71 Shocking Industry Secrets Insiders Are Desperate to Keep Hidden from You
If you asked to have the heat turned up in restaurant, and they say they did. They lied. We’re dripping sweat, running our butts off. If you’re cold, bring a sweater. Don’t make the staff flirt with heat stroke.
Mortgage industry tip: Always ask for a second appraisal by a different appraiser if you’re a person of color. Make sure you hide all of your black or brown photos in your house so that the appraiser doesn’t low ball your appraisal value for your home.
Many quite senior workers in Tech companies (and other large companies I suspect ) are vastly overpaid compared to the value that they add. Mostly they attend pointless meetings, drive pointless re-organisations, talk c**p and manage people badly. Add to that a lot of time is spent on politics and many, many decisions aren’t made in the best interets of the company but in the interests of the individual or their part of the organisation.There are also far too many directors, snr directors and VP.
I’ll drop a few here…….
– I used to work for PG&E! You would be surprised how many people are actually stealing power from their neighbors!!!
– I worked for Rockstar Energy Drinks! Please, please, please wash off the energy drink cans before you drink from them 😂
– I did sales in Timeshares/Vacation Ownership lol The this price is only available today and today only is BS lol.
Very few people in IT are actually any good with technology. Most learn a few processes limited to specific programs and then that’s them set for their careers. It’s shocking how many people I’ve worked with over the years call me a tech guru because I used a VLookup in front of them once or showed them MS Clipboard. If you want to get into IT/tech, you absolutely can, you need no knowledge to get started.
k.j.rasnake:
The problem with general IT now is it has became saturated and is also feeling pressure from AI. That’s completely dependent on the field though.
When you receive a package from Amazon and the box it arrives in is comically large, it’s usually for one of two reasons:
1. When putting together an order, workers look at a computer screen that mentions what’s in the order and what size box should be used. Many times it’s correct, but often it’s wildly wrong. If the box is too small, the worker is trained to change the box. If the box is too big, the worker is trained to pack the item anyway and then fill up the rest of the boxwith dunnage (the filler material) because it’s faster than building a new box. The workers have a rate they’re expected to maintain (translates to one box every 30 seconds), and fiddling “unnecessarily” with boxes can affect it.
2. The item you ordered is considered hazmat, and is not allowed in a smaller box. Due to a law outside the company’s control, any object that is hazmat needs an outside marker so people are aware of it (one of the common reasons, lithium batteries, aren’t allowed to travel by air). The label has a barcode to be scanned to ensure that it’s there, and it’s placed on the side of the box so it doesn’t get in the way of the barcode that’s responsible for prompting the shipping label. If the side of the box is too small, it’s not allowed for hazmat items, even if the item being shipped is super small. That’s also why you’ll never receive hazmat items in envelopes.
You can fire your nurse or doctor while in labor.
rosebuds92:
I did this! Fired a nurse because she didn’t like my labor Playlist and told me I had to turn it off 😒.
_goddess_jen_:
Yep! The doctor on staff who was going to deliver my son had suggested I let him die bc of his complex medical condition at a previous prenatal appointment. I immediately requested someone else as I did not feel he would give my child a fighting chance at life. Fast forward I have a
Used to be a maid , a bit dish soap and hands and knees washing gets your floor cleaner than any mop.
Using laundry sheets gets tea and coffee stains out of sinks and cups , if you use them on your baseboards and shelves it repels dust . Also cleans the top of glass stoves without damaging them.
NEVER GET A LEMON IN YOUR BEVERAGE at a restaurant 😉
I worked at Mohegan Sun in PA when I was in school, in the high volume restaurant, and everyone touched the lemons with their bare hands (that also handled money, and dirty dishes). This happens in a lot of restaurants… more than you want to know.
christenph:
Fun fact – I was a bartender for years and we can get a weird and hard to get rid of nail fungus from handling infected fruit 😃 I love lemon / lime juice but yes typically that fruit is nasty af, can confirm.












