24 people share secrets about their jobs that would upset the public if they found out.
In a recent post people were asked: Let the secrets flow! What’s one secret about your job that the general population would be upset about if they found out? Here's what they dished (just make sure the dish is clean before you eat off it).
1. KKeezy29 says:
In housekeeping we do not change out the big comforter on top. Just the sheets underneath 😬 enjoy your next stay!
2. Mori_Story says:
We aren't actually looking to see if we have whatever you asked for in the back.
beaniebae37 says:
If you’re mean to me, I go in the back and take selfies and then come out and tell you we don’t have it (even if we do)
3. beaniebae37 says:
Restaurant worker. If you’re mean to me, I shake your food as I close it so that some of it falls to the floor and you get less. If I’m really feeling frisky, I might even throw out your dipping sauce. But myself or my coworkers would never do anything to make your food unsafe.
4. Cmdr-Panda says:
Your parents and grandparents are miserable.
The nursing home is so dystopian that it would break your suspension of disbelief if you read about it in a science fiction novel.
Meeting the basic daily needs of our elders requires a combination of Herculean effort, obscene luck, and really tragic compromises.
Sometimes there's only four people in the entire building taking care of over a hundred residents for over an 8 hour period. The shareholders love it when that happens.
5. PaticusGnome says:
Residential gardener here. We’re definitely peeing in your yard somewhere. I’ve got a location at every single client’s house that I use.
6. Life_Marsupial5017 says:
Pharmacist (hospital-based UK). I never tell people how I catch several potentially fatal prescribing mistakes every single day at work. I don’t want people to stop trusting their doctors, and they would if they saw how bad it is. (Not all doctors are bad prescribers, but most are overworked and tired, mistakes are easily made in a busy hospital).
7. toughchanges says:
Health care worker here. I’m tired too. And mistakes are made all the time. Lethal, and non-lethal.
8. emmy1426 says:
When you go out to eat, so many people have touched that lemon that you wanted in your water. And terrible things grow in ice machines and soda guns. Lots of places don't clean them often enough.
9. NooodleOwO says:
...at the start of the pandemic we were asked to let ALL students pass...regardless of performance, as long as they submitted the tasks. This was because of a transitional period from face to face to online. 👁👄👁
10. theflowerfrog says:
I'm an 18 year old bartender and every time someone asks me what some fancy wine or beer tastes like I will make it up on the spot. I have no clue and frankly I do not care ✨️
11. Amy-Paradise says:
When a police officer offers you a glass of water, it’s a way to get fingerprints. It’s completely legal. This is actually an age old tactic, but the public doesn’t seem to know about it much. It isn’t really like a huge secret, but more like food for thought.
12. faeryliqhts says:
Assistant teacher here. I just started and this isn’t much of a surprise, but I was still a little weirded out when hearing firsthand that the teachers do indeed pick favorites and talk abt students and other teachers literally 90% of the time
13. WifeMom88 says:
Teacher here: Your child tells us about everything that happens at home. EVERYTHING. Every - little - detail.
14. MelloMofo10 says:
Hairstylist here, we are highly educated in ways of destroying or transforming your hair. I work from home charge way less than salons the fee is high and it's generic price even for a bad Hairstylist she/he can still charge you $200 and basically use you as practice without informing you that they are BRAND new to the industry.
15. Revolutionary-Swim28 says:
Receptionist. I at least pretend to be nice to the people who come into my work when the reality is I hate 99.9% of them.
16. bagel_07 says:
Years ago I worked in a sect of collections for a bank. I helped find cars to repossess. Please make everything on your social media accounts private and don't share your every move with the world. They'll find it, call the tow company, and your car will be towed after you told someone you'd be at whatever concert on a Saturday night.
17. wanda_pepper says:
Charity sector. The amount spent on brand and marketing and awareness campaigns. Granted it is freely available information in our public annual report, and it is arguably justifiable spending, but we don’t go around advertising it because most people would be upset because they don’t understand why we have to spend millions to make millions.
18. Escarlatilla says:
A lawyer here. Most of our job is just copying and pasting templates and inserting your name in the blank fields.
19. zmhsk says:
This is SUPER niche but I think it belongs here. I used to work for a “hyperrealist painter” who would sell the paintings for 100s of thousands of dollars. The secret? He didn’t actually know how to paint. He used a giant printer to print out photographs onto canvas and had a team of assistants to cover it with just enough paint to make it look like it was genuine.
20. Different_Sugar7144 says:
i work in a restaurant.. dishes don’t get washed the way you think they do.. since then i’ve made a habit to ask for a to go cup instead of a regular and always check my silverware
21. jdelo777 says:
Finance Manager. The bank gives us a bunch of interest rates for you... but we pick which one we want to give you. But everyone believes the rate we pick because the bank gave us that rate. (Car dealership) but don't tell them you know this info.
Unless you have really bad credit. Then legit the rate we get, is all we get. Or if you go through a dealership credit..... like Ford credit. They give you the best rate they have. There is a lot more too it. But that's the cliff notes version of it.
22. Brilliant-Theory-680 says:
Environmental scientist for the government: we use an absurd amount of plastic waste. I mean absurd. We consider it sterile so everything is covered/wrapped/bagged in plastic. Ironic.
23. Ashley_42 says:
Waitress here. Often when we say freshly made in house, we mean we'll pull one out of the freezer just for you. Seriously, you can't expect a small diner to always have those ten items for that super special grilled cheese of yours sitting on the counter, being fresh. We can't afford wasting all of that just for the sake that it's a little fresher.
24. 19CatsInATrenchCoat says:
Not my current job but my old one. Wedding tax is 100% real. I worked at a winery that rented out event space. The regular event and wedding were identical packages - except the wedding package was almost triple the cost. You had the same rules, same amenities, same # of staff.