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30 Of The Best ‘It Doesn’t Work Like That’ Tales Shared By Representatives Of Different Professions
It’s no secret that fiction spreads faster than truth. Myths are no exception. Blame the communal imagination, internet folklore, word of mouth and so on, but in reality, we are all susceptible to false claims and and wrong assumptions.
Jobs we do are no exception. Just think of the way we imagine a spy (thanks, James Bond!) or a crime detective (thanks, X-files!) and you see how easy it is to succumb to cliches.
So in order to debunk those stubborn myths surrounding common professions and see how they really work, we looked at various Reddit threads where people share the myths behind things they do for a living. The results are in below, so scroll down!
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#1
IT - that we just Google everything. It's not true. Sometimes we remember the solution from the last time we googled it.
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#2
Contrary to popular belief, not every magician has a beautiful assistant. In fact, the only time I make women disappear is when I tell them I'm a magician.
#3
No longer my profession - BUT I was a stripper for 5 years.
We, in my experience, tend to have MOTHER issues, not father.
I'm dead serious. I've been to a lot of ex-stripper weddings. Their dads are *always* there.
The mothers not invited.
Pumpkin Spice 3 years ago
Strippers both terrify and amaze me HOW DO YOU HOLD YOURSELF UP ON A SKINNY POLE
Although a myth exists for probably every profession, it’s no secret that the jobs that attract the most myths are the ones that are the most unusual, intriguing and mysterious, like detectives and forensic experts.Other professions that feed our shared imagination are the more unique ones. Think of fragrance creators, ghostwriters, taxidermists and so on and so on.
Sheila Lowe has one of these incredibly fascinating professions people don’t normally know much about. Lowe is a professional handwriting examiner with more than four decades of experience. She has been qualified to testify in cases of handwriting authentication since 1985, and has also qualified in cases of personality assessment. Lowe is also a multi-published and award-winning book author with the “Forensic Handwriting Mystery” fiction series, among others.
So Bored Panda spoke with Lowe to find out more about what it takes to be a handwriting examiner, and the myths surrounding this unique profession.
#4
People always think welders are all stupid alcoholics. In my experience most of the welders I've worked with, and including myself, are pretty intelligent alcoholics.
Vix Spiderthrust 3 years ago
I've worked with addiction services and I've never met a stupid addict. I've met plenty who didn't have the greatest education due to unsettled home lives, but none that were stupid. Lots of addicts become addicts precisely because their brains never leave them alone.
#5
That scientists know everything about every science subject. Typically, we are very specialized. I don't know shit about biology, for instance. Nonetheless, people think I know about anything sciency even though I only studied a very particular slice of something. Another myth is that we are scientists all the time. When I play golf, I'm not calculating the trajectory of the ball. I'm just hitting the fucking ball. Usually off into the trees.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
THIS. I hate this c**p of "damn scientists flying to mars instead of curing cancer" idiots. Astrophysicists are NOT trained as oncologists. That's as thick as saying "damn auto mechanics can't fix my laptop". Grow the f**k up.
#6
I work retail. We are human beings with feelings and emotions. We just want to help you out.
If you're an a*****e to us, we won't help you.
“In my case, my handwriting career has taken me in two different directions. The first twenty years I focused on personality assessment through handwriting,” Lowe told us. “After that, I branched into handwriting authentication—working within the court system to identify forgeries. These days, that’s mostly what I do,” she added.
What Lowe likes the most about her profession is her ability to help people. “Whether it’s understanding them better or helping them with their legal battles—though I am not an advocate for the client, but for the truth.”
#7
Farmer here.
I do not delight in killing the livestock, nor are any of them mistreated. We do not all support factory farms.
#8
From bomb squad, I'd say the "Do I cut the red wire or the blue wire!" cliche is tiring.
Terrorists don't follow standardized wire coloring codes.
Raven Sheridan 3 years ago
Do I cut the red wire, with the blue stripes? Or the blue wire with the red stripes? 🤔
When it comes to myths surrounding Lowe’s profession, she argues that some people believe that handwriting tells everything about a person, which is certainly not true. “People are too complex for that,” she adds.
“At the other extreme, there are those who think handwriting doesn’t reveal anything about them. Also not true. I could write a lot about that.”
Moreover, According to Lowe, most people don’t know anything at all about handwriting analysis and are surprised when they learn just how much it reveals about them.
#10
Unemployment is not as relaxing as people may believe.
InvincibleRodent 3 years ago
I like to say that for many, the two worst feelings in the world are having a job, and not having a job.
#11
> 'Therapists will make me talk about s**t I don't want to.'
We really don't. If we are working on your anxiety I'm not going to ask you about your first sexual experience unless YOU think it's relevant.
> 'Therapists get in to your head and make you do s**t you don't want to'
That's Jedi. Not us. If I could do that I wouldn't be a therapist.
Tracy Wallick 3 years ago
It's also not just paying someone to vent to them, there are actual therapeutic techniques involved. Which is why venting to your girlfriend is NOT the same as therapy.
#12
That doctors are super humans who don't need to eat, sleep or have a life.
We are all human and almost all of us would put your lives before ours at the drop of a hat so please don't abuse it.
LesAnimaux 3 years ago
I think everyone has a reason as to why they are frustrated with doctors. I myself am very frustrated with doctors.
Having said that, Lowe pointed out that with so few students being taught how to write in cursive these days, there is a tremendous loss. “Brain research shows how important handwriting is to training of young brains, and how it helps develop many areas, including reading, spelling, and retention.
“Historically, illiterate people have been kept at the bottom of society. Plus, many kids today cannot read historical documents, nor even letters from grandma. We must maintain this vital skill,” the handwriting examiner concluded.
#13
Criminal defense attorney. People think our job is to find "technicalities" that allow alleged criminals to go free. Those "technicalities" are most often fundamental constitutional protections, not something like a typo in the charging documents. Our job is to make sure the government is playing fair.
#14
No, not everyone should learn to code. It is not the new literacy. Literacy itself is a worthy enough goal, and we are losing on that front.
Also, programming is hard, and not necessarily that fun when you have to do it for work.
Everyone should learn how computers work, and everyone should be able to understand what code is, but people who imagine some kind of utopia where 80% of the population are happily employed as computer programmers...you are all smoking crack.
Vorknkx 3 years ago
I am well-versed in computers, a database administrator and can fix a lot of problems... but I've never studied anything IT-related, and I know exactly nothing about coding. Computer-related skills can be very diverse and people should never assume a person can do everything simultaneously.
#15
Dog trainer
No Cesar Millan did not fix all those dogs issues in 30 minutes. He spent all day with the dog and family working with it getting the dog to a point where HE could prevent some of the behavior issues from occurring while in HIS control. Which is great and although the methods he used in the Dog Whisperer series tend to be pretty controversial he accomplishes a lot with the dogs he worked with. But watch the video testimonials at the end, the families always say, "we're still working with behavior X things are getting better..."
Also quick rant about people who watch Dog Whisperer and try to replicate his "Alpha" methods. Be really careful, you can do more harm than good. If you see a dog on his show being aggressive and he alpha rolls it and dominates it and your dog does the same thing and you try to replicate it, first be prepared to get bit. Second if the dog is displaying aggression because of fear or lack of socialization and you do this you'll make it worse almost without exception. Also there are other and arguably better methods of dealing with genuinely aggressive dogs.
Also most of what you learned about pack theory is wrong. It was taken from watching captive wolves from differing packs the behaviors you've been taught are "pack" behaviors are actually stress behavior occurring because of captivity and because of the mingling of different family units. So the social interactions that we've learned about don't actually occur with packs in the wild.
#16
Being an accountant does not require good math. Whenever I tell people I'm an accountant, I frequently hear, "oh, you must be good at math." Math in accounting is adding and subtracting. The difficulty lies in the rules and regulations of accounting.
#17
That wait staff/bartenders are uneducated/stupid.
I've worked in hospitality for seven years and worked with so many highly educated people. Nurses, refrigeration mechanics, robotic engineers, marketing graduates, aged care workers, marine biologists. I have a degree in ecology.
I can almost guarantee that your waiter has studied something after high school, whether it was a certificate, trade or university degree. But waitressing pays the bills while you're searching for something better.
#19
Men in the nursing profession aren't necessarily gay. (Not that there's anything wrong with that) Many of us were Paramedics and military medics/corpsmen before going into nursing.
#20
Librarian. I don't sit at a desk and read all day, I don't shush you, I don't get an advanced degree to learn how to shelve books in order, and I'm not a woman.
"Librarian" is a bit like "engineer" in that it's a term that covers a lot of sub-fields and jobs. A public librarian will do things like developing the collection (buying books for the community and removing books from the collection that aren't circulating), developing and running programs like classes and special events, and doing outreach and administrative things like budgeting. A digital librarian will work with special collections - digital or not - to organize and display them and don't interact with the public at all (one I've worked with recently: https://d.lib.msu.edu/). An academic librarian is assisting with research, conducting research of their own, assisting students in learning how to use the library, and assisting professors in developing coursework.
#21
I work in the laboratory, background in medical lab science. People in other departments of the hospital seem to think that the lab is full of antisocial introverts who don't care about patients at all, and that we think of our work like an assembly line. The introvert part is usually true, but that doesn't mean we don't care. We f*****g care, a lot. In my experience the lab is usually full of empaths who want to help people, but can't afford to get emotionally invested.
MantisGirl15 3 years ago
I think I chose the right career path... I'm going to school for biology to hopefully work in a medical research lab. I'm an empathic introvert who can't get emotionally invested 😂
#22
We don't abuse inmates or arrange to the death fights. The f****d up system deals with them far more cruelly than we ever could. No need to take it further.
#23
You don't "go to sleep" under general anesthesia, and the chances of you "waking up" in the middle of surgery are practically nil.
I get that your worst fear is watching people operating on you and you can't do anything about it, but the instances of that are so low, you have a bigger chance of dying in a car accident on the way to your surgery than that actually happening to you.
Minath 3 years ago
An anaesthetist once described it to me as poisoning you enough to put you under but not so much that we kill you.
Dark Side 3 years ago
I know this is pretty dark, but I love being put under. One second you're there and the next - nothing. No sound, no light, no thought, no emotion, no pain. It's a relief.
Impetus 3 years ago
I like that you wake up and it's like no time has passed. You close your eyes, and then you open them again, and that thing you're worried about is basically over. And as a chronic insomniac, I know it's not sleep, but it's pretty nice not to have to struggle to shut the brain off.
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Laura Gillette 3 years ago
My mom regained partial consciousness when she was getting heart surgery. She said she couldn't feel anything, couldn't open her eyes or move, but she could hear the doctors and nurses talking. They were talking about what they were going to do that weekend. She took that as a sign that the surgery was going well, and slipped back into complete unconsciousness a few moments later. Anyway, that was like 20 some years ago, now! So, yes, the surgery went well. 😄
Got Banned But Now I'm Back 3 years ago
My dad and I both have. It's not BS that it's rare. But it does happen!
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Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
Just because you may not have had it happen to one of your patients, or heard of it happen, yet, doesn’t mean…. I didn’t actually wake up. But on some level I did become aware. Coming to in PACU, it went downhill from there. Too long to explain from here. Since then, docs have believed me. And yes, for me it takes a sledgehammer of whatever you guys give. And then there’s Versed, Fentanyl and Propofol. 😆 Hope you brought a lot with you. You’re gonna need it. But, that’s just me.
Impetus 3 years ago
Redhead? Cause if so, you are gonna want to drop "red hair anesthesia" into Google if you haven't already.
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Shayne Scott 3 years ago
That image is of a local anaesthetic administered by a dentist. Just saying
David Martin 3 years ago
Whatever it would be classified as, I came back around briefly during foot surgery once, while having a toe and a section of bone removed. Ever notice how you can hear a change in the tone of a power saw when it touches what it's cutting into, be in on tv/film or in real life experience? Well, it's creepy AF to lay in the OR, hear a saw make that change, and think to yourself "Aaaaaand that's my body you're cutting now"
Robert B 3 years ago
I woke up 3 times when I had my wisdom pulled out. I understand that the way I was put under was not the same as major surgery, which I had many years later. My teeth were impacted and the noise the doc was making woke me up at least once and the third time I woke up I had apparently started to get out of the chair, o remember asking me to sit back down and seeing two assistants trying to push my legs down. I’m a difficult person when I’m awake and when I’m knocked out.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 years ago (edited)
I've only been put under once, but I woke up twice. I'm a bit anuerotypical. The second time I woke up the anesthesiologist hit me with ketamine. Pretty wild experience considering I'd never been on that drug before.
Tatjana P 3 years ago
A friend of mine was in a state that can probably be described as a conscious coma during a procedure. She went under and woke up during the surgery and could feel and hear everything (A LOT OF PAIN) but could not open her eyes or move. Once finished, they could not ‘wake’ her from that state, and started panicking - all of which she heard as well. They managed to get her back to normal after a very panicky while. The follow up was - you reacted weird, best not to do any surgery again unless necessary to save your life. She convinced them that she had heard it all from about middle of procedure by repeating what everyone had said.
Moya Satterwhite 3 years ago
I woke up in the middle of a colonoscopy, asked if I was supposed to feel it, was quickly given more meds.
Trentin Quarantino 3 years ago
I had a colonoscopy done this summer with no sedation, no muscle relaxants, and no pain relief because I didn't have anyone to come with me and look after me afterwards. I do not recommend! When it's going up the straight parts it just feels like you seriously need to poo, but when it is going around corners it is pure agony! This is in Czech Republic.
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Sheila Harper 3 years ago
i roused during a procedure under general anesthesia ... i'll bet there are TONS of us.
Cassandra Baker 3 years ago
Ironically, I've woken up during a procedure once. Was quite funny when i waved at the anesthesiologist and said, am I supposed to be awake right now? Pretty sure he about crapped himself by the look on his face.. LOL
Lea S. 3 years ago (edited)
But I do go to sleep....maybe not in the same sense as a nap but my eyes are closed...and I have to 'wake up' to come out of it. What's wrong with using the laymen's term for things that are so similar in experience? Does saying 'we've drugged you enough now to make you unconscious' sound better than 'you're going to sleep' when you are trusting someone with your life?
Katy Harlow 3 years ago
Thank you! It’s much less terrifying to be asleep for a bit.
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Helen Lawson 3 years ago
My stepmother was a nurse who didn't believe it was possible to wake up on the table - until it happened to her!
Peter Trudell Jr 3 years ago
I've had pretty awesome anaesthesiologists. I was there... then I wasn't... then I was again, hours later. Don't forget to thank them and if given post-op surveys, FILL THEM OUT.
Krista Holt 3 years ago
I “woke up” in the middle of dental surgery on my jaw and it was terrifying.
BonnyDK 3 years ago
I have a high over reaction to anesthesia and pain killers, as well as muscle relaxers. I got put under and flat lined before. They usually gave me locals but it would deaden a lot larger area than it was supposed to and knock me out all together. I would also feel numb for a lot longer than I was supposed to. I have woken up mid surgery several times. Once during a c section. I talked to the anesthesiologist. Another during ankle surgery. I have been awake through multiple surgeries and dental care. The doctors finally figured out what I was reacting to and now I go under and wake up no problem. You have no idea how frightening surgery is once it causes you to flatline. I still get my affects in order just in case.
Stacy B 2 years ago
I'm one of those who did wake up during surgery. I still remember it vividly. I'm also one of rare few that needs more than the usual to put me under. When I wake up I'm not groggy or sleepy either, I have enough energy to build a house, which is different from how I usually am. I would love to understand why I'm like this.
Deb Coleman 3 years ago
I've woken up during more than one surgery...lucky for me they noticed it right away and gave me more anesthesia ...
Taya Roberts 3 years ago
I quite literally woke during my appendectomy ..6 years later I had a miscaririage and required a d&c anaesthetist comes over and goes oh wow I remember you..
Terry LeBlanc 3 years ago
I did wake up during surgery! Luckily I was able to talk and let them know so that they could put me back “under”. Felt what was being done but no pain thank goodness!
Ralph Watkins 3 years ago
I was in watching a cardiac cath. The patient was "twilighted". A big man. The little sensor behind his ear start saying he might have some breakthru awakeness. Suddenly his legs started going like crazy while he had a catheter up his femoral artery. He appeared to be running. An an adjustment of the Versed drip & all was yell. He made it thru the procedure just fine. He later on was my patient on the medical floor. He told me that during the procedure he didn't remember anything except that he was dreaming back to his old college football days. He caught the ball & was running towards the goal line. That explained things.
Karen Botelho 3 years ago
I actually woke up during my breast cancer surgery. It hurt until they finally knocked me out. No apology, explanation ever.
Sarah Sprouse 3 years ago
Except my mom and sister and myself have ALL woken up during general anesthesia and have perfect recall of what was said, the music playin, who talked to us before putting us back under. So the chances practically nil are not true if your genetics and metabolism predisposes you to this. If they are doing their job, they notice quickly. Dental anesthesia also wears off very fast. One filling takes like 10 shots to complete.
Meg Pearson 3 years ago
And yet I experienced this. Awake. Paralyzed. Surgery ongoing. It was as terrifying as you think. Luckily it was a minor surgery. Learned to dissociate that day.
Powercat 3 years ago
I did « wake up » during an operation and it was as traumatizing as it sounds. I’m very resistant to drugs. I was still wide awake when the surgeon arrived (not supposed to happen) They had to give me more than the maximum dose for my weight before it took effect. And it wasn’t enough to keep me under for the whole procedure. I « woke up » and felt like I was choking, they had to hold me down by force because I panicked. They used gas to keep me down for the rest of the operation. I asked about it afterwards. The surgeon said it almost never happens. I just happen to be very hard to keep under anesthesia.
Jon K 3 years ago
Have to add to those in the practically nil category. I was under surgery and I presume there may have been local anesthetics as well I could feel them tugging and hear them talking. I couldn't move and could only mildly groan. After a few times they said to do more anesthesia
Robert Green 3 years ago
this probably should have included the phrase if the anesthesiologist knows what they are doing - I woke up in the middle of a gallbladder removal, started to sit up and get off the table - last memory was surgeon swearing at the anesthesiologist
Laura Probst 3 years ago
I'm part of the "nil" category: I woke up during my back surgery (lamenectomy for a blown disk) and it was terrifying. I was paralyzed from the other anesthetic (which was still working fine), unable to move my hands, head, or even my eyelids to blink. Thankfully, the anesthesiologist (or their nurse) glanced in my direction and saw my awake and panicked state, and redosed me. (Also, thankfully, this happened at the beginning of my surgery, before any cutting had begun.) That was 5 minutes of the most terrifying experience of my life.
Kate Koppen 3 years ago
Yeah or you just don't notice. I woke up during a minor but very painful procedure, it was excruciating but I couldn't make myself known for the longest time until I finally got a whimper out and was put back under. ugh.
JustanotherPanda 3 years ago
I woke up during a surgery. Didn't feel any pain, but this explains the saucer eyes of the doctor when I tried to lift my head and asked if I could watch. Don't know why I even asked that, since I can't look at blood without feeling the urge to vomit. And what glimpse I could get of my leg was, well, I'll spare the details. But I remember that still very clearly.
similarly 3 years ago
I've read two cases in which an anesthesiologist was abusing the anesthetics, and in order to cover their addiction, was diluting the anesthesia. In both cases, the personnel were discovered by an investigation into ineffective anesthesia. That said, I remember when I went under general for my last surgery. They put me under the mask, told me to breathe deeply. After about 10 seconds, I started to get worried. Suddenly, I felt a little odd, and my vision blurred just a little, and I thought "Oh! Here it comes!" Woke up later in recovery. Couldn't believe how fast it hit once it started to work.
Autumn Artemis 3 years ago
I would okay with being able to see what the surgeons are doing- just maybe not *feel* what they’re doing :,)
Sally Barry 3 years ago
When I had a C-section years ago, I was numb as could be, but I could still feel the tugging in my abdomen. It didn't hurt, but I could FEEL it and that was an awful sensation.
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kitten levels tokyo 3 years ago
Yeah you stupid moron patients, going under anesthesia is NOT going to sleep. It is EXACTLY LIKE going to sleep. Now shut up and pay your bill.
Niamh Gallagher Kerr 3 years ago
If you're a redhead or enough mc1r gene to not be an obvious redhead you've a higher chance of it happening. The joys of the redhead gene.
Trentin Quarantino 3 years ago
I was told by the anaesthetist after surgery that he needed to use three times more anaesthetic on me than he did with most people.
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Bubbles and sparks 3 years ago
The times I was "under", actually always felt like a black hole, no recollection of anything...
Kirsten Affleck 2 months ago
I woke up from getting my tonsils out at 8 years old. Back in the 1970's, of course the doctors denied it but I remember the look on the doctors face when I said owe as I began to feel them working down my throat.
Stephen Hovey 1 year ago
I had it happen twice.. woke but couldnt move, couldnt signal I was alert.. but sooner or later someone noticed something and back out I went.
Shawnee Brown 2 years ago
When I got my wisdom teeth removed the dentist said I would still be awake but I wouldn’t be alert/conscious. Like the lights are on but nobody is home. I did “wake up” during the procedure and they had to give me more anesthesia, I was supposed to be awake and ready to leave at 3 pm but with the extra dose I ended up leaving at 6pm.
Youkai Introvert 2 years ago (edited)
I actually HAVE woken up from anesthesia. Not for long, thank f*^k, but I remember the moments rather vividly. I mostly remember being incredibly confused seeing this guy in a surgical gown and the look on the nurses face that realized I was awake before I assume someone injected something into the IV and I was out again.
Annon Amous 2 years ago
I had this happen. It’s terrifying. I didn’t feel anything but I was terrified I would start feeling. I told them about it when I woke up and they didn’t believe me until I told them what they were talking about. That was 25 yrs ago and I can still feel how terrified I was.
Alison Shanahan 2 years ago
My mother woke up under anaesthesia during surgery, she said it was very painful but she couldn't move as they had also given her something to stop movement. After 30 minutes the surgeon noticed her blood pressure was too high and gave her more anaesthetic. She later repeated the conversation the surgeon and nurses were having during her procedure, much to the Dr's shock.
Truthhuntress 2 years ago
I actually woke up during a knee surgery. I believe I was around 19 and this was my third or fourth knee surgery. Thought I was just dreaming because when I woke up I looked and saw the towel draped over my leg so I couldn't see anything. I said hey guys I'm awake! They said no you're not Diane just go back to sleep You're just dreaming. I said no I'm awake and my leg hurts really bad, again go back to sleep Diane you're just dreaming no one even bothered to look at my face to see that my eyes were open! Finally I asked for the surgeon's PA because I knew him from high school. I said hey is Rich Smith still in here? And he said yeah Diane I'm right over here. I said Rich would you please tell these guys I'm wide awake. He came over and checked and sure as hell my line that was providing the anesthesia was dripping on the floor. He told the anesthesiologist dude she's awake! The anesthesiologist took one look at my face and quickly a mask was put over it lol.
Ugh_What_Now 2 years ago
Went in for my 9th spinal surgery... they ended up having to cancel because I was apparently fighting and kicking. Doc figured it was the anesthesiologist on loan that day(didn't really like him) so brought in a different one for the next try and just kept me awake with a local instead of doing a twilight... but during gave me some propofol when I felt the little soldering iron type thing... I was like "should I have the cannula since I've had the propofol now?"... he says "Indeed you should! Over 40 years and this is the first time I've had a patient assist me during a procedure!" 😂
honeyk 2 years ago (edited)
i woke up during my hernia surgery...skinny little girl of 18, high tolerance to most medications... i sat up while they were in the middle of working on me and there were 2 working on me + the anesthesia doctor... the clamps keeping my stomach open so they could work on it flew off & one of the guys said Holy S**t! 🤣 i got gassed again and didn't wake up until after everything done.
Nicola Whatley 2 years ago
Unless you are a Red head or have EDS, the stats on waking during surgery are higher with either of these
Jaymi Marie Phillips 3 years ago
I've woken up everytime I've had surgery---it's crazy....but that's just how I am
Sarah Bennett 3 years ago
And yet my friend woke up in her surgery and I woke up during my colonoscopy
Angelic Perlaki 3 years ago
I actually DID wake up during a colonoscopy, the look on the docs face was priceless...HOLY C**P SHE'S TALKING PUT HER UNDER!!! (I woke up and saw the screen and said 'is that me?")
Moya Satterwhite 3 years ago
I became conscious in the middle of a colonoscopy and asked if I was supposed to feel it. Made them jump, the nurse gave me something and I went back to sleep.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I am more afraid of adverse reaction to the anesthetic than being awake during surgery- only mild sedation for me in the future (already chose that for my latest eye surgery).
Laura Roney 3 years ago
I woke up during surgery once, and said "OUCH" he doctor immediately said - give her more versaid !
Heather Talma 3 years ago
Apparently natural redheads need twice the anaesthesia dose, so there's that.
Amanda Trent 3 years ago
Not to mention that one of the meds is something to make you forget even if you do wake up.
Michelle Davis 3 years ago
Although it's rare to wake up in a procedure it's a very strange situation. I've done it several times now. The last time was just a colonoscopy and I remember watching them exploring my insides on the monitor. They somehow didn't know I was awake until I pointed at the monitor and said how cool it was to see inside myself.
Katherine Heasley 3 years ago
I recently had a surgery I needed general anesthesia for, and I was far more nervous for the anesthesia than I was for the surgery. Fortunately, everything turned out well.
Doug Larose 3 years ago
I've "woken up" more than once while having surgery done. Appendix surgery and wisdom removal. Both times it was that my hearing returned and I could feel pressure. But I couldn't move or see. Neither time was there and pain.
Julie Peck 3 years ago
I woke up during my first knee replacement surgery. I had an epidural so the only thing I "felt" was the percussive movement of the dr hitting the chisel to remove some of the bone. No pain. But the anesthesiologist did proclaim "She's waking up!" As long at it took to hear that was how long I was "awake." Thought it was an interesting experience...
Mimi Rattray 3 years ago
I have both woken up during a surgery and been awake and paralyzed under anesthetic so practically nil is bullwhacky
Marc Lauzon 3 years ago
I know it's a figurative speech to say, "you are going to sleep", but wish it explained why. Had a general anesthesia, and well I knocked out and woke up 2 hours later when they were done. So, it's hard not to make that comparison.
StrangeOne 3 years ago
The part that scares me is that it's still a possibility and does happen.
Anna Stephenson 3 years ago
Seeing as I am most likely going under next week- this is always good to hear ! Lol (although I was once given insufficient sedatives under a "twilight anaesthesia" and was awake and aware during a non- evasive procedure!- the specialist told me I would remember anything afterwards- so I bet him $5 I would- saw him at the follow up a week later and straight up said "you owe me $5!"......good on him though- he paid up!- it was truly bizarre to be laying there watching what they were doing to me!)
Connie Lichtenberg 3 years ago
I came to during my wisdom tooth extraction. They had to give me more sedation. I found out afterwards that yhe dentist, yes dentist, was all kinds of sketchy. It was awful.
Susan Meyer 3 years ago
Do my brother waking up when he was 8 during kidney surgery. They give me extra meds. Waking up fully takes me longer.. Thanks bro
LeeAnn Buntman 3 years ago
For the record I woke up during my colonoscopy and was watching for a moment when I heard “she’s awake” that’s all I remember of that…
Daniyel Rose 3 years ago
Once I get that general anesthesia, after the second dose I was like "was this suppose to put me sleep? I don't feel sleepy yet. By the way, what is purpose of that machine?" Well, they gave me the third dose and last I can remember is I am at operation room fully naked and seeing doubles of everything. They quickly carry me to the my room while I am crying.
simfan all day every day 3 years ago
I have "woken" up during an operation but there is always someone paying attention to vitals including consciousness I was put under and didn't remember any of it
Katie Everswick 3 years ago (edited)
It happened to me during Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT--yes, shock therapy). It was absolutely the most terrifying moment in my life, and I've had a few. You are put under AND given a huge amount of muscle relaxer to prevent injury from the seizure. So when I woke up, I couldn't alert them that I was conscious. Couldn't move, couldn't open my eyes. It was exactly like a horror movie. And I discovered recently that if I watch any movie with a scene with shock therapy, the sound of the ECT machine will immediately bring on a full-on panic attack. Total PTSD. Dentists also have to give me waaaay more novacain than they do others. I think it has to do with my mother being a redhead?
Becky Oberg 3 years ago
Woke up in the middle of my colonoscopy once--not fun and very painful.
Trentin Quarantino 3 years ago
My aunt woke up towards the end of surgery, but not the usual thing of feeling all the pain and not being able to move. She felt nothing but the pressure of things being moved around, sleepily asked them if they had finished, and then they put her under again.
Acacio Lima 3 years ago
I developed a Panic Syndrom after my first general anesthesia. You just knock out, no dreams. Just like death. I started thing of this sensation after that..
Harry Hwt 3 years ago (edited)
Yea well tell me that I went under nitrous for a tooth operation and they numbed one area and the root of the tooth was over on the other side of my face and I couldn't get it out that it was hurting really bad because I was so out of it though I could feel the nerve being cut and manipulated it actually sucked real bad and I realize it was not in a hospital but at the dentist office but still it wasn't fun at all
Joshua Moon 3 years ago
Never woke up but had heart problems during a procedure. That was an expensive boo boo
#24
I have worked at a hotel for 8 years now in positions of power at the front desk, reservations and group sales. First, we do not hold rooms out of inventory! When we say we are sold out, we are sold out. We are here to make sure you have an enjoyable stay, but we are a business, why wouldn't we want to sell all possible rooms? First come first served is a real thing. Also, being rude when there is the smallest thing wrong with your stay will not get you a free night. Comping a whole stay is very rare, compensation by discounting your room rate, parking or food is much more common. If you approach me with respect I am more likely to compensate a greater monetary amount than if you're a d**k.
#25
Graphic Designer.
No, my job is *not* colouring in.
No, it does *not* mean that I know how to draw or paint perfectly well.
And no, just because you watched some Photoshop tutorials on Youtube, does *not* mean you can suddenly do my job for me.
EDIT: Spacing. (Yes, bad spacing *does* make us cringe)
Aubrey Mortensen 3 years ago
EVERY job interview I had after design school: "why shouldn't I just learn Photoshop myself? It seems really easy to just color in some things." Sure Brenda, you can do that. OR you can hire someone who spent 2 years learning all the tools to make the thing you WANT. Your plan sounds great but eventually you will send a hurried email to a contract graphic designer, pleading with them to "make it better" for $200 an hour because you have NO CLUE what bleed is.
#26
I'm an accountant. No, I don't actually enjoy talking about tax law on my day off, so your "quick tax question" that takes me 30 minutes to explain beyond 'that depends...' is really annoying at a family BBQ.
Michael Largey 3 years ago
When I worked for the IRS people wanted me to justify various government spending projects. Do I look sleazy enough to be a congressman?
#27
Storyboard artist in the animation industry. Making cartoons isn't playtime. My position in particular is demanding, physically exhausting, and under-appreciated. On top of that, it is more "cog in the machine" work than "creative fulfillment." My faith in my work is tested constantly.
And I am not the only one who feels like this. Virtually every artist I know always thinks about changing careers or retiring all-together. It's a hard job, and it really doesn't have to be, but... it is.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
I appreciate this job so much, especially the old disney hand-drawns. I mean, to re-draw 24 pictures just to get 1 second of footage is INCREDIBLE, especially since they need to not flicker and wobble (ed edd and eddy excepted, that cartoonist sucked).
#28
That working in the film industry and especially doing what i do which is directly on set is glamourous.
Let me tell you its the opposite of glamour.
14 hour days , 6 days a week, sh**ty weather, sh**ty actors, sh**ty director, sh**ty crew ( of which I am part of), sh**tymembers of public trying to get photos and asking dumb questions, sh**ty mud, sh**ty creative types making delusional demands etc.
But there are some fun things
good food, good pay and filming sex scenes is hilarious.
#29
QA tester here. We find glitches/ bugs all the time. But it is impossible to find every one. But some that get through baffle me.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago
you have to lower your IQ to average end-user level., that's how you find all bugs.
#30
1. Engineers do not design every cool thing in the world.
2. Most engineers never actually make all that much money.
3. Chances are, if you study engineering you will end up with an insanely boring office job, or an insane high pressure job working 16+ hours a day.
4. Not all engineers are super intelligent, quite a lot are actually below average intelligence.
CHRIS DOMRES 3 years ago
Having been an electronics repair technician for 45 years, we daily joked that the engineer who poorly designed what we are working on probably never held a screw driver in his life or gave a single thought as to making the product serviceable.
#31
That firefighters only respond to fire-related calls. I'd say 80% or more of our calls are for EMS. People are always like "why are there firefighters going to a shooting??"
#32
Inmate Services here (Non-Sworn). No I do not enjoy denying your visitation privilege, canceling visits, having you arrested because you came in to visit while having an ACTIVE WARRANT YOURSELF, or rolling up PSPers. Also spitting on me, hitting me, or otherwise threatening me only makes your life harder and I'd prefer it if you'd tone it down a notch.
#33
I'm a programmer, not a magical computer svengali who loves working for free on your home computer problems.
Michael Largey 3 years ago
A problem with hardware will not be solved even with brilliant programming.
#34
Bagger at a grocery store. Not all of are here because we didn't go to college. I have coworkers doing it as a second job and one of them works for a legal firm.
ADHORTATOR 3 years ago (edited)
Tell me you are American without saying you are American "I am a bagger at a grocery shop as second job..."
#35
Lasers do not sound like they do on TV. They sound like a bunch of big computer case fans, with a slight whine of a turbine screaming along in the background. You can't see the beam, at least not with a CO2 laser. (most common industrial laser) It's invisible. You can sure as hell see where it hits. It will turn metal incandescent in seconds. Once, I witnessed a forklift driver who hit the resonator (The "box" that "makes the laser") and knock it loose of the output coupler/bend mirrors (What directs the laser to the workpiece) which burned the dust out of the air in a 1" diameter beam, and melted a hole in the side of a box truck before we turned off the beam. A laser isn't a perfectly straight beam of destruction. They have to be focused to be useful. A 4,000 watt laser focused down to .012" will melt steel, at which point oxygen is blown at it, causing the metal to burn out. A laser that you could hold in your hand that could damage material like a firearm is really past the realm of sci-fi and into fantasy. It's not a projectile, think of it more like a microwave that can be pointed at something. It will make stuff hot.
#36
As a helicopter pilot No, a helicopter that as an engine failure doesn't just fall like a rock. It possible to land safely (probably even more safely than in an airplane) without even breaking the aircraft. We do a training every year with all the emergencies that can happen in flight or on the ground, including surprise engine failure that we have to land. And god, NO, I won't fly to Hawaii for free. S**t's is expensive to fly and doesn't have a huge range. So please stop trying to be funny about that.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 years ago
My dad always used to say, "Airplanes fly, helicopters beat the air into submission."
#37
A lot of people view teaching as an 8 hour job with paid summer vacations, and it's really not. Lesson planning, grading, IEPs, being involved with or heading after-school programs and/or sports, and other miscellaneous types of b******t add up. It's common to oversimplify a lot of the tasks teachers do. For example, grading isn't just circling wrong answers and writing a score, it's things like reading and evaluating 10 page research papers for 3 classes of 20+ kids each--that's a minimum of 600 pages to go through. Summers off aren't really "paid", you might get paychecks during the summer but it's a salary for 9 months of work stretched out across 12 months, and most young teachers will have some kind of summer job in addition to planning for the next school year.
CHRIS DOMRES 3 years ago
My wife taught for a few years. Got high blood pressure from the stress. But not from the kids, from the school administrators and principles who were insensitive to teachers problems.
#38
Tower Climber. We're not all adrenaline junkies, a lot of the guys I work with are just middle aged men with families. Also if you can work 85ft off the ground you can work 800ft. Same result if you fall
#39
Data Analyst - I am not IT & it is not my job to troubleshoot your computer problems.
Learn to turn it on and off again yourselves people.
#41
Professor here. We know that the textbook expensive, but there isn't much we can do about it. We don't receive any kickback from the publisher for assigning it. Even the author of the book generally is not making much of anything on it, and the publisher still loses money on a lot of books that they print. We assign the latest edition, rather than an older and cheaper one, because the campus bookstore can't guarantee that they will be able get the older edition in stock. The free resources available online or through the library generally are not as good for intro level students as the textbook is, which is why we don't assign those instead. We are not going to water down the quality of a class that you paid $4000 for just so that you can save $120 on the textbook. We know that you pirate the book, and are totally fine with that. It is a broken system that needs changing, but we are just a cog in that system and don't have much control over it.
Doctor Strange 3 years ago
Textbook publishers are Not losing money at 120 a book. When my father wrote a book on archaeology, he first went to a publisher that did college text books. They were going to charge that 120 per book to sell it. He said no way, he knew that his book was likely going to end up on required reading lists for college students. He went to a different publisher. They charge about 30 bucks a book, and my dad gets the same amount in royalties from them that he would have from the publisher he turned down. Text books are a scam.
#42
Veterinarians are not rolling in money. I can understand why people might think that because vet fees can be expensive, but the snide comments about 'rich vets' get very tiring
Frankthetank 3 years ago
And it's not playing with puppies and kittens all day. LOTS of poo and vomit. LOTS.
#43
IT. No I am not a hacker by default, yes there are girls here (like me), no we do not know everything computer or internet related.
#44
That organic means the animal lived a happier life. In the long run I have seen that when you go to process the animals the organic bird are tipically a lot smaller and spent a large portion of their lives sick. A simple antibitit would have allowed the animal a healthier life. Note that all antibiotic residue must be out of the animals system to be allowed to process it for consumption.
RedMarbles 3 years ago
According to the ASPCA, the best labels to look for (for the most humanely treated animals) are Animal Welfare Approved, Certified Humane, and Global Animal Partnership. (This is for the US.)
#45
Architect. We don't have models or blueprints or T squares in our homes (or even in the offices). We don't create fun/wild buildings or have rich, eccentric clients. An architect doesn't start to see real money until they own/principal a firm (aka old) or if they're a top designer in a big name office (extremely rare). We don't live in amazing homes (can't afford it, don't have the resources). Freehand sketching skill means basically nothing. And we don't (all) wear turtlenecks!!
#46
When I first entered the pharmaceutical production industry, I thought that everything was super uptight and regulated due to the FDA....I was pretty wrong.
Sure FDA audits can catch bad things (just search any company + 483 to find out) but there are SO many things that are missed. Companies have procedures on what not to tell auditors and people presenting to auditors are often coached right beforehand.
Some companies are willing to accept some FDA observations (willing quality risks) in order to get product out.
The best (worst?) story I have from the industry is when somebody found a literal f*****g MILK DUD in in a vial of an INJECTABLE product.
Side note: Google "company name + 483" at your own risk. Some of that s**t will freak you out.
#47
Yes I'm in the Air Force. No I don't fly a plane. No I don't get a plane issued to me after basic training.
ADHORTATOR 3 years ago
Don' t tell me that you won' t receive a spaceship when you are in the Space Force?
#48
Waiter- I don't give enough of a s**t to mess with your food. If you really p**s me off, I'll just do a shot and a bump and your food will come out a little later than it would have. If you're a total prick, my manager will take the table and might kick you out.
#49
Paramedics do not transport dead people.
TheAquarius1978 3 years ago
Well you do if the pacient dies during transport ( which unfortunatly does happen )
#50
Work in a pawn shop and no all our items are not stolen goods. We I.D everyone selling something and we can usually tell if something is stolen because the guy selling it hasn't a clue about it. Also we communicate with the local police stations so we are aware of stolen items before they are brought in.
#51
I'm a writer. I specialize in fan fiction. No, it's not always illegal. Yes, I get paid to write. And no, not all of my clients are creeps. It's actually a ton of fun, and most of what I do involves teaching other people how to write.
#52
Optician. No I can't change your prescription, or renew your expired one. I'm not a doctor and that's super illegal. I'll get fined and fired.
Christopher Hebhardt 3 years ago
Optician is like a nurse or dental technician. They help the doctor/dentist but are not authorized to prescribe medicine.
#53
That we can remove children from their parents if we have concerns. A court order is needed to remove and strong evidence is needed to get an order. The amount of people in the UK who believe social workers can just take children in staggering.
#54
Massage Therapists don't preform "happy endings" unless you go to some really shady places where they are technicians or not licensed at all. I know more anatomy and a lot of nurses (granted they have to learn much else that just gross anatomy, and it's what we specialize in, so there's that) and in Ohio we're held to the second highest standards in the country for licensure, taking many credit hours and a regulated boards test. I'm educated not a masseuse or technician.
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
Massage Therapist helped me with physical pain issues, movement, relaxation and better sleep. Would like to be able to afford to go once a week. I know I would be so much healthier in every way.
#55
I work in road construction. Construction workers don't stand around all day. If they did, their bosses would yell at them and tell them to get back to work. There is some downtime inherent in the work, especially if unforseen issues arise, but typically those guys are expected to work hard all day, and the contractor's superintendent's entire job is to figure out logistics and keep people moving.
M O'Connell 3 years ago
Also, those 8 guys standing around watching one guy dig aren't being lazy. The hole is only wide enough for one person. That one person digs like their a*s is on fire until they get worn out, then it's the next person's turn. So-on and so-forth around the whole group.
#56
Tesla is the leader in AV technology.... Nope every company is around the same level. We all use the same Suppliers.
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 3 years ago
Pretty sure he meant "EV" not "AV". Unless Tesla has a line of projectors and monitors I don't know about.
#57
Archaeologists do NOT dig up dinosaurs.
censorshipsucks 3 years ago (edited)
that would be paleaontologists. Archaeologists are just looking for their mummy.
#58
Salesperson -- I'm not out to screw you. I want to help you out, yes I'll get paid, and so will the boss, but if you're nice to me, you'll get a lot better deal than if you're an a*****e
M O'Connell 3 years ago
I have yet to have a single positive experience with anyone in consumer-side sales (cars, electronics, furniture, foundation repair, etc). I have extensive experience dealing with professional sales through work, and those people really do want their clients to be happy, because there is a limited client pool and they can't afford to take money from you once and then run.
#59
'All athletes are stupid and only chose a sporting career because they had no other options.' I'm a straight A advanced student and I speak four languages. One of the girls I work with has two separate degrees and is studying for a third. We aren't stupid.
#60
Taking the ambulance will not get you seen quicker. My favorite part of the day is when I get to wheel you straight through the ER and into the lobby with everyone else.
RedMarbles 3 years ago
Hopefully they're only talking about entitled rude people here and don't generally enjoy being part of making sick and injured people wait for relief.
#61
I'm similar to a car salesman, new and used. Yes, we make commission, and yes, it's based on profit. However, we'd rather lose 25% of our profit than the sale. We're on your side, and want to get you in the car/unit. So, if you need a certain out the door price, payment, interest rate, or even unique finance terms, just tell us, and we'll do what we can to make them happen. Just be warned, if you give a target payment, also insist on knowing your interest rate and term. When you lower a payment, you extend the term. When you extend the term, you can raise interest with it havign a smaller affect on the month to month.
Got Banned But Now I'm Back 3 years ago
You're similar to a car salesman? But you never said what you actually do?
#63
Cleaning schools is actually pretty breezy, more often than not we do what we have to do in like an hour or two and from that point we just clean windows for a few hours until we knock off
Geoffrey Scott 3 years ago
Sure, sure, once I clean the poop off the wall, fix the broken stuff, punish my body (I am 60), get after the kids doing dumb s++t, sanitize so explosive diarrhea/covid is not a thing, it's a breeze
#64
Engineers are never certain about anything. Everything we do basically comes down to educated guesses about what will work and what won't.
#65
Not everyone that works on an oilrig gets dirty. In fact, barely anyone does.
Kevin Ber 3 years ago
Thats a lie. Worked on both service and drilling rigs. Service rigs are an oily mess, drilling rigs get you wet all the time, and you get greasy from working with and around all the moving mechanical parts. Oil does not gush out of the well like a geyser and onto the rig when you hit an oil pocket, thats 1910's oil rig stuff. Drilling rigs are muddy to work around, greasy to work on, and you are always getting wet. On a 6 man crew the only clean people are the driller and the tool push.
#66
People in IT could not care less about you or how frustrated you are. We care about solving problems and making computers our b***h. Tell us what the problem is, give us the relevant info, get out of our way, and shut the f**k up.
#67
Churches don't have pots of money at the ready to hand out if you call up and say you need it, nor do we have an apartment building out back all ready for you to move in to (or a list of little old ladies needing roomies) if you've just been kicked out of yours. Most of us have a regulated program with some particular type of aid we may be able to give you if you meet the requirements (if it is money or gift cards, often it's time-limited - we can only help you once a year or something like that) or a food bank or something specific along those lines.
Got Banned But Now I'm Back 3 years ago
Ya know? Most people don't expect hand-outs from churches. But I ***would*** expect some kindness from a "christian" organization. This person? Not kind. And this kind of person is why I won't ever step foot in a church again.
#68
I'm not being coy or secretive: I genuinely don't know what my job actually is.
What do you think ?
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Speaking from my position as a medical doctor? No, we can't tell what's wrong with you if you *do not tell us the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth*. If you do drugs recreationally, even once a week, we need to know. If you go to hookers, we need to know. If you're not sticking to your diet and exercise goals, we need to know. Et cetera. We're bound by law to not discuss you with anyone but you, and whoever yous ay we can talk to. You lying will only make your medical treatment less accurate, less helpful, and more frustrating for everyone. We *can't know* what we're not told. On an average day, during Covid, I'd see over 2 dozen people a shift, sometimes over 3 dozen, in an ER. About half would lie. Like we can't tell a needle track from a cat scratch?... Oy.
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
You know I’m with you on that one! Please tell us everything. We do not judge. At all. That’s not part of our jobs. We genuinely want to help you. If you have drug issues we definitely need to know. If you’re having surgery we need to know so we can keep you comfortable. We have pain control specialists, so there are plenty of ways we can do that. Also, if we aren’t aware that withdrawal could be an issue, we need to know that. If you aren’t truthful about how much you drink, and we encounter withdrawal we and you are going to have a serious, possibly life threatening issue. We aren’t going to judge. What we are going to do is give you medications before and after surgery that prevent withdrawl. We will thank you profusely for telling us.
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Little Wonder 3 years ago
Moderator. No your comment wasn't removed to hide your opinion, to censor you or because the company is hiding the truth about poor service or products - it's entirely because you said f**k. Don't say f**k, and repost.
Owen Jarvis 3 years ago
Just add my own asterisks now. I don't want to offend anyone, and everyone that isn't offended knows what I'm saying anyway.
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Charles Whittaker 3 years ago
As a bus driver, can I say we don’t know what happened to the bus in front and we don’t know when your bus will arrive (if we say ‘it’s right behind’ that’s because we need to get on our way. Also the chances of us knowing street names are slim as we’re unlikely to live there and there’s a lot of streets on the many routes we drive. Oh and if you hit your head on the mirror on your way out, please put it back
Brindle Nutter 3 years ago
I'm a paralegal at a firm, but I don't like letting people know. No I can't do your divorce for you, no I can't predict the outcome of your cousins criminal trial, no I can't make Jethro pay you back for the weed to got from you....also, im not a licensed attorney I'm the help.
Robert Rosen 2 years ago
Why are the woman and her dog in number 15 sitting in the middle of train tracks
No Name 2 years ago (edited)
Astronomy/astrophysics is not spending your nights physically peering through a telescope and mapping or cataloging by hand. Those days are more than a century gone. These days it's about 50% ad hoc programming and 50% slogging through writing that makes you want to claw your eyes out. You second guess and double check and very often cite every clause of every sentence, so it's impossible to keep your train of thought from derailing every other minute. And that state goes on for *months*.
René Studer 3 years ago
Most of these are pretty obvious to people with an IQ above room temperature.
Jared Robbins 2 years ago
I've been a roofer for over 20 years, I've also worked in a few different states, so I know there are things that are done differently in different climates. However, while in Ohio we had a job where a homeowner had their roof redone and decided to add 4 drywall screws to the bottom of each shingle, front and back, of the house. New homeowner has leaked everywhere because the screws rusted through. The plywood had, obviously, hundreds of nail holes, but also hundreds of screw holes and almost had to replace all of the plywood. I think if we were in a different place where inspections are done, the cost would have doubled for that job. You can't put holes in your roof and not expect it to leak! The asphalt adhesive on the shingles is more than strong enough to keep it from blowing off, even in hurricane strength winds. Do yourself a favor, call a professional for your roofing problems and don't forget you have one!
Yolanda Kirton-Appleby 2 years ago
In response to the male nurse, u r ofcourse right but stating previous professions as paramedic or military medic does not preclude u from being gay. Guess what paramedics and military medics can be gay too.
Sonja 2 years ago (edited)
Call center agent. No we don't sit around all day waiting for someone to call. The calls come back on back and the expected productive time is at least 85-90%, which is higher than in any other job. It's also not work any trained ape could do or just reading scripts. It's very demanding work that requires quick thinking and high ability to adapt to rapidly changing processes. You need a perfect understanding of what the company does and which department does what, you need to know all processes and the general terms of service or at least be able to find information very quickly. The average call times are mere minutes after all. 3-6 minutes average handling times are not uncommon. You need to be able to type fast while listening and route correctly. You need high affinity to different software. It's hard and demanding work. During COVID I saw lots of 'skilled professionals' trying to use cs jobs as an easy way to bridge tempor unemployment. Most of them burnt out like strawfire.
Ash Conner 2 years ago
As someone who has worked in restaurants, I would like to say that servers, cashiers and host do alot more then what you see they do. It is called side work. Nobody just stands there and that is it. It takes alot. Some restaurants exploit employees having them do alot more then their job descriptions and do not pay enough. Example, if a waitress is making 2.35 an hour but ends up deep cleaning, running in the back to help cooks, washing dishes, and then some. I am not saying everywhere does this, but I have seen alot. Also, I have worked at many restaurants that do not train employees on any health and sanitation, or customer service, and sometimes not even with their own procedures. Don't even go by if a restaurant just looks clean either. The front cold looks clean but the wait staff is buying tables and cashing out without washing their hands before running food to your table. Ten you can go in the back to the cooler and see raw chicken defrosting over ready to eat foods and more.
BravePanda 2 years ago
I am a clothing reseller. We don't "take clothes from the poor." I have an encyclopedic knowledge of clothing brands and styles, I find the most valuable items for resale and extend their life cycle. In the US, 83% of all donated clothing goes to landfill. The clothes that I find are usually one step from being chopped up for textile reuse, or put into the waste stream. There are a lot of great clothes that I don't buy due to low resale value, many of those items have another 3-5 years of use left in them.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Speaking from my position as a medical doctor? No, we can't tell what's wrong with you if you *do not tell us the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth*. If you do drugs recreationally, even once a week, we need to know. If you go to hookers, we need to know. If you're not sticking to your diet and exercise goals, we need to know. Et cetera. We're bound by law to not discuss you with anyone but you, and whoever yous ay we can talk to. You lying will only make your medical treatment less accurate, less helpful, and more frustrating for everyone. We *can't know* what we're not told. On an average day, during Covid, I'd see over 2 dozen people a shift, sometimes over 3 dozen, in an ER. About half would lie. Like we can't tell a needle track from a cat scratch?... Oy.
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
You know I’m with you on that one! Please tell us everything. We do not judge. At all. That’s not part of our jobs. We genuinely want to help you. If you have drug issues we definitely need to know. If you’re having surgery we need to know so we can keep you comfortable. We have pain control specialists, so there are plenty of ways we can do that. Also, if we aren’t aware that withdrawal could be an issue, we need to know that. If you aren’t truthful about how much you drink, and we encounter withdrawal we and you are going to have a serious, possibly life threatening issue. We aren’t going to judge. What we are going to do is give you medications before and after surgery that prevent withdrawl. We will thank you profusely for telling us.
Load More Replies... Little Wonder 3 years ago
Moderator. No your comment wasn't removed to hide your opinion, to censor you or because the company is hiding the truth about poor service or products - it's entirely because you said f**k. Don't say f**k, and repost.
Owen Jarvis 3 years ago
Just add my own asterisks now. I don't want to offend anyone, and everyone that isn't offended knows what I'm saying anyway.
Load More Replies... Charles Whittaker 3 years ago
As a bus driver, can I say we don’t know what happened to the bus in front and we don’t know when your bus will arrive (if we say ‘it’s right behind’ that’s because we need to get on our way. Also the chances of us knowing street names are slim as we’re unlikely to live there and there’s a lot of streets on the many routes we drive. Oh and if you hit your head on the mirror on your way out, please put it back
Brindle Nutter 3 years ago
I'm a paralegal at a firm, but I don't like letting people know. No I can't do your divorce for you, no I can't predict the outcome of your cousins criminal trial, no I can't make Jethro pay you back for the weed to got from you....also, im not a licensed attorney I'm the help.
Robert Rosen 2 years ago
Why are the woman and her dog in number 15 sitting in the middle of train tracks
No Name 2 years ago (edited)
Astronomy/astrophysics is not spending your nights physically peering through a telescope and mapping or cataloging by hand. Those days are more than a century gone. These days it's about 50% ad hoc programming and 50% slogging through writing that makes you want to claw your eyes out. You second guess and double check and very often cite every clause of every sentence, so it's impossible to keep your train of thought from derailing every other minute. And that state goes on for *months*.
René Studer 3 years ago
Most of these are pretty obvious to people with an IQ above room temperature.
Jared Robbins 2 years ago
I've been a roofer for over 20 years, I've also worked in a few different states, so I know there are things that are done differently in different climates. However, while in Ohio we had a job where a homeowner had their roof redone and decided to add 4 drywall screws to the bottom of each shingle, front and back, of the house. New homeowner has leaked everywhere because the screws rusted through. The plywood had, obviously, hundreds of nail holes, but also hundreds of screw holes and almost had to replace all of the plywood. I think if we were in a different place where inspections are done, the cost would have doubled for that job. You can't put holes in your roof and not expect it to leak! The asphalt adhesive on the shingles is more than strong enough to keep it from blowing off, even in hurricane strength winds. Do yourself a favor, call a professional for your roofing problems and don't forget you have one!
Yolanda Kirton-Appleby 2 years ago
In response to the male nurse, u r ofcourse right but stating previous professions as paramedic or military medic does not preclude u from being gay. Guess what paramedics and military medics can be gay too.
Sonja 2 years ago (edited)
Call center agent. No we don't sit around all day waiting for someone to call. The calls come back on back and the expected productive time is at least 85-90%, which is higher than in any other job. It's also not work any trained ape could do or just reading scripts. It's very demanding work that requires quick thinking and high ability to adapt to rapidly changing processes. You need a perfect understanding of what the company does and which department does what, you need to know all processes and the general terms of service or at least be able to find information very quickly. The average call times are mere minutes after all. 3-6 minutes average handling times are not uncommon. You need to be able to type fast while listening and route correctly. You need high affinity to different software. It's hard and demanding work. During COVID I saw lots of 'skilled professionals' trying to use cs jobs as an easy way to bridge tempor unemployment. Most of them burnt out like strawfire.
Ash Conner 2 years ago
As someone who has worked in restaurants, I would like to say that servers, cashiers and host do alot more then what you see they do. It is called side work. Nobody just stands there and that is it. It takes alot. Some restaurants exploit employees having them do alot more then their job descriptions and do not pay enough. Example, if a waitress is making 2.35 an hour but ends up deep cleaning, running in the back to help cooks, washing dishes, and then some. I am not saying everywhere does this, but I have seen alot. Also, I have worked at many restaurants that do not train employees on any health and sanitation, or customer service, and sometimes not even with their own procedures. Don't even go by if a restaurant just looks clean either. The front cold looks clean but the wait staff is buying tables and cashing out without washing their hands before running food to your table. Ten you can go in the back to the cooler and see raw chicken defrosting over ready to eat foods and more.
BravePanda 2 years ago
I am a clothing reseller. We don't "take clothes from the poor." I have an encyclopedic knowledge of clothing brands and styles, I find the most valuable items for resale and extend their life cycle. In the US, 83% of all donated clothing goes to landfill. The clothes that I find are usually one step from being chopped up for textile reuse, or put into the waste stream. There are a lot of great clothes that I don't buy due to low resale value, many of those items have another 3-5 years of use left in them.
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