Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Dirty Insider Secrets In People's Professions


Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about the dirty insider secrets from people's professions. This is definitely one of those threads that brings the mind the old saying that "ignorance is bliss." There are some things better left to the unknown. 

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Text - lady_laughs_too_much • 1d I work in a medical lab. I see people touch everything without gloves ALL THE TIME. I also see people use their phones with gloves on ALL THE TIME. Reply 1.0k ...

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Text - Count2Zero • 1d Consulting: In many cases, your boss hired us because he doesn't trust your ability to do the job. We will go talk to you, take your ideas, package them nicely, and present them to your boss. And charge your company a small fortune while doing this. If your boss realized that you really are competent, we'd be out of work. Reply 816 ...

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Text - appa-ate-momo • 1d People in the military make wasting time an artform. The sheer amount of hours we spend getting compensated by taxpayers to do absolutely nothing is astonishing. Reply 810 ...

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Text - baller5 • 1d The code behind the software/application you're using is an absolute mess Reply 588

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Text - Holaroooo • 1d Health insurance. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. If we refused to cover something for you, COMPLAIN. File a complaint with the Department of Insurance in your state. Complain to your Human Resources department if it's employer-provided. So many people accept the first thing they're told. Don't. Be aggressive. Reply 1.4k ...

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Text - StrangeJournalist7 • 1d Pricing for custom work is very subjective. Treat us well and we'll figure the price very fairly. Act like a jerk, there are plenty of ways to pad the bilI. Start the conversation by demanding a discount and the price goes up 20% before your precious 10% discount comes off. Reply 500 ...

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Text - MatrixGodfather0435 • 1d A whole lot of IT guys aren't that tech savvy. They just know how to Google well. Reply 1.0k ...

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Text - SaltyChickenDip • 1d We don't know how to use the software we make Reply 289 ...

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Text - Beekatiebee • 1d Old school outlaw truckers absolutely do still exist. If you ever have a livestock truck that's tricked out blow by you doing triple digit speeds at night, he's waaay overweight and running illegal logs. Most trucks are lumbering beats of burden, but anything agricultural stopped progressing with the rest of the laws two decades ago. Reply 314 ...

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Text - tierneyb • 1d I'm in marketing and write a lot of press releases. Unless someone was actually interviewed by a reporter, every quote you read was written and thought up by someone other than the person allegedly saying it. Reply 1 107 ...

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Text - Mercurydriver • 1d I work in construction. I have a lot to say but l'll leave you with this one; never look behind the walls, in the ceilings, or in any crawl spaces or otherwise tight and infrequently visited places in your house/building, unless you want to find soda and beer cans from decades past. Reply 331 ...

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Text - DerpWilson • 1d If you call a drain cleaner to clear your bathtub and all it is just a bit of hair right on the strainer, he will probably just run the snake for 10 minutes to sound busy and charge you full price. Reply 255 ...

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Text - DonBocUlosis96 • 1d The majority of welders have no certifications, tickets, professional training or qualifications. They just get an opportunity to try it and stick with it. On a daily basis I see lifting points, holding several tons, welded incorrectly and not tested. Reply 78 ...

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Text - ditasaurus • 1d Call Center Agent working for customer service. We will put you on hold and pretend to ask the supervisor, but actually we will bitch about you.We cannot change company policy for you. But if you are polite we will try our most to bend the rules for you, because we deal with so many entitled people. Worst the ones pretending that they are smarter than you and don't really need your help, but desperatly need your help. Reply 377 ...

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Text - Johannes--Factotum • 1d I work in a pharmacy Yes, we drop some of your pills on the floor, and yes we put them back in your bottle. Reply 326 ...

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Text - drax3012 • 1d I used to work admin for a hospital and they would purposely overbook patients for appointments in the hope that some would not make it. Whilst this meant that we got through the amount of patients relatively easily, every now and again, the department waiting room (which was basically a corridor with 4 chairs on the side) would be full of pissed off patients who are all booked for the same time slot and won't be seen until 2 hours after their arrival. Reply 1 96 ...

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Text - foundingwaitress • 1d Don't order well done steak. Cooks usually save the worst pieces to overcook. Reply 325 ...

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Text - Cheetodude625 • 1d For the short time I worked as a financial advisor in training, the reason some people got promotions/better pay than all the other people who were better qualified was due to some people complaining/backstabbing other employees on a daily basis. Yes, corporate raiding/shark tactics is common and that everyone around you is trying to screw you over/ gain an upper hand. Also, don't be surprised by nepotism. Reply 108 ...

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Text - indarye • 1d higher education: many people who are paid specifically for being smart are in fact really dumb. Reply 286 ...

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Text - 5 years in new and Car dealer here- new cars will ALWAYS have a backend of 1,000-1,500 dollars they can give away if not more. Always say you will sign at X price-2,000. They will come back at 500 off, offer 1750, they come back at 800. Offer 1,500 off, they'll come back at 1,000. For finance, EVERY warranty and Gap insurance produce is negotiable. They are looking to hit metrics. Ask them to flip the screen around, show you the raw cost and add 100 to it. Works every time. Also, most bac

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Text - TerrificTenor • 1d In pest control when we come to spray your place if you demand we spray some areas that legally we are told not to, such as chair cushions, couches, entire doors for example, we'll straight up fake it and through in some fancy chemical words to make it sound like we did. Sorry but not sorry, we'll do the best we can cause we know pests can legit be a medical problem and we want nothing more than to help, but we don't care if you say "just off the books lol" we're not ab

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Text - alwaysmyfault • 1d I wouldn't call this "Dirty", but still somewhat of a secret. The bank I work for has a credit card disputes department. If you file a dispute under $25, they won't even investigate it, they will just credit your account and resolve the dispute. It costs them more in chargeback fees/labor costs, than it does to just give you $25. Reply 26 ...

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Text - BlushingGardener • 1d I worked at a cheese packaging factory a few years ago. We got big blocks of cheese in, cut them or shredded them, then packaged them for sale. All the same blocks of cheese, but we'd change the film and suddenly it's a different brand. Next time you go to Walmart and think the more expensive shredded cheese must be higher quality, think again. Just get the store brand. It all came from the same blocks. Reply 96 ...

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Text - Fien07 • 1d I'm a baker, not at my current job but my former, the boss was tight as hell, didnt buy in wholemeal flour, for wholemeal bread we used 100% white flour with gravy browning Reply 58 ...

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Text - G13G13 • 1d I used to work under a contractor and typically most contractors just get workers straight from Home Depot that morning and get them to do the job. A lot of the time they don't even know how to do the job and are doing it for their first time that day. Reply 19 ...

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