30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online

Such a repetitive activity as one’s job unavoidably leaves a mark on that person by forming certain habits and affecting their perception of reality through the things they know or tend to focus on. One can see some examples of just how far-reaching these habits can be, as these people are letting us glimpse at the world through their eyes by answering one Redditor’s question: “What do you always notice due to the nature of your job?”, at the same time making us conscious of our own habits and thus enabling us to pick up some new ones if we wish and are willing to work on them.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online Children who come from loving families vs those who don't. It's not all about finances either. Just because a child is clean and well dressed, doesn't mean they're loved like they should be.

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Pedantic Panda 1 year ago

So true. Knew someone who worked at one of London's leaving private schools and the amount of safeguarding issues that were happening were unbelievable.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online Wheelchair accessibility issues in public places.

Aldous_Hoaxley , Marcus Aurelius Report

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Monica Michelle 1 year ago

Omfg yes a thousand times yes. Us not being visible is only because of this issue

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online How much of the general public has reading comprehension problems. Work retail

With_The_Tide , Ketut Subiyanto Report

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

There is a significant difference between reading and reading comprehension.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online I work in human genetics and it’s really hard not to pick up on dysmorphic features when I’m walking around in public. I’m not a huge fan of that term but essentially a large number of us have something a little different about our appearance that could be random but might also be a feature of an underlying genetic condition, such as a crumpled looking ear or a particularly prominent forehead. Now that I know some of the things we look for in clinic, I have trouble unseeing it in public and it’s hard not to wonder if people know they might benefit from genetic testing if they haven’t already had it in some cases when I see multiple features associated with a certain condition.

sister_of_a_foxx , Mental Health America (MHA) Report

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126points

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Nikki Sevven 1 year ago

You need a YT channel, my friend.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online The people that don't push their chairs back in under the table after a meeting, are at best clueless idiots and at worst moronic [jerks].

NoButThanks , Anna Tarazevich Report

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114points

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Pedantic Panda 1 year ago

Please only push chairs with wheels or flat based. If there are legs on a hard surface, please, please lift them.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online I work at a senior citizen center & each member’s age will pop up on my screen when they renew their membership. I am AMAZED at how vastly differently people age. Some are in their 90s, but look like they could be in there 60s & vice-versa.

dinkdonner , Matt Barnard Report

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107points

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Arunika R. 1 year ago

True. My grandparents are approximately the same age but grandma looks about 20 years younger than grandpa

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online how many building do NOT have address on them, or at least have them in a place that they can easily be seen from the roadway.

unhalfbricklayer , Lina Kivaka Report

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98points

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Pippin Nepenthe 1 year ago

Not to mention buildings that don't even HAVE addresses... last summer our car died and we waited over 10 hours and went through at least 3 tow truck companies who couldn't find us. We were at a very obvious gas station on the side of interstate, but apparently it didn't have a clear address.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online I'm a bra fitter, so I always notice poorly fitted bras. I'm also enraged by any discussions about bra sizes in movies or TV because it's always wildly incorrect.

hep632 , Castorly Stock Report

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90points

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Headless Roach 1 year ago (edited)

Cups too small, band too big and shoulder straps cutting through the skin to keep it together 🤦🏻‍♀️

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online Things like how uncomfortable so many dogs are because their owners don't trim their nails enough, or how ungroomed/unhealthy their coats are.

Also things that their animals are doing that are actually stress/fear/warning signals that people brush off or laugh at and think is cute.

Savvy_Banana , Samson Katt Report

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88points

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Lakota Wolf 1 year ago

All three of my pets were trained early to be accustomed to me touching their paws, claws, ears, tails, whole body, etc. so they’re all very calm when I do any bodily maintenance on them XD They’re also desensitized to the sound of the vacuum, etc. Training is easy if you start early!

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online Good veins.

Lurkthrow9000 , Ron Lach Report

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80points

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Jeremy James 1 year ago

Does anyone else feel a little twinge of pride when the nurse says you have good veins? It's like, "Thanks. I grew them myself."

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#11

30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online Plagiarism.

Years of grading essays have given me a BS barometer that is rarely wrong.

BrotherOfTheOrder , Felicity Tai Report

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75points

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Arunika R. 1 year ago

Yep. As a child of two professors, I have seen some ridiculous amounts of answers that even I, a schoolgirl, could tell were BS

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online Invasive plant species all over parks, planted in yards and streets. I can spot some species while zipping down the highway.

HatelandFrogman , Kristina Paukshtite Report

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73points

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Arunika R. 1 year ago

My gardening skills are so bad I can kill even the most stubborn weed-plants because of my disregard

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online Noncompliant personalities. You can usually predict who's going to die early because they're wilfully ignorant about their own health and how their own body works. Like the person who prides themselves on not taking any of the medications the doctors keep prescribing.

SkyCat02 , Monstera Report

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72points

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Azolane 1 year ago

Well if you went into acute kidney injury because of a severe drug reaction, trust me, you start pushing back on everything the doctors triy to prescribe to you out of sheer fear that swallowing another pill will send you down that road again.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online I worked in a deli for a while. We had to get a FOOD HANDLERS Licenses. We had to take a course how to properly handle food that others would be eating, food temperatures, cleanliness, and such. So now I pay attention to how my food is prepared when we dine out. I was in a pizza joint and was watching a young lady put toppings on pizzas. She was properly wearing a hair net and gloves, but... she would scratch her head, under the netting and touch the toppings. She coughed and covered her mouth with her gloved hand, then went right back to handling toppings. I turned and walked out. If the public can see what you are doing, shouldn't you do it right? Which made me wonder about the things I couldn't see. I was really happier when I didn't know this stuff. I prefer to eat my own cooking. I know I use proper hygiene and will not be eating some stranger's DNA.

Eogh21 , Anna Shvets Report

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71points

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StrangeOne 1 year ago

If it's a cheap, fast food place the company cares more about getting food out quick than going through extra steps for sanitation. The workers would be more likely to get told to get back to the task if they're seen constantly washing their hands, and they would be told to stop wasting gloves. Tim Hortons was bad for that. I found I was getting allergic reactions to the cleaning chemicals, so I requested wearing the surgical non-latex gloves. The manager refused because they cost an extra 40 cents more than the flimsy loose ones for making sandwiches.

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#15

30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online I make slot machine games (software dev)

So I know most of the tricks that are used to hide the ways you are getting f****d over, some are obvious, some are very well hidden

Some fun facts that don't violate my NDA

Casinos sometimes purposely break some cosmetic lights on a machine to make players think "this machine is broken, maybe it'll give me more money than it should"

And on cruises, on day 1 the machines are configured to have a higher chance to win to make u happy and cuz they know ur stuck on the cruise so they'll just get the money back when u buy food/drinks or continue gambling, on the last day, the machines are set to the lowest odds of winning so the cruise gets as much money as possible from you before u leave

My advice, avoid slots, but if ur on a cruise and really want to play, only play the first night or two, then stick to table games, table game odds are much more transparent, and there's a ton of laws protecting the sanctity of dice and cards and stuff (these laws also protect the sanctity of cards and dice in video poker and slot machines)

Retrac752 , Christopher Ryan Report

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67points

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Nikki Sevven 1 year ago

I'm just going to pass on the whole casino thing and keep my money, thanks.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online Techno-babble and techno-buzzwords. It's so easy to tell when a new piece of tech is all smoke and mirrors.

Duck_Whistle , Alexander Dummer Report

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64points

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Pedantic Panda 1 year ago

Elizabeth Holmes got away with it for a while.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online How well or not well older people function mentally by having a conversation

I work with dementia and Alzheimer's patients for a living

xxjamesiskingxx42 , pasja1000 Report

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64points

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Huddo's sister 1 year ago

This is why my grandad's nursing home encouraged skype/phone conversations daily during covid, despite it sometimes being confusing. My grandad went downhill when my grandma died too, as they would spend all day together and then he just spent most of his time in his room.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online People make really bad financial decisions, almost constantly. The game is basically rigged against everyone, except: people who have parents who teach them (rare), people who have the drive to learn on their own (rare), and people who have such high income that they can out-earn their mistakes (very rare). The great irony is that most good financial advisors won’t talk to you unless you’re already rich or you pay some ridiculous hourly fee.

daytodaze , Karolina Grabowska Report

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61points

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

I recently invested all of my life savings and in a month I will be getting 5 times more. That's what a kind stranger on the internets pinky swore to me.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online After 15 years as operations manager of a commercial cleaning company… the main one is when going to the toilet in a venue (club, pub, theatre) I ALWAYS look at the dust buildup on the door hinges… in my experience it’s the best indicator of how often bathrooms are being ‘deep cleaned’

cdbilby , Victoria_Regen Report

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61points

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Jill Bussey 1 year ago

There's no way you're getting a wheelchair into that cubicle.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online That all the ads on TV about medications, especially those with "Ask your doctor if blahblahblah is right for you" means your insurance won't cover them and in unlikely event they do, it's still expensive as [hell].

jennkyube , JESHOOTS.com Report

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59points

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Mis Stake she/her 🇫🇮🇬🇧 1 year ago

Ads on tv is such a weird concept

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#21

30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online Details in concrete. Quality of finish, variations in grade, lines and impressions left from formwork, patches, etc. I can’t help but pick apart every concrete surface I see.

chabalajaw , Markus Spiske Report

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54points

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Patricia Stilwell 1 year ago

Um, maybe show a picture of CONCRETE with this item? I don't work with concrete, but I know this isn't concrete.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online When people say they have high pain tolerance, they are often the least tolerant of pain. I'm a physiotherapist.

benSU_ , Yan Krukau Report

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53points

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Nikki Sevven 1 year ago

I have a high tolerance for chronic pain, but none for acute pain.

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#23

30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online As a cardiovascular RN I notice people's ankles- always checking for swelling.

jsoutherland89 , Manki Kim Report

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52points

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Nikki Sevven 1 year ago

As a heart patient, I check my own ankles every night. I have bony åss ankles, so swelling is instantly visible to me.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online Flies.

My last job was working in a clean room. If a single fly found its way in we had to stalk it, [end it], pack it up and send it to the higher ups for testing.

Worked there a year and been out for four months and I still want to drop everything and search and destroy every time I notice a fly.

willingisnotenough , skigh_tv Report

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51points

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A girl 1 year ago

I've never worked a clean room but do relentlessly stalk and..unalive...those evil, pesky, unsanitary creatures.

25points

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online I always read the acknowledgements first when I pick up a new book to read, to see if I know anyone who worked on it. Publishing is such a small world.

StrangersWithAndi , Vincenzo Malagoli Report

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48points

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Cosmologist wannabe 1 year ago

Publishers are underrated. They are the ones that let authors give us books.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online 330 gallon totes

Used to move chemicals by forklift and now I can't help but notice them as set dressing in every sci-fi show ever. They are big, but light weight when empty, and they don't look familiar to the average person.

Keep an eye out, you will see them everywhere. My wife and I both yell "Totes!" every time we see one on screen.

MooseInDisguise , airseacontainers Report

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47points

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Chucky Cheezburger 1 year ago

I dont remember seeing them in Sci fi shows but I'll probably see them all the time now. We get oil and bioxide shipped in the "cubes" as we call them.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online Even the smartest most experienced tourists can be hilariously unprepared for the places they visit.

I've had insanely well traveled and experienced European tourists arrive in my small Western Canadian town with no mobile devices and zero English proficiency.

I've had very experienced hikers apply bear spray like bug repellant

I've had longtime outdoorsmen who traveled to my hometown expecting to be able to buy all the camping equipment they need so they didn't have to bring all their personal gear from home

Lostsonofpluto , Oziel Gómez Report

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45points

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Cosmologist wannabe 1 year ago

PREPARE FOR YOUR TRIPS, PEOPLE. Read the instructions of your equipment. Ask other people, even if you are very experienced. Know your limits, and DO NOT try to exceed them. Know the possible risks of the environment. Plan ahead. And finally, RESPECT NATURE. seriously tho.

20points

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online How often deadlines don't apply to the people we're waiting on so we can work on finishing earlier or on schedule--yet when they finally hand it off to us after taking up the bulk of time, it's suddenly our priority and we have to stick to a deadline that they enforce.

4T_Knight , Elisa Ventur Report

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44points

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

I love deadlines. Especially the swoosh sound they make as they pass by.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online How little people who run businesses know about tax

Dame87 , RODNAE Productions Report

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43points

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StrangeOne 1 year ago

My mom explained it to me. I'd rather just work for someone else and have them deal with all that math.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online People are very concerned about their medications but not concerned enough to pay attention to when they run out.

Either people come to the doctor for the smallest thing like a hangnail or they wait to come in until a river of blood has been coming out of their [bum] for 5 years

BLUFALCON78 , SHVETS production Report

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41points

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Nikki Sevven 1 year ago

This is why pharmacies created automatic refills. They text me a week before I run out, asking if I want a refill. They'll even contact my doctor if I'm out of refills.

30points

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Curbs and gutters…. One way you can tell at a glance if a neighborhood has homes prone to foundation issues is to look at the curb and gutters along the streets. They are laid down in long continuous grades. If the curb and gutters look tilted/skewed and otherwise out of shape, chances are the underlying soils are unstable or clay, these soils don’t make good foundation material.

C_Alan Report

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20points

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Dogcat vet (retired) 1 year ago

or tree roots?

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online The inefficiency with which people spend money, including myself.

One of my favorite quotes from the book Richest Man in Babylon is

> Let thy motto be one hundred percent of appreciated value demanded for each coin spent.

If you're spending money and you're not happier for it, then you've lost value. If you're as happy for it, then you've broken even. And if you are happier for it, then you've gained value.

Lking4goodargs , Hana Mara Report

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17points

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Sky Render 1 year ago

It really does pay to do your research before buying things. Sometimes the smallest things can make a huge difference. To wit: we recently dropped $300 on an induction microwave, and it's easily the most satisfying appliance we've ever owned. Even heating all around, something microwaves were previously not capable of on the best of days, and it takes about a third less time to heat any given thing because of that too.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online Super small changes in prepackaged foods.

Looking at you dinty Moore beef stew, who used potatoes with skin on them for a few months last year.

I noticed.

BioluminescentKitten , junjie xu Report

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15points

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Patricia Stilwell 1 year ago

But isn't that better for you? I often put unpeeled potatoes in my homemade stew.

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#34

Retired from ad writing. Still notice and critique ads.

allangee Report

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14points

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Lakota Wolf 1 year ago

I was an English major. I notice every single spelling and punctuation error, ever. XD It drives me nuts!

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#35

Invasive species, ruins a lot of landscapes for me. That and a bad pruning job.

Initial_Constant4786 Report

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14points

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AwesomeLeoWife 1 year ago

Lookin’ at you Brazilian Pepper Trees.

1point

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online Bad pipe work, things not being centred, mixture of colour temps in lighting.

shakinbaked , Sigmund Report

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13points

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AtMostTheFabulist Premium 1 year ago

The pipes where my main water shutoff are, are so tangled I can't reach it. I had to turn it off one time and had to use a really long screwdriver to get back there to turn it.

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30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online People shoplifting even years after being a loss prevention officer.

Mydogdexter1 , Andre Moura Report

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12points

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Nikki Sevven 1 year ago

Poorly written sentence makes it appear as if loss prevention officers always become shoplifters. Better: "Even though I haven't been a loss prevention officer for many years, I still notice when people are shoplifting."

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#38

I've mastered the art of looking at a blank face, and still being able to tell if they need a bathroom, I literally cannot be stopped in any and all future endeavors.

Empty_Jellyfish_1995 Report

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8points

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Lorrie Rothstein 1 year ago

Bathroom attendant? Home health aide?

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#39

30 Things That These People Always Notice Because Of The Nature Of Their Jobs, As Pointed Out By People Online That rich, famous artists are all insecure, nuerodivergent types with grandiose self images and insatiable appetites. They made it because:

A. They were born rich or connected

B. They were the 1% found by a miracle

C. They understudied and went in debt and sold their f*****g soul to get connections for 20 years +

D. The only artist in their Midwestern state

They are all amazing, but big pieces of boring s**t too

Malrodair , Pavel Danilyuk Report

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7points

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DragonflyGreen 1 year ago

Disagree. This is a generalization.

9points

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When I was working at a call centre doing outbound (for far longer than I intended) I was able to hear when someone was genuinely interested in participating in the survey or not. Those who sounded like they were just going to be difficult or not interested I didn't bother trying to push it on them. The ones I knew were interested, I didn't have to try too too hard, just gave them as much info they asked for. Team Leaders didn't like it. Especially close to my last couple weeks when I didn't give af and started asking if it was a good time for them, which we were told not to do unless instructed. F**k, I hated that company and line of work. Rather work retail.

6points

MrsFettesVette 1 year ago (edited)

I've worked in dentistry for over 20 years (cannot believe I'm old enough to say that) and I always notice when people have poorly fitted dental work. Not just dentures but crowns and bridgework- you can actually hear it in sibilant sounds when they speak. For example, listen to Nancy Pelosi speak (she's a great example of a person who you'd think can afford well-made dental work!). You'll hear her make soft whistling sounds when she says "ssss" sounds. Its the air flowing around her anterior dental work, it doesn't fit closely enough to her arch to make it sound more natural. Once you hear it, you'll notice it all over the place. Now my husband can pick it out quickly from years of living with me.

Sadia Timmermans 1 year ago

I am a social worker. When I go to a place for the first time a check everything out. Not because I am curious but because I am trained. Like I am washing my hands in the bathroom and I glance at everything and then when the conversation gets to shampoos or whatever I say yeah I saw you use ... People find it strange sometimes. But in my job when I make house calls I have to look for signs people are lying about stuff or neglecting their kids. I look around what food they have or if there are clean clothes. Is the house messy or just dirty? Stuff like that.

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