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30 People Reveal “Dirty Little Secrets” About The Industries They Work In That Companies Try To Hide From Customers
World-renowned tech companies like Amazon, Google, and Tesla have managed to keep huge secrets from the public eye, whether they're about products, partnerships, or upcoming projects.
But there are businesses in other sectors that also keep their lips tightly sealed when it comes to their inner workings.
To find out more about the practices that take place behind closed doors, one Redditor asked other platform users: "What dirty little secret does your profession hide that the consumer should know?" And the answers came pouring in.
As of this publication, the post has 11.5K upvotes and 9.2K comments, many of which reveal what we common folks aren't supposed to know.
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#1
Pilot here
The whole "turn off the cell phone" thing doesn't matter 99.99% of the time. HOWEVER, it's that .01% of the time that we worry about. Most cell phones nowadays, like iphones and androids, dont operate on the same frequency as the equipment we are worried about, but its that one guy with the cell phone made in mongolia in 1996 thats going to ruin it for everyone. Could we spend more time going through everyone's electronics and saying "You can use this, this, this, and this but not that unless we are over 14,500 feet." We could , but A.) it would take forever and B.) You wouldn't remember it or get it right. So please, turn the damn thing off when we're landing the plane.
Flo 3 years ago
"oh but I cannot possibly turn my phone off for 30mns. What if I miss a video from an influencer"
DaFetus 3 years ago
You know there is more to devices then social media, a lot more. What I don't do on a laptop I do on my phone, 99% of my work today was done on my phone reviewing work my peers have done. Where I to take time off, I know I would hurt my team and need to be avaliable in case of emergency and yeah I will check every sound to ensure every child I develope is in good health and working as intended. Some of us have jobs and skills others do not have, and need to baby sit the rest of you.
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Ron Morgan 3 years ago
Aircraft Mechanic here. Nowadays, it’s more to not have more projectiles flying around, in case of turbulence or God forbid crashes.
tullotoe underfoot 3 years ago (edited)
No, it's for the one guy that has a device that looks like a cell phone, but isn't.
setsuriseikou 3 years ago
I know it's besides the point, but I don't think there were mobile phones made in Mongolia in 1996. Am I wrong?
Deidre Goodluck 3 years ago
There are not enough eye rolls for this comment.
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Kamal Kablan 3 years ago
I can't follow dumb rules. If it was dangerous, terrorists would just use those phones. So I always used my phone (frequent flyer) and we are still alive...
Jeff Brock 3 years ago
99.99% is probably a tad low. There is only one avionics package that has ever shown any effect from cell phones. And it has not been used in a very long time. The chances of your phone interfering with a plane's avionics? Zero
Pursuing Peonies 3 years ago
Well, yes, for the vast majority of people who get on planes. But there's probably at least 3 people (maybe less) in the world that still have and use that technology regularly. And humans are a forgetful bunch, which means they might not remember that their coveted vintage phone will (not might, will) cause an issue. But then, there's also a lesser chance of them using planes anyways, so it's /technically an imperceptible chance. Unfortunately it's the few who ruin it for the many the vast majority of the time.
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#2
The larger the menu at a restaurant the greater the chance your food was frozen and just reheated.
Monday 3 years ago
If it tastes good and doesn't make you sick, does it really matter if it was frozen and reheated though?
Remi (He/Him) 3 years ago
I'd say the exception is a seemingly large menu where the dishes are different combinations of their parts. (Think, chicken with rice, chicken with noodles, chicken and veggies with rice, veggies with noodles and so forth)
oddly_informed_raven 3 years ago
not necessarily the size, but the range. lots of different types of food, absolutely.
Nicole Weymann 3 years ago
Goes for "the more varied the dishes are,...", too. A restaurant that serves Sushi, Pizza, Burritos, and Tapas has to cut corners somewhere. That being said: don't make the chefs' job harder than it needs to be. It's unreasonable to expect each batch of Arrabbiata sauce to be made anew from scratch - so ordering something like that "but without onions" is both stupid and guaranteed to give the kitchen staff collective eyeroll and facepalm induced headaches.
Pursuing Peonies 3 years ago
That being said, there are too many "chef's" that somehow think that literally just not adding something to a dish that isn't fully preprepped (like the arrabbiatta sauce you mentioned) is "too hard" or "blasphemous" or something. I can ask for a salad 🥗 without tomatoes 🍅 and that should be perfectly easy to do, or a burger with no ketchup. But too many places think that's somehow too hard. That being said, anyone who asks for one dish then substitutes far to many things and thus creating an entirely different dish is ridiculous.
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Penny Hernandez 3 years ago
If you see a Sysco truck delivering to a restaurant, you should know that you're likely to get the same commercially made dinner you can at a LOT of other places.
Anthony Nizza 3 years ago
Large as in the size of the actual menu or how much food is on the menu?
madbakes 3 years ago
As in a wide array of different types of foods and the number of dishes listed
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#3
I.T. When we can't figure out why the servers crashed, we just turn them off and on again.
Šimon Špaček 3 years ago
Reboot usually takes ten minutes, while proper troubleshooting and checking logs may take hours and still bring no results (because there is so much data that you will miss the one important line).
Kevin Humble 3 years ago (edited)
And to be fair the logs persist after a reboot. So - Reboot to get the server back and working - then check logs to see if you can stop it happening again. - Source ... it's what I do for a living
Load More Replies... General Anaesthesia 3 years ago
Aha, the 'hard reboot' after PLOKTA (press lots of keys to abort), the age-old recipe.
Peej Maybe 3 years ago
The bit that takes the time is when the manager / end user demands to know WHY it happened, then demands you pile through day after day of logs to determine the exact cause. Of course when you do this, and tell them, they usually shrug, look at you like you've just spoken double dutch at them, and go off on their merry way.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
When one of our main guys went on vacation at work I was the one trained to handle the server and upload the sales to the client. That was a hard week I worked almost 20 hour days I would go home to sleep in an hour later I would get a call the server crashed. I would have to go back to work turn it off and on again and then go back home to try to get an hour of sleep before my next shift. My paycheck was awesome though. I'm just glad I didn't have to do it for more than a week because I was hallucinating by the end.
#4
Sign Language Interpreting. A huge amount of them are underskilled and uncertified. When they don't understand a Deaf person, they will simply make up a translation and the deaf person never hears it. It leads to a lot of hearing people thinking a lot of Deaf people are morons, and a lot of Deaf people distrusting and being frustrated by hearing people patronizing them.
Reinaldo Fuentes 3 years ago
And it's not just for sign language. I work as an interpreter and I can report with authority that the rarer the language, the more likely this is to happen. If there's a good chance other people in the room speak the language to some degree (think Spanish in the USA), then this very rarely happens. But when it's that unusual rural variant of Bhutanese...
foxgirl158 3 years ago (edited)
This is the field I want to go into; I promise this will not be me!
Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
Sadly, this frequently happens in court with disastrous results for the Deaf person.
Deidre Goodluck 3 years ago
Not where I'm from it doesn't. The certification process for all interpreters is rigorous.
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Om 3 years ago
wasn't there a woman that was arrested for pretending to be a sign language interpreter for the US police? lol
EpicWolfandSparrow 3 years ago
Yea, she was previously convicted too. It was hilarious to see, knowing more sign language than the supposed interpreter. So sad for deaf people tho😥
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$cagsy 3 years ago
Similar case but Italian (I think) and a poor translator. This guy was employed by Chelsea FC as a translator for their new foreign manager. As you can imagine, this manager had cause to give many interviews and press briefings and our man was there for it all. Some of these interviews were broadcast on TV and at that point, a viewer noticed that what the manager was saying was different to what the translator was saying. I'm fairly sure that this translator ended up throwing a whole boatload of football cliches in, like 'It's a game of two halves', 'I'm sick as a parrot' and other gems. He still works at Chelsea I think, but not as a translator.
Carly Romer 3 years ago
I’m Deaf, and I use interpreters frequently, and I’ve called a few out because they didn’t realize that I’m also an fluent lipreader/speechreader so I could tell when they were BSing what I just signed…lol
rodger coghlan 3 years ago
When i was training to be a sign language interpreter (back in the 70s), many interpreters were Christian evangelicals; They would not translate certain words and would attempt to insert their religious views into their translations. They were doing it to 'save' the person so they didn't really want to earn money - making it difficult for the field to become professional. A side not - the really big battles were over manualism vs oralism . the oralists did not want deaf fold to use signs but to learn to control their voices and read lips. Now they are teaching hearing children under 18 months to sign b/c they have better control of their hands than their mouths
Nika Strokappe 3 years ago
I think this depends where you live... In the Netherlands they are certified. And the deaf community will let their friends know if they liked an interpretor, and they can pick one themselves, so if you want to get the jobs, you better be good...
#5
Plumber here. There are so many things all of you are capable of doing/fixing around the home. I can't tell you how many toilets ive fixed, shower drains unclogged, leaks stopped etc. that took no tools/ or a simple tool, in literally 2 mins. A 15 minutes educational video on how most of the plumbing in your house works would lose me maybe even a few thousand a month.
Chich 3 years ago
Just had a plumber in for a day fixing "handyman specials". Do not over-estimate your skill level.
Šimon Špaček 3 years ago
There are fixes and fixes. For example, if your sink doesn't drain properly, you may just need to unscrew the siphon bottom, empty it in a trashbin and screw it back. In most cases you can do it by hand.
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JJ 3 years ago
I guess three things make people not doing it themselves: 1. They don't know how to (see posting above), 2. They don't have the right equipment and would need to spend money on buying it, 3. No reliability. In Germany you have to get certain things done by educated, state-approved work(wo)men - if not, your insurance might not cover a damage.
Emmydearest 3 years ago
Might I add: they don't feel like/don't have time to learn. Personally I'd have to spend my time watching videos, asking forums, to learn a thing I'm not interested in and then spending time to do the thing. And of course I'd need the tools. Tools can be expensive so, before making such an expense, I would have to spend more time informing myself about which tools are better in terms of price, quality, etc. Yes, I could find the time to do that but honestly I don't feel like it. And don't forget that yes, there's the "15 minutes educational video". But for a plumber, with his background of knowledge and experience, the video might be super easy, clear, straightforward. For an complete amateur like me, the video could be much more difficult to follow.
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Plumbing is one of those things around the house I hate / scares me the most and I'm most likely to hire a professional to deal with. Same goes for electrics. Don't try and gash something up based on a youtube video, unless you like floods / fires
Timmy Pillinger 3 years ago
Risk = chance it will happen x seriousness of the consequences If you get plumbing wrong...
sturmwesen 3 years ago
I only call a plumber for "landlord has to pay"-issues or parts like pipes that are in the floor/wall (which is mostly landlord stuff too) . Sinks etc.everyone can fix with a little information and you wont have to wait for a plumber.
#6
I'm a freelance copy-editor/proofreader. A large portion of the books in my portfolio were previously published and "edited". Meaning, the author paid someone to edit it already. Why then, did they still want/need to hire me? Because they were still absolutely filled with errors, to the point where reviewers would comment on the poor editing. In the freelance editing world, there seems to be no shortage of people who will take authors' money but not do a good job. Typically these are random people on Fiverr and similar sites. To avoid this, you should hire editors that come recommended by people you trust. If that is not practical, then you should at least get an editor to do a sample edit (of 1000-2000 words). Perhaps throw in some errors on purpose. If they catch those errors, or even errors you didn't put in deliberately, then they're good.
Wang Zhuang 3 years ago
Copy-editor here. I agree with this post. Everyone who writes material for publication needs a copy-editor. Everyone.
donna peluda 3 years ago
I know. I right manuals for are machines and soft where and always send to get checked.
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Notyomama 3 years ago
This is why my reading has declined. Buy a book off Amazon that sounds good only to find a poor story line and garbage editing
Memere 3 years ago
I've never bought a book from amazon, in fact I don't use amazon at all. Did you know that when people return books to them, they charge it back to the author? Then the author actually ends up owing money to amazon. Bezos is pure evil.
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Heather Vandegrift 3 years ago
How does one become a trusted copy editor? Because I constantly catch errors in writing due to my high attention for detail and grasp of the English language, and I'm always thinking "someone got PAID to edit this and miss this error! They should just pay me!" but I don't know how to actually get people to pay me to do it
humdrum 3 years ago (edited)
Nobody got paid to miss that error. (I'm a trusted copy editor.)
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BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
I do the same work occasionally in Korea but stopped taking jobs. The translations were so poor, it was taking me far more time to retranslate it all and finding so many factual errors, I stopped taking most jobs that were requested. Definitely not paid enough for my time
Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago
I have read some books where that should have happened, but didn't.
Randolph Croft 3 years ago
While software can do a lot, it's not great for dialogue or any poetry, and this is what needs real work by knowledgeable people. I've been a service writer on and off for years, and I have to run my stuff by at least two other people. There are some things a machine can't do.
Memere 3 years ago
I've been so tempted to write to authors & publishers about the errors I've caught in books, and some of them are major best-selling authors! One time I went as far as marking all the errors in a book & almost mailed it to the author, it was that atrocious. Decided to not spend the money on postage, lol
#7
The tops of your beer cans are gross. You should always wipe a beer can clean before drinking out of it, and preferably just poor it in a glass. They get s**t all over them during storage/transportation. They get walked on if someone needs to climb over the pallet they are loaded on. And don’t get me started on some of the s**t I’ve seen inside beer coolers. Disgusting.
Cans also don’t transport well on pallets. Cans pop/puncture and then that beer attracts flies which in turn create maggots.
-former beer delivery guy
Peej Maybe 3 years ago
Soft drink cans are the same. Likelihood is that wherever they've been stored, they've had rats running around / peeing / crapping all over them (and usually only the sides are plastic wrapped on palettes)
Paul Wood 3 years ago
Current beer delivery guy here! Wash everything! Shipments break upon delivery to distributors, loaders who make min. wage break cases and load them anyway, delivery guys deliver broken cases to keep from getting charged or don't want to deal with the hassle of paperwork at the end of a 14 hr day. The outside of your cans AND bottles are disgusting! Rinse and dry everything! Also, if you buy it cold, don't worry about it heating up again. Doesn't harm flavor at all. Only two things skunk up beer. Light and freezing. Avoid clear bottles (looking at you Corona!), and beer coolers below 35 degrees.
JessG 3 years ago
It wasn't always in a case though. It has traveled all around the warehouse first....
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Rannveig Ess 3 years ago
The same with soup cans or any can you open with an opener and have to pry off. If you drop the top into the food...just ew. Just ew. Ditto eggs. wash your eggs in watar before you crack them. There's poop and possible samonella on the shells.
InfectedVoiceBox 3 years ago
There is absolutely no need to wash eggs before you use them.
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Trophy Husband 3 years ago
This applies to all cans, but at least beer kills a lot of it. Imagine soda!
Leonie Verena 3 years ago
yeah, alright, but: as a person who's been to festivals for the last 12 years and only drinking out of beer cans there for 4 days straight each time and still living, I can almost assure you, you will not die from not wiping down your can of whatever. Yes it might be gross and I will not guarantee you for the off chance of that one rogue hepatitis virus sitting on your favorite budweiser can, but eliminating all germs and viruses from your life does you (and your immune system) more harm than good.
#8
High school teacher here: after a month of summer, I've already forgotten 90% of students' names.
Daffodil 3 years ago
Student here- after 1 month of summer I've forgotten 100% of the stuff I learned that year
Randy Klefbeck 3 years ago
Names are the hardest thing for me. I can easily remember incredible amounts of info (I am older and have a graduate degree......I normally get about thirty of the questions right, including answering before anyone and in the form of a question on Jeopardy! ) but man......I will just make up a comical name if I can't remember and let the kid correct me.
Oreo Tookie 3 years ago
After being out of school for 66 years I've forgotten 100% of what I was taught. Well, not really. I'm typing and spelling. 😁
Kusotare 3 years ago
The students' names you remember either bring a smile or a grimace to your face, too.
Marianna Sf 3 years ago
So true. And you learn their names first, because they tend to stand out. For good or bad reasons. :D
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Gunther Lepski 3 years ago
Grundschullehrer: Ich erkenne alle meine ehemaligen Schüler auch nach 40 Jahren sofort wieder und nenne sie beim Namen.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I guess it depends on the size of the school/classes. My high school we had about 300-400 students max. Most teachers remembered not only their previous students names (if from the last year), but often their siblings too.
#9
When you ask for your drink 'strong' at the bar but refuse to pay for a double, we will just reverse the order of how we make your drink. Mix will go in first then liquor last. You think you are being slick by not having to pay for a double shot and you think we are a great bartender.
Moral of the story: don't try to be slick with people who make your food or drinks.
EDIT: All of you who are stating that when you say 'strong' you want less mixer, are in the 1% of the entire population that expect 'less' mixer and the same amount of alcohol. The other 99% of people who use the term 'strong' want additional alcohol in the drink for free. That's a fact!
If you wish to order a drink with less mixer in it, order the drink 'short' and we will make it with the same amount of alcohol and will use less mixer than usual.
If you wish to order a drink with more mixer than normal, order the drink 'tall' and we will make it with the same amount of alcohol and will use more mixer than normal.
Local foodie 3 years ago (edited)
What does reversing the order do? I don’t completely understand this
Foxinamug 3 years ago (edited)
I think it's so people reach and taste the alcohol first (assuming the drink is not fully mixed), and so they think the whole drink is that alcoholic (rather than realising they're just removing the alcohol and will soon have a drink that's more mixer than anything else). So if it's drank with a straw they'll most likely put the alcohol in first (as the straw removes liquid from the bottom first), and if it's drank from the edge, they'll put the alcohol on top.
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Randolph Croft 3 years ago
I have never ordered anything 'strong' - it never occurred to me to do that. I've been in bars all over the world because I'm a travel photographer and I love booze. I have, on occasion, ordered doubles or just said, 'more ice, less mix' if that was an issue. I don't think my companions have ever done that, either. Very odd.
Richard Keel 3 years ago
A pal of mine will order his rum with "A twist of Coke" to ensure he only gets a small quantity of mixer
Stijn Kraft 3 years ago
As far as I know the amount of alcohol should match the drink/glass so it's always the same per consumption. Maybe except for heavy beers.
Niki Huffine 3 years ago
This is complete nonsense from someone clearly not in the industry. Bartenders make the drink YOU order according to a recipe and charge you what the business requires. If you order a Jack and Coke, you get 1.5 oz of alcohol and the rest of the 10oz highball glass will be ice and Coke. A double is 3 oz and more expensive. You can get that shot all by itself with a Coke back for the same price and the same amount of alcohol. You can get that in a smaller glass with a splash of Coke, or a huge beer glass with a ton of Coke, or you can get it with no ice at all...but you're paying for the alcohol which is 1 shot, which is 1.5 ounces. Period. If you order a sugary syrupy drink, you get that. (We don't need you to down drinks faster, because once you're drunk we have to cut you off as it is illegal to serve an intoxicated person.) What the customer WANTS, what the customer ORDERS, and what the customer is WILLING TO PAY FOR are not always the same.
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You don't have to be an Orthodontist to do orthodontics, just a dentist. Don't subject your kids or yourself to braces/treatment unless the provider actually is certified in Orthodontics. It can make the difference between 7 years of treatment that reverses itself immediately and 11 months that lasts a lifetime.
karen snyder 3 years ago
My parents could not afford braces when I was young. (With good insurance they were quoted around $20,000 for my teeth.) So, in my 40s I got 3D printed aligners with a scan box that uses artificial intelligence to review the progress. In 8 months, wearing them mostly just when I slept, my teeth were straight and white and it cost less than $2000. I'm sure the environmental impact was lighter as well. Unless their teeth are dangerously crooked, don't make your kids get standard braces, go with aligners. Better all around.
ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 3 years ago
It's more than just crooked teeth, there are problems that exist that laypersons cannot identify, problems with jawline, width of the mouth, bite alignment, etc. At least go get checked out by a professional before you self diagnose.
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Amy Broderick 3 years ago
Actually I got a lot of dental work and braces done pretty cheap but using my local teaching college and being a guinea pig for students
Celia McReynolds Tinsley 3 years ago
This happened to my niece because her mom insisted on going with the cheapest option. She wore her braces for 6 years and was still wearing them when the dentist they were using was arrested due to brandishing a sword at his clinic and threatening his staff. Nieces dad then took her to the only orthodontist in town and her braces were removed, molds of her mouth were made for the first time, and she was given new braces. Just a year later, length of time that would have corrected her issues to begin with, she was finally braces free. It is absolutely true that you what you pay for and when it comes to your teeth going cheap isn't smart.
Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago
Wait...what? This is like giving advice to not get heart surgery unless the person doing the surgery is qualified. Is this really an issue?
Upstaged75 3 years ago
Yeah, unfortunately your jaw/teeth can move back or change as an adult. It happened to me too.
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#11
Hotel manager. Most of the time the comforter is only changed when visibly dirty. Always take off the comforter and use the blanket in the closet, or ask them to bring you one.
Memere 3 years ago
I bring a king size flat sheet - fold it in half lengthwise & sleep in that, with a twin size fleece blanket in case I need it, and my own pillow. Of course that's mainly on the road trips we take for my husband's cycling events, but I have sometimes done it for trips I fly for. Totally worth it to sleep clean!
Alison Hell 3 years ago
I've read this before so thinking its lots of hotels...ever see a maid with a big a*s comforter on their trolly?
Load More Replies... Pursuing Peonies 3 years ago
Just seems like a lazy business practice to me. Like, honestly. Could have enough comforters/duvet covers to have some in the wash and some fresh to put on and some already on. You know, like most people do at home with linens. _Makes you wonder if it'll change at all because of the pandemic and the monkeypox outbreaks. Especially that last one since it's literally spread by touch.
Steven Meyer 3 years ago
Always inspect your sheets before you get in them as well, cause a lot of hotels unless there’s visible stains on the sheets were just remake the bed with the same sheets.
Haley Hardesty 3 years ago
as someone who works in a hotel i can say that this is disgusting and not true
Casey England 3 years ago
Did you work in the U.S? I worked in a a major chain hotel and the comforters were not changed after every guest. They were changed/washed if visibly dirty or once every quarter (3 months).
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I work in dry cleaning. One of the spotting agents we use is called digest, which is made of powdered cow stomach. The enzymes in the digest literally eat organic spots. It's extremely effective. You can DIY digest by applying saliva to food spots. I've removed blackberry jam from white cotton by just repeatedly spitting on the spot and scraping it clean. Warning: It takes a whole lot of time and saliva, and the process is disgusting--but free!
chad johnson 3 years ago
your own saliva is one of the best ways to get your own blood out if its fresh as well.
The Deez 3 years ago
This tip is doubly exciting for the vampires out there! A clean shirt AND second breakfast!
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forestgirl7 3 years ago
Retired wound nurse here, best product that we used to get out fresh or old blood stains was just cheap hydrogen peroxide. Please don't use it on open wounds though it's cytotoxic.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
My aunt is a nurse and she taught me the secret of a little bit of peroxide and sometimes just a little bit of hand soap
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Whodathunkit 3 years ago
I keep a jar of my own saliva in the laundry room for this very reason ;D
Mikey Kliss 3 years ago
Is that why mothers lick their thumbs and then rub that dirty mark off your face?
JessG 3 years ago
Turmeric is a natural dye unfortunately, depending on your shirt color and material, it might not ever come out :(, but, certain materials it will, and certain colors can hide it
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AnaBanana 1 year ago
To remove stains on any type of clothing/fabric I use Zote. It's a Mexican made soap and will literally get rid of anything and everything. Wal-Mart sells it and it's fairly cheap. My husband uses it to clean the blood off his boots (he works at a meat processing plant). I use it to get rid of any stains that washing will not get rid of. I use the bar of soap and hand wash the items for best results.
#13
Paralegal here. Was your attorney able to settle your car accident case for a decent sum of money from the other driver's liability policy? No they didn't. The f*****g paralegal did.
Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
This is true. Without paralegals, the entire legal system would crash.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I just read your comment to my mum, who used to be a paralegal and she "yes, I knew I was indispensable and there was nothing the boss could do about it" :)
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Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago
Except that's how it is in almost every profession. Were you impressed with that story on Dateline? The producer gets the glory, but it's the Associate Producer and Researchers that did all the work. Don't like it? Become the producer! Or the lawyer! It's the way of the world.
Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago
I'm not trying to be contrary, btw. It's just... that's how it works.
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Memere 3 years ago
Yes, paralegals do most of the research, but the lawyer is the one who graduated law school, passed the bar, and is licensed to practice in their state. All the lawyers I've ever known & worked for absolutely do their fair share of the work.
Pursuing Peonies 3 years ago
They do the presentation, basically. That doesn't mean a fair share when it comes to pay or acknowledgement (there are definitely exceptions to this)
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Pony Lauricella 1 year ago
A few months after my divorce was final, my lawyer's office contacted me and told me they were sending me a check for a couple hundred bucks. The paralegal had been overcharging clients and keeping the difference.
Steven Meyer 3 years ago
My wife as a paralegal, currently working on her RN. She by her due diligence got me a large settlement for a medical procedure that went wrong. It wasn’t a lawyer at all and in fact, the lorry was surprised by what she knew because he didn’t even know it.
P. Mozzani 3 years ago
I agree. I worked in law offices for more than 25 years. I did a lot of work as a paralegal and even as a legal assistant that my bosses would bill as attorney's time. Paralegals and legal assistants are the backbones of law offices just like nurses are the backbones of hospitals.
#14
I work at a living facility for special needs people. There's honestly a very slim chance that your family member would be abused by the staff. However, depending on where they are placed (based on a number of factors) it's highly likely they could be abused by their roommates and the facility won't do a damn thing about it unless forced.
Chicken Nugget 3 years ago
That’s horrible! And they don’t do anything about it??? I’m mad now
GramDB 3 years ago
Why not!??? No one will get in the middle of room mates fighting?? That's awful!
Load More Replies... iseefractals 3 years ago
So you're drawing a conclusion based on a sample size of 1: the place you work. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean $hit in the broader scheme of things. Countless news stories detailing horror stories every single year, and keep in mind that in this context, NEGLECT is also abuse.
Pam Kennedy 3 years ago (edited)
I’m an adult with a developmental disability and advocate who used to live in these facilities as a child and once as an adult when my medical treatment couldn’t be done without additional support. This statement is very misleading. If you define neglect, verbal abuse or sexual assault as abuse then yes, there’s a very high likelihood that someone like me will be abused by people we know in any setting. We’re vulnerable but people want to believe that we’re sheltered from the world’s ugliness. Many of us are not. And, we lack consistent access to emergency services. Our perpetrators and their enablers know this and get rid of evidence so they can’t be charged. Keep your eyes open. Ask us if we feel safe. If something feels off report it. Thanks!
Heather Vandegrift 3 years ago
Specifically abused, maybe not, but the level of sheer neglect that people in residential facilities can suffer is abhorrent. It's not always that the staff is cruel and uncaring, but they are almost always overworked, understaffed, and paid a pittance. If you only make $15 an hour and your job involves wiping someone's posterior after they use the bathroom, heavy lifting and hard manual labor... I mean, what can we expect?!? Pay people a wage that makes their efforts worth the money (instead of facility owners pocketing huge sums of money) and you'll see better care and less of a labor shortage. Went would I want to go to school for a CNA licence to get paid what I can make in an office job answering phones?
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
I'm going to have to disagree with this a bit. I don't doubt his end point is correct but after my cousin was abused by a worker at an assisted living facility, we found out that most of the workers have records and aren't properly background checked. It is a huge problem. Sure, the nurses may be good but the other staff may be lacking. If the nurses aren't decent, RUN and take your loved one with you.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
I can say that I worked at a couple group homes and I always had to have a background check. I think it's called a cory or something. I had to take medical first aid and CPR classes. Plus aggression control techniques. Medication management and testing which is very hard to pass. We also had to take classes on looking out for sexual abuse. We would always put people together in a room that we knew would get along and we knew everybody so well that they became our family. I really loved everybody that I worked with so I know there are some great group homes out there. Generally group homes are very small staffed and the staff that's there does everything. I know this isn't true for nursing homes.
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DrGirlfriend 3 years ago (edited)
Place takes 90% of my brothers fixed income. When I found him he was so medicated he could not walk or talk correctly.. after I questioned the treatment he was pulled off those meds and was literally back to life . He's laughing joking walking anywhere and all over gained weight started working. They did that because it's easier to deal with someone when they are catatonic.
Kevin Martin 3 years ago
I worked in multiple group homes and such for 10 years. And my sister and daughter live in different group homes. In my experience the chance of malicious abuse is slim. When things go awry its usually a golden heart/wooden head situation. Just as common is family emotionally/verbally abusing staff as a result of their own acceptance process.
Steven Meyer 3 years ago
If I ever had a family in a facility and I found out the roommate is abusing them, the roommate will have a pillow to his face until he ceases to exist.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
The Australian Royal Commission into disability showed the chance of staff abusing clients is definitely not 'slim'. Yes they are abused by other clients too, but also staff.
#15
Healthcare has become more oriented to customer service and satisfaction than patient care. Providers are at constant odds with administrators to balance profitable care with quality care which are polar opposites.
Doc Moran 3 years ago
Feels like 75% of BP consistsof posts from Europeans agog at how Americans can possibly exist without free healthcare, without efficient mass transit, and with all the gun violence. Meanwhile there's a healthy amount of us broke, unhealthy, endangered Americans from the bubble cities who agree with you wholeheartedly but are really sick of hearing about it. We KNOW. We vote for a better life, but we're outnumbered by fellow citizens endlessly voting against their own best interests.
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Brocken Blue 3 years ago (edited)
And yet my customer satisfaction is still nil… though the lack of good quality patient care is no secret for the chronically ill 🙄
John Dilligaf 3 years ago
the USA doesn't have a health care system, we have a health profit system. Any actual medical care provided is strictly coincidental
Mikey Kliss 3 years ago
Administrators want to charge you $200 bucks of OTC Tylenol. Insurance is trying to lower that by $50 bucks and passing that full cost on to you. Both are crooks
Jon Steensen 1 year ago
Yes, that is the general issue with for profit anything. Profit, and good solutions does not always align, and that is why not every type of service is well suited to be run by a for profit organization and why you need a government who is not under that kind of restriction to do certain non-profit but otherwise important tasks.
Sean Mackenzie 3 years ago
As a physician, I 100% agree. I am graded by my hospital not on whether I make you well, or keep you well, or even follow the standards of medicine. I am graded on how much you like me, which is basically did I give you what you wanted, not what you needed?
Bekaroo 3 years ago (edited)
I do believe this post is sort of mixing two issues: the admin pushing for more profitable care over quality of care and them also pushing for "customer satisfaction." But the point is the same. Quality of care and customer satisfaction will forever be at odds with profitable care in the US. You can't satisfy a patient that can't get the very best care because it's priced to be as profitable as possible and they can't afford it or will be buried in debt by it.
Carol Stephen 3 years ago
what is the difference between patient and customer here? Implies patients are satisfied with substandard care?
#16
HVAC work, the amount of black mold in nursing homes is outrageous. If you're considering putting an elderly family member in one, glance inside the a.c. unit or look at an air vent, you can see it too.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
Part of my job in the group home was to clean out the air vents. We kept everything really good Plus you could always get inspected at any time by the state.
#17
Planetarium operator:
Nobody in the space sciences cares about constellations. They're used to help define the location of astronomical objects, but I bet most astronomers don't know the names of more than 5 or 6 constellations. I only talk about them because the general public finds them interesting for some reason - I would skip them if my boss would let me.
Firstname Lastname 3 years ago
Honestly constellations is a bad game of connect the dots for me. But bright shiny stuff in the sky? That's my jam.
GirlFriday 3 years ago (edited)
I know that the constellations aren't worth much scientifically, but I used to love hearing the mythology behind them.
TheEndIsNigh🇨🇦&🇬🇧 in🇺🇲 3 years ago
Me too! I remember going on a date in high school with a guy who knew all about constellations and their mythology. Maybe that's what they're good for, impressing your date 😊
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Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
The astronomers care and know most of their names. A 6 year old gets into the stars by learning about the constellations and looking at the moon through a telescope. The guy taking tickets may not care because the planetarium is just another movie screen for them. However, the actual astronomer or astrophysicist running the place knows everyone.
Wintermute 3 years ago
Yeah, this is just someone being snobby and elitist. The sky is literally broken up into divisions by constellation. If an astronomer didn't know that it'd be like a taxi driver who refused to learn street names.
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Gretchen Esquilin 3 years ago
My middle school had a planetarium. It's not there any longer, but it was pretty cool to know it was just down the hall from Algebra class. LOL
Trophy Husband 3 years ago
Former professional astronomer here. I can identify 5 constellations!
UpQuarkDownQuark 3 years ago
There are few things more fascinating than the night sky and the literally endless wonders in it. Red dwarfs, red giants, supernova, X-ray emitting gas clouds thousands of times larger than our solar system, black holes, exoplanets, hot Jupiters, rogue planets, the cosmic microwave background, neutron stars, our own solar system’s planets, the Grand Tack Hypothesis, pulsars, gravitational lensing…all just a fraction of what there is to know. Constellations are the least interesting thing about it.
oddly_informed_raven 3 years ago
there is so much stuff in space that is so much more interesting
#18
Teacher - it's that time of year to make class placements for next year. Every year there are two or three teachers in the school (elementary) who are so awful, we cry over which students we have to 'sacrifice' to them and hope they are strong enough to survive a year with Mr. or Mrs. So-and-So.
InvincibleRodent 3 years ago
Then why, pray tell, are those people -who are clearly unsuited to be teaching children- still teaching children?
Brittany 3 years ago
I remember being asked in late 4th grade by a teacher what teacher I wanted to get for 5th grade. I said I’d really like ___ because she lives in my neighborhood, but ___ and ___ seem really nice, too. I just didn’t want this one specific teacher that everyone complained about and was terrified of. Guess who they decided to give me.
Esther Vermeer 3 years ago
This is sooooo true! I’m a teacher too and this really happens. Not only because of the huge teacher shortages, but also because it is very difficult to fire an employee with a permanent contract in my country. I know a teacher who is terrible to children. TERRIBLE. But she still teaches. Very frustrating, and very damaging for children.
KimB 3 years ago
I got the teacher for 6th grade that nobody wanted , everyone said she was mean and very strict, even with the parents! She ended up being my favorite teacher! She sparked my interest in Science which helped guide me to my career in the medical field. She'd say things like no one is going to be there to hold your hand and make sure you do your homework when you go to college/university. I guess because she tried to treat us more like young adults it bothered some parents and students. I always appreciated her for that.
Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
And this will occur more and more often. Florida (*sigh*) has just started hiring teachers whose SOLE qualification is having been in the military. This is in response to the serious teacher shortage which has been caused by DeSantis's insane policies.
Celia McReynolds Tinsley 3 years ago
I don't blame teachers for running away. With so many parents allowing their children to run the house and giving them whatever they want and believing that instilling rules is only going to keep their precious child from being allowed to express themselves authentically teachers are expected to be miracle workers in order to get them to listen and learn. That stupid TikTok challenge that had teenagers slapping their teachers in the back of the head says everything about how those kids were raised. I would have never considered hitting a teacher or even being disrespectful towards a teacher because walking into the door at home would have been the last thing I did. I realize it's an unpopular thing these days but kids need rules and they need to know what respect is.
Aimee Parrott 3 years ago
It's not just tenure. There is a serious and worsening teacher shortage in the US. It was a problem even before COVID and now it's worse. Teachers are burning out and leaving the profession. I write about this stuff for a client and it's a real problem.
Michael Naretto 3 years ago
The way of the world is to have drag queens read perverted stories to your children.
Wayne Martin 3 years ago
Way back in 1978, I took the momentary absence of my HS guidance counsellor to add myself to AP Government after getting passed over for it. By the time it was discovered the schedules had been finalized and it would've been difficult to rejigger my entire schedule so I got to stay, and was a solid B+ student.
#19
There is a reason why your bar has loud music on. If you can't keep a conversation going you are going to be drinking faster and more likely to order another round.
PickleRick 3 years ago
Music is primarily used to set a pace. If there's a DJ worth anything at all, they're setting that pace. They'll build through a night. The last music you hear before close will have the highest BPM (beats per minute). Clubs and bars want you leaving while you feel the happiest and most energized.
Paul O'Connor 3 years ago
BPM isn't the only signifier of pace. Plus they should leave less energetic interludes as well so people can leave the floor to get a drink. It should be a roller coaster not a climb.
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Tended Olive 3 years ago
That really is odd. Surely if you keep an interesting conversation going your gonna order more booze. If the music's to loud...I just leave. They got it all wrong.
Sathe Wesker 3 years ago
I work for a private club that plays no music (unfortunately) and it doesn’t change a damn thing, drink orders still come in left, right and centre. Especially from the patio.
Susie Kamper 3 years ago
Well I’m quite sure it’s because drunk people lose their hearing and talk SO LOUD that the music has to be on full volume for anyone to hear it.
#20
Flight simulation engineer here: until Sully landed his Airbus in the Hudson, the average chances of surviving a commercial jet water "landing" were less than 5%. Highest recorded survival was the Ethiopian 767 with 29% survival. The seat back safety card and life vests were simply placebos for nervous passengers.
Follow-on: Sullenberger's technique is now part of pilot simulator training so chances have increased. However if it happens in the ocean you might survive the crash but will almost certainly die of hypothermia, drowning or exposure.
Jrog 3 years ago
Not much of a "technique" thing, more of a technological improvement issue and some specific conditions. The Hudson's airplane was an Airbus A320, one of the first to feature a "ditching switch" that closes most of the possible water intakes in the bottom part of the plane, keeping it watertight and floating for longer time. The Hudson landing featured a lot of occurrences that *combined* led to a higher survivability: the above mentioned ditching mode, calm waters, rescue boats readily available, just enough inertia and height to barely make it to the river, and, ultimately, a skillful commander.
Jrog 3 years ago (edited)
The odds before were so low because most of the ditching happened in the ocean. Before US Airways Flight 1549 (Sully's one) there were to my knowledge only one other major controlled ditching in rivers, a Garuda flight in India in 2002, and there was one after (in Russia in 2011). In both the death toll was very limited thanks to shallow waters and no fires. Ditching on the ocean, on the contrary, is very dangerous because of the waves hampering the gliding on the water surface, and for lack of a prompt way to reach land.
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Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
I've heard that if you survived the ride to the airport then you've survived the most dangerous part of the trip.
#21
Your city doesn't spend nearly enough making sure the infrastructure is decent.
unfilteredCigarette73 3 years ago
August 1st marked 15 years since an interstate highway bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed in my hometown. Bridges still freak me out.
T'Mar of Vulcan 3 years ago
My city doesn't even bother with fixing the infrastructure. I live in Johannesburg.
Nicky Hands 3 years ago
I was going to rep SA and then I saw you 😁✌🏻🤣 I don’t think people realise what corruption actually “looks” like!! If corruption was a person it would look exactly like Jacob Zuma!!!
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Ronnie Beaton 3 years ago
Yup. My local council here in Scotland always seems to have money to burn if there's a weird looking sculpture to be had, or a cycle lane (that I've yet to see being used in significant numbers) to be built. But you ask them to fill in a couple of pot holes here and there? They *instantly* plead poverty.
#22
I Google probably 30%of what I fix. The only reason you can't do it, is somehow the ability to Google well is difficult.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
As a homeowner, I use Google to diagnose an issue and determine whether fixing it is within my skill set or whether it requires a professional. (As a general rule, if it involves the breaker box, septic system, or structural elements of the house, call a pro.)
Honu 3 years ago
Learning to Google well isn't that hard. For me, the key skill is discernment. I'm a programmer and end up Googling a lot, reading a lot of stuff on Stack Overflow and the like. The part that actually uses my technical knowledge is understanding if the stuff I'm reading can be applied to my problem, if it can be modified to solve to my problem, or if it is a clue that I might be perceiving my problem incorrectly. I rarely Google and find a solution I can just lift off a page and plug into my work.
#23
Never. Ever. trust tripadvisor restaurants and their food safety just because they got high ratings.
Timmy Pillinger 3 years ago
In the UK councils issue food safety stickers to businesses... If they choose not to display the sticker...
James016 3 years ago
Plus you can look up the establishment online an see their rating, even if they do not display the sticker
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General Anaesthesia 3 years ago
Tripadvisor ratings are worth about as much as Instagram "influencer recommendations".
Ronnie Beaton 3 years ago
Controversial opinion: No one over the age of 25 gives a c**p about Trip Advisor.
Liz Mary 1 year ago
In Portugal you can trust any business that has an ASAE positive rating. TripAdvisor is rubbish. I worked in a hotel that would issue refunds and even free nights just for a guest to remove a negative review. When I became a manager I vouched not to refund unless the guest had complained during the stay and team members failed to take action. I barely removed any reviews and would reply every entitled guest who put a negative review just because they couldn't blackmail us for free perks.
Stijn Kraft 3 years ago
I have found that Google reviews are actually pretty useful. Also if you sort by 'bad ones first' and you keep seeing the same issue, you will probably have that issue (even if there's an average 'good' score)
Heather Vandegrift 3 years ago
In the US, the food safety info is public record, so just Google the restaurant. In GA, it's required that the rating be posted where customers can see it and read what the infractions (if any) were
#24
There are some really bad dentists out there. And you probably don't even realize it. Most people stick with a dentist based on their insurance, chair-side manner, and how painful the injection is. Otherwise, they have no idea the quality of work that they are getting. I have seen some absolutely abysmal work, and ethically/professionally, I can't tell the patient, "Hey, Dr. So-and-so did a real crappy filling and now you need a root canal because he screwed up." Instead I tell them that 'things happen' and I'm the bad guy because the filling only lasted 1 year. If you're in a new town and looking for a new dentist, call a local endodontist and ask who he goes to. They see all the work from local general dentists and you can bet your a*s they're going to the best one.
Aunt Riarch 3 years ago
If you find a really good dentist and they retire, ask them who their dentist is
Kate 3 years ago
I've been going to the same dentist since I was eight. Last time, I noticed his hands shaking a little bit, so I think the time is nigh.
Load More Replies... Emmydearest 3 years ago
So so true. And those dentists are often revered and generally considered amazing. The thing is: who is going to check if their work was badly done? The patient is definitely not able to tell, unless it hurts. But then what do they do? They come back to the same dentist who will them some b******t medical reason. Again who's gonna know? They could notice only if the patient went to a different dentist and most people go to the same one for their whole life. So the bad ones get away with it for decades. This is literally happened to me and some relatives of mine.
Anne Reid 3 years ago
Learned first hand after a really nice dentist who catered to my anxiety did a filing. A few months later, the filling popped out. I was in so much pain, I went to the closest dentist who could take me. He said “that’s a HUGE cavity,” in a very disapproving tone. I showed him the filling that fell out, and he freaked out. As nice as the first dentist was, she left a c**p of decay inside! I lost the tooth, but gained a really great dentist much closer to home.
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Carla Phillips 3 years ago (edited)
My sister had seven baby teeth extracted by a dentist when she was 6. In her school pictures from that year, she looks like an old lady with no teeth. It caused lots of problems for her as all her teeth tried to come back in at the same time and over crowded her mouth. Lots of work needed in her teens. The same dentist, a few years later, was also treating my younger half brother. He would give out this elixer to children's parents to dispense at certain intervals before a procedure. My brother had an adverse reaction and began having neurological side effects. This dentist was a quack. He was supposed to be the go to but he was just bad. EDIT: misspelled words
Aubrie Allen 3 years ago
Never had a cavity in my life. Got a new dentist as a teen, and suddenly had 15 cavities. She did terrible work. Some of them were drilled but never filled in, and later in life, 5 of the teeth she drilled have crumbled into dust. She ruined my mouth!!
Don't you wish you knew 3 years ago (edited)
A good dentist is hard to find. However, I love my dentist office and refer anytime someone is looking for a dentist.
Shannon Dasher 3 years ago
This, is a *big* issue on w/me. My last three dentist were/are a total NIGHTMARE. I have HMO so l don't have any options. I go wherever my insurance tells me. Sooo, many prayers that my new dentist has many on me.
Shannon Dasher 3 years ago
Many prayers that my new dentist has *mercy* on me. (Hate hate HATE texting)
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Spinstapink 3 years ago
damn- I was wondering why I've a had a filling fall out twice in a single year.
Steven Meyer 3 years ago
When I was 17 and went into the Air Force I had good teeth. But I didn’t know that. In Boot Camp they kept sending me to the dentist and the dentist with drill and fill teeth. It wasn’t two years later and looking through records that I found that they were training new tennis on different filling and drilling techniques and they would use military recruits as unknowing patients.
Dr. Ankita Pandya 3 years ago
Oh yes! Being a dentist myself, I can attest to the fact that almost 75% of my colleagues are inept! And I have no qualms telling the patients about the screw ups, coz for me, the patient is my priority, not playing professional politics. It is in the best interest of my patient to know that they got bad treatment in spite of spending so much of time, efforts, and money for it, so that they can prevent their family and friends from making the same mistake by going to the same dentist.
#25
Ramp agent here, I deal with airplanes from them coming to a stand, until they depart.
Your bags get manhandled. We can have 150 bags off then on in a 15 minute window, they have to get from the cargo door all the way to the middle. Bags with 4 wheels are the greatest thing since sliced bread since they just roll. Sports bags with no wheels are literally hurled down. (We mean no I'll intention but there is no choice when you fly with the budget airline that rhymes with "Dryin hair"
Pursuing Peonies 3 years ago
Makes me wonder why luggage doesn't have 6 wheels instead of the usual 2 or 4. If they had 6 wheels they could be easily rolled from both the top "walking" position and also the laid down position. Also why luggage doesn't stack like Tupperware. (Most are rounded on the front (top laid down) and flat on the back which makes stacking them very difficult) you'd think that we'd make luggage to be easy for storage, especially in planes, more than "pretty". Especially since airlines have complained about the shapes of luggage for decades now.
Stijn Kraft 3 years ago
If you fly cheap, pack cheap. My moist hair flights only have a bag that fits under the seat in front of me. I'm not going to pay 30 bucks for a ticket, and then 48 bucks for my luggage. I know wet dog airlines could make the tickets free if they were allowed to, so they are making enough of a profit as is. If I want to pack more, I just fly a more expensive airline and don't pay extra for the luggage :D
#26
Not my main profession, but did some technical writing as a freelancer. Many companies actually pay people to post on social media and review sites and write positive fake feedback. So, when you're on amazon and find someone writing a review about a skillet for example and they say "This is a great product, I really enjoyed it and the instructions were clear", you know it's a real person profile but with fake review.
Richard Reese 3 years ago
I go straight to the negative reviews and look for common complaints. Ignore generic and simple complaints like, "did not work." Then filter out negative reviews because the person did not understand the product or manage their expectations. I also check the ratio of one star reviews to the total number of reviews and the quantity. For example, four positive reviews out of five total is a good ratio but five reviews is not enough of sample to be trusted.
Pursuing Peonies 3 years ago
It helps, but doesn't prevent this from happening, unfortunately. Just means they're most likely actually talking about that particular product and not some random other thing. Though there are some listings that companies will use to continuously switch out the product, sometimes from a "good" product to a much more inferior one as an underhanded way of being a scammer.
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Brooke Miller 2 years ago
There’s a site called Fakespot that can supposedly tell you how fake the reviews are
#27
Your nurses and doctors talk about you in the break room.
sturmwesen 3 years ago
Isn't taling between employees about patients/clients part of every "company"?
Jo Johannsen 3 years ago (edited)
Not just in the breakroom, nursing stations, too. Or just outside your door. Or the far side of the admitting desk. They tend to be clueless about a patient's ability to hear them. EDIT: I am saying this because I, as a patient, have experienced all of these.
Mistiekim 3 years ago
I would assume the OR as well. As long as they get the job done though, I don’t care.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
When I was having my last eye surgery they spent most of the time gossiping about other nurses and telling really bad jokes :)
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Lara Verne 3 years ago
Once in hospital, I heard nurses talking about me, right in front of me, because I was drowsy from medication and they thought I won't remember it.
Azolane 3 years ago
I'm pretty sure I was the talk of the whole floor when I had a total meltdown in hospital because they kept drawing blood, I was exhausted, and I'm the most needle phobic person in the world. I refused to give another drop of blood after that, and I'm sure some bad things were said about me in the break room 😅
Cathy Mann 3 years ago
I wouldn't worry about it. Honestly, everyone in the media profession is used to dealing with patients saying no, it's about how you are and how you do it. If I walk in and say I need to take some blood, it all depends on how you act. If you say you're terrified, that's totally fine, and I'll do everything I can to make it as easy as possible. Sometimes it's not possible, but you can always ask if they can go to the next patient and then come back, but in that time if they can give you something to warm the area to make it easier. We don't want to hurt you, and most of us are more than happy to go the extra mile to try and make it easier on you if we can
Load More Replies... Memere 3 years ago
My mother was a nurse, and yes, I heard hundreds of stories about patients. I know things about a few people from my childhood hometown that I'll never tell.
Load More Replies... Anthony Nizza 3 years ago
I guess we should all be honored that we are that interesting that they would talk about us.
Caroline Conway 3 years ago
Ask the nurse who got fired for talking smack about my husband right outside his door. He was having a pancreatitis flare and they were slow af getting him meds. Heard the nurse outside his door going "yeah, my feet hurt, can I have good drugs too"? B***h didn't know I was standing right there. Right after I called the patient advocate, people started coming out of the woodwork and I was informed that the nurse had been terminated.
#28
The teacher's breakroom? That mysterious land of wonder that no student dare enter? Its a table and chairs with a counter with a sink and microwave. The teachers don't have fun in there. For their 15 minute lunch break, they just plan or grade.
Daffodil 3 years ago
Funny story. In elementary school, kids who did something or other (had to do with fundraising I think) got to eat in the teacher break room for lunch one day. It was fun, we got actual good food, not just average school lunch. Although I can say this about sums up what the room was like. Very boring room.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
When I was in high school, if you came to the school working bee you got to eat lunch in the staff room (I think they provided pizza) and the only cool thing we discovered is they had a coffee machine. When we got to year 12 and had one in our common room, we discovered how bad the quality was!
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 3 years ago
And to b***h about each other. I hate how many schools have so many internal politics in them. I just want to do my job :(
Mattewis88 3 years ago
The student council at my school were allowed in the teacher's break-room to deliver messages etc. Not sure which country's teacher break rooms look like this, (I can only assume) but ours looked like 1st class airline lounges. - Better than some of our state hospitals....but then again, many of our public schools have privately funded buildings and amenities.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
Where I live, all school staff rooms have the same ugly, uncomfortable chairs, a large table and very basic kitchenette. The only thing I liked was they are generally given lots of free newspapers :)
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RN Griffin 3 years ago
When I was in elementary school back with the dinosaurs, it was the room we never saw, but that smelled like cigarettes and had a small, hazy cloud waft out whenever someone opened the door.
Richard Keel 3 years ago
In my high school in the 90s, there were two staff rooms - one was comfortable, spacious, and barely used. The other was small, dingy and completely jammed full. The reason? The smaller one was the smoking staffroom
Caitlin M. Maguire 3 years ago
I once went with my history teacher in 10th grade to a staffroom to help him grab papers from there. (not sure why) and there were 2 of my teachers talking to each other during their prep block. It was probably as nice as our library, which was very nice by the way.
Niall Mac Iomera 3 years ago
I'm literally sitting in one right now. No one is planning or grading. Everyone's having lunch and chatting.
#29
Lots and lots and lots and LOTS of animals die in the process of making your medicines. Get used to the idea.
DrGirlfriend 3 years ago
Ahahah oh nugget your so sweet! Your made up of lots of chickens by product but many sacrificed for you to live!! Live little nugget live :D. I like your posts I'm teasing your actually really nice :)
Load More Replies... Monday 3 years ago
But if lots and lots and LOTS of animals didn't die in that process then either the medicine would not be made or lots and lots and LOTS of humans would be dying. I'd rather have them test my meds on a rat than on some poor homeless bloke just looking to make a quick buck.
iseefractals 3 years ago
You realize that poor homeless bloke is still part of the testing process regardless, right? That or some poor college student, and bad drugs make it to human trials (or past them into production) ALL THE TIME. I'd prefer that we stop trying to artificially extend human life despite the growing costs, and instead focus on figuring out how to stop killing the planet which is going to end up killing everyone and everything anyway.
Load More Replies... Wintermute 3 years ago
Carl Sagan has a great piece about his moral dilemma after spending years protesting against animal testing, then receiving treatment based on that testing before he died. I'm too lazy to find a link, but it's out there if you're curious.
Wintermute 3 years ago
If you're also too lazy to look, then the conclusion (if I remember right) was basically that there really is no good answer.
Load More Replies... Alexandra Davis 3 years ago
As a vegan on 25 medications I hate this so much, but as the vegan society say a dead vegan is not a useful vegan. I try and limit medications unless totally necessary (both for this reason and because 25 different medications multiple times a day is already enough!) and won't take over the counter pain relief for headaches etc It's something I pray will change in the near future to become more computer/ simulator based and less animal based
the landlocked mermaid 3 years ago
As much as I hope computer simulation comes that far, it most likely won't happen since a live model is needed to make sure it lives. I may be wrong though! Look at what they did with dissection! Most places now just use computer programs pointing out different organs in an ethical way.
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wv10014 3 years ago
I had a life threatening illness this year. Maybe I should have died rather than sacrificing some poor innocent chicken to test the meds that saved me. I by is my life more important?
P. Mozzani 3 years ago
I would rather see animals die in the process than see people die, in that same process. It's a fair tradeoff.
GramDB 3 years ago (edited)
My friend almost (unknowingly and sadly) adopted an unwell & bark-less adorable young Beagle, which was from a testing lab who had 20+ Beagles. They had cut all their vocal cords to keep them quiet in the lab.The foster home/rescue said they had no idea of the cruelty or that they were (obviously) sick. Likely story … It was SO sad. It broke my friends hearts.
#30
Screen printing shops are dirty as f**k and you should ALWAYS wash new shirts before wearing them.
Kevin Garren 3 years ago
...who doesn't wash clothes before wearing them? I'm not that trusting, who knows who touched/tried it on before me. (I also don't try on clothes in store)
Emmydearest 3 years ago
I've read that, when you buy clothes online, statistically speaking those clothes have already been tried by 6 people. And it makes sense: do you think they wash them, when you return them?
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Lindsey Morris 3 years ago
I don’t think I ever wash a new shirt or tank top or dress (underwear, yes!) I rip the tag off and pop that baby right on. Oops.
Catherine Miklavic 3 years ago
Former screen printer here - the glue and cleaners wr have to use to get the garments looking good can give you rashes because we have to use SOOOOOO much to make sure the garments meat the customer specs.....
Calvin Hamilton 3 years ago
This goes the same for most all business that do it, not just massive factories. I've only been to a couple shops that were kept in clean condition. The rest look like city dumping grounds.
#31
Not dirty but something everyone should know. I work in the music industry and guarantee that if there's an option to submit your music -- at a label, management company, whatever -- someone WILL listen to it. Guaranteed.
#32
If you’re unnecessarily rude to your barista, you’re probably getting decaf.
InvincibleRodent 3 years ago
This is one I'm conflicted on, because when I was working retail I too wanted to cause as much of an inconvenience to the people rude to me as I could, BUT messign with food and drink as revenge is still heinous. I have heard of people who legitimately are sensitive to some substance that's used during the decaffeination process, and could get seriously hurt from being exposed to it.
BadCat 3 years ago
I don't get the difference between regular and decaf. I don't notice it at all.
Memere 3 years ago
I can taste a difference, plus I get a caffeine withdrawal headache within 2 hours if I don't get my caffeinated coffee. And I drink straight coffee, no foo-foo fancy drink with 10 different flavors in it. Everyone's palate is different!
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iseefractals 3 years ago
Ever stop to consider that so many people have no patience for those in the service industry BECAUSE they pull $hit like this? Someone wasn't nice when you screwed up their order? They were annoyed with 4 people standing in the back doing nothing while one person is on the register with 10 people in line? They didn't want to make small talk with you? . This is theft, and your hurt feelings don't justify it. Do your f*cking jobs
Cherreka Wirth 3 years ago
People act rude to service workers because society had taught them "the customer is always right" so they can throw their little temper tantrum and get exactly what they want (no matter how unfeasible) at a discount. Companies need to stop rewarding tantrums. When children throw tantrums we don't give in, why should we with adults?
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#33
Having surgery to remove a tumor/diseased tissue? Hospitals will hold on to that tissue (in the US) for a period of 10 years because they are legally obligated to do so. After 10 years, they want to get rid of it asap. It's not cheap to store or dispose, so they "give" it to a company like mine and then we sell it for a hefty price to a pharmaceutical company to run experiments on. We look the other way when it comes to these experiments but tell the hospital we know what's going on and no way are will this tissue be used to extract DNA. Basically, yeah. I'm not proud of this work (left last month) but f**k is it lucrative.
Bryn 3 years ago
Because a company could potentially use the tissue to find something and make money off of. Read The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
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Lara Verne 3 years ago
I don't see any problem. What do you want to do with it? Give tumor/tissue back to patient in gift box?
Bryn 3 years ago
No, they should immediate destroy it, the same way they do for medical waste (used sponges the like)
Load More Replies... T'Mar of Vulcan 3 years ago
Take it, I don't care! Use my cells, help people, I don't care. I don't even care if you don't give me money.
Cherreka Wirth 3 years ago
Why do hospitals hold onto random pieces of bodies for ten years???? That's gross.
#34
If you’re getting blown insulation installed in your attic, ask for the spec sheet on the material they plan to install. It will tell you the number of bags your job will require. Ask the installer to confirm how many bags will be installed. Count the empty bags. Unethical folks can turn their blowers way up and close the material gate. We’re installing extra fluffy insulation in your attic (mostly air). It’ll settle a lot over time. You got ripped off. Get a quote by the bag...not by the inch.
Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
It's actually the air pockets in the insulation that provide the insulating properties. Air makes a bad thermal conductor. In fact, having compressed insulation will transfer more heat.
Paul O'Connor 3 years ago
I imagine there's a Goldilocks zone, and that it is baked into the insulation, hence the term. Otherwise, by your logic the best insulation would be none at all.
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I work in mortgages. The fees are not "hidden", you just signed a bunch of paperwork without reading it. The fee schedule is not even that much. 3-4 pages, 14 point font, properly spaced, saying if you do X, we charge you Y fee. But people get surprised when they incur fees. So many just can't be bothered to read the mortgage paperwork before signing it, it's amazing. Also, I have the discretion to waive (or just not charge) a lot of those fees, if the client just asks me. But some people would rather b***h and scream at me. If a client behaves like a decent human being, I may cut them a break. If the client would rather yell at the first person that speaks to them, the fee gets charged.
donna peluda 3 years ago
In Spain today before you sign a mortgage you have to go to a notary, they read out all the conditions, and the consequences if interested goes up, you fall behind etc. After you are left a long to answer a questions, like a test with 20 questions about the conditions you are going to sign. If you "pass" you still have to wait a week to give you time to reflect and then you can sign.
Seedy Vine 3 years ago
Some mortgage paperwork says that there are penalties for early payments!
Tim Douglass 3 years ago
I kind of annoyed everyone at my home closing by reading every page of every document before signing. Close to 100 pages. Good think I read fast, but still...
angel B 3 years ago
I would just cancel the deal and start with someone else instead of having to deal with someone like you
Wintermute 3 years ago
I know someone who's not getting their fees waived.
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#36
My old job was at a grocery store. They sells ground chuck for 2.49 /lb and ground sirloin for 2.89 /lb. They're both the same cut of meat
unfilteredCigarette73 3 years ago
They are not the same cut. Chuck is beef shoulder and sirloin comes from much farther down the back. If this is the case, they were straight up lying to customers. Always buy chuck for burgers, sirloin is far too lean.🍔
Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago
Sooooo. this tells me the people that work at the meat counter have no clue what they're selling.
#37
Furniture delivery man here
When items are damaged I'd say that 99% of them happen before they get to the dispatch warehouse.
In addition every time you force employees to take safety footwear off or cover them most companies won't cover any injuries caused as a result and the worker is out of pocket.
$cagsy 3 years ago
As a former furniture delivery man myself, I would suggest that the majority of faults were made in the factory and discovered at the point of delivery. Which is really annoying because you load up the night before, with the first drop going on last, the second drop, second to last, and so on, right up to the final drop which is at the back of the wagon. If you have a return early on in the day, you have to physically work around it for the rest of the day and that's time I'm not getting paid for. The shoe thing? Just get some cheap plastic booties for a few pounds. No big deal. I guess the purpose of this comment is, please go easy on your delivery guy if there's a fault with your product. We get paid per drop so we're losing money and time plus the hassle I've just mentioned. We know you're not happy. We wouldn't be happy either. Is it our fault? No. Can we fix it? No. Will shouting at me make anything better? You know the answer.
#38
Mattresses are marked up usually around 100%
Chicken Nugget 3 years ago
So are legos sadly :( being a chicken nugget is a low paying life and I can’t do what I love
#39
All the bigwigs of Canadian telecom companies meet every so often to make sure they each keep a stranglehold on their own little piece of the market. Everyone will offer almost exactly the same service for the exact same price, so there is no competition. They all stay rich and we all get f****d. Highest MRP for telecom services in the world here. At least it was a few years ago. May have dropped to 2 or 3 now.
Kevin Humble 3 years ago
Isn't that illegal? I mean - I would expect it to be normal in america ... but Canada?
MilitantCentrist 3 years ago
This isn't supposed to be normal in America either; price fixing is illegal. Whether the authorities do their jobs to enforce it is a different question.
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#40
IT support nowadays = how to Google.
Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
Such a closely held secret that it's been mentioned at least 3 times in this list.
donna peluda 3 years ago
I don't see the problem, google just points you to the page with the info, you still have to know what your doing. Nothing wrong with checking the manual. Special with programming languages and OS they are so many different versions.
General Anaesthesia 3 years ago
Before google there were manuals on DVD or CD, and before that paper manuals. Checking reference works is very normal.
#41
I work in the car insurance industry. I have a few. I know every body shop in the area, and I know which ones are good and which ones are bad, honest or shady, quality or poor work, etc. The moment a customer tells me his shop of choice, I know exactly what’s going to happen with their car, whether they get ripped off or not, and whether they will walk away happy or not. Because of strict anti-steering laws in my state, I’m not allowed to comment on any of this. All I can do is, if a customer asks for a shop recommendation, is tell them about the benefits of our partnership program. A lot of people are suspicious of insurance partnered shops. They shouldn’t be. Yes, we do get a discount, but we also vet all our partnered shops and warranty it, so we also make sure they do quality work. Even if a shop isn’t on my companies program, they are still usually much easier to work with and much more professional than other shops. If a body shop offers to waive your deductible, they aren’t just being nice. The money has to come from somewhere, and your deductible might be their entire profit margin, or possible even more. If they waive it, it likely means that they did something shady at your expense. They might be repairing things that should be replaced (that the insurance paid them to replace), or simply covering up hidden damage and pocketing the money. In my area, they enhance damage, literally taking a hammer or a screwdriver to the car to further damage it, to inflate the cost of the repairs, usually cosmetic items they can cover up and pocket the money on. You aren’t getting a good deal, you are getting ripped off. If a shop offers to waive your deductible, stay the hell away. Also, in my state it’s illegal to even offer to waive it, not event counting the fraud that goes on behind the scenes.
#42
Not really a dirty little secret, but I know some people would throw a fit. A lot of use by dates for food are arbitary. By the time the people who sell you the food directly get it in, we have no idea when it was plucked/killed/prepped etc and have to trust our vendors kept it to certain standards. Often the salad my store sells goes bad before the expiration date, but the sandwiches are good for a week+ longer. Water bottles and honey all have expiration dates on them despite the product not actually expiring, and many fruits we get in are pulled when they look bad, not X days after we get it in (others are pulled X days after prep, despite still being perfectly fine to eat). And some food that's good until X day hets prepped X-1 day and stays on the shelf/bin for a week with a different expiration date.
Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
The water/honey thing has more to do with the bottle breaking down than the contents going bad. When I worked at a deli in a grocery store we would take the cheese that was wrapped in plastic wrap, cut off the hard bits and rewrap it with a new sticker.
chad johnson 3 years ago
In restaurants the cheese would just get trimmed to fix ANY issue
Load More Replies... Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
I have never paid any attention to "use by" dates. And I've never regretted it. My only exception is medications.
Tammy Kirks 3 years ago
I'm still eating yogurt that "expired" June 30th. It smells normal, has no weird color, and is the same consistency. No need to waste perfectly good food.
Mikey Kliss 3 years ago
My experience is Milk goes bad before expiration. Especially half gallons
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I've had the opposite experience. I've found full cream milk goes off fairly close to use by date, light milk I can usually still drink about a week after.
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#43
I work at a pizza place, the more toppings you order the fewer of each you actually get while still being charged the same price per topping.
Emma Starr 3 years ago
I worked at a pizza place for a few years. If you put the same amount of each topping that a single topping pizza gets its too much, makes a huge mess and is hard to eat. So if you want a Supreme, you get less of each topping so the pizza isn't just a giant pile.
unfilteredCigarette73 3 years ago
Same here. There needs to be balance. At the shop I worked at a supreme pizza on the menu cost less than if you ordered all the toppings separately. You wouldn't get more because the pizza wouldn't cook properly. Customers could not grasp this even though the person taking the order would inform them.
Load More Replies... Memere 3 years ago
It absolutely is legit - there's only so much room on a pizza for toppings!
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Teacher's aide here, A surprising amount of teachers I know actually hate kids. It doesn't seem like it when they actually teach though, so I find it so f****** weird
Monday 3 years ago
Sometimes there's a disconnect between what you like and what you're good at. They also might not have realized they hate kids until they were already in the field. Or it's a situational thing. I like individual kids, but when they're together in a gaggle I'd rather be anywhere else.
BluEyedSeoulite 3 years ago
I've met some people who went to school for education, decide to have a fun couple of years teaching in Asia before starting their careers. Then they realize they hate young kids. It definitely happens, hopefully they can change the age group they will end up teaching or switch fields
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Littlemiss 3 years ago
Seen this happen so often! It's absolutely horrific how many people loath children and speak really nicely to parents and turn around and backstab them the next. They have absolutely no skill, nor interests beyond looking pretty at work. Seen it first hand, so many times.
donna peluda 3 years ago
I had some horrible teachers at catholic schools in UK and Spain. Mean, cruel, nasty and terrible at teaching. Most of the time we were to scared to ask anything.
#45
Animal shelters lower the age of animals, usually of those over 6 because that's when it's hardest to adopt them out. Also no-kill doesn't mean NO kill, it means less than 1 in 10 animals are put down.
Mikey Kliss 3 years ago
I got a cat from a shelter (loved him dearly). They said he was like 5 and we had him for around 3 or 4 years before he stopped eating. Took him to the vet and they confirmed he had cancer and that he was a lot older then 5 (or 8 or 9 at that point). He was an awesome cat and I would have easily adopted him again even knowing his true age
Frankthetank 3 years ago
Not totally true. Between the age of 2 and 8-9yr is difficult to estimate age. It's just a guess based on tartar accumulation, changes to eyes and skin. So an animal that looks like c**p is "older" and one that genetically has good teeth or fur coat is deemed "younger". There is NO scientific method. A lot of no kill shelters do not euthanize ANY pets, so that's not a blanket statement either. Sorry, just couldn't leave that statement to be the full truth.
Kiss Army 3 years ago
Agreed. Also, some animals have to be euthanized when they are in too much pain and have no options for recovery. It is a compassionate and loving option for pet owners who have run out of other options and are acting in their pets best interest, so quite frankly why wouldn't a no-kill shelter do this also when necessary instead of letting an animal suffer.
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#46
I used to be a janitor. We cleaned the sinks and the urinals with the same brush.
Edward Monks 3 years ago
that sounds like an OP issue rather than an industry secret, I used to clean years and years ago, and i would never have dreamed of this
Don't you wish you knew 3 years ago (edited)
No, that's disgusting and you should not make that broad statement. My dad owned his own business cleaning professional office buildings and I guarantee he never did this. And if anyone who worked for him did they wouldn't be working for him long.
unfilteredCigarette73 3 years ago
This is what I do. Mirror, sink, tub, toilet. Saves water and cleaning detergent too
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AsexualShrimp 3 years ago
…..I don’t see the issue… it’s not like a rub my hands all over the sink or toilet … can someone explain?
Jenn C 3 years ago
If you go to the place this guy works and ever touch the sink, or drop something in the sink, you basically just touched the inside of a toilet.
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I work in a hospital pharmacy. The price of everything is insane. Chapstick? 40$ before insurance. A small vial of epinephrine. 90$.
#48
All the freshly baked (but come premade) bread/pastries are generally baked the night before and left on roller carts with plastic bags on top overnight. This doesnt seem like much of an issue since you dont see the fat rats that roam the store overnight, but I think we both know why theyre fat now.
donna peluda 3 years ago
I don't know what country you are from but I've been to many bakeries and they were practically sterile. One of my mates has a industrial bakery and occasionally I did electrical work for him. The dough for the different breads and croissants etc is prepared and left in coolers set to the correct temp over night. Then a a set time they heat up very quickly and cook the product. So it's ready for when they start delivering, about 5 am. I used to stop of with some beers on my bake from the club and have some hot freshly baked cheese and ham croissants with him.
#49
Worked for 12 years for a fuel company... Here is something everyone should know: 1. Some cars in Canada and the states say you must run premium fuel in them in the owners manual. This is not true. This is part of an economic stimulus agreement between major car manufacturers and fuel companies. Running 87 instead of 91 does not make a difference. "engine knocking" as is often described as a side effect of running low grade fuel is a high grade vehicle is a myth. 2. This one may be Canada specific, but: heating oil (that you run in your home to heat it) is nothing special. It is diesel. Heating fuel is sold for about 1.50 per liter, clear diesel is sold for 90 cents per litre. It's the same thing. There is also a produxt called colored diesel. It is clear diesel with a small bit of red dye added to it, to distinguish it from clear diesel. It is always 16 cents cheaper per litre than clear diesel because it excludeds a 16 cent per litre government road tax and is only to be used in non-road vehicles----like construction equipment. It is the exact same product, but if you get caught with it in your tank instead of clear diesel you can get a huge fine and so would the station and attendant that sold it to you. You want to save money? Put colored diesel in you heating fuel tank instead of heating oil. It's the same thing. 3. While working for this fuel company i was paid 20$ cash per fake email account I opened and used to write positive reviews of the company on social media and Google. I have like 35 Gmail account I was paid to open and use to bury true but negative reviews of the company. This happens alot. All over the world. Don't put too much weight into online reviews, they are very easy to forge. Note: I needed the money, I was young.
User# 6 3 years ago
The last line of the first item is a not true. In old cars, you will get engine knock when running low octane fuel in a high compression engine. Modern cars have knock sensors, that will adjust timing when knock is detected. You wont get engine knock, but you'll lose efficiency/power.
Hiker Chick 3 years ago
Yup, I've occasionally had to put regular instead of premium in my older car (during the gas panic a couple years ago and recently when the gas station was out of premium and I was in a hurry) and my engine sputtered through the whole tank.
Load More Replies... Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
I knew a guy who worked as a BMW mechanic. The car would "know" what grade of gas you used and if you had any engine trouble they could point back to that and void your warranty. I always read a few bad reviews. Usually 2-3 star reviews. They're the ones that give you the best overall experience of a product.
enohPilivE 3 years ago
Yeah...this one is a recipe for an engine failure by 50k miles, a nice fat fine from the EPA and/or a good tax audit (if you don't pay attention.) 1. Poster has never seen a premium fuel rental car with only 19k miles, valve chatter and making half its power output. 2. Unless it's life or death, the EPA has strict rules about what you fill up and burn where. And because of regional differences in heating oils, your state likely does too. 3. It's called "red dye" diesel. Even in the "bed sheet - dress up on horseback - burn c**p in people's yards" parts of the South - "red dye" diesel.
Ashley Galyen 3 years ago
My car is designed to run on 89. Didn't know it at first. Would get the 87, and it would run rough, especially on cheap Casey's 87. Figured out I was using the wrong grade of gas. Problems went away after that. For 87 and 89 it makes a difference. You can have an engine that runs well on one or the other. If you make a car that is designed for both, it won't run well on either gas. No one really wants that, so you don't see cars avertised for both.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
If you've ever run out of heating oil of a Sunday in Winter, and struggled to pour 5 gallons of diesel from the gas station into your tank without wearing most of it, you learn to appreciate your fuel company's deliveries.
#50
I design building structures. It’s amazing the number of existing building and industrial plants I’ve gone into where they are newly renovated and about ready to fall down. One chemical plant in particular they had run high voltage (4160 V) through the main structure supporting ethanol lines. They cut out the structure to run the electrical conduit.
#51
As a photographer, 99.9% of what I do is common sense, anybody who took a couple moments to look at a situation, with an understanding of their equipment, can take a great picture. Most of the time ... you just don't have the right equipment.
Al Christensen 3 years ago
It depends on what you call "photography." I was a photo minor in college. The lower level classes were open to anyone. The photo majors, who knew everything about the technical side of photography, usually took boring photos while students majoring in other fields often took the most interesting shots. It's more about how someone sees the world around them and less about the equipment. For example, one assignment was to use only a disposable camera. The guys who were really into photo equipment floundered.
Tim Douglass 3 years ago
This is, in my experience, exactly the opposite. Equipment doesn't matter. My sister takes better pictures with her cell phone than I can take with 10,000 worth of gear. It's not the equipment or understanding it, it's all about the artistic eye that lets you see what will make an attractive shot.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
I have to respectfully disagree here, because you're underestimating your own abilities and training. The best photographers seem to have an innate sense of how to frame a shot that most people lack. They also have almost a supernatural awareness of the properties of light and shadow, and of color theory. They don't just take photos; they create art.
Alison Hell 3 years ago (edited)
Nah, I'm just really bad at taking pictures....just ask my husband.... 😅
Aileen Grist 3 years ago
I don't know - you could give me the best equipment in the world and I probably wouldn't take a good photo. I don't have they 'eye' for seeing when I've got the perfect shot.
#52
jewelry retail here. most jewelry chains will make their employees wear the jewelry/watches in their stock, and then just put it back at the end of shift. check your s**t before you buy it. look for scratches. I don’t know if this applies to high end places like Cartier. also, if you don’t want to purchase something bc it’s the display item, chances are that the previous stock items weren’t any better. because, again, we wear it daily.
#53
The "3 second rule" is used with most prescription medications.
Mikey Kliss 3 years ago
If I drop a prescription med on the ground, unless its covered in hair, I'll still take it regardless how long its been on the ground
Chicken Nugget 3 years ago
3 seconds on the ground or less is basically considered not on the ground at all
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If dropped on the floor, people call the 3 second rule. It means, pick it up and eat it anyway cause it'll be fine.
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Planes are actually super safe. Virtually all crashes are caused by pilot error. Often times we start fixing them and find stuff that *should* have caused a major problem, but somehow didn't. Like there is no logical reason why some aircraft are still in the air but they come back every day.
Jo Johannsen 3 years ago
Based on many, many documented stories of faulty, sloppy, or non-existent maintenance procedures, I have some doubts.
Monday 3 years ago
Planes are super safe when properly maintained...but some budget airlines don't properly maintain.
Load More Replies... James016 3 years ago
Boeing begs to differ given what they did, and didn't do with the 737 Max
Tim Douglass 3 years ago
If you read the actual reports on those crashes, you will find that pilot error was what enabled the malfunctioning MCAS system to lead to the crash. In one of them the pilots actually turned the system off, got control back, then turned it back on and it caused them to crash. The MCAS system was causing a problem, but the real problem had nothing to do with the plane, but rather the training. It was essentially that the MCAS was supposed to make the Max fly like a regular 737 so the pilots weren't trained on the differences. Without that training they didn't know how to fly the plane with MCAS off.
Load More Replies... Mikey Kliss 3 years ago
Stephen Colbert lost his Dad and a brother or 2 (I cant remember) to a plane crash. Was a major pilot error issue
#55
I'm a mortgage underwriter. 99% of the decision making was made by data analysts and actuaries long before you ever applied for the loan. Most of what I do is make sure the data that got entered into the underwriting automated system was keyed in accurately by making sure the supporting docs say what the loan officer/processor says they say. I very, very rarely have to make an actual eligibility decision beyond "this appraisal is/isn't c**p."
#56
Anybody can claim to be an SEO expert. Seriously anybody.
General Anaesthesia 3 years ago
And they all do. If every site is optimized, what's the ultimate effect of optimization on getting yours high in the results?
Kevin Humble 3 years ago
It's an arms race - you don't optimize you drop down the list so have to spend money just to stand still. Sounds like the american dream
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There's literally a quote in a software engineering book that says "when trying to get a contract, you can put the price a little down, and after you have it, renegotiate".
#58
New Furniture. Find out where that stuff is from. Even the expensive Chinese or Vietnamese stuff is cheaply made junk. They will claim things it’s made out of ‘whatever wood’ but it’s all just press board with a fancy veneer. Also, the upholstery is riddled with formaldehyde.
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
I'd rather have hand-me-down real wood furniture that needs some TLC...even if it needs complete refinishing.
Aileen Grist 3 years ago
me too - except for the chest of drawers I got that smells of moth balls lol
Load More Replies... T'Mar of Vulcan 3 years ago
I have a couch that's older than I am (I'm 53) and its springs were all flat, cushions totally wrecked, etc. I would just pile outdoor seating cushions on with a throw. Eventually decided to get it re-upholstered. Fifteen thousand rand ($1,000) - would have been cheaper to buy a new couch. Totally would have, BUT - the upholsterers said the workmanship and quality were excellent and I would NEVER get a couch of that quality for less than twenty grand, so I consider it money well spent! I hope I'm able to keep this couch for another half a century!
Bored Retsuko 3 years ago (edited)
I disagree with this one. It's quite standard nowadays to use pressed wood parts, not only for low quality furniture. It's way easier and saves resources, because many (big) parts are just difficult to cut from a tree stem, i.e. to have a solid piece of wood. (Also, the waste would get discarded.) We all want to save trees and use wood as responsibly as possible, so pressed board shouldn't get such a bad rap.
Memere 3 years ago (edited)
Good quality pressed wood, used properly, can be quite durable. And a lot of furniture, solid wood or not, can be easily ruined by people not taking care of it, like dropping their full body weight onto the couch/chair instead of sitting down properly or letting the kids use the couch as a trampoline!
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Regarding video game with post-release support (usually online), especially ones which are not that crazy popular - if you are very vocal member of the community who keeps talking and talking about a given game, you might be an inside-company meme. I've seen it few times. Of course smart, nice people who give constant actual feedback are respected and often mentioned by the devs when they talk to each other, but people who keep complaining and hating, are targets of jokes in such company.
#60
Your landlord is likely making more money from the property values rising than from actual rent. Profit from rent may be just $100 a month yet the property value is going up $1000 a month. In fact, you could easily refuse a rental increase that's imposed on you and your landlord will agree not to raise your rent.
Littlemiss 3 years ago
Easily refuse an increase in rent??? Where?? Try that and find yourself evicted and probably blacklisted from renting in the area.
Eat Dirt Crow 3 years ago
The property value only matters if you sell it. Home equity is basically worthless. They raise the rent because everyone around them is raising the rent.
Mikey Kliss 3 years ago
No... that's a lie. And how is property going up 1000s of dollars a month? This ones on crack lol
angel B 3 years ago
I was making $60,000 a month in appreciation value on rental my home My tenant only pays $4500 a month
Al Christensen 3 years ago
Our college landlord raised our rent because the adjustable rate mortgage he had on the place had risen. I asked why his dubious financial decisions should be our problem.
Tim Douglass 3 years ago
That's actually a perfectly legitimate reason for raising rent. He has no obligation to subsidize your housing.
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They care about your computer's security and then have developers in foreign countries including Russia and China handle the code and security as well as your data. They will fire a sysadmin with root access and tell them they have to continue working there. They'll also have one person in charge of a major infrastructure system and then, when the system crashes affecting millions of people and that sole employee is unavailable, blame the employee instead of realizing they should have at least three people available to do that work.
What do you think ?
Darth Kittius 3 years ago
Subway employee here: we really don't care about the 8-olive limit. If you want olives, you get olives. You want more, you get a handful
FABULOUS1 3 years ago
Health Insurance customer service rep here: We have the same brokers license that all brokers must have. If you take two seconds to read the email we sent you, you would know that we cannot process your request due to your own error on what you submitted. We also dont care how long you have been doing this, you wouldnt call ten times a day for simple questions if you were any good at your job.
Darth Kittius 3 years ago
Subway employee here: we really don't care about the 8-olive limit. If you want olives, you get olives. You want more, you get a handful
FABULOUS1 3 years ago
Health Insurance customer service rep here: We have the same brokers license that all brokers must have. If you take two seconds to read the email we sent you, you would know that we cannot process your request due to your own error on what you submitted. We also dont care how long you have been doing this, you wouldnt call ten times a day for simple questions if you were any good at your job.
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