Initially, a job may seem straightforward but once you immerse yourself in it, a whole set of new surprises emerges in front of you.Interested in the professional nuances that hide behind initial impressions, Reddit userAcrobatic_News_9986made aposton the platform, asking others “What was an industry secret that genuinely took you aback when you learned it?“From retail to event planning and sales, the answers they’ve received lifted the curtain from a variety of sectors; even if it’s just a glimpse, there are plenty of intriguing tidbits.This post may includeaffiliate links.
Initially, a job may seem straightforward but once you immerse yourself in it, a whole set of new surprises emerges in front of you.
Interested in the professional nuances that hide behind initial impressions, Reddit userAcrobatic_News_9986made aposton the platform, asking others “What was an industry secret that genuinely took you aback when you learned it?”
From retail to event planning and sales, the answers they’ve received lifted the curtain from a variety of sectors; even if it’s just a glimpse, there are plenty of intriguing tidbits.
This post may includeaffiliate links.
I feel like it just surprised me in general once I entered the world of work to learn how disorganised things are behind the scenes, even at the biggest of companies. From the outside looking in it always looks super official and clean cut but really it’s just a lot of people behind the scenes fumbling around and not really knowing 100% what is going on.
That if you are asked to rate someone’s customer service (eg your bank lender, salesperson etc) out of 10, anything less than a 9 in some places may as well be a zero.
Worked for a health insurance company that provided coverage for people with Medicaid and used the DRG reimbursement method to pay some providers. The charges on a hospital bill were literally meaningless, all that mattered were the diagnosis codes/procedure codes. Hospital could have charged $5 dollars or $15 million dollars, payment would have been the same regardless. Another one of the many ways in which US healthcare is just so whack.
As an electrician, I’m amazed more houses don’t burn down every day. I do my best, but many others just work as fast as they can and leave behind shoddy work that (sometimes literally) falls apart when you touch it.
The use of microwaves in mid-range restaurants. I knew it was common in fast food, but seeing all the hot sides in a steakhouse with $50 entrees being cooked in a microwave was a little jarring.
I don’t know if it’s a secret, but I remember hearing someone ask a doctor why they specifically say to “turn your head” before coughing, when assessing for a hernia.The doctor said there wasn’t a medical reason, but “it’s so you don’t cough on me.”.
Not sure if this counts, but when I was in car sales I learned real quick that the actual car itself isn’t where the real money is at, but the backend is. So like warranties, getting work done, etc etc.Most dealerships will still put up a fight on the actual price of the car though because they know most people are focused on the car itself. This is also done to help wear you down so you’re less likely to fight on the backend when they say they’ll discount the car price down to X amount but you have to get a warranty or 2 with it. More often than not, most people will cave because they got 2-3k off on the car and don’t realize the warranties are adding on 2-5k and warranties are often straight profit.Different dealerships tweak the above strategy to their market but generally they all play it to some degree.
I don’t know if the rule has changed since I left, but you CAN 100% bring in candy at the movie theater. I worked at an AMC and was tearing tickets one day, a slow day. I was chatting with my manager when a lady came in with a grocery bag full of snacks. I tore her ticket, directed her to her room, and asked the manager about the candy. She said it’s ok. You aren’t allowed to bring in “hot food”. I believe it’s because it’s a health code violation.So stop doing that stupid s**t like using a huge bowl to pretend you are pregnant. You aren’t a f****n' rebel. You are basically j-walking. No one cares.
College Admissions here: we absolutely discriminate when we read applications, and your chances of getting in are not equal. Some of the ways are legal, some aren’t, but good luck proving any of it. Most selective options will let you know about the legal ways (in broad terms, not in specifics), but plenty goes on behind the scenes that won’t make it to the information session.
Whenever you fill out a survey like “how did you like our website today”, most of the time an actual human does read your response, and it doesn’t disappear into a black holetldr; fill out surveys. Your perspective is critical to understanding what you guys actually want.
Guess how much of your vet bill goes directly to the vet’s salary? About 22%. The rest goes to operating costs and staff salaries (which are never as high as they deserve).
The guacamole that you eat at TGI Friday’s is a giant envelope of dry stuff, mixed with a 5 gallon bucket of sour cream. And it’s pretty freaking good.
Customer Service in Call Centres - We WANT you to swear at us…The second you swear AT me, NB not just swear, or be personally abusive or whatever, no matter how right you are, you’re wrong and no matter how bad a blooper I made, you’ve just handed me a ‘free pass’….And I get to cut your call off - Cheers.
Lots of musicians buy their records in bulk. 500k units sold is almost platinum, then they turn around and sell it back to distributors.
As a former Walmart cashier, a lot of people were surprised when I told them that we were given a 2 minute time limit per customer .
A lot of bands, I mean a LOT (including your favorite) use prerecorded tracks in their live show. Even ones you would never think. In fact, I would say MOST do today to some degree.
I work at Waffle House & im a vegetarian so there’s not much I eat there. Money is taken out of my check for food. It doesn’t matter if I eat or not they’re still gonna take it out. Doesn’t matter how much or little it’s still taken out. The price varies on how many hours you worked that day I think.
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A large majority of “loading screens” in commercial software and to a lesser extent games are fake. In the modern world most software tasks happen almost instantly, but older/less technical users assume if it was done quickly it wasn’t done well, so artificial loading bars are put in to appease those people. Really common in all kinds of “corporate software” that older people are likely to use.
Billboards promoting tv shows are not for the consumer but for the advertisers we want to sell time to.
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Law school admissions. Applicants seem to think that we want to know your standardized testing scores and GPA back until kindergarten, all of your extracurriculars, etc.I really only need to know one number: LSAT score. The number of applicants we get and what we can charge depends in no small amount on US News ranking. US News rankings have shifted slightly, but a disproportionate amount of rank rests on the LSAT average of entering classes. The higher your rank, the more students apply and the more those students are willing to pay. GPA also matters for USN rank but high GPA students are a dime a dozen. So don’t let your 2.1 GPA dissuade you from applying to law school. With the right LSAT score, you’ll still get a scholarship to a T1 school. Extracurriculars kind of matter, but typically only in close cases or if you have some truly outstanding achievement.Take the LSAT as many times as you can. A few points higher can be worth tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships.
- How much plastic is used in surgery. No amount of paper straws is going to come within neutralizing the sheer volume of plastic that a standard surgical department will throw away in one day. Not to say that I have an alternate solution, but it was disconcerting to say the least.2) How rough surgeons can be with someone’s body while they’re performing surgery. I think the phrase “surgical precision” is kind of an oxymoron now, unless you’re talking about vascular or neurosurgery.
I started professionally developing software back in 2011. Every website/app/program you use is held together with toothpicks and duct-tape. If buildings were built like software, nowhere would be safe.
The stripper pole rotates.
Ranch dressing is a lot of mayonnaise. The first time I made buttermilk ranch I was like, “Excuse me, the whole fugging jar?!” Buttermilk and spices, stir. I’ve been eating spiced up mayonnaise milk for 30 years.
It doesn’t matter what ABC agency you work for. From top level government agencies to secret spy stuff, there will always be an excel sheet, or hand jammed document, behind all decision making. I’m not talking about talking points type of document; I’m talking about documents with day to day operational stuff. Source: I’ve worked at various top level government agencies and private sector!
Generic store brand is made in the same lines as regular brands. They just made a deal to put a generic bag in exchange for more shelf space/better position of name brand.
Optometry is a scammy business in the United States. Profit margins are enormous. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/great-american-eye-exam-scam/602482/.
Online betting places like TAB in Australia artificially lower the odds for people who win too often. Seems dishonest to me.
There is no real recycling outside of aluminum.
That financial institution don’t buy the stocks I give them money to buy on my behalf. They only say they do and that most institutions owe 65 billion in assets (each) called “Sold not yet purchased” where they owe that much in stocks to people but have zero obligation to really buy it. All together they owe trillions and the entire system is rigged.
A lot of IT hardware is metal on metal. Thermal paste is “too expensive”. Your switches are ticking time bombs.
Pharmaceutical reps who go around pitching the latest prescription d*s to doctors.. yeah they will often fk the doctors.
Most therapists aren’t equipped to deal with trauma, which definitely begs the question, what exactly are they doing??
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