Tell us a secret you know because of your work that others might not know
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[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]
(Apparently) According to Australian law, free water is mandatory at any licensed restaurant/pub. Almost certain to be the same anywhere in the developed world.
I always get a free bottle of water when I go to Nando's :smug:
Free water is a good resource for homeless people, if they can't get sustenance they can always go mooch off of free things.
:ohdear:
I once took a week off from the day job to work in a burger van for a festival ticket, NEVER eat from a burger van.
Hard to think of anything because I only worked retail...
Best I can think of is that they told us to keep a sweatshirt for when we go on lunch so no one bothers us so we can punch out and they don't have to pay more then what we were scheduled, but that makes sense =/
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;23558543]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]
That is completely irrelevant to this thread, and not funny at all.
[QUOTE=BradB;23564307](Apparently) According to Australian law, free water is mandatory at any licensed restaurant/pub. Almost certain to be the same anywhere in the developed world.
I always get a free bottle of water when I go to Nando's :smug:[/QUOTE]
In the UK tap water has to be provided for free when asked for. However they can charge for the cup it's in (the cost to clean it, cost of the cup if its disposable etc). I think they only ever do that if people start to take the piss.
[QUOTE=hnnkadnnk;23564677]Hard to think of anything because I only worked retail...
Best I can think of is that they told us to keep a sweatshirt for when we go on lunch so no one bothers us so we can punch out and they don't have to pay more then what we were scheduled, but that makes sense =/[/QUOTE]
we took longer then allowed breaks/lunch where i worked all the time, and the staff did not give a crap as we all did it.
[QUOTE=Weird_Bartender;23541185]beer tap lines at pubs are supposed to be cleaned out about once a week with strong food-grade chemicals.
Most places though do it every month or 2. Some places don't do it at all. Little bar flies, chunks of old yeast, and little bits of dirty black rubber often come out into the glass when pouring a beer - but are served to customers anyway.
lol. suckers.
also sometimes we accidentally drop beer bottles on the floor & they fizz up and spurt a bit out the lid, we put them back on the shelf and some poor bastard buys it and gets stuck with flat beer.[/QUOTE]
I've never worked at a pub but I used to know one barman who prefered smashing glasses instead of cleaning them.
Also if you ask a sales rep a question and they don't immediately answer it then generally any answer they give you is useless, we usually don't know an awful lot about what we're selling unless we personally use it too.
This is sort of a trade within a trade secret (read: con), but plumbers/carpenters etc tend to buy things like mastic guns, use half a tube, return it saying it isn't setting right, get a new one for free and use the other half from that, then they charge the person they're working for both tubes they apparently used.
I work as MIS (IT, programming, networking, etc) for a few health insurance related companies in America and all of our servers are running on machines from like the 90s and all have Windows 2000 on them with like 8 character alphanumerical (sometimes only numerical) passwords. There's over 180,000 social security numbers, addresses, names, phone numbers, and medical data on these servers. The current staff would like to change this, however the higher ups don't think it's worth the money and we can't change passwords and security methods without upgrading everything else too.
Your information isn't as secure as you think it is. Although, we do have data that goes over the internet (email) transmitted in a very secure manner.
[QUOTE=JWJ;23567038]I work as MIS (IT, programming, networking, etc) for a few health insurance related companies in America and all of our servers are running on machines from like the 90s and all have Windows 2000 on them with like 8 character alphanumerical (sometimes only numerical) passwords. There's over 180,000 social security numbers, addresses, names, phone numbers, and medical data on these servers. The current staff would like to change this, however the higher ups don't think it's worth the money and we can't change passwords and security methods without upgrading everything else too.
Your information isn't as secure as you think it is. Although, we do have data that goes over the internet (email) transmitted in a very secure manner.[/QUOTE]
whoa I never knew that
[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 don't really care about my food, as it tastes good and doesn't kill me.
[QUOTE=Nohj;23535080]Animal style at in&out. That is all.[/QUOTE]
Hey my bro used to work the-
oh god
I used to make single-family home floor plans for a construction company, and I was specifically asked to go on other companies websites and "copy" the floor plans to CAD and change room dimensions slightly. This is apparently standard practice in the industry, no wonder all houses look alike.
EDIT: Also, don't believe salesmen, EVER. I was driving my boss to a construction site once while he was talking to a client on the phone. He sounded really polite and patient even thought the client was making unreasonable demands. After he hang up he shouted "That fucking bitch! Women can't make decisions, she's complaining about the drawings again, even thought we've redone them 10 times already because she wanted a wall moved or something. People always feel the need to ruin perfectly good drawings so they can sit down for a coffee with friends and tell them they helped design the house"
Sometimes I go to drug and health stores and poke a safety pin through all the condoms.
There was a story I heard around our area that someone went to Olive Garden and had the fettuccine Alfredo. Turns our she ended up getting Herpes and they tested the sauce and found over 7 different sets of semen in the sauce. Absolutely gross.
SICK! That would explain why their corporation left the office next door to where I am. Something similar happened where I live, and they got arrested, because they traced the DNA. It doesn't help American Pie: Band Camp made this popular to do, but not one, not two, but 7?!
While American Pie is a movie, the only time I saw something like this really happen, but on screen was when Johnny Knoxville and the rest of the Jackass crew was in Russia, there was this hot blond nurse, he comes out, and throws his sticky human sauce to the screen, but his DNA went all over the camera man in the process, and he was drenched! I really feel sorry for the camera dude, boy was he pissed, but it was so funny and disgusting at the exact same time. Of course, this was not shown in the theaters, but this footage in Jackass 2.5 was shown on the Hulu website.
[QUOTE=Hullu V3;23534476]I know a bunch of government stuff, because I work at a research facility as a IT Support/maintenance person.
Not telling you anything, because everything I know is highly classified.[/QUOTE]
Yeah right, you're from Finland. Finland doesn't have any interesting secrets. I was told stuff in the army and that shit sure as hell was not interesting...no aliens, nothing! Here, let me share a few because I'm drunk and don't give a fuck: The weather radar near Rovaniemi is actually an important part of a military tracking system, make sure to destroy it first when you invade (looking at you, Russians), also Finland has spies abroad. This information was revealed to me by a colonel. Good, now you guys know something you're not supposed to. Feel awesome yet?
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[QUOTE=Office Secrets;23572794]These posts have been hilarious and entertaining, to say the least. Feel free to anonymously submit your work and office secrets at [url]www.office-secrets.com[/url]![/QUOTE]
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In Norway all bridges over a certain size and of a certain age are lined with explosives in case of invasion. Newer bridges have designed spots for explosives to be placed by the Heimeveirnet (aka Homeguard)
And if you have grade A explosives certificate in Norway, you are allowed to blow up local bridges if an invasion is on or the country is at war.
And all buildings of a certain size in Norway have bomb shelters (I know of atleast 6 I can get to within 20 mins on bike)
And there are air raid sirens placed all over the country.
Norway is on the border of Russia so there's a lot of Cold War hush hush stuff here.
If you go to Subway in Moraga, California, I will most likely spit in your sandwich.
[QUOTE=Campin Carl;23572902]In Norway all bridges over a certain size and of a certain age are lined with explosives in case of invasion. Newer bridges have designed spots for explosives to be placed by the Heimeveirnet (aka Homeguard)
And if you have grade A explosives certificate in Norway, you are allowed to blow up local bridges if an invasion is on or the country is at war.
And all buildings of a certain size in Norway have bomb shelters (I know of atleast 6 I can get to within 20 mins on bike)
And there are air raid sirens placed all over the country.[/QUOTE]
Isn't prelining a bridge with explosives...dangerous?
[QUOTE=Campin Carl;23572902]In Norway all bridges over a certain size and of a certain age are lined with explosives in case of invasion. Newer bridges have designed spots for explosives to be placed by the Heimeveirnet (aka Homeguard)
And if you have grade A explosives certificate in Norway, you are allowed to blow up local bridges if an invasion is on or the country is at war.
And all buildings of a certain size in Norway have bomb shelters (I know of atleast 6 I can get to within 20 mins on bike)
And there are air raid sirens placed all over the country.[/QUOTE]
The thing about the bridges is the dumbest thing I have ever heard lol.
Never buy pre-cooked chickens from the supermarket unless they are reduced to a reasonable price.
The one I've worked at keeps the chickens on the heated counter ALL DAY and frequently staff are urged to lie about the temperature readings despite them being under the legal 65c most of the time due to "loss prevention".
[QUOTE=npx190;23572592]SICK! That would explain why their corporation left the office next door to where I am. Something similar happened where I live, and they got arrested, because they traced the DNA. It doesn't help American Pie: Band Camp made this popular to do, but not one, not two, but 7?!
While American Pie is a movie, the only time I saw something like this really happen, but on screen was when Johnny Knoxville and the rest of the Jackass crew was in Russia, there was this hot blond nurse, he comes out, and throws his sticky human sauce to the screen, but his DNA went all over the camera man in the process, and he was drenched! I really feel sorry for the camera dude, boy was he pissed, but it was so funny and disgusting at the exact same time. Of course, this was not shown in the theaters, but this footage in Jackass 2.5 was shown on the Hulu website.[/QUOTE]
If you kept watching you'd know it turned out to be just water
This is a pretty well known one, but at the newsagents i work at, we have a thing called "stock rotation". This means that all the melted old chocolate is pulled to the front, and all the newer chocolate is put at the back.
if you want the best quality bar (not melted and then re-formed), put your hand to the back and grab that bar. This is also the same with soft drink cans, you will find that the cans at the back are always cooler.
Make sure to ALWAYS check the cell by at newsagents, as there is often chocolate that hasn't been spotted as out of date.
I work on a fruit and veg department for a UK supermarket and, on occasion, if a loose item (like potatoes or brocolli) is in good condition but is going out of date, we're allowed to extend it's life by one day. That's pretty much it. I've also worked in the store cafe and the deli/hot food counter, and we follow all the regs there as well. The only time I break regulation is to help a customer (for instance, sell them something past sell-by date but not past the use-by for a really low price).
[QUOTE=Campin Carl;23572902]In Norway all bridges over a certain size and of a certain age are lined with explosives in case of invasion. Newer bridges have designed spots for explosives to be placed by the Heimeveirnet (aka Homeguard)
And if you have grade A explosives certificate in Norway, you are allowed to blow up local bridges if an invasion is on or the country is at war.[/QUOTE]
Oh man, Norway sounds awesome.
[QUOTE=Antdawg;23537268]Please don't tell me that the Red Rooster you work at is in the Maitland/Newcastle area in New South Wales...
Furthermore, and I know some of you (if not all) know this already, but when you have people come around to your house (to install a satellite dish for example) they deliberately want to take as long as possible to do whatever they want to do as they're paid a wage (per hour) so by taking longer they're getting more money off of you. However this should already be common knowledge.[/QUOTE]
Lots of shorter appointments means more call-out charges.
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[QUOTE=GeneralSpecific;23534891]Bread is delivered to our stores five days a week, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Each day has a differently colored twist tie.
They go:
[LIST]
[*]Monday - Blue
[*]Tuesday - Green
[*]Thursday - Red
[*]Friday - White
[*]Saturday - Yellow
[/LIST]
As you can see, the colors are arranged alphabetically! Keep this in mind when buying bread.[/QUOTE]How come I only get yellow ones then?
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