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30 Of The Most Entertaining ‘It Doesn’t Work Like That’ Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community
Each era has its own folklore and its own myths. In the old days, these were mighty heroes and terrible monsters, then noble knights and beautiful princesses, cowboys shooting without a single miss, and bulletproof superheroes. The contemporary world also has its own myths, and moreover, we face them literally every day.
Ask any software engineer you know how many times in their lives they have been asked to fix a desktop - simply because they are "programmers". Or how many times an accountant - even if they have never dealt with a tax report in their entire professional career - receives requests from acquaintances to sort out their taxes?
Myths, myths and more myths surround literally every profession, and we create these myths ourselves. Just from watching a couple of James Bond films, we are sure that spies spend their lives doing nothing but driving around in luxury cars wearing insanely expensive suits. Just from watching a couple of children's films, we will strongly believe that the workers at the animal shelter have the most wonderful job in the world, as they pet doggos and kitties all day long.
The list is literally endless, and a popular thread starter in the AskReddit community recently helped us by asking people the question: "What's your profession's myth that you regularly need to explain 'It doesn't work like that' to people?" In just a few days, the thread has racked up 2.5K upvotes and over 3.8K comments, bringing together an incredible collection of today's mythology.
To make it easier for you to figure out all this abundance, Bored Panda has made a list of the most popular comments of the original thread. So now feel free to read stories on debunking modern myths, scroll to the very end, and if you have your own professional experience that can also dispel some myth literally in the wind, please be sure to tell us about it in the comments.
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Your terminally ill grandmother isn't "becoming addicted" to her pain medication. She's dying in as much comfort and with as much dignity as we can provide.
Pet euthanasia. There is a wildly popular post that goes around about how pets dropped off for euthanasia “look around for their owners” and know they’ve been “abandoned”. It’s nonsense, and I will defend clients dropping off until I myself die.
I’ve seen what happens when owners can’t say goodbye so they don’t. The animal suffers for days to weeks until their bodies finally give out. I have literally seen a dog rotting from the inside out, SOMEHOW still alive, but the owner couldn’t commit to euthanasia so she didn’t and that dog suffered tremendously for it.
Everyone has boundaries to what they can handle. Requiring an otherwise loving, doting, and responsible owner to be present when it was all they could do to make the appointment doesn’t help pets the way you think it does.
Furthermore, in the nine years I’ve worked in this industry, I have *never* experienced what is described in that post. Ever. And my colleagues overwhelmingly agree. We love on them and hug them, and tell them they’re a good boy until they pass. **By the logic in that post, you should also never drop off for sedated or anesthetic procedures either because the process begins the same way (with sedation). How is that pet to know that death is imminent? They don’t.**
You’re projecting your emotions onto people who are already suffering, and you’re not helping pets by shaming owners, and my local, professional cohort overwhelmingly agrees.
Every time I take one of my dogs to the vets they hate it, the Vet always asks me or my partner to stay whilst they do whatever it is they are doing in order to calm the dog down and help her/him relax. There is no way on Gods sweet Earth would I leave my dogs alone whilst being euthanised, no matter how much it would kill me inside I will be there at the end giving them my love and comfort ..
That's nice dear, but did you even read the post? Your comment reads as virtue signalling but doesn't address the point at all.
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Whether an owner is able to stay with their animal or not, the main thing is to allow the animal release. If you truly love and know your pet, you'll know when it no longer enjoys life, or when it's suffering. Do the kind thing. Let go of the animal, and hold tightly to the love and memories.
Well said. As one comment says, not everyone can be with the loved one and it would Stress the pet more because they feel us. That would not help. And i would add, that we should be able to do the same to Our beloved humans : release them if they want or can no more. They deserve a painless, quick dead as much as Our pets. My grandmother had to suffer for over a year. Yes she could walk an speak but she couldn't See or hear or feel enough to enjoy life a bit and wished very often for a pill or Injektion to end it. Yes, it could be worse for her but imagine being stuck in a nearly senseless body, mostly just feeling pain in your bones but can nothing Do to distract you from this Feelings because you can not hear Radio, read a book, feel the Grass in your Fingers.... That is no life for me, just existence and i wish so Bad we could have helped her. And i hope so Bad, i can avoid this someday... It should be legal
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Every time I've taken a pet in, the staff has always been absolute angels, going as far as sending us a sympathy card signed by the whole office :)
When I had to have my wonderful dog euthanized, I was in pieces. I had her for a long time, when I was single and after I got married. I joked that I knew hubby was the right one because my dog took to him right away. The vet told me it would be better not to go back and be with her because she would sense my distress and that would upset her.
Some people just can't be there and that's okay. We're all different. Every euthanasia I've done was a custom affair. With my own pets, I stayed until they were gone and then bolted out the door. It's the after care of the body I could not bring myself to see. I had absolute faith in my coworkers to handle that, and did the same for theirs.
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Fifteen years in the industry and I never saw anything like that either. I held and kissed a lot of heads as gatekeeper on the rainbow bridge. Did have a Karen comment about how terrible euthanasia was when we had the candle of respect lit (candle at the front desk to alert everyone in the building what was up so we could be respectful). It was lit for a dog with lymphoma that had gotten to the point where it was becoming difficult to breathe, lymph nodes so swollen poor puppy was choking. It was absolutely the right thing. I hope the owner didn't hear her, still makes me angry all this time later.
What an absolute b***h! The poor person already had to deal with making that difficult decision, she just showed how uncaring and cruel she was.
Load More Replies... Euthanasia is considered humane if done to animals, but murder if done to humans. Some things I will never understand.
Agreed, I'll never understand why it's considered the humane thing to do for a suffering animal, but not for a suffering human.
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This is the first reasonable argument for not staying that I've seen. Thanks. That said, I will always stay with my pets when their time comes.
Facts. It's really too bad that more ppl don't understand this, and even worse when they don't understand to still spout nonsense abt something they have no clue about. You're doing the animal a service by not making them suffer any longer than they already have to.
Thank you for posting this. In my decades of owning dogs there was one that I just couldn't bear to be with when we had to put her down. I was so heartbroken I couldn't bring myself to be with her and I have carried the guilt from not being with her ever since. This helps ease my heart knowing that you are right, she did not know she was dying versus just going to sleep. Thank you. ❤️
When we had to put our 18 year old kitty down earlier this year, the vet was kind enough to come to my parents home and put her down there. It was such a comfort knowing that she wouldn't have to pass in a cold room at the vet's office (which lord knows she hated). It sucked saying goodbye, but it was what was best for her and that's all that matters.
We would never shame someone who couldn't handle being in the room when a close family member passed so why shame someone who reacts the same with their pet. Everyone handles death and grief differently.
My dog had to be euthanized last December. Luckily a friend of my moms is a vet and could come over during Christmas. I was beside myself and crying non stop - but I had also seen my dog lying on the ground not having the strength to getup anymore. It would have been cruel to keep her alive, to prolong her suffering. And in the end I could sit beside her while she died which I believe was probably more comfort for me than for her. I am just glad we didn't have to get her outside to the vet when she was so uncomfortable.
My grandmother was present when my mom's childhood pet was euthanized. Seriously f****d her up and she had nightmares for years. Don't force yourself to do things that'll hurt you, your pet most likely isn't aware enough to care anyway.
THANK YOU! When my dog got dementia (digging through sheet rock and chewing on metal until she bled) my friend took her to be put down to save me the grief. I had just buried my father a few months before. Since reading how animals suffer when you are not there with them, I have suffered inconsolable guilt. Now, reading this, I can let go of that pain.
Thank you for this! I am beside myself as I know the time is coming for my beloved cat. The idea that I have to stay with him gives me nightmares and makes it so much worse. If I can, I'll be with him at the end. But I don't think I'm going to be strong enough and my distress would distress him
This!!!! We do this job because we love animals. There is so much vomit, urine, blood, a**l glands, ruptured abscesses, so many live worms in their stool that it looks like spaghetti, being bitten, scratched, kicked, tumors, ears that smell like death, porcupine quills, hole kicked in the abdomen by deer, teeth being so rotten the jaw disintegrates when you try to clean them, hit by cars, gored by bulls, you bought your 3 year old a chihuahua and now its leg is broken, and so on that you couldn't do this job if you didn't. Please know that when you drop your pet off for euthanasia, they are loved❤️
Veteran here. I have seen and done horrible things. Nothing hurt as much as putting our beloved dog down. That was the hardest thing I have lived through.
Having to euthanize my my doggy was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. Im a grouchy old biker and I cried like baby.
Thank you for posting this! I needed to hear that. It lessened my guilt and pain a little.
Letting our dog go last year was so heartbreaking. I was worried with Covid protocols we wouldn't get to be with her but that wasn't the case. The tech who worked with us said similar things as the OP. Letting them go is hard but better than letting them suffer for longer than needed. While I can't imagine NOT being there I hold no shame or blame for those that can't.
I’ve held my cat as he was put to sleep and I’ve never felt so much pain, guilt, grief and relief as at that moment. The pain of losing him after 16 and a half years, the guilt for asking for the euthanasia, the grief of having to ask and the relief of knowing that the pain he was in from his anti-biotic resistant infection, coupled with his other illnesses was finally over for him. But I’ve also petted a strangers cat who needed to be put to sleep without it’s owner as it happened and they are calm and peaceful when it happens.
I don't buy this. There's a difference between not taking a dog for euthanasia when you really should, and taking a dog at the right time but not being there. No dog should die alone and I don't believe anyone who says it makes no difference. This post seems to conflate the idea of not being there with not taking a pet that should be taken.
My old boy passed recently, and he was euthanized at home. He was the best pal anyone could ask for.
I watched my old 15 year old dog in the days prior to her death how she struggled to even STAND UP let alone walk... If i could turn back time I would be the first to let her go so she could die in comfort and with dignity...
These are the same kind of selfish jerks who try to keep their animal alive (they aren't their pet at that point) to the point where their legs give out and they need to evacuate their bowels and such themselves. I understand it's a hard decision, but especially if you believe in heaven, tf are you doing keeping them alive and suffering?
Pets are not capable of grasping that they are about to die, but they suffer from being left behind because they have a sense of being part of a family . While at the vet, they MUST know their owner is present. Regular visit, final visit, all the same. Vets who don't understand this should be boycotted .
Interesting counter argument / point of view. The "drop off" posts always make it seem like the person just discarded the pet, when in truth they were probably sobbing in their car. I have always been present for my pets, but I have also always questioned myself about when is the right time.
My cat was put down when I was at work. The thing is that she seemed to improve very well during the night so I left my mother to take care of her while I worked. But during the day she took a turn for the worse so my mother took her to the vet and she was so much worse than the day before so the option was to let her suffer until the next day or at the very least for hours until I came home (I'm a train driver so getting home takes time) or put her down with my amazing vet and mother in attendance. I choose the second alternative which I don't regret, the thing I do regret is going to work.
We recently made the gut wrenching choice to help our 14 year old malamute/Sheppard mix over the bridge. He could no longer stand and walking was nearly impossible for him. We could see in his eyes he was ready. We were fortunate enough to find one the best in home euthanasia services in our area. We sat with our boy, remembering him when he was younger. The process was painless for him. After the sedation was administered (and it was a lot!), the vet started to put in the IV and he reared up. She commented that he must be in severe pain for him to feel that after sedation. It crushed me to think he had been living in so much pain for so long. I felt selfish and horrible and like a schmuck for not making the choice sooner.
Everyone is different, I have always gone with my dogs for their euthanasia, but I know a lot of people that just can't do it. I would say in that instance when you just can't do it, get somebody that the dog knows to take him or her to the vet for the euthanasia. There are a lot of people that would do that for their friend and their friends dog.
I know that the situation I'm gonna explain does not involve euthanasia, but it hurt me just as much. My first cat was relatively healthy for the four years we had her (she did suffer from feline diabetes, but went into remission 6 months later). About a year or two after going into remission, her health suddenly declined. We took her to the vet. She stabilized and was back home. A month later, her health snowballs. We do everything we possibly can to help her, but her body is failing. We don't euthanize her (I don't think that option was even on the table for us tbh) and keep her comfortable as possible. She passes away in the middle of the night a couple days later. We decided to get her cremated so we could have her ashes. I almost didn't go with my family to take her, but I'm happy that I did. I know that everyone is affected differently in these situations and I understand that feeling of not wanting to be there because you'll just feel even more pain. You will get through it ❤️
If you take a pet you will be on their side from the begin until the last breath. If you can't be there comforting your pet you should not get one.
I would never, EVER, leave my beloved fur baby alone to die. My first, a beagle named Jasmine, died in my arms as I told her mommy loves you and you wait for me in Heaven. I'll do the same for my bagel hound, Shay.
A few years after losing his littermate to kidney failure, my beloved cat was showing the same symptoms We took him to the vet and it didn't look good but they gave him some treatment. One morning he was worse so I rushed him back, early in the morning before work. Vet said this was it and to euthanize. My husband is still salty because he didn't get to be there and it was his cat, but it was not a fun time, yes they make them sleepy first but he was wretching and choking and I was bawling... Sorry you had to miss it.
This is purely anecdotal evidence so it's not worth much, but I've also read multiple posts from people who work in vet's offices that the percentage of owners who don't stay with their pet is quite small.
I've had to put down my old kitty before because she had lung failure. I was holding her as she passed in the vets office. People need to be responsible enough to put their pets down when they're just suffering, but as well, they should never leave them alone as they pass away.
Pet euthanasia is about ending the suffering, both for the pet and for the pet's owner. To make either suffer any more than they already are is more inhumane than euthanasia could ever be.
I hope it is as you say. I am making a really difficult decision right now to determine if I need to put my dog down or not. Your words give me comfort.
I would never drop my pet off to die alone. That's my choice. Some people cannot handle seeing their pet die. My mother absolutely could not handle it and she knew the cat would be held by someone. I will never judge someone for this. You have to trust your vet and you have to do what is right for you and your pet and it's not for anyone else to judge.
Any vet will probably let you stay with your pet until they "sleep." Otherwise you were with the wrong vet.
When my old Ginger cat, J J, was taken to the Vet as he was unwell. The Vet did scans of his chest and found a Cancer in behind his lungs and another mass elsewhere in his chest, My son wanted to stay with him during his Euthenising as he regarded J J as his cat. We brought him home so the other two cats could say their goodbyes, and buried him in his favourite sunny spot. That was 3 years ago. We still miss him, he was a beautiful cat.
i stay with every pet i have to do this with they should not die alone. i also think that people with a terminal illness should have this choice to end there suffering.
I have been there for so many pets that have died ..mine my family's my friends any animal I know that needs someone that will love them and tell them they are great and it's ok you've suffered long enough and give them many kisses and long loving strokes and with a smile on my face as tears are rolling down until they take that final breath and then I will love them some more until I myself am ready and able to let them go...I can tell you that as morbid as it might sound I have held them for hours after the fact but it helps me cus I stay as stoic as I can until they pass and then it's my turn to break down and just cry ...and their owners just let me do it cus they know I need it...
Amen. Euthanasia is the most humane course. It's easy to talk big stuff when you don't have to watch your beloved pet suffer. To deny them dignity in their passing is cruel & selfish. Our vet was so kind when we had to take our dog in. He gently have him an injection that simply put him to sleep while I held him in my lap. His breathing was so loud & tortured before the shot, it was truly heart breaking when he finally laid his head down as he drifted to sleep. The last thing he knew was us hugging & loving on him.
There are vet professionals who will do an in-home euthanasia. I was able to avoid a painful car ride for my Princess who was dying of stomach cancer. She was simply lifted into a cot and she went into a pain-free sleep. And the vet took her with him so there wasn't that whole process of walking in with a friend and walking out alone. Now if you'll excuse me I'm getting tears all over my phone.
I don't agree with anything in that post. My pets do know that the vet hurts them. There is no way saying good boy and drugging them has anyway improved their state of mind. Sedation often doesn't always have a positive effect without their family. Btw, don't drug me when I'm about to die in a bright room that smells like a hospital complete with smells (of urine and cleanser) and tell me good boy. This article fascinates me how we like to make ourselves feel better when diing something terrible.
I was there at the end of one of my dogs' life. She was 12, struggling and experiencing organ failure. My folks opted for euthanasia. I can't imagine that her continued suffering would have made memory of her any better. Years later, the memory of seeing the light go out of her eyes is still heartbreaking to the point of full tears, but I wouldn't have rather she died in pain. And given the choice, it would kill me but I would do it again.
I absolutely hate it, but I have never left a pet that was to be euthanised. I have stayed, held their legs as a tourniquet and petted them to the end. It is the very least I can do
I've been in the vet health field for YEARS and this is so so so so so true. If the pet parent can't be there for whatever reason (and in my 8 years in the field I've only had 3 clients say "I don't want to because it doesn't matter" and most of the "I can't be there" is because it hurts too much to see their family member pass) we love the patient and tell them that they're so good and so loved and have done such a good job of being themselves. They feel love and warmth and kindness before they go. We will NEVER let an animal go thinking they're unloved and uncredited for. I *hate* that post-the one that says they loom around for their person. By the time we see them, the majority can't tell if you're their person or not. And the people who refuse to let go and so they let their family member suffer because they don't want to or can't say good bye? They are the ones you should judge, not us. We're here to help, not hurt.
When my cat had hemangiosarcoma (blood cancer) he was terminal but surprisingly not suffering. We asked the vet when it was time would we know? He assured us we would. One morning we woke up to him mrowling on the floor unable to move. He was obviously confused his back legs just wouldn't move. Until then he had seemed fine. I called the emergency care & to our shock they sent a doc to our home. We held him, petted him, gave him flaked fish & waited with him until he fell asleep. We are so lucky to have had such wonderful vets. There really should be more inhome let goodbye's. If our only choice would have been to drop him off we would have done it that day. Not a question! It was his time. Never judge a family for how hard this process is. RIP Buddy.
Honestly, I don't care if it's true or not. There's no way on earth I'd let my pupper go without me.
As a former humane society employee, I can vouch for and understand how hard it is for most people to struggle with the question of your animal deserving a good quality of life and our selfish human desires to keep our best friend with us for as long as possible, even if our baby ends up suffering. Most people are able to relinquish their animal at this point then take responsibility for their loved ones quality of life. It's not fair, but human emotions are not rational. I've sat with every pet or foster pet at the end, and I cry like a baby every time. I met many a stray that never knew the love of a human until their last days, we always sat with them at the end loving them. Crying. It was 15 years ago, and I still cry telling this story
I've worked for several vets from receptionary to nursing/tech work. It was very rare that a client wanted/ could emotionally bear to be with their pet when we performed euthanasia. The fact that they loved their pet enough to end their suffering was a HUGE gift to the pet. They chose to make a tough call instead of making their beloved pet suffer greatly. Euthanasia starts with a simple dose of sedation, it's just like if they were going under for a procedure. We love on them and are as gentle as we could be and made sure they weren't scared. After the sedation, they have no cognition of their passing. Please do not make people feel bad about not being able to be in the room. The fact that they cared enough to do the right thing is HUGE! No pet I ever worked with ever looked around scared for their owner. Most of the time, they were very sick, tired and had told their parents it was time.
Thank you for this. I went in the room the first time, and there was no way I was any kind of a reassuring influence on my dog, probably the opposite. The second time I said my goodbyes and let the people do their work, out of sight.
I was with my cat when my family and I had to put her out of her misery just after I graduated high school. I will never regret being there in her final moments on Earth- ever. I also disagree with this vet, as pets do have a sense of when they will have to leave someone or someone will leave them. my cat knew when it was time to go and made it clear by laying down on the exam table as soon as my family and I checked her into the office for the last time. Perhaps some pets may not have that sense, but she did, and I will never believe that it is impossible for a pets to know when they will be leaving us. They know more than we think they do, whether we are vets or otherwise.
This is b******t designed to make people feel less guilty about being selfish. It doesn't matter how f*cking "hard" it is for you. It's not actually about YOU. Most animals become agitated when they're in unfamiliar surroundings without their person. They may not know they've been abandoned, or that they're going to die, but they know the person they trust, that they rely on isn't there, in this strange place with strange people. When you have a pet, "you" are their whole world. I've spent the past 11 years caring for stray's, animals that run and hide as soon as they see anyone looking at them. It takes me weeks, or months to earn their trust, and once i do they continue to run and hide from everyone else. I name them all, love them all, and spend hours every single day tending to them. I've lost HUNDREDS of cats over the years, to cars, torn apart by dogs, disease or a$$hole humans. I've taken dozens to be euthanized to spare their suffering...
and i insist on being there, holding them. Dozens more for surgery requiring sedation, again i insist on being there to hold them as they're sedated, and then show up before they're awake so they see me when they wake up. Each and every time, it eats away a small piece of my soul, because it F*CKING HURTS, and i know that's how it's going to end up, sooner or later it's going to cause me pain.....but, i'm not doing any of it for ME, i'm doing it for THEM, because no one else will, because they're living things that don't deserve to be ignored, starving, suffering or afraid. Once you start caring for an animal, you have a responsibility to f*cking be there for them. Even if it's hard, even if you're "sad"
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Idk what I'm gonna do when it's my little girls time. I couldn't do it the last time with my families setter. It scares me.
I think it's incredibly selfish of a pet owner not to stay with a pet while they are put down because THEY can't "handle it". The poor pet is being put to sleep, knows something is wrong, and will have to die without the one or two people they know. Grow a f@(&ing pair people!
Read the comments above. You assert they "know something is wrong." Maybe. But if the owner is standing there distressed, the pet will absolutely know something is wrong, and will experience their passing as infinitely more stressful than if they couldn't see, hear and smell how upset their owner is.
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What dishonest absolute bs. This is yr furry family member , strap in and make the f*****g EFFORT. And lying - yes dear - that is what you're doing ; about pets not looking around for their beloved person , all terrified and sad , they do , and you know it . Perhaps not all of them , but most . Or is yr lying a*s actually suggesting ALLL the veterinary professionals who have witnessed this are making it up ? As for this supposed vet professional saying that the choices are between " dropping the pet off " and letting it ROT FRM THE INSIDE" that is a lie and unforgivable . The owner can choose to STAY , cuddle their pet , help ease their exit from this life. . If that wasn't what they meant then they should not have written JUST THAT . A*s .
Weight loss surgery is NOT the easy way out. There is nothing easy about getting your stomach resized to hold a cup or less of food, it f***s up your metabolism, eating the wrong things can cause serious pain, and guess what you're on for the rest of your life? A restrictive diet. Because your stomach's tiny but you still need all the nutrients.
Weight loss medications are not the easy way out either. They don't work unless the patient does, and even then, sometimes it takes months to find the right combo of meds. And there's still nutrition and exercise requirements.
Basically, being obese is really hard, and getting to a point where one is no longer obese is also really hard, so when you see someone obese, assume that they're doing their best and could use some kindness.
Yeah, there is no ‘easy way out’ of being obese and for some of us it’s not possible at all (disabled, messed up metabolism due to ED and medications…). So don’t look at us and think ‘lazy’
No Ma'am, we aren't going to 'shock' (defibrillate) your family member because their heart isn't actually beating.
Defibrillators do not restart a heart, they reset a malfunctioning cardiac rhythm. If the heart isn't at least doing something then our options are CPR and meds until we get some kind of rhythm.
Sincerely,
Tired Medic
Yup, the hearty-starty machine is actually a hearty-stoppy machine. A heart needs to have a shockable rhythm, that is it needs to be fibrillating (like quivering) in order to be de-fibrillated. To de-fibrillate means to stop its rhythm which usually, and certainly hopefully, prompts the heart to restart itself in a sinus rhythm.
Antibiotics don't work on viral diseases.
What? You mean you need to let a virus run its course and treat the symptoms or take an anti-viral!?
Child welfare investigator here
My job isn’t “hard” for the reasons most people think: constantly being exposed to and interviewing abused children
It’s hard because 90% of the time, it’s just disgruntled exes calling on each other over nothing..and dealing with grown adults’ drama is exhausting af.
Yep!! My friend's ex husband called CPS on her and put her life into a tailspin. She did absolutely nothing wrong. The incident in question? Their daughter was angry her phone was taken away as punishment so she told her dad her mom threw the phone at her face. My daughter was there when it happened and said that it was an absolute lie. She felt really bad for not backing up her friend, but I told her the truth was more important. It cost my friend thousands of dollars to fight him in court.
Just because I’m a psychologist doesn’t mean I’m immune to psychological disorders or distress.
I'm a retired used bookstore owner. People were always saying "Oh, I would love to own a bookstore. You can read all day.". Um, no. It's actually a lot of hard, physical work, (boxes of books are heavy), lots of bending and reaching. And then you get to clean the store and do the paperwork. Owning any retail store is not an easy job!
Sorry, but anyone who thought owning a book store would mean „reading all day“ is an idiot
Retail. If an employee tells you they're sold out of that hot sale item. They're sold out. They're not hoarding them in the backroom, because f**k you. They know they're sold out, because you're the 10th person to ask about it, in the last 20 minutes.
Former pastry chef, and still work in a hotel. No I do not make amazing food at home. I barely survive on a diet of cereal, sandwiches and chocolate bars. Pot noodles if I’m feeling fancy.
Also most people in the industry are either junkies or alcoholics to cope with the brutal schedule. My extended family still can’t fathom me working the amount out of hours a week I work.
Also we do not enjoy weddings, they are fun to attend, but nothing but a headache to run.
The restaurant industry sounds a lot like the film industry, lol. People are in utter disbelief when I tell them that I work 18 hour days a lot, and that a 10 hour day is a "short" day in my industry.
When I was building decks I remember a lot of people asked for shorter railings because it'd look nicer. I totally agree, but if 42" is the minimum in this state we're gonna do 42"
Although I'm a skilled teacher the students need to do the learning. I can't do it for them.
I'm a language teacher, teaching English to kids and teenagers. As a native speaker it's astounding how much English grammar that I wasn't actually taught in school and I now have to learn myself as it was considered common knowledge in my native UK.
No doctor does all aspects of medicine and surgery.. it’s specialized and sub specialized. Obviously in more rural areas people do more, but for the most part, complex things get sent to very specialized folks and a doctor like House would never exist (and anyone who acted like him would be fired in about a week)
Being a car machenic that specializes in a couple of cars. We dont know everything about how to fix the car out of our heads. we use youtube a lot to figure out stuf we dont know.
"I have this great idea for a book. You write it, and we'll split the profits."
Nope.
I've published several bestselling novels. I'm neither rich nor famous.
That vet techs get to play with puppies and kittens all day. It’s a physically and mentally exhausting job.
Wearing glasses doesn't make your eyes worse. There are so many misconceptions and so much false reasoning that goes into that one belief that I don't even know where to start. But I'll try anyway I guess.
1) "I noticed my eyes got blurry only after wearing glasses!" That is because your eyes have adjusted to seeing things with more clarity. So of course you're now going to notice when you're missing that clarity whether it be because you took off your glasses or your prescription has changed.
2) "Wearing glasses cause eye strain!" No it doesn't. Your usual eye strain is from working long hours or staring at screens. But you're only noticing it now because the adjustment period when getting glasses for the first time or when getting a new prescription does increase eye strain until you adjust.
3) "I used to never need glasses but now I need new ones every two years! My eyes are getting worse because of glasses!" Refer back to 1. But also you didn't need glasses previously because your eyesight wasn't s**tty enough for you to notice yet or be really othered by it yet. That doesn't mean you didn't actually need them. Your eyesight was probably changing every year even while you didn't notice. Now that you are used to seeing with clarity, you'll notice when things aren't clear and crisp anymore.
I have dealt with many adults who insist they don't need glasses, either distance or reading or both, because they just don't want to concede that their vision isn't great anymore. These are adults with nearsightedness, astigmatism, and sometimes who even need reading correction. And they can't see s**t. Like why are you so stubborn.
I work in childcare and no, I don’t just get to play all day and have fun. I have to deal with behavioral issues, developmental delays, diapers, injuries, curriculum, art projects, huge messes during mealtime, working with one other person to put 12+ toddlers down for nap, etc. Of course it’s fun at times but dealing with all of that is so stressful.
The "defense attorney" aspect of law
It's not your job to lie, deceive, and cheat to get your client acquitted. You give them the best legal defense so that they receive the due process that everyone has a right to.
*"The job of the defense is to make sure the prosecution does theirs."*
If your client is guilty, then the prosecution should be able to prove it fair and square. If they can't then the quality of evidence does not meet the minimum standard and your client should go free. Full stop.
Does that mean the occasional guilty person gets away with it? Yeah. But far worse is a system where innocent people are more likely to go to jail because a s**tty prosecutor's weak arguments were accepted.
A good defense attorney would recognize a losing case and just try to get the best deal for their client, and getting the weaker charges dropped (in case the prosecutor just decides to "throw the book" at them)
Computer animation doesn’t mean the computer does the animation…I do.
There are no skeleton keys. There is no "one key that fits all locks". There are master keys that have been painstakingly installed into a buildings locks, some of which might fit all the locks depending on that particular keys chosen mastering levels, but no. There is no skeleton key. I, a locksmith, use special tools to open locks. I have a big bag of them. Tools like picks, jiggle keys, bump keys 2in1 Lishi keys, and many more. Yes, I got into your house fast. That's because I know how your lock works and know how to defeat it. No I did not turn up with a working key (disclaimer: sometimes I do as I have codes recorded for places I've worked on and I can get codes from car dealers so I can make a key before I turn up.)
The phrase "skeleton key" comes from the time when locks were all very basic and had "wards" that would physically stop the wrong key from turning. A "skeleton key" was therefore the "bare bones" necessary to slide the lock pin, while missing all variations of wards *for that particular size lock" so even then it was never meant to fit *all* locks.
Something being 'off the record'.
If you're speaking to a journalist, you can't just say 'off the record' and then spill your guts. You need to have agreed with the journalist beforehand that you will not be quoted.
University prof. I do not get summers off.
Teaching in front of classes is only about 30% of my job. The rest is one-on-one supervision of graduate students. Doing research, writing grant applications, writing research papers. Summer is the time of year when I finally have the time to do all that other stuff.
Worked in wildland fire and got "what do you guys do in winter, theres no fires. Must be nice sitting around all day". In the fire season I had a seasonal staff of 70+ and in the off season there were three of us. Lots of wrapping up the last season and getting ready for the next (reports, equipment restocking, invoice processing, hiring, giving/taking training, contract prep, etc). Although some would take a week or two off in summer, especially if they had kids and were able to, we also took our annual leave during the winter. I rarely had a "summer".
Tax professional.
Most clients think that the best tax Pros necessarily get them bigger refunds. If you get a smaller refund in a particular year it may be because tax laws change, because you didn't pay in as much, or because you didn't have as many deductions. Explaining stuff to people doesn't work if their eyes are all glazed over because tax law discussions bore them
Going to another tax Pro to get a bigger refund, thinking that that tax Pro is "better" may just get you an audit
But the worst myth about taxes manifest itself when scammers call people on the phone climbing to be IRS agents. They tell folks that they owe money and that authorities are coming to their house to put them in jail if they don't pay up. The truth is that the real IRS does not call anyone on the phone unless they have contacted IRS first and are expecting them to return the call. IRS does not accuse you of text fraud. Even if they truly believe you have committed tax fraud they will simply send you a letter stating that they think you have underpaid your taxes. They will give you a chance to prove your case. If you don't do this or pay them what they say you owe, they will simply Levy your paycheck or your personal property. They do not show up at your house to put you in jail. So please if a scammer calls you do not give them your credit card information or give them payments in any form. Call the real IRS and report them.
That converting to salt water pools does not ‘get rid of the chlorine’. Salt is sodium chloride, salt gets converted to chlorine in a salt water pool, and you use the exact same test kits to monitor the chlorine levels in the pool water.
But at a MUCH lower rate, and yes the water is salted, small electrode blades convert a small amount of salt into chlorine.
Just because your old technical device (laptop, tablet, phone) is in good condition, doesn't actually mean that it's any "good" today.
Especially if it's made by Apple, and can no longer install software updates.
I work in a hardware store and apparently people think we have a huge underground storage big enough to hide every product in existence. No, i can't just go and fetch a part for your 20 year old fireplace or power tool from the backroom.
I work in a bakery.
Baking stuff for 5000 people every day will take all night to do so when we run out of something during the day. We can't just slap something together in five minutes.
Come back tomorrow and we can get it for you.
If something isn't stocked on the shelf and I tell you it isn't in the back then it isn't in the back and I can't magically make it appear out of thin air... that being said if you are a d**k I also might just tell you it ain't in the back
Shoe stores are the exception - very few can have all sizes and all styles out front. Asking them to check / get your size from the back is valid.
Factory worker here.. Once a machine is set up, it can run all day, perfectly, without adjustment. Nope. Steel can vary in hardness, even within a continuous coil of wire. Humidity, ambient temperature, tooling wear can also spoil parts.
Machinist here. Everyone thinks I just push the green button and magic happens. Sorry, I have to do hours of programming, cutter specific geometry, and lits of a*****e puckering to make your part.
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As a pharmacy technician, we do not set the prices of your medications, it’s your insurance company. They don’t tell us why your medication costs more than it did last month, nor do we know what your deductible is. You can use coupons like GoodRx which MIGHT make your medications cheaper, but it can’t be used with your insurance. Any questions about why your medications are so expensive can only be answered by your insurance company. Please call them and not yell at us. We just fill your medications
Animal rescue "oh it must be so great working with animals all day I love seeing the baby puppy pictures" no actually most of my job is either cleaning poop or heartbreaking. Most animals in rescue are sick and in terrible condition when they come in. They have trust issues they will bite. Dealing with half a litter dying or even the whole litter because their mom was practically dead when she came in because even though she'd been "hanging around a few weeks" you couldn't be bothered to call till now. Dealing with the people is just as bad. Older folks that just had to many to take care of but genuinely loved their dogs as much as you do,a*shats that breed pitt bulls even though shelters are over with them already because spaying they dog is "just wrong",the couple that are having a baby so no longer need a dog , ect. The animals that have purposely been beaten,shot,burned,cut ect. makes you loose all hope in humans.
But is is also the small things that keeps you trying. A 6oz preemie baby finally leveling out and eating normal, the fur growing back on mange puppies giving them a mohawk look for a couple of weeks,a dog finally wagging their tail at you instead of being scared of people, a tri-paw finally recovered enough after being hit by a car to play with others, finding the perfect forever home and getting updates with happy pictures. Also only working in rescue teaches you that you can actually be happy and animal is pooping everyday. 😂😂
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As an Artist, it doesn't mean since I'm doing what I love that it's not work. Everyday I am thinking of ideas, sketching, preparing, then gets into painting which can take days or months. I have to get things scanned in, take photographs and manage bookkeeping. What are my expenses, how much is the cost of supplies and running a website. Then I have to have social media accounts so people know this is what I'm doing all day. Not to mention reaching out to potential clients and doing art submissions. So no I am not going to make you a painting for free, or submit my art to a show/gallery where I am not paid for my time. No I am not going to join your art group with a membership fee or apply for a grant that won't guarantee me a steady income. Work is work no matter if you are in a field you enjoy. And if I'm not making money through my artwork then it would just be a hobby. Which it's not, so yeah just pay artists people.
As someone who works in an obscure branch of IT, no I have no idea about your consumer device and I don't give two hoots, in fact I loath consumer tech stuff so much I minimize my exposure to it, so I have a simple smartphone with the bare minimum of apps, a TV with an on/off/select channel buttons, and none of this household automation nonsense. The last thing I want to be doing in my spare time is troubleshooting tech stuff because it feels like work.
As a pharmacy technician, we do not set the prices of your medications, it’s your insurance company. They don’t tell us why your medication costs more than it did last month, nor do we know what your deductible is. You can use coupons like GoodRx which MIGHT make your medications cheaper, but it can’t be used with your insurance. Any questions about why your medications are so expensive can only be answered by your insurance company. Please call them and not yell at us. We just fill your medications
Animal rescue "oh it must be so great working with animals all day I love seeing the baby puppy pictures" no actually most of my job is either cleaning poop or heartbreaking. Most animals in rescue are sick and in terrible condition when they come in. They have trust issues they will bite. Dealing with half a litter dying or even the whole litter because their mom was practically dead when she came in because even though she'd been "hanging around a few weeks" you couldn't be bothered to call till now. Dealing with the people is just as bad. Older folks that just had to many to take care of but genuinely loved their dogs as much as you do,a*shats that breed pitt bulls even though shelters are over with them already because spaying they dog is "just wrong",the couple that are having a baby so no longer need a dog , ect. The animals that have purposely been beaten,shot,burned,cut ect. makes you loose all hope in humans.
But is is also the small things that keeps you trying. A 6oz preemie baby finally leveling out and eating normal, the fur growing back on mange puppies giving them a mohawk look for a couple of weeks,a dog finally wagging their tail at you instead of being scared of people, a tri-paw finally recovered enough after being hit by a car to play with others, finding the perfect forever home and getting updates with happy pictures. Also only working in rescue teaches you that you can actually be happy and animal is pooping everyday. 😂😂
Load More Replies... As an Artist, it doesn't mean since I'm doing what I love that it's not work. Everyday I am thinking of ideas, sketching, preparing, then gets into painting which can take days or months. I have to get things scanned in, take photographs and manage bookkeeping. What are my expenses, how much is the cost of supplies and running a website. Then I have to have social media accounts so people know this is what I'm doing all day. Not to mention reaching out to potential clients and doing art submissions. So no I am not going to make you a painting for free, or submit my art to a show/gallery where I am not paid for my time. No I am not going to join your art group with a membership fee or apply for a grant that won't guarantee me a steady income. Work is work no matter if you are in a field you enjoy. And if I'm not making money through my artwork then it would just be a hobby. Which it's not, so yeah just pay artists people.
As someone who works in an obscure branch of IT, no I have no idea about your consumer device and I don't give two hoots, in fact I loath consumer tech stuff so much I minimize my exposure to it, so I have a simple smartphone with the bare minimum of apps, a TV with an on/off/select channel buttons, and none of this household automation nonsense. The last thing I want to be doing in my spare time is troubleshooting tech stuff because it feels like work.
