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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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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yep. MIL was on morphine pretty much on demand at the end of her life. Having an addiction was the least of our worries.

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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.

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Deborah Harris
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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 ..

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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.

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Helen Waight
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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’

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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

OTTB_Mama , Iain Cameron Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community Antibiotics don't work on viral diseases.

The_Max_V , Bytemarks Report

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Lantana Howell
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What? You mean you need to let a virus run its course and treat the symptoms or take an anti-viral!?

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community Just because I’m a psychologist doesn’t mean I’m immune to psychological disorders or distress.

0_0moon0_0 , cottonbro Report

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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!

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Bernd Herbert
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry, but anyone who thought owning a book store would mean „reading all day“ is an idiot

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But could you please check in the back? Where you have all the extra ones.

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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.

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Amy Taylor
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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"

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community Although I'm a skilled teacher the students need to do the learning. I can't do it for them.

MrsMisthios , MART PRODUCTION Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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)

nematocyst987 , Anna Shvets Report

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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.

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community "I have this great idea for a book. You write it, and we'll split the profits."


Nope.

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community That vet techs get to play with puppies and kittens all day. It’s a physically and mentally exhausting job.

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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.

kirabera , Lisa Fotios Report

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#18

30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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.

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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)

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community Computer animation doesn’t mean the computer does the animation…I do.

CheeseburgerBrown , Vancouver Film School Report

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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.)

PapaOoMaoMao , plenty.r. Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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.

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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".

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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.

Bebe_Bleau , Keith Cooper Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can someone explain to me why I need to file my own taxes as opposed to just receiving a check or bill/statement straight from the IRS? Legitimate question.

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Xenon
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tax preparation companies lobby to keep that from happening.

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Michael Largey
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Much of the op's information is correct, but - as a former IRS auditor - I can tell you that he is widely off when he says " IRS does not accuse you of tax 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." No, they have a whole division devoted to pursuing and prosecuting tax fraud, called the Criminal Division. If I thought that someone I audited had committed fraud, I would refer the case to the CD. If they agreed, the party would be indicted and put on trial. That's where they'd have chance to prove their case, but most of the cases are open and shut. Even after I left the IRS, I was subpoenaed to testify in a tax fraud case I helped develop while I was still there.

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Tina Harnish
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in Canada. What you call IRS, we call CRA. I get spam callers telling me I owe the IRS. I laugh. They say they'll send the National Guard. Not in this country. They threaten with the police. Um, no. They don't come arrest you for taxes unless you've been to court, etc. I am unemployed. I don't owe taxes. I get a refund every year. Scammers- GO BLOW IT OUT YOUR REAR. I also get calls in what sounds like Chinese. Sorry, I bearly manage English at times.

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Mary Elliott
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The sheriff's department also doesn't call you to tell you that you have an outstanding warrant, and they sure as Hell aren't going to ask for gift cards or crypto for fine payments. Honest to God.

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similarly
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Japan, I report my deductions to my workplace and it's all done automatically. I only need to file a return if I have other income.

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Phryne
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And most Americans would go nuts about giving that much info to their employers. The US government doesn't know nearly as much about people as they think the government knows. And, guess what? The US government doesn't care about most of the info people think they have.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I started using an accountant for my taxes because there was one deduction that I couldn't figure out on my own. That having been said, I also believe that over the years, as my taxes have become more complex, my accountant has kept me from making mistakes that could have gotten me in trouble with the IRS, simply because I didn't properly understand the relevant tax law.

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Gregg Bender
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ultimately, you need to check with professional associations and consumer sites before hiring a tax professional. Even if you do, you pretty much have to trust them implicitly. That's why we've been using the same one for over 20 years. Never had an audit. Oh, and she used to be an IRS auditor.

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Kalevra
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Call the IRS..." are you insane? I dont have that kind of time to be on hold for 7 hours.

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Phryne
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here's a thought (or two): there are a few ways for IRS to do your taxes. First, they need a LOT more money. Their infrastructure is antiquated. Second, they need a LOT more information than most Americans are willing to provide. Third, Americans need to give up most (or all) of their deductions. I've proposed making everyone single, no deductions (the "standard deduction is all optics anyway). No kids. No contributions. No state taxes. None. Flat tax rate. Self-employed? Your highest income from the past 10 years, adjusted for inflation. No (or few) deductions. Happy now? Face it - Americans are too fond of their privacy to give the government the info to compute their taxes. We also like complaining, blaming other people for our problems, not keeping records, and putting taxes off until the last minute.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You forgot to mention that your refund should as close to zero as possible. I nearly lose my mind when people brag about refunds. The bigger your refund, the more money you're loaning to the government on no interest! I tried telling a former coworker this after she was bragging about how much money she'd get back, and she just rolled her eyes. Maddening...oh, and full disclaimer as this happened last time I vented like this on the Internet...if your tax situation changes on the regular or you tend to run the risk of owing money for whatever reason...this obviously does not apply to you.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know a guy that was called by one of these scammers. He told them he would get with his tax accountant to clear it up. They tried to tell him he didn't have a tax accountant. We use the same tax accountant.

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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.

Malka8 , Aaron Toth Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But at a MUCH lower rate, and yes the water is salted, small electrode blades convert a small amount of salt into chlorine.

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community Just because your old technical device (laptop, tablet, phone) is in good condition, doesn't actually mean that it's any "good" today.

wildfire98 , Alan Levine Report

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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.

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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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

or call 24 hours (or more) in advance and make a special order for the thing you want

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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

m_g2468 , David Stewart Report

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Of The Most Entertaining 'It Doesn't Work Like That' Stories, Told By Professionals In This Online Community 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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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