“Unveiling the Shadows: 55 Ordinary Industries That Conceal Sinister Secrets You Never Knew Existed”
In my country: window cleaners and roof builders.
They are run like mob organisations. If anyone would be stupid enough to start a window cleaning or roofing business, they can count on actual bombs, arson, intimidation and violence. The businesses that run the show have their own terfs and tresspassing will result in getting a bomb in your mailbox.
It’s not even a joke.
Call center. Training automatic communication on the clock f***s you up.
Met people who were in the industry for some years and who had complete private conversations without remembering one word the person said. Not in the sense of forgetting but in the sense of just not listening.
The Art World, by which I mean the high-end institutional gallery art world. Gagosian, Mary Boone, etc.
I grew up in that world, and the amount of s****y exploitation that exists at every level would astonish you. I could write a book.
My advice to any young artist would be to make art for yourself first, and to not chase mainstream success. It’s not worth it.
Cruise Lines. Man overboard tech exists that would drastically reduce the number of lives lost at sea but it comes at a cost. The large cruise line I worked at wouldn’t even consider it unless a competitor did it first. It will never be implemented.
Shipping industry, along with many different commodities. Oh you got a vessel to take your purchased cargo from some third world s**thole? Gotta bribe the port staff or your vessel gets delayed indefinitely. Or the port staff simply siphons your bunker fuel while docked and sells it back to you lmao.
You sold a cargo basis certain specifications with a lab doing independent testing upon discharge to determine the exact specs for payment settlement? Guess who’s bribing that lab?
