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Our lives have this interesting quirk: They can always be improved in one way or another. Even applying the smallest new habit or so-called hack can make a significant difference, just as a game can be improved with a cheat code.
Today we’re combining these two things and giving you a full-blown list of life cheat codes that you can start using right away. And while they might not fill your pockets full of money, as some game cheats do, they still can improve your life, even if only a little bit.
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#1
Talk positive about people behind their backs.
lenka 1 year ago
This is such an amazingly powerful tool. I do it all the time. Even if its someone I dont particularly like but have to deal with anyway. Nice things will always get back to the person and their attitude towards you will noticeably change.
Deborah B 1 year ago
Even if you don't like them, complement their positives or areas of expertise.
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CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago
I used to be a sh*t talker and have since switched to positive talk. My relationship with people has improved 1000 fold.
Trista JW 1 year ago (edited)
There's not a damn thing wrong about being honest. If someone's a royal fvcking cvnt, don't try to come up with some insincere compliment, especially if it's shallow ("they're pretty, though!") or completely fake, especially if someone is asking what you think of that person. Some people have no redeeming traits.
Wolfgang Bonow 1 year ago
Yes, I don't get this one and the upvotes at all. Do not talk behind someone's back at all. If the someone is an a*s, talking positiv might only strengthen her\his position. Simply stay away from the gossip and cr*p talking.
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Sven Horlemann 1 year ago
Yes, at least, when being critical, be fair. Bad-mouthing always comes back to you and does not help.
Just Cosmo 1 year ago
Or just talk positive all the time. There's never any reason to talk negative.
jb7dpgv5zh 1 year ago
This should not be #1, „get the fu.. out of debt should be #1.“ get credit cards that allow you to pay back each month and max those out, but always pay them back. 0% apr if you pay back, and no fees unless you get fantastic benefits should be the goto.
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#2
Don’t put who an email will be sent to until after you have it ready to send so you can’t accidentally send an unedited or unfinished emails.
Traveling Lady Railfan 1 year ago
Upvoted: and ask me how I know this one!! 🍷
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ggus44 1 year ago
They should put the "To" box at the bottom, and the "attach" icon at the top of the new email window 😜
Captain Kakapo 1 year ago
at least, outlook is smart enough to show message "there is a word attach in your email but no actual document attached" (something like this, not literally)
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Microwaved Robot 1 year ago
I put the E-mail address in the subject area until I am ready to send, and if it is an angry e-mail wait until the next day to re-read and send.
#3
Admit your mistakes quickly and without undue apologies/ self-flagellation. Not only will people trust you more, you’ll usually move on from the mistake much faster.
Rali Meyer 1 year ago
"you’ll usually move on from the mistake much faster." That actually works very well!
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
...says someone who's not still obsessed with mistakes they made half a century ago, methinks
If you’re a gamer, it’s likely that you know what a cheat code is. As an example, we could use the well-known game The Sims. Besides its iconic gameplay and storylines, the game is also famous for its popular cheat codes, like “motherlode”, which gives a playing household 50,000 simoleons (Sims money) or “bb.moveobjects on”, which helps the player to move objects wherever they want.
Cheat codes can be implemented either by game developers themselves, third-party software or hardware. At the same time, other games implement measures to disallow these codes, as they don’t want the players to get something by cheating instead of paying for it.
But did you know that cheat codes aren’t only applicable to video games? You can apply them to your life, too! Sounds ridiculous? Well, hear us out.
#4
Clean while you’re cooking.
Sue User 1 year ago
Me too. If i try to clean, i get sidetracked and burn the food.
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Lili Octopus 1 year ago
Even better: cook while you are cleaning! Then you have a clean house, and lovely meal to enjoy in it
Lisbeth Guz 1 year ago
What if you clean while I cook and we share a glass of wine and some conversation before dinner?
CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago
I agree with the sentiment, but I'm going to need y'all to get out of the kitchen while I cook.
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Nitka Tsar 1 year ago
Damn, so I can‘t do the cook apprenticeship* after all. *an apprenticeship in Germany means 3 years paid learning. Halve the time you learn the practical side of the craft in the company and halve the time you learn theory in trade school. It‘s paid with all the usual benefits like 30 days paid vacation and stuff
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Rafael 1 year ago
(I think he shares this advice while cooking with Spock at the beginning of "A Quality of Mercy" IIRC)
Load More Replies... ANTIVICTORIA 12 months ago
Sounds great in theory. IRL it's usually cleaning right away while the food is finishing cooking.
#5
If you want to change the subject in a conversation, discreetly but noticeably drop something. Make it look accidental. It will break the train of thought of the other person and allow you to restart the conversation. Old dark psychology trick.
Nicole Weymann 1 year ago
Naw, with that question you'll get caught in a loop!
Load More Replies... Tyranamar Suess 1 year ago
The only way this person knows how to change a conversation topic is drop something? And they think they're a psychological Jedi bc of it? What about just knowing how to change a subject?
#6
Have friends generationally older and younger than yourself.
Pandapoo 1 year ago
I get your point, but still try to have friends from all walks of life and age. Unless they are jerks, then don’t be friends. Lol
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Hoi-Polloi 1 year ago
There are some crotchety old relics out there, believe you me! Got to talking with the checker at the grocery store; turns out his bad self was in the same line of business as I am (satellites!) just he was doing it in the 50s and 60s. Fascinating guy.
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Hoi-Polloi 1 year ago
Yep! If one of your friends starts hovering, then lifting toward the sky, grab his legs! That way you can hitch a ride...
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Around 6 months ago, Reddit user u/itsliightz asked an interesting question on r/AskReddit: “Which real-life cheat codes do you know?” It showed that people online know many of them, as currently the post stands at 7.8K replies. Basically, a whole handbook of cheat codes.
Since likely no one is going to read through that many replies, we decided to make a list out of the best of them. And that’s what you’re in right now.
Still, you might wonder how a video game quirk can be applied to real life. After all, we aren’t characters with several lives on their hands, we’re real people with only one life.
#7
People like talking about themselves more than they like hearing about you. If you interact with people for work memorize 1 thing about them, could be a kids name, a sport they like, a hobby they do, their job, etc.
Ask them about it every once in a while. People are always surprised and appreciate your interest in them.
Dizzie D 1 year ago
This is exactly how I choose new friends since I was young. You ask them about themselves, show interest and sympathise but if this person straight up goes on and on and on without ever asking about how you are or your life when first meeting, you are in for a long ride of simply being a new shoulder to offload on. Choose friends based on mutual interest and respect. It's absolutely exhausting having anyone in your life who constantly talks about themselves and their problems. Who needs that extra stress? Works both ways. They should be there for you and you should always be there for them. Weedle the bad ones out in the beginning.
Shark bait hoo haha 1 year ago
I would rather listen to people than talk about myself. I am more curious to someone else's adventures.
#8
Automated phone systems don’t understand nonsense. If you need to speak to a person answer the prompts with things like “chicken nuggets”. Or “ shoelace”. It will assume an error in its language system and route you to a person.
nick 1 year ago
When the day comes of AI takeover, the collective will remember that phone call and will hunt you down lol
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Patricia Steward 1 year ago
"Representative" usually does the trick, but it's not as much fun.
Shark bait hoo haha 1 year ago
For those of us who live in the USA and have to deal with Xfinity, this does not work! I just tried out today. I had to call to complain (again x 39538732 times) about slow internet when we pay the premium price for the fastest in the whole wide world (their words not mine).
Microwaved Robot 1 year ago
i just say "agent, agent, agent" a few times then throw in a "supervisor". The system always says, 'You might want to speak to a live agent. I did say "live person" once, 'human' didn't seem to work...LOL
#9
A fluorescent jacket, a bogus lanyard and a clipboard will get you access to 2/3 of the places that usually aren't accessible.
Deborah 1 year ago
Or act like you should be where you were. I was taking photos of a friend at a major horse show, in an area off limits to non-pros, but I had a pro-looking camera & a bag that could have held accessories, and when a kid with a point&shoot camera tried to shoot from there, security chased her out. I just looked at him and shook my head, and he laughed and said yea, they always try that. And I got some nice pix for my friend.
ColdSteelRonin 1 year ago
Add a hard hat and safety glasses and most of the time security won't even stop you
Lili Octopus 1 year ago
I’ve heard that Neptune is inaccessible to humans. So I’ve ordered a fluorescent jacket and lanyard. Can’t wait!
Tommy DePaul 1 year ago
Buy a polo shirt with a delivery company (UPS, DHL, FedEx) logo on it from Goodwill. Pair it with khaki shorts. You can go ANYWHERE!
Verena 1 year ago
And it will make you invisible to the general public, because you transform into some abstract street furniture. I once worked on a huge site in the middle of Amsterdam. When looking like a Christmas tree, people bumped into me because they overlooked me, even while guiding a huge truck. Wearing street clothes it never happened.
Janos Schumacher 1 year ago
A yellow vest and clip tape measure to your belt. You will now have great customer service at any Fleet supply, hardware store, lumberyard, wherever you go where tradespeople go.
Lee Gilliland 1 year ago
Do NOT forget a hard hat on a building site of any kind, or you WILL be made aware, conspicuously, that you lack one.
Well, in reality, these cheatcodes maybe aren’t as drastic as in some games; there isn’t a “motherlode” you can type into your life (but imagine if you could, how fun would that be?). The real hacks are on a smaller scale, but that doesn’t mean they can’t make a big difference in the long run. Or just simply improve your minor day-to-day activities. As long as it’s useful, why not try it, right?
For instance, taking sugary drinks out of your everyday rotation for weight loss. Plus, doing so not only helps to lose weight, but saves your health too, as it is a well-known fact that sodas and other similar beverages can lead to diabetes, heart, kidney and many other diseases.
#10
**Managers:** give your employees the credit they deserve for everything they do, especially talk them up to *your* bosses.
This is a literal win/win. Your employees love you for respecting them, and your boss loves you for successfully managing a great team.
Too many times I see bad managers bring their own egos into the mix, feeling like they need to compete with their own employees to take credit for jobs well done. This does not have the effect they think it has.
Vinnie 1 year ago
One manager's bragging rights to "I hire the best people and I stay the f#ck out of their way."
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
Exactly. I came up through toolmaking to leading the shop. I never tell my very qualified guys how to do something (which is a very quick way to p**s off a toolmaker). "Jim, that die needs to be running by tomorrow morning, what or who do you need?" Then I get his person or stuff and go do something else.
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Kimberly Bailey 1 year ago
Taking all the credit of your employees as a manager makes you look weak. Like you don't know how to delegate responsibility and adequately assess the capabilities of your individual employees. If you are a manager and want to be a good one, pay attention to your employees and actually listen to their suggestions. The ones actually doing the work know what is needed, it's your job to get them whatever tools they need to do such job.
MalibuClassicMan 1 year ago
In manufacturing, I had rather see an employee standing around if their machine is running, making good parts than see them working on a machine that is not making good parts!!
#11
When your alarm goes off in the morning, do not think. Only react. If you sit up immidiately and start getting out of bed, it becomes a reflex. No more lying in bed for hours "trying to wake up". Now I hear my alarm and brain is alert and ready.
Bean Driller 1 year ago
Here's some depressing info: After 53 years of loving to sleep in, I can no longer sleep past 6am. The worst part, I was a night shift nurse for 17 years and I can't fall asleep until after 11 or 12.
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
7 for me, even when I don't have a cat trying to get me up to feed them. Deeply annoying, especially when it doesn't matter what time I went to bed.
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Rali Meyer 1 year ago
And it's a nuisance to your partner (or neighbor!) if your press snooze another 1.335 times.
Kyra Noelle 1 year ago
Twice I turned off the alarm without realizing it. My boss called my Dad and he rushed to my apartment thinking I was dead or something. Scared him c**p less. I no longer keep my alarm next to my bed and set it for exactly when I need to get moving. No more snooze.
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
I've done that forever. Same with Mom. We're like instantly awake, not groggy, can answer questions, etc. A GF told me that was not normal.
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Mine was placing the alarm clock several steps from bed. Once I'm up, that's it.
#12
Confidence can get you super far. Like, if you just act extremely confident and normal and totally fine about whatever it is you're doing, anything nearly, people wont question it. You're supposed to be here, just walk on in. Or out, or whatever. That's the attitude to have. I cannot believe how well this works for some of the nicest people as well as the biggest jerks alive. It works.
Betta Fish 1 year ago
its so true but it can be so hard haha. it took me a while to develop confidence in myself
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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
I prefer the 'George Costanza' method. Look busy and on your way to the next crisis. People will keep it short and sweet if they need something.
Abdullah Abd Rahman 1 year ago
... but don't overdo it to the point you come across as arrogant
This article alone provides 50 additional cheat codes, like learning a new language by watching kids' shows, bringing a healthy snack to work or not comparing yourself to others. Then, there are Reddit threads like the one discussed today. If you want, you can surely find a hack that you would like to try out yourself.
As you can see, real-life cheat codes can vary from serious to completely silly ones. It’s up to each person to see how any of them fit into their life and (hopefully) improve it.
Do you know any real-life cheat codes that weren’t mentioned in this list? Share them with us in the comments!
#13
Do a little bit every day.
Sue 1 year ago
I do a lot of housework like this. Walk in my room? Put away at least 3 pieces of clothing. Walk in the kitchen? Unload at least 3 dishes? Walk in the living room, take out 3 things that don't below & put them away. I usually end up doing the whole thing, but because I know I don't have to all of it now, it's easier to just say, "Ooooh, one more."
Beak Hookage 1 year ago
Every day it gets a little easier. But you gotta do it every day. That's the hard part. But it does get easier.
#14
I got a job as security at a concert venue because ticket prices were getting to be insane and I wanted to see some shows. Turns out I also got to meet some rock stars!
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Daughter was security at the local Casino. She saw a lot of acts, was goofed on by Sinbad, was respected by the ones who weren't ashholes,and got us primo seats and meet and greets.
Anne Nyheim 1 year ago
I started my music loving career as a volunteur worker at a local festival. For twenty hours of fun work spread out over several days, we got "crew" wristbands and access to all concerts. And best of all, access to the backstage, where the artists hung out, drinking and joking around and jamming together. Just don't be a tourist and ogle them/ take pictures/ask for autographs, just hang out together with them and enjoy the party
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
Recruiting security from the ranks of fans sounds like a great idea. In my experience, most of the concert venue security guards seem to be miserable thugs who'd rather be anywhere else and kinda ruin the fun during meet&greets and stuff. I get it, it's their job, but still, do ya have to act like a douche THAT much?
#15
Diarrhea is the best excuse to get out of anything. No one questions it and no one expects you to go to a doctor for it.
R Dennis 1 year ago
No. I very nearly had an issue in the car. I started speeding up and was pulled over. I was nauseous, sweating, and almost in tears. The cop who wrote me the ticket took his time. I got off at the next stop and just barely made it into the McDonald's. (That was the closest bathroom, so that was where I was trying to go.) Maybe people tell him that all the time, but I wasn't lying...
Lyoness 1 year ago
Methinks I've found a fellow IBS sufferer here. I'm so sorry this happened to you. I was on vacation with my partner and had an attack. It was not fun and very embarrassing. Take immodium with you on vacation people!
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Carol Culhane 1 year ago
As an introvert who married into a family of extroverts I established pretty early on that I get migraines sometimes (never had one, they sound terrible). So when spending extended periods of time with the fam. I have an automatic excuse when I'm just socialed out.
Suby 1 year ago
I actually get bad migraines for different reasons, including weather and noise, but stress is a trigger. Just thinking about an event that might be stressful to me already gives me the first signs of a migraine, so it's not even a lie when I say I can't go. A cup of coffee and some meds later, I'm fine and have avoided the event.
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ZGutr 1 year ago
holy sh1t ! that simple ? ..... won't work for me, my family says my intestines are made of steel enforced concrete, lined with a thick layer of lead
Littlemiss 1 year ago
Can we swap intestines please? Mine look at food and go hahahaha you wanna eat what????
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Littlemiss 1 year ago
Hmm yes whilst that's true, if you have pain in your lower gut, get constipated and or diarrhea more often than not, please see a doctor. You could have diverticulitis.
Tabitha 1 year ago (edited)
But for goodness sake, make it seem true. Don’t be talking and acting all healthy and invigorated when using this excuse. Real diarrhea takes a lot out of you, because it can extremely dehydrate you, and you lose a load of electrolytes, so you end up with no energy, and your stomach (and the other area) also hurt like hell. Plus, if it’s a stomach flu, you can’t keep food down, so you’re also vomiting, and might have a fever. No one looks, acts, or sounds happy and energetic in that condition. You absolutely MUST make it an Oscar-winning performance, or it won’t work.
Fellfromthemoon 1 year ago
Not really. If one ingests something that doesn't agree with them that easily causes a couple of runs to the bathroom. A good enough excuse and doesn't have a severe effect on mood or behavior. A Calici virus infection works the way you've described.
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Obeying the rules when you drive dramatically reduces your chances of crashing.
Sarah Suelzle 1 year ago
Although technically true, and not just for driving ... "obeying the rules" is not a Life Hack.
Sue 1 year ago
And assuming EVERYONE else is an idiot. Don't tailgate - you're just trusting that the person in front of you is not a dumba**.
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
"else"? I trust no one behind the wheel...myself least of all. I know what's inside that idiot's head!
Load More Replies... MalibuClassicMan 1 year ago
Yea but there are a lot of people who think the law doesn't apply to them; that me first attitude is what causes most accidents or road rage!!
DC 1 year ago
Obey the rules of phyics. Either you do, or you're made to. Obeying other rules is debatable, but generally, it helps avoiding trouble pretty reliably, so ... yeah. Whoever does what's not allowed, is given the task to make sure it won't impose suffering or danger on others. In traffic, elsewhere, everywhere. But, if you can't make this sure, obedience makes you predictable and almost safe from any legal issues. Not really something to not recommend.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago
It seems obvious, but it's not instinctive. If we want to get home fast, we speed. We don't signal because we don't trust people to let us in. I found, since I stopped driving like a maniac, that driving is much easier and more pleasant.
Sue 1 year ago
I find making eye contact usually helps people let you in - if you weren't a jerk & rushed up & tried to cut in line. I don't know if it works for men.
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Alex hayes 1 year ago
Not in my country no, if you obey the rules you WILL get into the accident And you must never stop at a red light unless you really want to get railed
#17
Cutting out daily drinks with sugar like sodas or frappacinos really helps with weight loss if you do nothing else.
Rali Meyer 1 year ago
But if you are already drinking all sugarless and reduce carbs and... - eventually it gets very hard to loose even more
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
Been there, done that. Bariatric surgery did the trick--4.5 months later and weight is still coming off, though not as fast as it did in the first days. Extreme solution, but when nothing else works...
Load More Replies... cerinamroth 1 year ago
I always feel a bit hopeless when weight loss tips are things I‘ve always done: cooking from scratch every day, no fizzy drinks, plenty of water, plenty of fruit and veg! I’m short and love food. That’s my issue, it seems!
Philly Bob 1 year ago
I literally lost 40 pounds by stopping soda! 8 Cans of Coke a day! Now just bottle of plain water.
Abdullah Abd Rahman 1 year ago
Coca-Cola is the worst! It is toxic because it has tons and tons of sugar, making it addictive and resulting in severe diabetes. I have lost a number of my own siblings and loved ones, over the years,whose kidneys failed because of an addiction to Coca-Cola. Avoid it like the plague!
#18
Make people laugh within a minute of meeting them. They will remember you and help you.
Hippopotamuses 1 year ago (edited)
Or in my case. Remember me, help me; and feel sorry for me. Apparently, I have a dire sense of humour.
Lee Gilliland 1 year ago
Try stand up. If you're brave enough to say it here, you're brave enough.
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Very hot water temporarily takes away the itchiness of bug bites and poison oak/ivy/sumac.
Just listening to people is almost as good as being able to read minds. Most people will cheerfully reveal exactly what they're thinking if you just listen quietly. It could be through what they say, what they don't say, or their body language.
Your own ego causes 99% of the trouble you face.
80 Van 1 year ago
For bug bites, warm a metal spoon in very hot water for 10-30 seconds and then hold the back of the spoon tightly on the bug bite for 3-6 seconds or until you can’t stand it anymore. That way you can avoid serious burns anywhere else around the bite and can control the temperature a lot more easily.
Kyra Noelle 1 year ago
People will tell you what kind of person they are, listen! Don't respond "Oh no I am sure your a great person."
Gretchen Esquilin 1 year ago
You can also try to rub the inside of a banana peel on your poison ivy (not sure if it works for sumac) & you'll find relief within 24 hrs. 2 ppl I know tried it & said the rash was gone. (I've never had either, so I can't speak from personal experience.)
Wang Zhuang 1 year ago
The hot water thing is so true. When you're really itchy, getting into falling, hot, steamy water for a few seconds is heaven
Captain Kakapo 1 year ago
there are bug bite releve tools for sale, they are doing exactly safe heating
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
Well yeah, that's how John Edward and his brand of charlatanism work. That's not common knowledge?
#20
If it takes less than five minutes, do it right away.
Mat O'Dowd 1 year ago
39 Minutes remaining for installation... ... ... ... ...
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I can't tell you how many times I go to do a five-minute task and end up rearranging the living room.
Anne Nyheim 1 year ago
As a person with ADHD, that advice is not for me. If I leave whatever I am already doing it gets lost. for example, I was going to replace the toilet roll, and carried the empty roll with me as a reminder. On my way from the bathroom to the toilet paper storage area I saw a cup that my daughter had used and discarded. I brought it with me to put in the dish washer. Yup, the empty roll also got in
Suby 1 year ago
Yeah. And then you find your keys in the fridge and your phone in the laundry room and so forth.
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#21
Always play dumb, always. Don’t let them know your moves.
Kimberly Bailey 1 year ago
I can't play dumb I don't have it in me. I do something I call robot mode literally mimic a robot. You can't tell a persons motives if you can't read their emotions.
#22
Being willing to show up and work is more valuable than being the most knowledgeable or skillful.
ƒιѕн 1 year ago
This is 100% true. I'm in construction and finding reliable help in my small rural area is a nightmare. As long as you can walk and breathe at the same time, I will hire you if you can show up everyday, I don't always need smart, just need that extra set of hands.
Angie May 1 year ago
Plus your coworkers will think of you as reliable if nothing else. I've worked enough jobs where someone not showing up meant a ton of extra work for the people who did and those people quickly started to sour on the one who constantly called off.
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Kelly Scott 1 year ago (edited)
Unfortunately, this isn't exactly true. I used to hear employers say it all the time, that all they want is someone who just shows up and shows up on time. But in practice, they want someone knowledgeable (with a degree, however useless that degree is), someone young, someone who will work OT and come in early, and someone they can treat like dirt. I quit believing that "I just want someone to show up" c**p a long time ago.
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Advice my girls got from me: If you show up every day, you will be treated as goddesses...they were.
Captain Kakapo 1 year ago
also a great way to earn all possible overtimes and replacement shifts
#23
The more you understand, the less you have to memorize. Understanding is a knowledge compression algorithm.
ex: pythagorean theorem = distance formula = formula for a circle.
Bean Driller 1 year ago
I get into trouble for always asking why. It is how I remember things-why I am doing them. Why it works that way. Mindless memorization is so hard for me.
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
Yup. I always taught my apprentices why. Plus, if they know why, they can extrapolate more stuff/procedures. Also helps with safety.
Load More Replies... Pencil McGovern 1 year ago (edited)
I give that same basic advice to people who don't like to cook. Recipes can be very difficult and tedious to follow when you have no idea *why* you have to do those steps. Once you have the understanding, cooking becomes much less of a chore.
Sue 1 year ago (edited)
So important. As a one-time trainer of PC apps like Word & Excel, it's so hard to train someone who doesn't have any idea how the systems work - and I'm not an extremely technical person. Before PCs, we had a word processing department that used CRTs to type letters, memos, etc. The lady who first training me was funny but sexist - she said computers are like men, you have to tell them exactly what to do to get them to work. Not sure if that's true now with AI
DC 1 year ago
AI may interpret stuff, so if you advise it to recreate a certain wallpaper pattern or so, it might get on its own that it's about parallel lines or chechered or whatever the pattern is. How far that is from true understanding, we don't really know. AI is, more or less, a fancy pattern identifier, but, after all, how much MORE than an even fancier pattern identifier, is our brain? Is it REALLY fundamentally different, or is it just ... that? We can conclude, however, that we're the least adapted species to risk something like causing consciousness - the known conscious beings, other than humans, haven't benefitted from us knowing - the more we know about it, the more hideous the excuses are, but that's about it. We better not make something conscious, given our history, it would immediately understand what a shallow bunch of bigots we are. But, in general - understanding is better than memorizing, because, what you understand allows you to derive further knowledge.
Load More Replies... ANTIVICTORIA 12 months ago
Memorization requires patience & effort, it also improves your ability to remember as well as take in new knowledge that you'll retain. This is terrible advice and sounds like someone just made it up.
#24
For me it was “maintain a healthy weight” which most people think is to help your overall health, and yes that’s very true, but from a pain standpoint it’s really great.
Like several of you (I’m sure) I’m just in pain all the time. Maybe it’s my back, or my neck, or my knees, but god damn if getting from the beginning of the day to the end of the day doesn’t hurt.
Turns out, losing weight and keeping that under control (which means adding in the gym a few times a week and watching what I eat for 4-5 days a week) makes all that pain go away. And in hindsight I knew this but to actually feel it was a world of difference.
Someone once told me “you suffer alone” and it’s true. You also feel good alone. So, better to have the latter of the two options.
Tabitha 1 year ago (edited)
Plus, if you diet and exercise like crazy but can’t seem to lose weight, get your thyroid checked. Avoid endocrinologists, as they’re more concerned with diabetes, and really not up to snuff for hypo- or hyper- thyroidism. Try a hormone specialist instead. The endo will only do a TSH test, which is a joke and doesn’t really tell them (or anyone) anything. The hormone specialist will do the full range of thyroid tests, and will get a more accurate picture of what’s going on. I have hypothyroidism, which was epigenetically triggered by menopause. The endo I went to first actually f****d up, gave me the worst wrong meds, made everything way way worse to the point where I was in so much pain and so exhausted all the time that I just wanted to curl up and die—-and their only solution was to increase the dosage of those wrong meds! Doctors should be in the business of making you feel better, not so much worse that death would be preferable! So I fired them and went to a hormone specialist, who absolutely saved me, by accurately diagnosing my issue and putting me on the only thyroid meds that worked. I’m 64 now, and have been on them for almost ten years now. I’m at the right weight for my height without starving myself, there’s no real pressure on my joints, any old age aches and pains are minimal (and I had tendon surgery on my left knee several years ago, plus fractured that ankle when I was a teenager), and I honestly feel better than I did when I was in my forties. Sometimes weight issues are not just a matter of eating less and exercising, but are a legitimate medical condition.
Philly Bob 1 year ago (edited)
Tabi... if I may call you as such as I lost a great lady who was my Tabi girl, not as "lucky" eh... (WTF!) as you were nor was I. You had hyperthyro... I had stomach cancer. Outch! You 64 me 66. Still alive and ... maybe not so well but (a Johnny Winter reference!) we're still giving life hell! Blessed Be, God love ya and we're gonna take hell over!
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Shannon Donnelly 1 year ago
This is true. I have severe fibromyalgia, and after losing 100 lbs, my pain is easier to control. Mainly because it's just easier for me to move around and be active. I'm not the "exercise/gym" type of person, don't even like walking for the sake of walking, but I will spend hours doing housework and/or yardwork and I feel better when I've been active. There are times when the fibro is bad enough that I'm stuck on the couch, but as soon as I can, I'm up and moving (thank you, ADHD! lol)
Gwyn 1 year ago (edited)
If you can maintain your healh over time the benefits are huge. You can do more, feel good more often and deal with life's c**p much more easily. When you exercise and eat well your body adapts to it, maintaining muscle and joints. The longer you are unhealthy, it becomes harder and harder to get your health back, if you can at all. Even if you can't get in top shape, just doing the bare minimum during the hard times will go much further than you think!
Philly Bob 1 year ago (edited)
I was 160 pounds all my life. I jumped to 320 pounds. at 5" 8" I was a tub. I am now again at 66 years old... 160 lbs! Yeah, 13 years out. Stomach cancer will allow that! I survived with benefits. Most are not so lucky!!
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 1 year ago
It's hard to exercise when just getting out of bed hurts.
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
Still waiting on the pain relief part, especially in my right knee. Down about 150 from top weight. Any day now...
#25
When reheating rice in the microwave, put a little bit of water in the bowl so it heats up fluffy again.
MalibuClassicMan 1 year ago
I have read that reheating rice is really not healthy because of some type of bacteria it forms; anyone heard of this before; curious minds want to know!
whiterabbit 1 year ago
Cover your food with a damp paper towel before you microwave it. Rice is perfectly fine to reheat, I make a batch almost weekly and eat on it all week, never had an issue.
Philly Bob 1 year ago
I hardly ever waste rice. I just put it in a container, seal it and freeze it. It lasts for months. Take it out, add water, heat, stir, maybe a bit of butter and you have good rice again!
Shannon Donnelly 1 year ago
I've read a lot that rice is one of those foods that shouldn't be reheated as it's one of those foods most likely to quickly grow bacteria and doesn't get properly reheated. I've never gotten sick from reheated rice (that I know of), but the quantity of articles I've read over the past couple of years have made me hesitant to do so again.
#26
To learn something repeat it to yourself three times on the day you learn it, two more times the next day, once the day after that, and you know it (most of the time).
Shelby Moonheart 1 year ago
My husband tells me every morning, "Good Morning, I love you." Three times. Faith comes by hearing. What you hear, you have faith in. So be careful what you listen to.
Kathy Brooke 1 year ago
When my husband died all those lovely things he'd said on repeat all that time echoed around my head to comfort me. Even now if I do something well, I hear "good work!" Tell people you love them often.
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Steve Robert 1 year ago
I always found that if I wrote something down, it would be easier to remember.
Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
Seeing it and hearing it increases your chances of retaining information enormously.
Sue 1 year ago (edited)
Writing helps me. I would write the main points in a textbook chapter twice, and by that time, I had memorized it. The more methods you use to remember something (seeing, reading, writing, typing, etc.), the easier it is to remember since different parts of your brain are involved in the same learning experience.
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When someone's wrong on the internet, type out what you want to say, then delete it once you've got it out of your system. It's incredibly cathartic; As you organize your sources and logic, you get the time to sort out what you think and why, and you can calm down a bit as you let reason take the wheel instead of your emotions, which lets you realize that nothing you say matters to them anyway.
If you find that your finished product is particularly well-written, feel free to save it off to the side as a sort of personal study, if you want.
Excellent zen hack.
KnightOOwl 1 year ago
I do this all the time. Sometimes a comment reminds me of a particular person or event so I'll type out the entire story then delete it, just to get it out of my system.
Data1001 1 year ago
Yeah, I've found myself doing this a lot more in the past several years. Particular sites are the biggest triggers for me when I visit their comment sections: Yahoo & YouTube being two examples. I write some angry screed, then tell myself, "Nope -- don't do it. Don't engage." Good for my mental health.
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
Wait...not everyone posts less than 10% of what they actually type? That's a survival skill I've had since the BBS days. It came in VERY handy when my jobs started using Yamr/Teams/Slack/etc.
Shark bait hoo haha 1 year ago
I do this so many times here on Bored Panda! I learned to because my previous account was permanently banned due to down votes on one or two articles. Y'all don't like people who don't share your point of view all the time or speak their minds.
#28
Worked at a call center for a credit card company. If you ever get hit with a late fee, politely call customer service and ask if there’s a possibility of getting it waived. We didn’t have to ask a supervisor or anything, just pushed it through.
Have done this multiple times now for my own cards. Don’t pay late fees!
Editing to add: if you do call customer service and they help you out PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stay on the line and fill out the survey and give them all perfect scores. We got big bonuses on our scores and it really meant a lot when people took the time to do it.
If you want to complain do it in the comments box not on the actual scores. One bad score can tank the bonuses even if it was a bad rating on the product and not the service provided by the agent.
Tabitha 1 year ago (edited)
Also, don’t yell and cuss and be nasty—-especially if you cross the line into personal verbal abuse. You really don’t get as far with that kind of behavior than you do if you’re calm and polite, but still firm in what you need. Plus, if you understand that the first person you speak to has the least authority, then you’ll also understand that your satisfaction may not be immediate. If they can’t help you, then nicely ask if there’s a supervisor available—but be sure to let them know it’s nothing they did but that you understand they can only do so much, so someone higher might have just enough authorization to do more to solve your problem. Please, please, please do NOT vent all your anger at that front line person, then have it all out of your system by the time you talk to their boss! You’re abusing the wrong person. Yell at the damned boss, ffs, as they’re probably more involved in whatever f**k up you’re complaining about than the poor kid who just answers the phone for a living. Save your anger for the person at fault, ffs!
Lee Gilliland 1 year ago
Never swear at the help staff, save it for the telemarketers -I learn long words to make that fun!
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Also remember if you have a problem with something it's with the Company, not the assistant on the phone. I often even say "I'm not cross at you, it's know this isn't your fault". Surprisingly that makes them want to help you!
Manana Man 1 year ago
Used to work at a help line. I would say "well, that language doesn't bother me but some people here would have already hung up on you by now." They don't feel confronted and you've left them an out. They always apologized.
#29
Saying "hello" in an unexpected way knocks the person you're talking to out of their groove and changes how they interact with you. Instead of "how's it going?" I say "how's life treating you?" and get a more engaged interaction.
Pferdchen 1 year ago
There's the guy who is responsible for stocking the aisle with the pasta and spaghetti sauce at our big chain grocery store here in SE Florida. I typically say "Hello" but, the other day, I said "Buongiorno!" He started speaking to me in Italian. Turns out he grew up in Torino / Turin. It made we wish that I actually spoke Italian lol
Rali Meyer 1 year ago
In Germany we don't ask. You get a "hello" or "good morning". That's it. Costs too much time.
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
"Hi, how are ya" in the same inflection Steve Zahn uses in "Sahara".
Manana Man 1 year ago
I used to say 'not bad' but then this one store clerk (I realized later) thought I said 'bad.' He seemed awkward after that and I didn't know why.
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#30
Learnt this today in first aid: use a syringe to suction out a splinter.
Rafael 1 year ago
I might try this one next time I have a row with my cact..uses? Cactii? Them spiky cabbages!
#31
Get enough sleep:.
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
Sure, unless you have a sleep disorder. Some of us would love to get enough sleep but the body isn't cooperating.
#32
The Infinite yogurt glitch:
All you need to make more yogurt is milk and a little yogurt. Repeat as necessary.
#33
The ducks at the park are free.
PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago
I was thinking the same thing 😂 they’ll fly away. But if they are dumped domestic ducks, I don’t mind people rehoming them if they are competent pet people. Duck dumpers (pet dumpers) are the worst
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DC 1 year ago
Given the most common use of a duck is killing and eating it, I'm not sure if this may be considered as not permitted hunting, which can lead to severe punishments, depending on where you do it. Plus, I'd like them all to rather stay alive than be consumed and transformed into human shid. They deserve better.
WickedLibra70 1 year ago
Got 5 of my own already , are you saying I could of just went to the park and take them from there for free?
Justagecko 12 months ago
...or you could try the non-illegal way and buy some, like I did......
Zophra 1 year ago
Was this a joke? I was thinking this was really funny, and then saw the comments.
What do you think ?
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
Be like Scotty (Star Trek): when giving an estimate of how long the task will take, double the time. If you get it done in half the time you're a hero, and if something happens then you have extra time already built in.
Lost Panda 1 year ago
We always referred to this as "Give them a blanket and yourself a pillow"
Load More Replies... ANTIVICTORIA 12 months ago
The only remotely useful life-hack I saw here was to put a little water in your food(rice) when you microwave it. Which I already knew.
Ron Man 1 year ago
What was the cheating here? Maybe I'm just seeing the top ones
Load More Replies... LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
Be like Scotty (Star Trek): when giving an estimate of how long the task will take, double the time. If you get it done in half the time you're a hero, and if something happens then you have extra time already built in.
Lost Panda 1 year ago
We always referred to this as "Give them a blanket and yourself a pillow"
Load More Replies... ANTIVICTORIA 12 months ago
The only remotely useful life-hack I saw here was to put a little water in your food(rice) when you microwave it. Which I already knew.
Ron Man 1 year ago
What was the cheating here? Maybe I'm just seeing the top ones
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