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Vaccines prevent diseases.

- a nurse

aaaaasowenyaaa Report

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Astrius 1 year ago

-Literally everyone with common sense

352points

Wild__Gringo , NPS Climate Change Response Report

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp Oceanographer here. Climate change is a thing, and we are causing it. We can see the effects. I have literally gone to coral reefs that have bleached and the reason is because the ocean has become more acidic. We did that.

Respectfully, get your heads out of your asses.

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Astrius 1 year ago

And yet the people who can actually do something don’t because they can’t see through their stacks of money.

285points

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp Dogs understand Always and Never. If you have a rule that they can't beg for table scraps, get on the couch or jump on people but you let them do it occasionally, they will never understand why you correct or yell at them. Also, if you hire a dog trainer please remember that about 80% of the training is directed toward the owner and 20% toward the dog. We just tend to say it in a way so as not to offend you. Some people just cannot fathom that THEY need the training and that dogs will simply follow suit.

Dark_Praetorian , John Tuesday Report

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773points

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Lil Potato 1 year ago

i seriously just saw a puppy and upvoted without reading the thing

213points

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp If the service you're receiving is free, then you are the product.

Nostromos_Cat , Solen Feyissa Report

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744points

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Astrius 1 year ago

Everyone should know this.

178points

As a CNA caregiver for the elderly, I'm not just responsible for your loved one, but likely 10 or so others. Im sorry if you or your mom had to wait 15 minutes for me to come, but that doesn't mean I was slacking. I was with another person or maybe 5 that called before you. We are underpaid and under staffed, I'm trying my best to help everyone, -not- just one person. Im not a personal caregiver.

Just wish people knew, they get mad and I understand, but I work my butt off and sometimes don't even take my break to help and then get told why'd it take so long.

Muzzie720 Report

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679points

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2WheelTravlr 1 year ago

Thank you so much for performing a difficult job! My mom had the best CNAs, they really cared and did a great job caring for her. Unfortunately when her short term memory started going, she began complaining about waiting an hour or more after she pushed her button for someone to come help her. At first we thought it was due to the worker shortage, but I made a point of spending full days in her apartment and watching how things worked, and the longest mom waited was 16 minutes. I was sooooo glad I didn't complain to anyone before evaluating the issue.

219points

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp Turning it off and on again actually does fix a great deal of problems.

anon , Gunnar Ridderström Report

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653points

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Lil Potato 1 year ago

wish i could just turn off my brain or a minute

222points

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp I'm in forestry: more trees does not make a healthier forest. Healthy, well spaced trees with inconsistencies make a healthy forest. Yes, it's necessary to remove trees to improve the quality of habitat and lower risk of wildfire. No, we are not all money hungry tree murderers.

Star_pass , Vladimir Ushivcev Report

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620points

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Astrius 1 year ago

There are so many aspects to the ecosystem that we simplify because we know not everyone will understand. It should be taught.

132points

Everything is a chemical.

No, natural does not mean it's safe or better

FrannyyU Report

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David 1 year ago

I roll my eyes when I see a commercial says, "And it's all natural so you know it has to be good!" Horse poop is all natural.

225points

PoniesforTheMan , Linnaea Mallette Report

#10

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp There is absolutely no aspect of shoeing a horse that hurts it. We’ve been shoeing horses for around 2000 years now and providing I do everything correctly (which is why we have a 4 year apprenticeship in Britain) our dear quadrupeds won’t feel a thing.

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552points

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2WheelTravlr 1 year ago

Horseshoes are also available with corrective fit, just like human orthotics, so many horses actually are able to live longer and much more pain-free lives thanks to the shoer.

294points

#11

It's not always the case, but I have worked long enough in the service industry to know that if you’re somebody that typically gets bad customer service, you're probably a bad customer.

djbyeg Report

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549points

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Mason Kronol 1 year ago

My MIL loved going out to eat. For someone who went to weekly lunches with her old school friends you would think she would have learned how to behave in a restaurant. I hated going to restaurants with her. Between giving the look of "I'm so sorry" to the staff and trying to sneak an extra large tip as we left I was always too anxious to enjoy a meal.

14points

#12

I’m a nurse not a servant

alambbb Report

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525points

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Gin Marie 1 year ago

Bingo, bingo, bingo! Nurses are like sergeants; unsung leaders who make everybody else look good.

113points

bartharok , National Cancer Institute Report

#13

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp Radiographer. People get x-rayed in order of need. Just because you were first in line with your broken pinky doesnt mean that you get served before the skull fracture

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Lyone Fein 1 year ago

This is also the case in the ER.

208points

#14

Defibrillators don't shock a dead heart back to life like you see in the movies. They shock a irregular BUT STILL BEATING heart into a normal rhythm.

JoeyFatz Report

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500points

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Michael Mckeon 1 year ago

And CPR rarely revives without the defib. You do CPR to pump oxygen around the body until a defibrillator can shock the heart into a normal rhythm.

167points

#15

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp Museum security. No I don’t have a gun, I’m here to tell you where the bathrooms are not take a bullet for the monet. No, no one tries to steal the artwork I have to be here because you absolutely will try to touch that million dollar painting with your greasy hands.

horribleflesheater , cea + Report

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462points

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PattyK 1 year ago

Actually, some people DO try to steal the artwork or artifacts. I used to work in a paleontology museum and all the exhibits were reproductions because people constantly stole things. The real bones were safely locked away. And of course, the Mona Lisa has a long history of people stealing it.

141points

#16

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp Anesthesiology: if you eat before your surgery, the chances of you dying or getting badly hurt increase exponentially. Anesthesia makes you more likely to vomit and since you're unconscious you can't prevent your acidic throw up from going into your lungs.

misteratoz , Navy Medicine Report

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448points

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

And acidic vomit in your lungs is bad. Don’t do it!

133points

#17

Antibiotics are not a treatment for common cold/flu

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miss miss 1 year ago

Unless it is bacterial. Call your doctor. Don't just get sicker.

32points

#18

Waiter/cashier here. I understand your food is taking a long time, and I genuinely feel bad about it, but theres literally nothing I can do. Sometimes orders get backed up, sometimes we have cooks in training, sometimes managers just leave during a big rush and we have to play shorthanded. Getting pissed off at me cant make the new guy cook any faster

Johobus28 Report

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440points

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Lil Potato 1 year ago

people who are mean to waiters/waitresses are the jerkiest jerks

240points

#19

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp Historian: "Truth" is always relative, dependent of the perspective of the truth-teller and always constructed in some capacity. Every source must be subject to critical assessment.

Butterjoelni , Taylor Flowe Report

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439points

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Kelli Pike 1 year ago

I think I remember hearing once that there are four versions of the truth: 'his/one' side of it; 'her/the other' side of it; what really happened; and the totality of all three comprising a complete truth.

99points

#20

Hospitals are a workplace for some of us. We also need to take lunch breaks and want to leave work on time.

BackBae Report

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415points

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VickyG 1 year ago

Humans man hospitals, with human needs and affairs. Much appreciated, frontliners. 🥰

103points

#21

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp ART IS HARD AND TAKES TIME

anon , Marty O’Neill Report

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398points

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AbsintheMinded 1 year ago

This only applies to some art. Have you seen some of that c**p that’s being sold on Etsy? Ridiculous

136points

#22

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp I got a couple:

As 911 I still do not have your exact location unless you call me from a landline. I have a general area but when I ask you to verify an address just do it. It helps us get to you quicker.

I cannot get an ambulance to you in 2 minutes. Surprisingly there are other people with emergencies as well.

I can not give you medical advice when you call 911. I can help you with certain things like CPR and EPI pen usage but not much else.

You cussing at me and calling me stupid because you’re speaking too fast for me to hear your address is not helping.

I cannot tell my crews to go in without lights and sirens. You called 911 they’re most likely comin in hot.

trikkiNikki-3 , Nate Isaac Report

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398points

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Con O Cuinn 1 year ago

At the same time, when I was screaming in pain after getting hit by a car, it was not appropriate for an emergency line operative to scold me for saying "s**t, s**t, s**t, my f*****g foot, holy f*****g s**t".

350points

#23

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp Work at a credit union:

I'm not asking for your ID to personally offend you or imply that I have authority over you. I'm asking for it because *I will get fired if I don't*.

opalesense , Georgi Dyulgerov Report

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353points

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David 1 year ago

This happened to me today at the phone company even though we had already logged into my account. I was GLAD that they wanted to make sure it was really me by checking my ID.

94points

#24

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp I work at the front desk of a hotel. I don't understand why people get mad a room is not ready at 8am when we were sold out the previous night! I constantly have to explain that check out time is at 11, and that check in time is at 4!! I cannot kick a guest out of a room that they are entitled to for the next 3 hours!

papergirl906 , ILO Asia-Pacific Report

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346points

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

People be dumb.

141points

#25

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp No, I can't diagnose you or tell whether you have naughty thoughts by looking at your brain scan. Also, if you were only using 10% of your brain, you'd be pretty much dead.

anon , National Cancer Institute Report

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339points

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Couldnt_find_a_decent_name 1 year ago (edited)

Then theres quite a few people who should be long gone by now

121points

#26

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp It is not a teacher's job to potty train your child. You need to work on that at home before they're ready to start school. Some classes have 30+ kids, we just can't take the time to work on things like that with your kid when there's 29 other kids who also need attention.

SailorVenus23 , jencu Report

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329points

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David 1 year ago

So true. Also other stuff like basic hygiene. My best friend was a kindergarten teacher years ago (she's retired). Some kids would come to school filthy, clothes smelling of p**s and they probably slept in them. She did the best she could but she had 30 kids in her room. I think it got so bad with a couple (brother / sister) that she ended up keeping some spare clothes in a backpack and would rotate them out and wash them. It's the parent's job but she loved the kids and tried to do right by them.

154points

E Menendez 1 year ago (edited)

In the U.S. they would be obligated to report the neglect. Teachers are obligated reporters of suspected abuse of children (so are healthcare workers). And neglect is abuse.

55points

Sonja 1 year ago

Then she should have alerted authorities. This is child abuse.

21points

Janet Graham 1 year ago

I went to school with a kid in 1st and 2nd grade. He came from a large and poor family. The nuns would take him to the convent at lunchtime. They would feed him, give him a shower and dress him in fresh clothes. Every day!

12points

Nitka Tsar 1 year ago

In Germany kids need to go to the doctor at least once a year (depending on the age) to see if they are developing as they should, if they have any issues (like being color blind) and if they are treated right at home. Failing to show up at your appointments will result in a visit from child protective services. You will get a letter by post, when it‘s time to make an appointment.

10points

David 1 year ago

My kids are grown so maybe someone else in US with younger kids can confirm - but I believe how it works here is kids go to a private doctor (like whoever their doctor is) and doctor signs a form re having given them a physical. I know it is needed for sports. I THINK it is needed for just being a student - at least in certain years - but I am not positive. There are usually also other requirements like proof of vaccinations. Overall though Germany's system might be more strict.

4points

Wondering Alice 1 year ago

As very very sad as this is, there are plenty of us in education still doing this for kids in their teens. And before anyone says you should report it - you can bet it has been reported repeatedly for years. I'm not just talking a bit wiffy, I mean eye streaming pee smell. Lockdown has made it all so much more common too.

4points

Azure Adams 1 year ago

that actually sounds like a CPS call for neglect and yes teachers are mandated reports. It's sweet what she did but kids in that situation with that level of neglect needs a bigger intervention. My mother was also a teacher in a very poor district.

2points

Katie the Koala 1 year ago

Those poor kids :’(

2points

Nykky 1 year ago

Did she get a bunch of gifts? I hope she got a bunch of gifts. Or raises.

0points

StrangeOne 1 year ago

I have a kid (now adult) who has a developmental/intellectual disability and she ended up being a bit late on figuring out the whole idea of going to the bathroom on a toilet. She didn't like sitting on the potty, and we all tried to work on it for a few years. The summer just before she started pre-K she finally said "I'm going to try using the toilet." like a lightbulb just clicked on in her head. We had a Baby First Home Visitor, public health nurse and other therapists helping us find ways to help her catch up with her milestones. So, we're grateful we had those supports and she didn't have to start school late. So, if you're a parent really struggling with potty training, it's okay and advisable to seek out help with professionals in early childhood development.

15points

Thomas Ewing 1 year ago

Don't wait until year four to potty-train!!

1point

Lil Potato 1 year ago

it is not the teachers job to raise your kid!

13points

Mila Preradović 1 year ago

I'm not sure about that; in my country kids go to school when they are 6.5 years or above, before that they go to kindergarten which doesn't have teachers but something that can literally be only translated to "raisers" or "the ones raising"; numerous times have they told us that yes, ofcourse, parental raising is primary and most important, but they raise the kids as well.

4points

Notme 1 year ago

It’s a joint effort.” It takes a village” and all that. But yes, home should do the heavy lifting.

0points

Max M 1 year ago

It certainly isn't the parents either. They are too busy doing drugs or doing career. Then it is the goverments job

0points

Debby Keir 1 year ago

I really believe that this is a 'modern' problem. Before comfortable disposables, the kid was wet and unhappy if they weren't changed straight away. Knowing what it was like to be uncomfortable helped the child to see the benefit of toilet training. Now, nappies are so comfy even when soaked, there is no impetus for either the parent or the child, particularly if the parent is lackadaisical anyway.

8points

Mason Kronol 1 year ago

Have things changed because it used to be your child had to be potty trained to start kindergarten in the US. Yes, accidents happen at that age so you might have to deal with that sometimes. I don't have have kids but my friends/family have kids and they are all potty trained by 4 years old at the latest.

8points

a penguin 1 year ago

Most preschools in the US won’t take children unless they are potty trained, it has to do with their licensing as a school and not a daycare. Also just makes sense. Problem is when you have a child with special needs and they are almost five and still in diapers and everyone judges you for it but we literally have no idea if he can even feel that he needs to go. It is a lot.

7points

Con O Cuinn 1 year ago

I'm 33 and I still remember that kid in junior infants (4-5yo) calling the teacher from the toilet saying "teacher, will you come wipe my bum".

6points

Cassi Lyris 1 year ago

Some kids do have trouble getting back there at that age though. That's no super uncommon.

7points

Shawnna Clement 1 year ago

My father taught at and inner city schools as an LDDH teacher. We made care packages every year with socks, underwear, T shirts and basic toiletries. He would also pay for a field trip to the local amusement park for them. Teachers are superheroes!

3points

Edda Kamphues 1 year ago

Can we please blow this up on a billboard.

3points

Ambry Petersen 1 year ago

How is your child nor potty trained by five years old? (It's understandable if they are special needs, but a regular child not being potty trained?) Most parents start potty training as soon as possible so they don't have to keep buying diapers and changing dirty bottoms.

2points

Elizabeth Van Oers 1 year ago

Our kids had to be potty trained to be admitted!

2points

Garth Bock 1 year ago

My sister is an after school tutor. She has encountered many disconnected entitled parents that have basically told her to make their kid smart and normal. She works with on spectrum autistic kids.

2points

Cassi Lyris 1 year ago

So, an old potty training tip I will absolutely swear by is letting your two year old go completely bottomless. Now, if you have a carpet this could be an issue, but I potty trained all of my kids in less than a week by doing this. They just have to figure out that stuff comes out of them and it needs to go into the potty, not the floor. No punishment needed, just keep an eye on them and move them to the potty when something starts happening. "But they won't stop playing and get mad at me for moving them." Then you put the toys up so they know that's not acceptable behavior. Duty (and doody) comes before play. Obviously they should still have a diaper on for sleeping. They should have the potty down long before starting kindergarten. That just saddens me. 4 year olds typically have pretty decent bladder control, provided they don't have any neurological issues. Completely inappropriate to think school is supposed to do this training for you. Oi vey...

2points

Surfing Panda 1 year ago

And so many more things PARENTS should teach their children. Like...manners...sexual education...hygiene...

1point

My O My 1 year ago

To all of you who are saying that kids have to be potty trained early. Is it practical? Yes. Is it necessary? Some kindergarten say yes. Is it normal for a kid to use the toilet late? Yes! As proven some kids, especially boys, are just a little slower with their developement and feeling the need to go; and everything up to the age of 5 is perfectly normal!

1point

Huddo's sister 1 year ago

Unless the child has a disability etc. And preschool teachers can help, but parents have to do it at home too. On another not, the picture reminds me of one of my two brothers and I sitting in a row on potties!

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago

Also, it's not the teacher's job to wipe little Johnny's butt after a poo. There's a reason your child is not allowed in kindergarten until FULLY potty trained.

0points

Heather Talma 1 year ago

What kind of class has 30+ kids? Is this what they're doing nowadays? You did not ever go over 25 when I was in school and very rarely over 18.

0points

Cassidy Hood 1 year ago

Mom here who had a child with a certain hygiene problem, no matter how much I did, saw doctors counseling etc. However, the teachers, school social worker and nurse worked WITH me and my child through it without any SHAME.

0points

Kim Kermes 1 year ago

Better yet, don't have kids if you don't want another full time job with mandatory overtime.

0points

Lauren S 1 year ago

In Arizona, your child has to be potty trained to start Preschool or be in the “3s room”. We worked so hard for so long in potty training. Finally we put him in a 2s room at 3 and a half. That angel of a staff had my kid potty trained in 2 weeks. I swear we tried. I read everything. I know an absurd amount of information about potty training, yet have never successfully done it myself….

0points

Maria Rodriguez 1 year ago

This is not 100% true. I had two kids in special needs schools that my kids went to school before potty training and they told me they would lead the training and they did it better than i would have. They sent home their instructions on how they wanted me to do it as they were doing it the same way. Both kids trained in under a month. I think that all preschools should do it this way the consistency is key.

0points

Carol Emory 1 year ago

While this is true, please understand that some special needs kids aren't potty trained until age 5-7 yo. If you are a special ed teacher, potty training and diaper changes will be part of the regiment.

0points

Lara Verne 1 year ago

Kindergartens don't take children who are not potty trained.

0points

Michael Sanders 1 year ago (edited)

Wtf is the thing on the far right?

0points

Ashen Brooks (They/Them) 1 year ago

there was a kid from 1st-3rd grade who always had accidents because their parents just started training them after they got reported for child abuse. thankfully I didn't think of them of anything bad because my older brother, currently 15, was 10 back then, still has them. (Autistic, no I'm not saying from the autism.) but we had almost 40 kids in the class, and it was really hard for this kid and the teacher, they ended up in a lower academic class because they always missed lessons. Just train your child, it makes it easier for everyone especially the child.

0points

AnonymousApple 1 year ago

It's really unfortunate so many kids have to be rushed into potty training when they may not be physiologically ready for it. :(

-1point

Josh Gilland 1 year ago

Parents you choose to have kids so be f*****g parents and actually raise your child.

-2points

acorn58@sbcglobal.net 1 year ago

Not since the overturn of roe v Wade.

8points

miss miss 1 year ago

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#27

Pets need dental care. Also the fact that they are still eating and not making noise does not mean infected teeth don’t hurt.

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320points

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Sexual Harassment Panda 1 year ago

I brush my dogs teeth every night.

71points

#28

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp A good bakery will have fresh products every day. If you come in the late afternoon, they will probably be sold out of many of your favorites. Also, if you come early and buy all of the chocolate chip cookies no one else will get any that day. The remedy to both of these problems is ordering in advance.

zellaann , angela n. Report

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305points

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Katrina Marie 1 year ago

You are thoughtful. Smart thinking. Not sure why I ever thought of this. But it's simple planning.

77points

#29

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp Don't try and guess the letters on the eye test chart.

The whole point of the exam is for us to give you the best vision possible, surprisingly enough that relies on us knowing what you can't see.

taste_the_sunrise , Les Black Report

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281points

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glowworm2 1 year ago

I’m pretty sure they know when we’re guessing. I get pretty confused and hesitant when I have trouble seeing certain letters.

92points

#30

A scientific paper/journal article does not necessarily prove anything, especially on its own. Lots of poor quality science gets published, and even good experiments are part of the wider research and don't mean the clickbaity headline is true. Journalists and people who argue on the internet take note.

spinach1991 Report

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268points

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Purple Bayes 1 year ago

And even then, we usually use phrases like “these results support our hypothesis”, we almost never say the word “prove” because everything in research is probability based.

116points

#31

The positive effect of environmental regulation on the air quality in the US over the last 30 years is so great and has so much data to support it that it should be impossible to argue against these same environmental regulations in a political arena.

mosquitoVScannon Report

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E Menendez 1 year ago

And it needs to be implemented in all countries.

56points

#32

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp Never write an email you don’t want read back to you in a deposition.

Never say anything bad in writing. I’m a lawyer who does primarily white collar and commercial/securities litigation.

Even if your email is not relevant or admitting wrongdoing, someone somewhere is eventually going to read it. For example, the other day I read 5 Valentine’s Day emails from the same guy to 5 different coworkers... c’mon man.

IceMan339 , Shane Adams Report

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264points

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Jilltdcatlady 1 year ago

Never write anything that can be used as exhibit "A". Advice to live by.

101points

#33

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp Lawyer. The biggest issue I see with the general public, and within my client company, is that just because you're mad, doesn't mean you're right. More specifically, just because you're mad, doesn't mean you have a legal basis to take action. Telling me your feelings about fairness, inequality, etc. isn't the same thing as actually stating a claim.

SaltLocksmith , Siavash Ghanbari Report

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253points

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Tharizin 🇺🇦 1 year ago

As my lawyer dad likes to say, „it’s not illegal to be a jerk“

111points

Shimmering_Penguin , Trnava University Report

#34

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp The horrific amount of plastic we go through in science. Also not all research is about curing cancer or other diseases (which contributes regularly to my existential crisis but I digress)

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250points

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Sexual Harassment Panda 1 year ago

Plastics are a huge problem everywhere

78points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

See Also on Bored Panda

Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#35

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp Call center employees really do not have the option to transfer you to the President/Owner/CEO of the company, no matter how hard you complain. You're lucky if you even manage to get transferred out of the room they are in.

Bunktavious , Berkeley Communications Report

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249points

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Stephanie Did It 1 year ago

As a former Executive Complaints rep, I can assure you this is true.

51points

#36

Esthetician here.

Biggest misconception I'm facing right now is the need for exfoliation. Y'all exfoliate way too much. Most people only will need to exfoliate once a week, twice ONLY if you have an extreme sebaceous output and even then it's a big maybe.

I get so many clients with a ton of constant breakouts saying, "But I wash and exfoliate every day!"
Well, there's your problem. Your skin thinks it's not producing enough oil because you keep removing it, so it over-produces. That's why you're breaking out.

Also I want to add, there's a big difference between dry skin and dehydrated skin. Dry skin is usually genetic, and has to do with your sebaceous glands not being able to produce enough oil so that oil needs to be supplemented. You can be a dry skin type and still be oily.
Dehydration is just that there's not enough water content in your skin, and really you just need to be drinking more water.
A lot of people get some dehydration like in the winter and start treating their skin as "dry skin" and end up with more problems when really they just need more water.

nicall Report

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245points

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Stephen Musial 1 year ago

Ii read that as "Electrician here" and thought dammmmmn, apprenticeships cover a LOT of ground now. (So be positive)

101points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#37

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp The strength of alcohol when measured Alcohol by Volume (ABV %).

You switched from a 4% beer to a 5% beer?

"It's only 1% increase, *right*?"

**Wrong.**

4% -> 5% = a 25% increase in strength. You're getting 25% more pissed.

anon , Paolo Bendandi Report

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240points

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David 1 year ago

In Hong Kong - first day off the ship (no alcohol in ages). I got a dark beer with a lunch. I was surprised at how buzzed I felt from one can. Read can - 13%. Wow Mr. Beer. For a beer you don't mess around.

85points

#38

Just because I'm an engineer doesn't mean I can fix and understand everything.

There are 40+ different types of engineering degrees.

A chemical engineer may not know how a bridge works. A mechanical engineer cannot clone you. A biological engineer cannot tell you how many cats you can fit in your house without the floor collapsing.

Final score:

239points

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Sexual Harassment Panda 1 year ago

So... how many cats?

189points

#39

Work in a hospital. There will ALWAYS be a wait time to be seen in the ER. A three hour wait is typical. There are always going to be patients who need to be seen before you because their needs are more urgent. Also, EMS is most likely bringing patients in that you can’t see while you’re sitting in the lobby, so those people will also be ahead of you.

olefreckleface Report

Final score:

232points

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2WheelTravlr 1 year ago (edited)

My nurse friends always say "You really don't want to be the patient that gets put at the front of that line" since that means you've won the current poll on who is the closest to death. Also, here in the US, we need to figure out a better way to deal with chronic emergency room users (edited to change this from incorrect term "abusers"). So many use the hospital rather than an immediate care facility because the emergency room won't ask for an up-front copay.

119points

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#40

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp Safari Guide - dangerous animals can literally be anywhere, including right next to the vehicle and you may not be able to see them. Don't think that you can walk around unsupervised because you can honestly be attacked if you don't know what to do.

TheBadGoblin , brando Report

Final score:

232points

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Max M 1 year ago

People are so safe everyday, that they have lost their natural understanding of the wild. They have never seen a lion before, therefore it must be a cute house cat, because animals aren't dangerous to them in their everyday life

87points

#41

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp When arc welding, you must protect all your skin from the light, not just your eyes. The light is the real danger, not the heat. Welding unprotected is like putting your face right in front of a tanning bed of steroids

chethane77777 , WorldSkills UK Report

Final score:

231points

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Con O Cuinn 1 year ago

This goes for mig and tig welding too. On a related note, if you're welding galvanised steel and you start feeling dizzy and nauseous, you have zinc fever. Drink milk. No idea why this works but it does.

102points

#42

I'm a translator. Sure, maybe you don't like my rates, but I assure you that your relative who spent a semester as an exchange student in Spain will not deliver quality work. Maybe you know a second language, but translation involves techniques more complex than knowing how to order a beer in Spanish.

tacosandmore Report

Final score:

223points

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Sonja 1 year ago

Ask the Swedish people about their translation of the Lord of the Rings and you'll know this is true! That translation was utter rubbish and they had to wait till 2017 until they got a proper one

60points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#43

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp If you leave any door open or don't clean you will eventually get pests. I regularly go to factories that have every garage door open and they wonder why they have mice. I also go to bars that have inches of syrupy goodness underneath all the appliances and they can't understand why they keep getting fruit flies. Exclusion and sanitation is the main form of pest control.

sk8erguysk8er , AFPMB Report

Final score:

215points

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David 1 year ago

I compost my garbage (food) a ways out in my woods because I read that rats will range about 300 feet from their homes. In other words, I want that food source more than 300 feet from my house.

70points

#44

All that white "smoke" you're seeing from the local industrial plant is water vapour.

el_muerte17 Report

Final score:

206points

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Purple Bayes 1 year ago

I assumed it meant the industrial plant elected a new industrial pope

257points

#45

That therapist have their s**t figured out and don't need therapy (we don't and we do and most of us have our own therapists and would be lost without them)

bibliophile_75 Report

Final score:

205points

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Lil Potato 1 year ago

me as a therapist would just be me crying along with you

48points

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#46

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp Graphic Designer here: We need a **vector** version of your logo, or at the very least a **large** image of it. No, we can't "blow up" that tiny pixalated one you use in your email.

Final score:

204points

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

They need your vector, Victor.

128points

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#47

Patient Transporter for a hospital here. If you have any kind of fall risk like possible stroke or whatever, we have to put a gait belt on you and make you use bed/chair alarms unless you sign a waiver. Otherwise, if you fall, and that gait belt isn't on, we are instantly very fired. Quit making my life miserable and let me just put the damn belt on. Providing for my fam overshadows your stubbornness. Where I work, if you are wearing a yellow armband, you will be wearing a gait belt. Men are the worst when it comes to this.

jdaaawg80 Report

Final score:

203points

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Heather W 1 year ago

The 1 time I had to have a gait belt I had the guy cracking up taking about how I must have Karate Kid skills because he gave me the belt. I crack jokes when under stress and a lot of medical people seem to appreciate it. Like the guy trying to put the ECG stickers on me and my boob was in the way. I told him he could just toss it back over my shoulder and he lost it.

160points

#48

Just because you signed up on the organ donor registry does not mean a team will run in when you die and take your organs. In fact, there is only a remote chance that you will die in the rare criteria necessary for donation to take place.

type40_2 Report

Final score:

199points

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Michael Mckeon 1 year ago

Then even if you do die in the right circumstances your organs are likely rubbish and can't be used

58points

#49

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp I am a grave digger. No, I don't dig the grave with a shovel.

anon , Nicanor Arenas Bermejo Report

Final score:

189points

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chrysanthemum 1 year ago

bp is not on the photo game with this one

155points

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#50

I can't make the damn milky coffee any hotter because then it boils and when you boil milk with a steamer it either curdles or burns, and then you complain and I have to give you your money back and/or make you another coffee that you will INSIST I boil

Final score:

77points

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Veronica Michelle 1 year ago

So much trauma from being a barista in my early 20s. If people wanted extra hot milk, the highest I could steam it without messing up my machine was about 183 degrees and that’s with a small amount of milk. Once it hits that level of hot, milk starts spewing out the pitcher like lava and thats not worth the burn marks or broken multi thousand dollar machine. And that’s just regular 2%. But it will still happen. I’ve still seen satan dressed as a woman pop the lid right off and gulp that down immediately. People are wild.

28points

#51

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp If you just exercise regularly you can prevent a majority of physical, psychological, and physiological issues. Source: am a physical therapist.

benfartsfive , Terry Shultz P.T. Report

Final score:

75points

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Sexual Harassment Panda 1 year ago

But exercise is so damn hard!

25points

#52

Astronomer here! We don’t actually just sit up all night looking at stars. No one actually has that job. Instead, like most things these days, I download data from telescopes off the internet that an observer takes for me and analyze them in my office. I have literally published papers using data taken by telescopes I’ve never seen.

There are definitely still some telescopes you need to visit to take data, but they are fewer and fewer these days.

Andromeda321 Report

Final score:

72points

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D Peterson 1 year ago

Sad. I'd rather think you are looking at the stars instead of a computer screen.

50points

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#53

Not every person diagnosed with Autism is f*****g Rain Man.

Also, I cannot make your child magically talk in a few months. Speech is not a behaviour that can be changed through behaviour modification.

Note: This is toooooootally just my personal opinion from working in the public sector. I’m sure there are a lot of wonderfully qualified individuals who have the time and skill to teach it as a behaviour. Most publicly funded places do not and I’m speaking to that.

Final score:

71points

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Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

I'm autistic and I'm sure as hell not brilliant with numbers. Mind you, I'm also very good at talking. Not every autistic person is nonverbal.

59points

#54

Mechanical engineers are not mechanics.

callmedyldyl Report

Final score:

70points

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

But the words are so similar…🤔

23points

#55

Pharmacy assistant.

Run out of your prescription for prescription only medication that you'll die without? We can't help you. We are not Doctors. Maybe ask for your prescription earlier next time? Don't leave it until the last minute and then scream at me for your error?

HGregorz Report

Final score:

66points

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Squirrelly Panda 1 year ago

Problem is when your doctor says he sent it in and the pharmacy says they didn't get it and you go back and forth for 3 weeks trying to get it refilled and ran out 2 days ago, what do you do?

54points

#56

50 Things That Are Obvious To People In Certain Professions, But The General Public Often Fails To Grasp When you take out a loan to purchase something, then you return it, sell it, cancel it, or whatever.... You kinda still need to pay off your loan. It doesn't go away when what you bought with it does.

iambookus , Frederick Warren Report

Final score:

65points

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

Wait. What?

15points

#57

Bud Lite spent a lot of ad time during the Superbowl shaming Miller for having corn adjuncts. Well, Bud uses rice adjuncts, and both corn and rice do little to flavor. They're meant to boost alcohol so that neither company spends much money on malt, which is where most flavor is derived from. That's the real reason they taste so s****y.

Bud lite also shamed mead. F**k you, mead is amazing. It's the drink of the hero! It's probably as old as beer is, too. It's not a drink for wimps, it's a drink for Vikings.

You should all know there's better booze out there than factory beer.

ViciousKnids Report

Final score:

57points

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Stephen Musial 1 year ago

Bud Light - like making love in a canoe.

32points

#58

I work in the financial sector.
Yes you do need to provide proof of your income. No-one will lend you huge sums of money without knowing whether you have the means to repay it.

Should have made it clear I am in the UK

RainingBlood398 Report

Final score:

56points

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D Peterson 1 year ago

Borrowing money should be a last resort except for really large purchases such as a house. Only use a credit card if you can pay it off each month. The price you pay for something goes up almost exponentially the longer it takes you to pay your bill in full. Carrying a balance will make you broke & your banker/credit card company/lender rich.

18points

#59

The "deals" you see, particularly in a flyer or Holiday Event, are most likely pre-planned deals. Some of these items are also bought specifically for that flyer or event, meaning the advertised price is the just the base price.

You're not savings as much as you think.

Final score:

54points

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XenoMurph 1 year ago

Still cheaper than buying on a normal day, so, yeah I'm saving money. Yorkshire teabags, reduced from £8 to £5. "Planned deal"... ok, but I'm still not paying £8 for it, so.... saving.

17points

#60

Your tax refund is not a mini lottery. Excluding certain credits, you cant get back more than you had withheld.

GeraldFord210 Report

Final score:

53points

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Stephen Musial 1 year ago

If you're getting a huge amount back you're having too much withheld and letting the government use it interest free.

28points

#61

I am a tech support.

We are not gods.

user: "My mail server is down"

Me: "We are aware of it. Its a general issue, one server is down. We escalated the issue to the people in charge of server and they are working on a fix."

User: "BUT I NEED IT NOW, FIX IT"

Floofyboy Report

Final score:

51points

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Stephanie Did It 1 year ago

Important PSA: Do NOT send the helpdesk the link that gave your computer a virus. Do not email them to report that your email is not working. Thank you.

23points

#62

Paramedic. We’re not “ambulance drivers” who turn up and take your relatives to hospital no questions asked. Nor are we here just to check your child over because they grazed their knee. Stop and think: am I likely to die if I don’t have this ambulance? If the answer is no, then you don’t need the ambulance.

refrainiac Report

Final score:

51points

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Heather W 1 year ago

Or just "Am I in any condition to operate a motor vehicle." Broken leg probably won't cause immediate death, but may make braking difficult.

55points

#63

Just because we can do it well, doesn't mean it's easy and you can just pay less or worse, demand it free.

markz6197 Report

Final score:

50points

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kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

Wow, what is this even about? Brain surgery? Rug cleaning? Gun for hire?

28points

#64

Don't have ANY water contact when wearing your lenses. Especially swimming. I get you can't see, but no, this isn't a valid excuse for threatening your sight by swimming in lenses. I'm not doing this to be difficult!

And no, just because you've done it for years without any problems, doesn't make it okay!

SmallFemale Report

Final score:

47points

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Con O Cuinn 1 year ago

Don't wear contact lenses when using any sort of electrical welder. They will literally fuse to your corneas

28points

#65

Hairstylist.

There is no such thing as a “regular haircut” or “typical little boy haircut” or things like that. These phrases mean absolutely nothing to us. What one person thinks is a regular cut another person may think is not. Please don’t treat us like we have no idea what we’re doing when we politely try to get you to expand a bit on these phrases, so you don’t have a haircut you hate.

There is no such thing as good, quality box dye so please quit asking for suggestions on that. The ingredients and level of control a stylist has with professional hair color will always out weigh any box dye.

In the same token, don’t expect to have healthy, beautiful hair and long lasting color if you’re using Pantene. Quit asking for my suggestions for “good drugstore shampoo for colored hair”. It doesn’t exist. We’re not just trying to sell you product when we say this. Hell, I’ll send my clients to Ulta for their crazy sales on professional shampoo just so I know they’re using good stuff.

Oh, also, you’re always taking a risk when you buy salon-only brands at drug stores or amazon. It’s completely possible it’s not even the same product, just a re-used bottle. Or expired. I’ve seen professional products on grocery store shelves this year that were discontinued 5 years ago.

athena94 Report

Final score:

31points

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DeVille 1 year ago (edited)

Not true on box colours, if it’s a brand that makes professional hair colour then the box products will usually be reliable and of good quality, as they usually use older formulas that were previously salon only before new formulas were released. It will not be AS good as the salon colour, but it is still good quality. It’s the user that makes the mistakes, in either application, or thinking that they understand colour theory etc. And there are good “drugstore” shampoos for coloured hair, they’re just few and far between and may not work for everyone. A sulphate free shampoo of any brand will help. Agree Pantene is truly awful and damaging, but we need to stop being snobs and recognise that a person may not be able to afford salon products. Too many hairdressers are indoctrinated by the brands, it’s frustrating.

35points

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chrysanthemum 1 year ago

Zookeeper. It's a lot of cleaning, patience, and physical effort. Not cuddling animals all day.

29points

K- THULU 1 year ago

Yes, worked at a small fauna park in Australia, and it's mainly cleaning up dung..... And the unholy truth of it, all those cute lambs and goats in the petting zoos?... They don't retire to a farm when they grow up, they usually become food for the carnivores... My rude awakening to that fact was when I cleared the remains of my favorite goat out of the eagles cage!!

15points

kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

Human Stool Technician here. So you flush a gajillion tampons and condoms down your toilet and then call me out to snake your sewer? Guess what. It’s going to take a lot more than talk to bring about world peace. “Plumbers: we’re deeper than you think.”

18points

Chucky Cheezburger 1 year ago

And grease, "flushable" wipes, cleaning pads, maxi- pads, money, credit/debit cards, drivers licenses, toy cars, bouncy balls...the list goes on and.on and on.

10points

Sonja 1 year ago

Callcenter agents don't sit around and wait for calls. It's one of the most active professions in the world. You have calls back on back, as soon as you end one call, the next comes in. There's rarely ever any downtime. If you work in a callcenter you'll have 100% work. The only time you're not working is when you're going to the toilet or on a break. That's one of the reasons why it's such hard work and people are burning out so often. It's very straining and grossly underpaid. Also when you work in customer service most other departments will think you're less important than them. My boss once gave the whole CS department three days off and made the other departments do our job besides their own to teach them more respect. After that they begrudgingly admitted that our department was just as important as theirs because no one would get any work done if we wouldn't be there to shield them from the customers constant demands while getting them the information they need to do their job.

13points

ADB 1 year ago (edited)

Then they implemented that virtual hold c**p, where the customer could hang-up, but keep their place in the queue - basically the system would automatically call them back and "push" them to an available agent when they answered. Then there were callbacks for various other issues too. So no real downtime at all. Yeah, was a call center sup for over 14 years - the job is no joke.

1point

T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago

Teacher from South Africa (government school). Screaming at the teacher because your child failed is not going to do anything. There are specific procedures that teachers have to follow when your child isn't passing. The department has to approve the retention and they will take everything into account. No, your child didn't fall because "the teacher hates him".

11points

Mani Lacao 1 year ago

Amen

2points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

MD here. That one about exercise needs its own caveat: One program does not fit all, and physiotherapists (physical therapists in the US) have told me outright they LLOVE that myth. It keeps them in business. In fact. Crossfit is their favorite ever exercise program, and they'll promote it knowing people will end up coming back in need of therapy. Much as we hate it, old injuries and DNA do affect how we can/should exercise, as does age. So... If it hurts, you're doing it wrong. No pain does not equal no gain. No pain equals... no pain. You *can* go gentle.

9points

Mani Lacao 1 year ago (edited)

I don't work in Air transport but I would assume If the pilots do not receive clearance from ATC, they cannot do much about it. It's not always the airline's fault either, and particularly it's not the pilot nor flight attendants' fault. I believe it bugs them just as much as the passengers. You shouting at them won't make the plane take off. (had terrible experiences with obnoxious passengers going crazy after the crew).

5points

Edwin van Stenis 1 year ago

Broadcast Camera-operator here, Yes I need to stand precisely here and no, I don't know when the game/ concert/ show will air ;-)

4points

VickyG 1 year ago

Surgeons don't put their arms up all the time and they don't drop metallic objects with a clink onto a metal basin, like in the movies.

4points

Becky Samuel 1 year ago

If a surgeon drops their hands below their waist then they have broken sterile procedures and have to go repeat the process from the beginning. A metal basin is not considered sterile, so again, if the surgeon touches it they have broken sterile protocols. If you work with surgeons that are ignoring these protocols then you are killing patients.

0points

A P 1 year ago

One thing I always wish people knew is that you can flush a toilet if it won't fill with water. If you have a bucket and a water source, you can make it flush, but you do have to pour a bunch in at once. Just good to know. Just don't waste your potable water if you need it for drinking

3points

brukernavn340 1 year ago

I think most of these things are obvious to the rest of us too. Also, there's a difference between not caring and not knowing (though they often coincide).

1point

Sawdust 1 year ago

Sheesh!

1point

TMoxraaaar 1 year ago

Interpreter - your communication will take more time than if you were communicating in only one language. I cannot change that. "Going faster" will take up more time because everything will be incorrect and need to be cleared up. Also please realize when working with signed language interpreters: The Deaf person is deaf. They cannot look at paperwork and watch the interpreter (i.e. "listen" to you) at the same time. Also sometimes the communication problem is not the language barrier - it's the people involved. If you can't/won't communicate then I can't fix that.

0points

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chrysanthemum 1 year ago

Zookeeper. It's a lot of cleaning, patience, and physical effort. Not cuddling animals all day.

29points

K- THULU 1 year ago

15points

kitten levels tokyo 1 year ago

18points

Chucky Cheezburger 1 year ago

And grease, "flushable" wipes, cleaning pads, maxi- pads, money, credit/debit cards, drivers licenses, toy cars, bouncy balls...the list goes on and.on and on.

10points

Sonja 1 year ago

13points

ADB 1 year ago (edited)

1point

T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago

11points

Mani Lacao 1 year ago

Amen

2points

Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

9points

Mani Lacao 1 year ago (edited)

5points

Edwin van Stenis 1 year ago

Broadcast Camera-operator here, Yes I need to stand precisely here and no, I don't know when the game/ concert/ show will air ;-)

4points

VickyG 1 year ago

Surgeons don't put their arms up all the time and they don't drop metallic objects with a clink onto a metal basin, like in the movies.

4points

Becky Samuel 1 year ago

0points