• Tell us a secret you know because of your work that others might not know
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Wow, a lot of those tips are actually quite useful, thanks for documenting them and posting them! :buddy:
[QUOTE=Frankiscool!;23554724]My dad once brought home a full 500 gig hard drive from work. He tests the jet engines for the new JSF fighter. Before i formated the hard drive for him I took a peek. It was FULL of .txt files with testing results and the such.[/QUOTE] Should've made a backup meng.
I had a coworker who shoved a raw hotdog up his ass, took it out, cooked it, then served it to a customer. That was probably my best day on the job.
[QUOTE=Identity;23553555]If he's a Team Leader, or Supervisor it is.[/QUOTE] Mine, not necessarily as I'm a specific area (avionics) but the person who overlooks the jet (and does the all around work) has to fix it.
A lot more work goes into installing shower glass than it looks like. Especially three sided glass showers, the measurements have to be [i]exactly[/i] perfect or the whole shower could be screwed. And then people don't show gratitude for the people that installed their daily-use shower and are still waiting to pay for the glass a month later.
[QUOTE=KFrohman;23550682]Looks like a 2 stroke engine, perhaps from a lawnmower.[/QUOTE] Yeah lawn mowers use expansion chambers. You do know honda still makes new 2 stroke motorcycles?
Something about my job: Radio commercial times aren't as complicated as you might think. "Okay, when you hear silence, click the first ad. When that goes silent, hit the next ad, then wait for the satellite commercials to come on, sit back, and take a coffee break. You're here for the next 4 hours." That's my job... So far. It's actually pretty nerve wracking though. If you hear a little silence, you might go: Oh crap! I missed it! but it was just voices falling flat for a bit.
Subway here NEVER eat any seafood-related food. It's all horrible, packed full of disgusting stuff, is stored poorly and isn't at all healthy. Not to mention it stinks like shit.
I have worked multiple jobs and there are a few things I can share: Medical: -Do not ever send your poor grand parents or disabled relatives to nursing homes or care facilities. Selfish employees do not care about your loved ones, only about the money being racked into their direct deposit accounts. Your "nana" will be screaming for help, asking for assistance to relieve themselves, only to be shunned and ignored for minutes on end while the employees are on their two hour break. -Bed sores are a guarantee in a nursing home/care facility. We "try" our best to prevent them. We are actually required to turn over bed-ridden patients every two hours. Course, we rarely do... -When visiting relatives in a nursing home/care facility, DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING. Most likely every surface is covered in either human excrement, hazardous cleaning solvents, food particles and shittons of bacteria. -Watch for signs plastered outside your relatives' room. In a facility I used to work at, frail 8x11 paper with a printed "Do Not Enter" on it is enough to declare that the room is hazardous to health. From tuberculosis to AIDS, it's all the same to us. Retail: -I work at a local Macy's store, (high end clothing and goods). Do not be afraid to ask for a discount. We are required to make the customer happy and if you asked for a discount price on an item that wasn't discounted in the system, your 20% off is within a few button presses. -Don't be an asshole to retail employees. We have the power to change the price of ANY merchandise in the store. A simple cheerful demeanor is enough to see the difference between a sudden drop in prices or a sudden hike.... -Those black spheres on the store ceilings? They're not going to catch you stealing. They're for us, the employees. They watch our every move, and if we ever break a single rule, it is certain a "higher up" will come down from the office and reprimand us. IE: cameras are not for you... -On the topic of stealing, you can try, it's not hard. Just be wary of certain individuals that look like regular people. It's the loss prevention team and they're undercover, always observant of anybody trying to do anything stupid. -Always ask for a discount or a coupon. We can always give you something... -The security tags on clothing? Yeah, they cause the door alarms to ring. But do we do anything about it if a certain door alarm rings? Hell no. It's too fucking busy, a single incident most often goes unnoticed.
I'm an umpire for baseball. If you yell or bitch or complain at me, I will just make worse calls for your team. If you want me to like you more, be polite.
Mel Gibson was with me when he swore at his girlfriend. HE did it it because his girlfriend took out $50,000 out of his bank account without asking.
[QUOTE=sHiBaN;23558254]I have worked multiple jobs and there are a few things I can share: Medical: -Do not ever send your poor grand parents or disabled relatives to nursing homes or care facilities. Selfish employees do not care about your loved ones, only about the money being racked into their direct deposit accounts. Your "nana" will be screaming for help, asking for assistance to relieve themselves, only to be shunned and ignored for minutes on end while the employees are on their two hour break. [/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owNO5s3eln4[/media]
Some dude in my town jizzed in a 5-layer burrito at Taco Bell. Now, nobody eats the "6-layer burritoes" there and people are afraid to go.
I think it is kind of stupid how people freak out about the purity of there food. I don't fucking care if my food was dropped on the ground, as long as it doesn't have dirt on it or some shit. "But that ground is littered with all kinds of germs!" Well that's what your fucking immune system is for! Seriously look at what animals eat. Vultures go nuts for a week old bloated dead deer that has flies all over it, and the flies love it too!
[QUOTE=Zoo;23558816]Seriously look at what animals eat. Vultures go nuts for a week old bloated dead deer that has flies all over it, and the flies love it too![/QUOTE] im going to go eat some maggot infested/moldy meat because vultures do it too :downs:
I work in a retail store, and just like all the others we don't check for anything in the back. If it's not on the shelves than we don't have it in stock. Also, I've had the unfortunate pleasure of working in a call center for customer service of a very popular company (won't say which one) when I was younger. Most of the time (if you're an asshole) when you ask for our supervisor we hand you off to our closest buddy who isn't currently on a call. If you a nice and have a genuine concern that we can't solve we will track down our real supervisor. No matter how angry you are about something, its will always be better for you to treat the representative on the phone with respect. If you do he/she will [I]usually[/I] try to solve your problem the best he can, and actually get a supervisor if needed. If you're an asshole, he/she won't care. He/she will try to end the call as soon as possible (we're allowed to hang up on you if you swear at us or completely disrespect us), and (like I said) you'll most likely get handed off to a friend if you ask for a supervisor.
just a quick tip to those going to the movies from someone who works there. If you want popcorn, don't tell us you want it "fresh" from the vat of popcorn instead of the pre-bagged. All it does is piss off the cashier, take longer, and hold up the line. 80% of the time, the popcorn in the vat is older then the pre-bagged. on with secrets.....hmm, remarkably, working at a theater that nickle and dimes you for everything, we have no "disgusting" secrets or any interesting ones.
the stuff about meat in this thread is just dumb, theres no reason not to get a good burger just because the meat was cooked a few hours ago or some shit, it doesnt matter as long as its delicious
[QUOTE=Kid Cudi;23561121]the stuff about meat in this thread is just dumb, theres no reason not to get a good burger just because the meat was cooked a few hours ago or some shit, it doesnt matter as long as its delicious[/QUOTE] I agree for the most part. If I'm not sick and the food taste good then I don't care what happens to it. My fast food eateries around here usually have polite people anyway. Keep in mind that most of the staff members are on minimum wage working a 12 or more hour shift. A smile might help you get a clean burger but you get what you get. I don't think you guys would strive to make a perfect burger on a 5 minute rush after putting up with constant assholes and a long day. Although the shopping market recycling is pretty disgusting.
Am I the only guy that works in a grocery section that actually [I]checks[/I] in the back to see if something's there? Also I've never seen anyone told to wash their hands, or actually wash their hands. The same hands that handle ALL the fruit and vegetables. Rotten and fresh. Also the hands that sweep and dustpan the place.
Maybe not a secret or anything, but if you buy from Ebay, leave neutral feedback, most likely the seller will give you some money back or a discount on another item. For example last month I spent £200 on a new graphics card and left neutral feedback, they gave me £100 back as long as I gave them positive feedback.
[QUOTE=Bronsbey;23534233]At Red Rooster in Australia (I don't know if it's outside ze motherland) we've fried insects in the cooking oil, then cooked food. Apparently someone jizzed in a burger, it's not confirmed, but I know the kid and it's exactly what he would do. I hope god he didn't.[/QUOTE] I work with Bronsbey IRL so my story is the same as this one :3
this might be common knowledge or something but if you go to any fast food resturant and ask for water and they give to you free
I don't understand the one about wendy's stuff being packaged in blood. Don't you realize its animal meat and had blood gushing through it in order to be sustained by the body? Why would that be bad. It's not like when I get the burger it is covered in blood.
I have a secret. (kuromeku was on live feed when his mother came in about his aching tooth that he'd recently got a filling in. His mother said he was cryingat the dentist, not knowing he was on live stream LOLZ)
The bags of Popcorn chicken which KFC buy from stockists cost about £1.80 for a bag, in that bag you get about 200 pieces of chicken.
Sometimes when you take something for repair to an electronics store thinking it's broken, that object magically repairs itself but the technician still charges you some money :v: I know, I've done it And nobody has complained yet.
[QUOTE=Bronsbey;23534233]At Red Rooster in Australia (I don't know if it's outside ze motherland) we've fried insects in the cooking oil, then cooked food. Apparently someone jizzed in a burger, it's not confirmed, but I know the kid and it's exactly what he would do. I hope god he didn't.[/QUOTE] oh what the fuck I eat red rooster once every several months
[QUOTE=Kid Cudi;23562632]this might be common knowledge or something but if you go to any fast food resturant and ask for water and they give to you free[/QUOTE] Common knowledge. Only once I had to pay for water, and that was some restaurant that specialized in spicy food.
I don't believe a lot of the stuff in the OP. Mostly because of the stuff about fish. I work unloading fishing boats and sometimes inside the processing plants. The seafood is put into an assembly line where it gets cleaned butchered cleaned cooked cleaned packaged. Everyone is forced to wear gloves, aprons, hair nets, and if need be, beard nets.
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