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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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#5

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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Amy Taylor
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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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#9

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)

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

I think playing with puppies is the deserved solace of a sometimes heart-breaking and demanding job. I can't imagine the torment of going into a career motivated by an adoration of animals and seeing them at their most vulnerable every day. You guys are heroes to me. You guys can't prevent all suffering but your dedication ensures that our little friends are given the most comfortable lives within our resources.

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

I've a friend who volunteers at a cat rescue charity, and her title is socializer. She's there to get cats and kittens used to being with humans and being handled and played with. It sounds a lovely job, and the kittens are easy to work with, but the older semi-feral rescues can be really difficult, they find it much harder to learn to trust, but if she can't get them 'civilised' she can't rehome them and they go to a supervised feral colony instead. She finds that upsetting, she thinks every cat deserves a lap.

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

I read that vets have one of the highest suicide rates of all professions, because they tend to go into the job because they love animals, but end up having to see a lot of them in pain and in need of euthanising. A tough job

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

The toughest part isn't the pain and/or euthanasia - it's the owners who refuse to treat their animals with dignity and a vet's inability to do anything about it, because a pet is "property".

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

A friend of mine nearly broke after working as a tech vet over the winter, mostly because idiot parents buy their children a pet for Christmas without ANY REASEARCH and the poor animal suffers for it. I wish all the vets and vet tech out there a wonderful day. Bless you.

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

Oh. My. Gods. Yes. Like, yes, I'm a vet tech. Yes, I see puppies and kittens on the regular. But NO I don't just get to play with them. That one puppy? Had Parvo, so here I am, literally trying to save its life with fluids and medication forced down its throat. That kitten? Has FIP. I probably won't be able to save it so here I am, trying to make it as comfortable as possible. That corgi that you all think is soooooo cute? Super aggressive and I have to figure out how to restrain it so I don't hurt it while I make sure it gets the vaccines and nail trim it needs while ALSO making sure I don't get bit! And yes, sure, Bengal cats are GIRGEOUS but they're also the closest thing to Big Cats there are and they KNOW IT and are angry about the fact that we've turned them into house cats, so they will fight tooth and nail-literally- to make you leave them alone while you try to handle their wounds from getting in neighborhood fights. AND there's the death and pain...it's HARD

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

People forget that puppies and kittens pee and poop and someone has to clean it up.

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

yes and they also forget that they will grow and become a full scale dog one day and that it is a lifetime (at least the dog's life) commitment. You are not getting a toy, you are getting a new family member, and every responsibility that comes with that.

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

I was a vet tech for several years. Now I'm a wheelchair user and in constant pain, it literally broke my body. Arthritis everywhere and my spine is degenerating from everything I put it through to get the job done with the least amount of stress on the animal as possible. Meaning I put MORE stress on myself to make your animal feel better.

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

My daughter is a vet tech, and she says this all the time! When they come out anesthesia, they are so confused. She has been scratched very hard by cats, and bitten by dogs, nothing fun about that. She loves her job, but it is very stressful. You have to tell a client what is bet for their animal, and they will be like, well that is expensive so I am not going to do it...blows me away.

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

It's not all puppies and kittens. It's also grumpy senior animals, and dogs who hate cones, and hamster diarrhea. And the overly friendly dogs get all excited and bark until your heart rate is like 150 and all that adrenaline has nowhere to go. I lasted 3 hours. Out of 10.

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

Same with dog grooming, everyone thinks you're having fun all day it's actually a very exhausting job with a little fun thrown in.

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

Be a foster. THEN you get to play with puppies or kittens all day. Err.. it's an unpaid position. But sooooooo fun!

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

Who on this round planet believes that? Tinkerbell? No, wait - since this post exists, it must be quite a few people actually. But… dude.

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

Worst job I ever had both mentally & physically. Had to quit or lose my mind.

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

Agreed! But when there are (healthy) puppies and kittens, we sure as shite are playing with them!!!

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

When they come in, 10mins before your shift ends, so you can perform a c-section on their shitty pomeranian , you won't like puppers anymore.

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

One of my siblings worked as a vet tech for years, and I got to hear so much about this. A lot of it is trying to calm the stressed out animal down (and it's human, so they aren't feeding off of that), dealing with poop samples and cleaning up messes. Oh, and the good ones bond with their regular patients, so it's extra traumatizing to have to be the one to put them down

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

It can be emotionally exhausting too, since many don't make it.

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

My sisters were a veterinarian and vet tech. It's hard work, physically and emotionally. Having to lift 150 lb. dogs onto the table. Dealing with irate or hysterical clients. Needing to figure out what to do with the animals who are left there at the clinic/hospital.

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

I have a 5 y/o kid and a 3 y/o Staffordshire Terrier........meaning, I have two kids. My dog is my other kid and just as exhausting as my 5 y/o

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

I don't think many people believe this...maybe little kids, but no actual pet owners.

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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.

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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 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.

cocoavendorbecky , TeaMeister Report

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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)

NoStressAccount , Sadmir Kanovicki Report

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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

#21

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.

Yossarian__ , CoWomen Report

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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.

bigbrowbeater , eren {sea+prairie} Report

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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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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.

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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

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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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