Current Events > What are some "secrets" you've learned about the places you've worked?

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I as a janitor....let's just say that putting stuff in the recycling bins is a complete waste of time
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The KFC secret recipe is delivered in tubes and is marked 'chicken juice'.

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Ford dealership parts guy, used to write service too. We write warranty work on cars that don't need it just so we can keep our technicians paid when things are slow. Usually on stock units, but sometimes on customer cars too.

Pit dealer and poker dealer at a casino.

"Bad players" at the blackjack table do not decrease your chance of winning. Hitting on a dealer's bust card can save your stack as much as hurt it. Playing a consistent strategy is your best chance of winning . Pro tip: dont play blackjack to make money.

Poker: you wouldnt believe the amount of morons that blame the shuffler or the dealer when they lose a pot. Playing a non emotional game of poker is so basic but people get so tilted so easily. As soon as you start to tilt, rack up. If you see a player tilted, exploit it.

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It's real easy, and common, for managers/owners of entertainment venues to steal money from the performers, even when contractually obligated to pay that money.

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Bryfang posted...

I was a bag packer for JetBlue and lemme tell you, we fucked your bags up.

During training, my instructor yelled at me for treating the bags with TLC, took it from me and threw it hard as shit into the wall.

So many wheels got ripped off, some shoddy bags even ripped open and I couldn't find all the shit that fell out to put it back. And even if I did, it was gonna just fly open at the next airport and get lost again anyway.

So yeah, have a sturdy bag and pack your shit well.

And if you have to check your bag because the flight is full, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT LEAVE ANYTHING FRAGILE IN THERE. If the flight is full, there's a good chance it might be pushing the clock and the ground crew is gonna be rushing. They can and will fuck your bag up to fit it in the full compartment, all they care about is leaving before that time goes negative.

Also it's very easy to get kicked off a flight. Many inflight attendants have fragile egos and the second you challenge them, they're getting you kicked off. I've seen a lot of dudes that deserved it and it's always fun to watch, but I've seen a few that didn't. Like you don't want to move so a dad can sit next to his kid? They said please and you're still not moving? You're getting kicked off. It's fucked up, but I saw it go down quite a few times.

Airlines being comically evil and sad is not a secret.

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Fucking opening plastic bags is a complete bitch, which is why you need either one of those thumb grip things you put on your fingers or to blow really hard. Works for plastic bags in the produce section of grocery stores too. Can't get a garbage bag or other plastic bag open? Try blowing really hard. (thought of putting this another way but it would have been moddable)

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Worked at a private daycare years back. They never teach from the lesson books, and classes were encouraged to get as many students as possible, even if the student to teacher ratio was broken. Oh, and it was broken. Also found out that they were owned by the company that was one of the reasons why student loan debt is such a problem now.

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Judges ARE talking about your case with the staff and best believe people know what the ruling is going to be before it happens . If a judge doesn't like you, you should get recused from them

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Only things $38 and up have security tags.

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This isn't about my job itself, but as an electrician, I've learned a lot of resteraunts are just nasty, even nicer ones. This one place where all the richer folk go to has an old gross looking kitchen and they'd leave the backdoor open for flies to come in. A KFC in town had water condensation from pipes in the ceiling drip down in the batter.

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Southernfatman posted...

This isn't about my job itself, but as an electrician, I've learned a lot of resteraunts are just nasty, even nicer ones. This one place where all the richer folk go to has an old gross looking kitchen and they'd leave the backdoor open for flies to come in. A KFC in town had water condensation from pipes in the ceiling drip down in the batter.

I always have to police the bakery items at my place.

I was off for a week awhile back and some dumb fuck had banana bread labeled as blueberry bread....with the label on backwards and it expired 5 days ago.


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When I was in retail, they taught us to actively keep the shelves "looking full" so that customers would always believe we had more than enough, when in reality, what you see on the shelves was all we had. Most products only had "extra" in the back if they didn't sell well. Other similar products were also placed on the same shelf to keep the lie/illusion up.

Also, I would sometimes have to clean the shelves in the food section. I often found product that was a year or more out of date because the stuff never sold and because workers didn't rotate stock to the front when stocking shelves like they're supposed to. So compound that problem on top of the lie and sometimes you wound up with shelves with product you could only sell about half of...legally..

The over abundance myth died for me a very long time ago.

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i work in medical supply chain. Its kind of a white lie that theres no hand sanitizer/wipes available.

were just not allowed to sell it to places like pharmacies etc. because we have to guarantee we can deliver to different regions which then divide them up between hospitals et al.

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Scientific publishing is a scam where scientists pay into the system and get nothing out of it.

Most scientists are flying by the seat of their pants. This isn't because they aren't smart or well versed in their expertise, but the necessary feature of doing work at the edge of known knowns. What this means is that the act of doing science is failing much more often than succeeding.

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You dont really wana know what happens in the back of most restaurants. Just enjoy your food and dont think about it. If you get the choice between Wendys or Burger King, choose Wendys everytime. But maybe skip their chili.

Organic Produce is damn near a scam due to the fact that it is often shipped with regular produce. This *may* have changed over the past 10 years or may change if you buy it directly from a farm, of course.

You can determine how good any melon is by pushing on the ends. The more firm, the fresher it is. This is a good way to determine if a melon is bad as well as if you can push through it's far too ripe.

You should always wash or at the very least rinse off your produce before eating it. You never know what was on the hands of the people who picked it, shipped it or put it on the display.

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A few things from McDonald's (although with so many restaurants I wouldn't be surprised if the things aren't always the same).

1) They prioritize the drive-thru. If there's a longass line both inside and the restaurant and both need a Big Mac, it's going in the drive-thru bag first.

2) Sometimes we would cook stuff for workers on the grill that we weren't supposed to. Like we weren't allowed to make eggs over easy for customers, but we could do that for workers. Sometimes they would make fried rice with the breakfast leftovers lol. HOWEVER... this also meant that sometimes people would cook food they brought into work, so there was a chance of an allergen being on the grill that came from food that shouldn't have ever been in the kitchen in the first place.

3) Yes, workers can be dicks if you're a dick to them. And we communicate. If you're a dick while ordering in the drive-thru, it's not uncommon for the person who took the order to tell others what their order was so they'll intentionally half-ass it. You may get less fries, tons of ice in your drink, or old food that was about to be thrown out.

4) I'm sure many people have figured it out by now, but those "eat by" timers on stuff like apple pies and parfaits are just bull shit. To reduce waste they'll often just print up a new label when the stuff is supposed to expire lol.

5) THERE IS NO GOD DAMN SECRET MENU. I'm lucky because when I worked at McDonald's my childhood neighbor was extremely high up on the corporate ladder. He flat out told me that the secret menu thing was just an internet rumor. Jamba Juice has a secret menu, complete with recipe and price. McDonald's does NOT. Order a Big Mac, McChicken, and Filet o' Fish and throw them together, but for the love of God, don't order a fucking Land, Sea, and Air Burger or whatever. It's not on the register. It's not any cheaper because you're using some stupid fan name. It just makes you look stupid and gives me reason to hate you.


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YugiNoob posted...

THERE IS NO GOD DAMN SECRET MENU

This also applies to Starbucks. There is no official secret menu. Those secret menus are just custom drinks people online made up. If you go into a Starbucks and order one of them by their silly name, the employee will have no idea what you're talking about. You'll need to know how to make the drink and tell the employee.

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