, and pay the people who do it. No I don't care what your cousin can do it for. Yes it does cost more now that your cousin's fix broke down to pieces. We have to demolish the bad work, clean everything up, ensure that nothing got broke in the process, and then do the original work.
Seriously people, unless you're comfortable with s****y work, get a professional to do the remodel of your house. It's far simpler than having a wall just fall off because you didn't put enough screws in it.
As someone who owned several manual labor businesses, it's astounding how little customers respect our work or our hours. Customers were always tacking on this "little" job or another, which I told them I'd be glad to get done at $X extra. These same people wouldn't think to quibble about payment amounts with their white collar CPA or financial advisor, but they're convinced manual labors are trying to screw them over.
Criminal lawyer here.
Private individuals do not "press charges." I blame Hollywood for this gross misconception.
The state decides whether or not to file charges based on the evidence presented. Typically, this means the police hand over evidence to the local prosecutor (the exact name, e.g., District Attorney, depends on the locality), who reviews the evidence and decides whether or not to move forward by filing charges.
To expand a bit on this, I think the confusion comes from the fact that private persons can choose to cooperate with and provide evidence to the government. If the person cooperating with the government is the victim, then that person can be said to be pressing charges in a colloquial sense, I suppose. With respect to the actual legal process, however, that person does not make the call as to whether the case moves forward. The prosecution can file charges and prosecute a case with or without the cooperation of the victim.
Edit: to clarify, private prosecutions are sort of allowed in a minority of jurisdictions, but even in those places a judge or government official is in charge of whether the case moves forward (see e.g. North Carolina). In a majority of US states, and at the federal level, they are disfavored (see, e.g., California, Colorado, Massachusetts).
I was assaulted in public, so the cops knew what happened and arrested the person. I didn't even have to show up to court because the State did it for me.
In the UK and its former possessions, private prosecutions remain built into the legal system but have been decreasing in number and scope. How much control the local government exerts varies with location.
As an animator I don't just draw a picture and have a computer move the drawing for me. Seriously, I've had people tell me animation is easy because "the computer does the work".
Lawyer.
No you can't just lie to the court. No I won't lie for you.
Also, while I practice on the civil side...
No you can't just "press charges". The District Attorney's office gets to decide if someone gets brought up on criminal charges, not you. Whether you like it or not. This works both ways - a lot of people aren't very happy when their husband gets brought up on a*****t for beating the s**t out of them.
I knew a lady who was assaulted and ended up being charged for abuse for defending herself.
The two people you never want to lie to are your doctor and your lawyer. Both are legally privileged conversations unless you express a desire to harm yourself or someone else.
I mean you can just lie in court. I've seen people do it. But it didn't really help their case
I've lied in court. You make me swear to some god to tell the truth, well, you're getting my version of it.
In the UK, if you tell your barrister that you're guilty even though you're pleading innocent, he's supposed to resign from the case.
That's just sad that some people still support their a b u s i v e spouses
This isn't as important as some of these other ones, but if you stand in line at an incredibly busy bar, please have some idea of what you want when you finally make it up. Now is not the time to look through the huge menu that you can see 20 feet back.
But what if you can't see the menu 20 feet from the back? If you go up to look at it people accuse you of cutting the line.
Just excuse yourself and explain you're not ordering, just looking at the menu. I've never had someone get angry with me when I explained.
Load More Replies...I find that the big, illuminated screen that shows the three menus is changing all the time, the wonders of modern electronics. By the time I've focused on the types of sandwiches, the page has switched to a big advert. for the latest specials. Then it moves on to the drinks, etc. Every twenty seconds or so. So, yes, it takes me a while. Thanks, McD, Tim's, Harveys, DQ.
More and more restaurants and coffee shops don’t have an over-the-counter menu board, but a tiny laminated page lying next to the register or glued to the counter. If the clerk is then impatient with me reading the long menu and making up my mind, I usually remind them that a big board would have been a great idea.
Unless it's a small business, the clerk didn't write the menu, and is just as annoyed about it. You reminding them just annoys them more because they hear it 5+ times a day.
Load More Replies...Worked in a donut shop that got slammed out the door when the church across the street let out. If you didn't immediately spit your order out, I waved to the next person.
Talking near a video camera means it can hear you.
After I found out my iPhone is always listening, I just threw my hands up. Nothing matters anymore.
IT/sysadmin.
We f*****g love people who know nothing about computers, because they have a healthy respect for them, and ask if they don't understand, and don't assume. They are a joy to work with. I mean, f**k it, never have seen an IT tech who
The people that have the half knowledge... dangerous. You're not calling because you know how to fix this yourself buddy, you are calling because you don't, and you don't want to be responsible if it breaks.
I’m calling because I know how to fix it but you’ve got all admin privileges locked down and I have to get you up to speed on a problem I googled 30 minutes ago.
Quite so. Or at least, that's true when I'm calling them, but not when I'm the admin, when I _will_ make you go back through _exactly_ what you did and did not do so I can work out the real cause of your problem. Hypocritical much? Yeah, but you know I'm right.
Load More Replies...Yeah, but sometimes people genuinely want to know how to do something from a person that's talking to them. It's how I learn. Plus, try looking on online forums for Linux help WITHOUT there being some kind of scathing reminder that not knowing everything makes you dumb.
As an IT/sysadmin myself, I am assuming the last sentence of paragraph 1 was meant to be "I mean, f*****k it, never have seen an IT tech who doesn't like these people" right? Anyways I completely agree the half knowledge ones are always overconfident and a pain in the a s s.
Well, noted... I will apologise to my go-to tech support tomorrow...
Load More Replies...I apologised to JJ from IT for being a dilly and he replied oh no we like people like you because you do what we say
Celebrity/entertainment media:
No, the Kardashians and other celebs don't "pay" websites to constantly write about them. YOU pay the websites to write about the Kardashians, by clicking on the articles. Stop doing that, and the sites will stop writing about them.
Also, the person who writes the article often doesn't give a s**t about the topic. They are usually told exactly what to write about, and even what opinion to express about it, by an editor whose name doesn't appear on the article. That editor also chooses the dramatic/misleading clickbait headline. So directing your hate at a writer is a s****y thing to do on a million levels. To most writers, it's just a job.
I'm living in a dystopian sci-fi world. Nothing's real anymore. Is that a real photo or AI? Is that an honest review or recommendation? Scam robocalls. Something's gotta to break or we're in Bladerunner.
Non-practicing attorney: attorneys really, really don't spend a lot of time in court, as a rule -- even for those who litigate, which is a minority of attorneys.
College instructor: I do have a life outside of teaching, and it will take me a few days to grade your paper, not one day. Trust me, you *want* this. If I do a marathon grading session, I get b****y, and I'm human, and do my damnedest to grade fairly, but... it's much less hassle for everyone if you let me grade a maximum of ten papers a day so my brain doesn't get fried, since it's literature and I have to redline the paper.
Unless a professor has a couple of TAs to teach a class or correct quizzes/tests and papers, then just chill. You'll get it when you get it.
Geographers absolutely can still get lost. In fact, I kid around with my friends that it just means you can get lost further off the beaten path.
On rare occasions, when flustered, I have caught myself mixing-up east and west as well.
I live in Boston where the streets are tangled up like a ball of yarn after a kitten's played with it. Even with a compass showing you directions, if the streets don't line up, or a road suddenly becomes one-way, and don't forget the endless construction, it's very, very easy to get lost.
Insurance is a social device. Everyone pays into one big pot and if someone has a claim, then the money from that pot pays for the claim. If there is a mass claims event or the cost of materials to replace your property goes up, then everyone's premium goes up, even if you haven't had a claim.
This is also why insurance costs more for people who put frequent claims in or have a few large claims. They have to pay more for their share since they've taken more from the pot.
This is also why they give discounts to safe drivers, since they're being more proactive with taking money from the pot, helping everyone keep their rates lower.
It sucks seeing your bill go up, but, if you're the one with the massive claim, it suddenly doesn't feel as bad. And, trust me, I would rather pay a little more into the pot than go through having to replace everything, rebuild, etc. You don't know how much you have to lose until you lose it all.
All of that does not change terrible insurance company policies and ludicrous insurance company profits.
It seems like this day and age if a company isn't making "record" profits every quarter they think they're failing. Whatever happened to making a steady and healthy profit? Not good enough anymore...
Load More Replies...Insurance companies are in a tizzy about the climate-change disasters. Doesn't look good for future coverage for people in those areas.
Blood is expensive in the US because of the steps it takes and all the hands it passes between. You have the guys taking your blood. You have the shipping of it to testing facilities, the people there have to test it for quite a few things. The testing reagents are ungodly expensive because they have incredibly strict regulations on them. Then the hospital has to have staff do the transfusion. In fact the blood banking industry is actually not a profitable one. We sell below cost to most clients and without government aid and kickbacks, the company wouldn't be able to stay open.
I don't give blood. Too many questions.. "Why is this blood in a bucket? Is it yours?" stuff like that.
In my opinion blood banking should not be profitable industry, and instead be government supported.
Plus whole blood has a limited shelf life. If I understand correctly, however, it can be separated into plasma and haemoglobin which last a little longer.
Analytical Chemist-- people outside the lab don't understand calibration of instruments or the specificity of how an instrument is set up. The GC/MS isn't some magical box that will spit out information like it does on CSI.
TV shows would be deadly dull if the machines worked in real time, rather than instantly!
The only piece of equipment I unfortunately never had the chance to see live - the GC/MS. The MALDI-TOF was a holy grail too...
Engineer.
Just because I fix and maintain machines at work it doesn't mean I can fix anyd all electronics just because I'm an engineer.
I might try to fix them because I like to fix them but it does not mean that I will be successful.
Also, a large part of maintenance is just making sure the machine is clean, by wiping them clean...
I work in a warehouse for an appliance company and people can pick up their appliances at the warehouse.
The appliances that you think your car/truck will carry probably won't fit. If you drive a station wagon or hatchback, you might not be able to get a freezer in there, especially if you decide to bring your kids. If you drive a truck, be aware that fridges are wider and longer than you think and might not fit in the bed of your truck.
Sometimes when the staff are helping me roll something large out of a home improvement center, I'll initially point to a tiny hatchback to see their eyebrows raise. They have really good stories.
Working at WalMart back in the day I saw a few. A 27 inch tube tv will fit in the back seat of a "95 Ford Mustang if you take it out of the box. I fit a six foot tall unassembled book case into a late 80's Nissan Sentra. The craziest was a woman bought a large compressor for her husband. She wanted is to take is home in a four door sedan. Told her to come back with a Pickup and that we would hold it for her.
Load More Replies...I see this at lumberyards, people bring sedans to pick up huge pieces of wood. For anything, know how big it is and how big your vehicle is.
The suburban pickup trucker owner always forgets about the space the wheel wells take up. Can't tell you how many times I've had to turn my back in the Home Depot order pickup area because there was always some weekend warrior who didn't properly measure their vehicles. Even vans and pickups have limited space.
If you find a hotel room online for much cheaper than through the hotel directly, it’s probably a shittier room. So many people think they “beat the system”, but chances are, they didn’t. Most of those online prices are prepaid and non refundable. So you’re taking the risk of losing your money if you can’t make the trip. Also, cheap rooms won’t have a good view, might be smoking rooms, and sometimes won’t guarantee you the bed type you want (you book a king sized, and end up in two fulls).
There is no such thing as a "smoking room" any more. Not anywhere civilised, at least.
Nope. Got to go down to the garage or parking lot. Been this way for years.
Load More Replies...On the rare occasion I need a hotel, I book through the hotel because I figure, well, the person answering the phone works there, so they must know availability. Or I book directly on the hotel's website. Just don't understand the purpose of the 3rd party bookers.
Calls are traced all the time to diagnose problems and are rarely done in real time. Spy movies made it seem like something only done to find a criminal, and they always have to be on the phone with you. How else would you find out how and why a call failed?
Years ago, a friend of a friend was a call monitor - real time. She laughed, saying it was a good thing she was on mute because there was always someone saying the dumbest things stuff on hold.
This applies to almost any field, but I'm in auto body repair. The preliminary estimate is just that, preliminary.
I think in Michigan, you are required to notify the customer of any increase in repair if it is more than $80(?). I've been writing estimates for more than a decade, and I've learned that writing a higher estimate that will likely decrease later is a great tool for people who pressure you for an "exact" price before agreeing to the repair. This only applies to "customer pay" jobs, not insurance pay. The insurance company will always try to f**k you (the customer and the shop). I'm looking at you Progressive Insurance!
Agree. When a customer demands a firm price on an estimate, I would tack on a significant amount with the disclaimer at the bottom stating if any unforeseen situation arises, meow, meow,... additional funds will be required to perform additional work. I understand it's horrible when some hidden damage is exposed, but I don't have X-ray vision.
Wouldn't writing a higher estimate just encourage people to go where the estimate is lower? I know that's what I do (assuming all estimates are from equally reputable shops).
Not once they learn the hard way. It's nice to live in a small city where word-of-mouth is still a thing, especially with social media.
Load More Replies... Working in Marketing is not like Mad Men.
Edit: Also just because we understand the need of Ads doesn't mean they don't bug us too.
I'm watching a TV show right now. When the commercials come on, I pop over here and read a few posts, then pop back over to my show.
Public thinks attorneys are liars, but most honestly aren't told the entire story by the client and it starts a snowball effect when information is witheld.
Attorneys do their best, not only to maintain their bar license but also to morally make sure the client is satisified. They don't want it on their conscience if they fail their client or don't let justice be balanced, regardless if side.
Loved my criminal attorney. Had no reason to withhold information given his oath to keep confidentiality. By telling him everything, he worked miracles in the courtroom. Worth every penny, and it was a lot of pennies.
People seem to think that once their car is aligned it will go perfectly straight. They never take into consideration that roads are sloped and not always maintained (pot holes, bumps, uneven paving). They also don't consider that if they still have their old tires on that the tires have wear from being overinflated, underinflated, not rotated enough, or from previous bad alignment and will pull bc of this tire wear. Please stop wasting your time and our time by bringing it back in bc it pulls.
Oh, but it is. A frightening number of motorists don't know squat about their vehicles.
Load More Replies...Weighted averages. You can't take the straight mean of a series of ratio calculations based on differently-sized groups. This is something that comes up often for me.
This makes absolutely no sense to me. I have so limited an understanding of many things.
Group A has 200 people, 20 being cat lovers or 10%. Group B has 800 people, 400 being cat lovers or 50%. Well, the average of 10% and 50% is 30%. Are 30% of all the people involved cat lovers? No, out of the 1000 people involved, 420 are cat lovers, or 42%. That's why you can't average averages if groups are of different sizes.
Load More Replies...Your fearful dog likely wasn’t a***ed, he was just really under-socialized.
One article I read before I got my dog said that he should be exposed to 100 people in the first month I had him. I quit counting when I had 75 people in the first 2 weeks. And the first time he was exposed to fireworks (we were about a mile from the site), Husband stayed asleep, and I continued reading my book, so dog went back to sleep, too. Three years later, he has had no reaction to other fireworks or thunder.
That's not true, at least for mine. She was almost constantly caged and sort of developed problems from it. She's lots better in the almost 6 years I've had her, but some things still trigger her. Whoever the OP is they are doing a disservice to us who adopt dogs who have been through bad stuff and loved it out of them. When I take her visiting she's a little social butterfly because she now knows people aren't going to hurt her for just being a little dog.
It costs many, many millions or billions of dollars to develop most medicines, medical devices, and medical procedures. People love complaining that a pill or a test "costs pennies to produce, but they charge me hundreds of dollars". They are missing the fact that the development and validation of the medicine is the expensive part, not producing it once the method is established.
In 2024, pharmaceutical companies spent $55 billion on direct-to-consumer advertising and digital marketing in the U.S. Those costs were then passed on to consumers in the form of higher d**g prices.
It's also missing the fact that a huge amount of research is (at least pre-DOGE) taxpayer funded.
This would be true but they sell that $100 pill for $1 in the country next door.
Well, that's partly our fault. The US pays for most other countries meds. But at least we're not socialist /s, well except for Medicare & Social Security.
Load More Replies...There's also the cost of covering liability. One of the biggest problems of Healthcare in general, not just pharmaceuticals, in the US is our daft tort system that necessitates physicians paying ridiculous premiums for "malpractice" insurance - in some places hundreds of thousands of dollars per year (sometimes multiple times more than physicians even earn in pretty much any other country.)
You mean like $1200 for a needed heart d**g? And how much of that money/new d***s was provided by the government or schools? And then you've got people like the insulin jerk. Since d**g companies won't make any d**g that doesn't make profit, we really need a non-profit or government program that will produce those d***s.
I work for a supplier and distributor of industrial equipment, tools and PPE. We sell literally thousands of items. When you make an enquiry or place an order be specific and be precise. Tell me exactly what you want. I'm not phychic. Giving me cryptic clues or telling me "what we had last time" doesn't help and it takes ten times longer to find the correct item. Please do not complain if you get exactly what you ordered and it turns out to be wrong because you ordered the wrong thing or changed your mind. Don't get impatient with me when I answer the phone and don't immediately recognise your voice, or know what you want before you've even told me. I process hundreds of transactions every day for hundreds of different customers who buy thousands of different things, so don't treat me like i'm stupid when I can't remember a tiny detail from a transaction that I processed five years ago.
Thrift store worker. We do not possess any authority to change the price. How it works, the assigned, trained grader assesses an item, then determines a grade, much like letter grades on a report card. That letter grade is decided on a computer. The computer decides the price. Not all employees are trained graders and cannot help you figure out a price on something with no tag. The tag wasn't omitted, it likely got ripped off or fell off. We are fully aware what you're doing when we catch you pulling off tags. No, we do not sell used underwear. It has to have been found in an unopened package or clearly swifttached together, in brand new condition. This is why we barely have any out. Despite sometimes getting a garbage bag full of nasty underwear that we just toss out. Every item goes through about 5 to 6 people, not including the supervisor, before going out on the floor. Some of you people are really gross with what you decide to donate. Just throw it out if you soiled something.
I think they "donate" it because they would otherwise have to pay a dump fee.
Load More Replies...Police civilian staff (retired 😁). No I can't just look someone up on the system. If I do I will get caught and sacked. Go through the proper channels please.
If you get caught. I've seen quite a few ex-boyfriend/husband cops personally & in the news do that.
Load More Replies...I work for a supplier and distributor of industrial equipment, tools and PPE. We sell literally thousands of items. When you make an enquiry or place an order be specific and be precise. Tell me exactly what you want. I'm not phychic. Giving me cryptic clues or telling me "what we had last time" doesn't help and it takes ten times longer to find the correct item. Please do not complain if you get exactly what you ordered and it turns out to be wrong because you ordered the wrong thing or changed your mind. Don't get impatient with me when I answer the phone and don't immediately recognise your voice, or know what you want before you've even told me. I process hundreds of transactions every day for hundreds of different customers who buy thousands of different things, so don't treat me like i'm stupid when I can't remember a tiny detail from a transaction that I processed five years ago.
Thrift store worker. We do not possess any authority to change the price. How it works, the assigned, trained grader assesses an item, then determines a grade, much like letter grades on a report card. That letter grade is decided on a computer. The computer decides the price. Not all employees are trained graders and cannot help you figure out a price on something with no tag. The tag wasn't omitted, it likely got ripped off or fell off. We are fully aware what you're doing when we catch you pulling off tags. No, we do not sell used underwear. It has to have been found in an unopened package or clearly swifttached together, in brand new condition. This is why we barely have any out. Despite sometimes getting a garbage bag full of nasty underwear that we just toss out. Every item goes through about 5 to 6 people, not including the supervisor, before going out on the floor. Some of you people are really gross with what you decide to donate. Just throw it out if you soiled something.
I think they "donate" it because they would otherwise have to pay a dump fee.
Load More Replies...Police civilian staff (retired 😁). No I can't just look someone up on the system. If I do I will get caught and sacked. Go through the proper channels please.
If you get caught. I've seen quite a few ex-boyfriend/husband cops personally & in the news do that.
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