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Things you've only heard to be true might shine in a different light once you see them with your own eyes. This sentiment is vividly illustrated in a popular thread on r/AskReddit where people have been sharing the secrets about the industries they work in that they probably wouldn't have learned without hands-on experience. From car dealers to teachers and servers, continue scrolling to learn some interesting facts and broaden your understanding of the world.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) I don't work for Wendys, but they actually have higher standards for their food than anyone else we distribute to.

Their beef is actually never frozen, and they'll send them back if they get packed with frozen items. They turn away shipments for things like meat (in boxes) touching produce (in boxes), like they should but no one else does. They send back expired or off-batch produce (ex: their tomatoes are usually picked a couple days before the store actually recieves them), which they should, but no one else does.

I still don't eat fast food, but I like to see food quality taken seriously.

A lot varies by region because that's how food distribution works.

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

They are my favorite fast food, but also the most expensive.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Pharma industry. We actually are trying to make the best medicines, we don't want you to stay ill, and we're not hiding cures.

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

Should be higher really. Yes, the most satisfaction I ever got was the knowledge that some of the things I had a tiny part in went on to save thousands of lives. Nearly everyone involved in D development feels passionate about what they're doing. Edit: 3 million women, apparently, saved by one that I helped get approval by finding some mistakes in the analysis process that could have scuppered it (numbers were right, but the process had not been followed correctly, could have had the trial thrown out if it were noticed later). Small cogs and all that, but 3 million women!

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Your rank within it can heavily influence the number of secrets you learn about your industry. A 2024 survey revealed that executives are 2.5 times more likely than entry-level employees to trust their CEO’s transparency about what’s really going on within their organization.

On the other hand, associates tend to trust their coworkers more than leadership, feeling more in tune with the pulse of the workplace from a peer perspective.

Notably, job level emerged as a more powerful predictor of these trends than income.
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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Your call isn’t really important to us.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) TV commercials really ARE louder than the programs.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) The reading level of most teenagers is far, far worse than most of the country (US) realizes.

Teacher.

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

All you have to do to know that is to read something on social media. Especially sound alike but spelled differently: break vs brake, or sound alike: biased vs based. Auto-correct isn't responsible for most of the errors even though everyone blames it! The state of spelling in the US ia appalling

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We got in touch with the author of the post, and they shared that the idea to ask Redditors this question came from a simple desire to rack up internet points.

"I was thinking of 'karma farming,' so I posted multiple NSFW questions," F_the_Market told Bored Panda. "And this one simply received the most attention (I deleted the other questions)."

The resulting discussion proves that even a playful question can spark meaningful, thought-provoking conversations among strangers online if you strike the right note.
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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Work in pharmacy.

We get calls every day from patients asking for ways to make their medications last longer, skip doses, etc. Because they can't afford their meds until they stop calling because they skipped 1 too many doses.

And we know this is happening and there is nothing we can do about it.

I've taken one of those calls told a patient that if they don't take their medications as directed, THEY WILL DIE only for them to ask what their odds are of living without food. Only to go back to the register and continue getting patients their medication.

It sucks a lot.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) I work in product development. No one is bringing manufacturing back to US from China. If they’re forced to leave, they’re going to Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Mexico etc.

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

It's very, very hard at the moment for manufactures in other countries to compete with China, so despite boastful claims by US politicians, I think many -- if not most -- products coming into the country will continue to be made in China for the foreseeable future.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) As my old head chef Frank used to say "the only difference between a $15 plate and a $30 plate is a half stick of butter."

He was right.

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

Working in fine dining with super wealthy people once upon a time I can say you can serve up any old c**p for a massive price and they'll say it was amazing.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) This one will be obvious to most people, but it wasn't to me at the time:

**Not all doctors are good at their jobs.**

I use to assume that doctors were held to such a high standard that they were all fairly competent. This isn't true.

I would recommend asking someone in the field who they would recommend for their own family before picking a surgeon.

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

Definitely! As a med-surg RN, I've had patients that have asked about who is good for back surgery. It will get you the most honest answer if you don't tell us that you're already consulting with someone - or, if you ask us who we would have do the surgery for ourselves. Where I work, two of the surgeons pump out the most patient volumes for back surgery - one is neurosurg, one is ortho. Rave reviews and speedy recoveries with the neurosurgeon... lots of blood loss and rough recoveries with the ortho surgeon (we've all kind of dubbed him the butcher amongst ourselves). If you bring up your intended surgeon and staff seem familiar with but not really excited to volunteer feedback about their patient outcomes (or that it's who they would personally use), then it wouldn't hurt to look around some more...

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F_the_Market said that they themselves only managed to get through a few dozen answers before being flooded by an overwhelming number of responses.

As they tried to keep up, they quickly realized the depth and variety of the answers far exceeded their expectations. "The ones I did see were incredible and very personalized," F_the_Market explained.

The Redditor said what initially seemed like a lighthearted attempt at "karma farming" turned into something much more meaningful, and they appreciated the glimpse they got into the inner workings of various fields that many don't consider until they ask.
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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) A lot of commercial garden centers pump their plants full of fertilizer before they sell it so it looks the best. Usually so much so that they die or it severely causes harm after a while. Buy locally or go to a legit nursery where they actually care about the quality of their products.


Environmental Technician at a Native Plant Nursery.

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

Always go to a nursery, the plants will be better, cheaper, and the staff will know what they’re talking about

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Turning it off and back on again will fix 95% of all software issues.

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

When it comes to Windows computers, use the restart option over the shut down. A good number of users have not deactivated the "fast startup" option (it's on by default), where the computer saves a hibernation state file that activates on startup. The issue will be quite likely still present on the hibernation state as the computer hasn't properly shut down. Restarting will clear everything even on a fast startup set computer.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Chewy will send you flowers and a card in condolences for your deceased pet when you cancel their food prescriptions.

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

When I called to see if I could cancel an order because I knew my cat would die before it came, the agent spent 30 minutes on the phone with me.

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The fact that 7 in 10 American workers reported disruptive change within their organization in the last year also doesn't help their trust in each other, the organization, and, in turn, the industries. According to a nationally representative Gallup survey of 18,665 people, 20 percent cite a large or very large extent of change. These changes range from restructuring efforts to shifting return-to-office expectations to new leadership and more.

However, while difficulties often affect frontline workers, in the current business environment, leaders and managers are 56% more likely to experience extensive disruptive change in their organization.
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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Things that you buy that come in “eco-friendly” packaging are first removed from their regular plastic packaging and then put back into the new packaging. It’s actually a double waste.

The places they get their inventory from overseas are not using eco friendly packaging. Go to a container shipyard, everything is shipped to minimize cost.

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

Goods shipped overseas needs protection against the humid environment, so plastic is not a surprising choice. True, there is a kind of "eco-friendly" packaging for that too, like specially treated cardboard, but it can not be used for everything. And minimising the transport cost, is usually related with the increase of density and shipping more parts in the same volume; is this not good for environment too, by reducing the pollution?

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Anyone giving stock advice is basically reading a horoscope. If they had the ability to pick superior investments, they'd do it themselves and not talk about it.

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

That's exactly what advice is! Analysis and forecast based on past performance (or experience), ultimately it's your decision what/when/if to invest. They do use if for themselves, but commision is where they make a living. The issue is that in most cases, you need to invest an obscene amount, in a large portfolio, for a long time, to have a decent return.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) This is not a secret but isn’t well known:

Getting an ambulance ride doesn’t get you seen at the hospital faster. They just triage you (sort you by severity) like everyone else. You can get an ambulance ride for a broken finger and then sit in the waiting room for 6 hours, having just wasted the money on an ambulance.

Call an uber or get driven/drive yourself.

Edit: Yes people, if you’re having an emergency definitely DO call and ambulance, and you probably WILL get seen right away.

However, you’re not being seen right away BECAUSE you took the ambulance, you’re being seen right away because you’re critically ill/injured. If someone were to drive you while you’re having a heart attack (which I DO NOT recommend) then you would be seen right away as well. It’s an injury severity thing not an ambulance vs taxi thing.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Sometimes when a job is posted and the requirements are unrealistic, that’s because they already have someone that needs to be promoted to that specific position and they simply tailor that job ad so only that person qualifies even if hundreds of people apply.

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

For auditors purposes some public companies, government and charities jobs must be advertised to the general public even though it'll be for sure recruited internally.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) In d**g commercials, that huge long list of potential side effects is meant to offer fair balance to the positive claims in the ad. ANYTHING that happened to the people in the trial has to be listed. I once worked on a d**g given to people after they've had liver transplants. Liver transplants are often necessary because of the damage of hepatitis, which can be a consequence of illegal d**g use and needle sharing. Ergo, many of the patients in the trial had led rough lives. Three died during the trial period, which means "death" had to be listed among the potential side effects. Except one was shot and two died in car accidents. Nothing whatsoever to do with the d**g.

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

It's like reading a list of potential side effects to a patient when they ask. Yes, if it's for a laxative, two of the side effects are going to be "constipation" and "diarrhea". Because - (1) if you're taking it - you're either constipated to begin with or at risk for becoming constipated ...and it was likely that way during trials, so here it is on the list... and (2) it's a f*****g laxative, diarrhea will always be a possibility.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Corporate consultant here. Probably not that big of a secret, but most executives are unqualified for their jobs and were placed there due to cronyism or nepotism; most job titles and roles in the middle are b******t, and nearly all work in a company is done by individual contributors. In other words, the people making the stuff are getting robbed by the people who don't know how to make anything.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Carpenter here!

After a 8 years of framing houses, 3 as a foreman, and now 3 years of trim carpentry, Iv realized that the vast majority of houses aren’t built to code, or are just slapped together with the cheapest products.

Most inspectors aren’t willing to crawl around in the roofs, and won’t look in the subfloor, and plenty of contractors know this. They will take shortcuts, splice things together or will block off and hide s****y work.

If you have an island in your kitchen that has been framed, there is a phenomenal chance that you have some pizza crusts, Modelo bottles, or a p**s bottle hidden inside. Drywallers seem to hate walking their trash to the dumpster.

100 year old houses are a thing of the past.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Nurse patient ratios are too high in most of the country. Lower nurse patient ratios are associated with shorter length of stay, lower readmission rates and lower mortality rates. Nurses who have less patients give better care and their patients are literally less likely to die. But there are only a few states in the US that have legally mandated nurse patient ratios. (I think only California and Oregon.) In other states, many nurses have too many patients. They have too many tasks to complete in too little time; and this is why nurses are burning out in droves and leaving the profession–because they feel like they are drowning. They are performing complex, technical tasks under significant time pressure with a high degree of liability and it is highly stressful. 17% of nurses quit within their first year. 56% quit within five years.

Also medical error kills somewhere between 250,000 - 400,000 people a year in the US. No one knows the exact number as medical errors tend to be underreported. Because who wants to admit they may have killed a patient and throw away their lucrative career that they slaved away in school for many years to achieve?

People are horrified when a single jumbo jet crashes and 500 lives are lost. And it is a big news story with lots of coverage when it happens. But the conservative estimate of 250,000 lives lost each year due to medical error is the equivalent of 500 jumbo jets crashing every single goddamn year– and no one talks about it. Not a peep. It is happening silently in hospitals all over the country, including the one in your town. This issue is highly underreported.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) In the storage industry the staff have to go through abandoned units and check for any dangerous or illegal items and remove any personal possessions before the unit is sold.

Not only are there no surprises, cash is also removed to recover the debt before the unit is sold.

Storage wars style shows are fabricated on lies 😅

Also 95% of units have very little of value in them, if someone had thousands in value in storage they would come and pay their bill.

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

Yeah, the likelihood of enough people for seasons-worth of television, suddenly dying or otherwise vanishing with outstanding debts but tons of liquid assets in storage, is infintesimal. If I were the storage industry, I'd absolutely have any abandoned units cleared for valuables, THEN I'd sell the right to 'open it' to TV show idiots.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) I work in visual effects for tv and film. Most people that assumes big explosions and such, which it is, but a lot of it is cosmetic fixes and de-aging for the stars.

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

My friend's work was to put the flash in front of guns during action scenes

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) I work at the Hershey factory. This place is really clean and does better in that regard than Lindt and other manufacturers most of the time during inspections but we have occasional dings. Some of those dings can be pretty bad (like standing water in a wash pit which is a big nono) so it makes me wonder how much worse those others are sometimes.

But really, if you ate chicolate lately that wasn't homemade, we probably have the most sterile and clean candy. Even if the ingredient quality isn't the highest.

We also dont use spoiled milk of any kind. We take raw milk and turn it into Sweet Condensed Milk and the process of cooking it scalds the milk for a very slight sour taste that some claim to taste.

Also, yeah, all our incredients are quite cheap, but our milk is really high quality and locally sourced when possible. They usually dont have enough capacity, though, so we have to get some from Indiana. And the caramel in Rolos is 100% legit. It's one of the few things we dont skimp on at all.

Also that little number on the wrapper of each bar you can call to complain or praise is real. And management and factory workers see everything thats posted and what we need to work on to be better. So if you have any complaints or well wishes we actually see those even down to the rank and file.

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

I don't count American chocolate as real chocolate. Cadbury went downhill fast after being bought out by an American company.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Almost every company that gets an 'award' basically paid to get it. Look closely at industry awards and you'll see award lists where each of the winners either sponsored one of the other categories, or is a major client of one of the sponsors.

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

I found it out when I was approached to buy an award for my tiny business. Very expensive btw.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) I work at a milk processing plant. All milk is the same regardless of the brand. It comes out of the same tank…we just change the labels.

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

Then why is there such a large taste difference between some milk brands? My family will not drink Target or Walmart milk as it tastes off or sour, but Kroger and Aldi are perfectly fine?

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Worked at Best Buy. We were trained to categorize customers into segments. If someone was rich and older they were referred to as Barry. His wife was Jill and she was all about spending his money. There was the “empty nesters” group that were old folks who thought technology was too difficult. Then of course the “urban” couple which was always portrayed as black people were identified as “wants to keep up with everyone but doesn’t have the funds of Barry”

Edit: forgot to mention this was hard coded into your account. So let’s say someone came to return something out of the return policy. If I put in his phone number it would say BARRY 5 which means he’s the highest type of spender at the store and that I could make the exception for him. So yes, the store basically has a social score.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) That you can’t trust the "Made in x" label on items. A lot of companies have stuff made in china, change the label, then resell it as if it was made localy. It's not legal, but nobody knows or care.

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

yep. As a whole, we just need to buy less. The HUGE amount of thrift stores in my area is testament to the absolute waste we produce. I'm glad those thrift stores exist for my sake and I'm glad people are donating there instead of throwing it all away, but just goes to show how fast and much we churn through stuff.

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IT will absolutely slow walk tickets if you're an a*****e.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Many therapists need therapy themselves. Sometimes a lot of it.

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

I used to work with psychologists, and one lady psychologist (a good one) said that about 50% of psychologists become pyschologists to help other people with their problems, and the other 50% do it in an attempt to sort out their own problems.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Working as an data analyst across multiple industries. If you want bring the world to its knees, fix a way to k*ll Microsoft Excel. If Excel were ever to blow up or stop working for a bit, goodbye almost all departments across multiple companies.

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

Excel absolutely. I worked the conversion to euro for a big company so we had to identify all systems handling money. Ended up with a list of more than 300 where 95% were excel spreadsheets each maintained by one man & his dog.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) The largest US manufacturer of eyewear is a total scam. They are insanely overpriced and mostly all of the eyewear in the US is made using the same labs and they just slap a different brand name on them to create diverse product. The markup is anywhere from 500-1000% or even more.

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

Luxotica owns virtually the whole global eyewear market and virtually all the glasses are made the same way. It doesn't matter what label is on the frames/lenses, or whether you are paying single digit prices or quadruple digits. It DOES make a difference to the price/quality if an optician is putting custom coatings on your lenses for you (e.g. reactive tints), but the basic glass is all the same.

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Professor here. I’ve never taken any classes on how to teach. None of us have. Trial by fire.

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

In the UK we have something called the post graduate certificate in education. This is done by teachers after they have done their Bachelor's degree and it teaches them how to teach. The fact that they don't in the USA may partly explain why the US education system is so poor.

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Your professors hate grading your papers almost - if not more - than you hate writing them.

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

You have to write a paper on a topic once. They have to read thirty plus small variations of a paper on that topic, at least once per year they have been teaching. They are sick to death of thinking about it.

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Healthcare equipment costs are massively inflated in the U.S. For example, the batteries that go into the little blood pressure electric carts will cost hundreds to replace. But they are virtually indentical to the game feeder batteries you can buy at sporting good shops for maybe $20.

And those costs are lower in other countries. The manufacturers know they can inflate costs in the US far more than anywhere else. It is cheaper to buy a replacement xray tube overseas, import it legally, pay all the associated fees and shipping costs than to buy one here in the US. Same tube, same specifications.

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6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My sister works for one of the largest medical equipment company's in the world and she told me this is all BS, the costs for equipment are the same as are for parts. Some cheap home line products you buy on amazon are that way, but not the real equipment. The price in Japan, US, Germany, etc are the same.

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When financing a car at the dealership (this includes leasing) they can and will mark up the interest rate almost certainly. Unless you, the consumer, specifically ask them “is this the best rate I qualified for?” then they technically don’t have to give you the best rate. They can add as much as they feel they can get away with, then act like they’re doing you a favor by “discounting the rate”. The Truth in Lending Act states that if asked, they must disclose, but only if asked.

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

A better method is to secure a loan from a credit union before even heading out to car shop

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

Never take the dealer's finance deal. They have that arrangement in place for the mutual benefit of the finance company, and themselves. Not to help you in any way, at all.

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They make more commission on higher rates. Same in mortgage writing. Don’t accept the rate you’re given. Find out from someone you trust who knows the industry to tell you where rates are now. I processed mortgages for a while and saw firsthand a broker take an application from someone with nearly perfect credit and double the interest rate they qualified for, because it made them more commission.

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6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you ask, they are required to show you all the rates & finance companies that you qualified for/with. If they refuse, leave. They'll definitely be trying to cheat you. It's usually better to get financing yourself (bank, credit union, etc). Then you walk in knowing exactly how much you can spend and the interest rate you'll be paying. Dealerships hate that

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It seems like I did pretty well buying my used truck (14 years and still going strong!). The dealership recommended a credit union that took people with "bad credit" (I had bad credit because I had no debts and always paid my bills time -- thanks US!). Got a good interest rate for 5 years, then paid it off in a year (yes, my credit score decreased that).

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

Have your financing approved before shopping at least. Invariably, the dealers have found us a better rate.

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And always be prepared to walk away if anything looks hinky at any point. And if the salesperson or finance person or anyone is "holding onto the keys" of your current ride and won't let you have them to leave for any reason? Raise a stink (and then report them to the BBB).

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As a car salesperson, this is true, however, the rate cannot be marked up more than 2%. I personally do not like that it happens. Also, someone mentioned secure financing thru a credit union, which is fine, but credit unions do not allow the mark up their rates. Have the dealer attain financing for you thru a credit union and you'll be good.

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When I got my last car, the salesperson that we were talking to argued that there was no way my credit score was as high as it was. He kept putting in hard requests, and lowered my score by 10 points. He also tried to deal only with my husband. I just picked a different salesperson to talk to.....

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6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i love carmax. they have gotten me financed from places other than themselves and don't give a sh*t what i buy. i will never buy a car from anyone else.

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I was thoroughly prepared when I needed a new vehicle for my business. First, I knew exactly the make/model I wanted, so I was able to shut down the dealer's pitch right off the bat. When I got to their finance dept. I was prepared for that, too. I declined their initial interest rate offer and told them my bank could do much better. I even had the "paperwork" to prove it. They were actually copies of old customer estimates, but I never had to actually show them my deceit because they immediately lowered the rate to match my "bank's rate". I felt really proud of myself when I drove off the lot.

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6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you're qualified for the manufacturer's rate they cannot mark it up, be it lease or finance, so, if your credit is good make sure they are financing you through the manufacturers bank.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) The massive, professional-quality cinema projectors that movie theaters use... the ones that can project crystal-clear 4K+ images... the ones linked to top-notch surround systems that make movies come to life... the ones so big they have a giant exhaust hose...

...they have regular HDMI ports on the side.

The staff has totally ripped each other apart in *Mortal Kombat,* or explored a fantasy world in *Breath of the Wild* or blown away enemies in *Call of Duty* on the big-screen when everyone has left for the night. Or brought in some 4K discs and screened movies that haven't been in theaters in decades in near cinema-quality. Or loaded up a streaming app and watched a streaming-exclusive movie in theaters.

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

Having game nights, renting out theater space, or having discount retro movie nights could make theaters popular again.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Accountant here at big 4. We are still to this day cooking the books. When we get audited, there are times where we have no way of tracing it back so we make s**t up.

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

Price Waterhouse Coopers in Australia admitted to committing multiple crimes against the country. Didn't even get a fine.

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As a real estate photographer—almost everyone’s home is disgusting. You would think they would be in tip top shape ready for their close ups, but no. I have gone into stranger’s homes every day for the last 10 years and 85% of the time they are gross and cluttered. Doesn’t matter if it’s a trailer or a mansion. People generally don’t clean and their houses are often cluttered and messy. So don’t beat yourself up if your house doesn’t look like a model home. No one else’s does either.

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I have three types of clean. "Me-clean" (which usually means it's slightly worse than a dumpster). "Friend-clean" (stuff put away, which may or may not include dishes being done). "Mom-clean". I don't need to explain that one. lol

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Don’t get in hot tubs unless it’s your own, just don’t do it.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Teachers do in fact have favorite students.

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I think this depends on the teacher. It's a blanket statement to say all teachers have favourite students. I am a teacher and can confidently say that I have some students that I dislike more than others (usually the arrogant ones), but the huge majority of my students are on a level. I try to appreciate that each student has different needs, strengths, and weaknesses.

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Sometimes insurance companies will set “automatic denials” of insurance claims after natural disasters so people will have to resubmit their claim, thus reducing the amount of claims they have to handle.

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

Do the people who work in such places just not give a f#@k that this practice is cruel and unethical?

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The extra chicken nugget(s) or food in general, was not an accident.

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This is so true! I used to do this alot hoping to make someone's day with an extra nugget or a bigger fry. Just know if you ever get an extra nugget or something, that food employee thought about you when they put it in there :)

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My old professor teaches exercise science, once taught the military, did international research on muscles and was an ex bodybuilding champ, worked at GNC. His schpiel on the entire vitamin industry and more specifically the workout supplements is a whole sham. Why do think these supplements aren’t meeting FDA requirements? OTC testosterone boosters? Doesn’t work. A majority of the supplements don’t work (physicians can support this). Unless you are deficient, your body won’t be absorbing and storing extra vitamins and nutrients in your body; excess gets excreted. Two things he does vouch for are protein use and creatine use.

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I have never understood why vitamin supplements (the genuine ones from reputable manufacturers) include excessive doses. So, for example, Vitamin A 300% RDA (recommended daily allowance); Vitamin C 600% RDA; Folic acid 50%. Why give me more of the vitamin than I actually need? Either I need more than what you say is equivalent to 100%, or I don't. If I don't, I'm either going to just pass it out of my body pointlessly, or it might actually be bad for me. Also, why aren't ALL the values 100%? You guys are the ones making the tablets, YOU pick how much of each ingredient is in it, it isn't a ratio.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Not my current industry but most supermarkets price fix between themselves. It's known, it has been known and nothing is done about it.

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Price fixing is when a number of companies conspire to keep their prices artificially high, like, for example, they agree not to sell eggs at less than $3 a dozen. It's not just competition that drives the prices to be similar. I'm not sure if this clarifies this post or if it refutes this post.

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Video game development is a chaotic mess, it's a miracle that any game comes out at all—let alone with any amount of polish.

Also, audiences like to blame QA for bugs, but that's extremely misguided. I guarantee that QA knows about every bug in detail (including tons most players have never even encountered). The real folks to blame are management who choose not to put resources towards fixing these bugs.

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Not just the gaming industry. ALL software has known bugs. They get put into severity categories. Critical, high, medium, low (the categories vary by company). Critical bugs get fixed as soon as possible after they are found. High are typically fixed in a release or two. Medium only when enough big customers complain. Lows don't get fixed until there is nothing else to do. I've been writing software for the past two decades. I hate how the industry operates now. Priorities are decided by a "product owner" who has very little actual product knowledge. At my current job, there have been 7 product owners in less than 3 years. The developers and QA have an average tenure on the software of over 10 years, but we aren't qualified to decide what should be fixed. 🙄

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Maybe an open secret by now, but all those real estate reality shows where couples are looking for houses…they’re already in contract with the one they want before they start filming. The production crew works with a local realtor to find two jabroni houses to take the fall.

That realtor will be in the show credits.

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Your packages get the Sh*t beat out of them while they are being processed. Fragile? that means throw underhand.

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When I was in middle school (6-9) I got a letter from the post master general explaining that a letter to me (from a pin pal) was found opened in the trash and they would do everything they could to find and punish the person that did it. I still have that letter to remind me that some people do care about their job and the people they support.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Political propaganda. TV hosts and speakers don't believe that s**t themselves and are very cynical about it, like it's just a job like any other.

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Well duh all that matters if the viewers believe it and the ratings are good who cares if the host themselves believe the “News” they spew.

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“What’s A Little Secret That You Know Only Because You Work In That Industry?” (50 Answers) Utility construction, (primarily fiber) the majority of the subcontractors have no idea what they’re actually doing and are just following the instructions like it’s IKEA furniture.

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6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, I've seen photos online of some of the finished results. Squirrel nests are neater.

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Printer ink for home use printers is disgracefully expensive.

Printer ink for commercial printers is cheap.

Printer software for home use printers is rubbish, just re-skinned from the 2000's.

Printer software for commercial printers are fantastic, unless your with Mimaki.

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

Well, not to be cynical (hah!) but this is for a very simple reason. Companies will pay thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, to outfit an office with commercial printers. They will do this many times, PROVIDED the printers aren't a steaming heap of s**t like home ones are. Printer manufacturers don't dare screw with commercial printer quality or the companies will dump them instantly and buy a competitor's products - however, they REALLY don't care if one person doesn't buy an individual printer from them again.

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