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Aidana A.
You’re not alone ifyou’ve ever been curious about what really goes oninother professions. This article dives into real-life confessions from people inall kinds ofjobs, sharing surprising industry secrets most ofus never hear about.
- Back whenI was cleaning atamovie theater, Iwas pretty used tothe usual mess—popcorn everywhere, sticky soda puddles, all that. But one day, Ilooked under aseat and saw something truly gross: there were tiny bugs crawling through leftover food bits.
Iasked aboutit, and the response shockedme. They said itwas totally normal. Apparently, the crumbs stuck inthe seat cracks are nearly impossible toclean completely, sobugs just come with the territory.
- Iworked asahotel maid for two years. Part ofmyjob was refilling the little shampoo and shower gel bottles inevery room. The disgusting truth, which our guests didn’t realize, was that wewere actually using products that had been expired for years. Honestly, ifyou can’t find anexpiration date onthose toiletries, it’s better not touse them.
- Iworked for awebsite creation company back in1999, managing the website for abig brand/ large bank that was sponsoring around-trip paid ticket tothe Super Bowl. Iworked onthe website that collected all the entries, andI posted the rules that the company’s legal department wrote todescribe the rules ofthe contest.
Arandom winner was tobeselected for the prize, andI wrote asoftware tool torandomly pick the winner tobeused when the contest was over. When the contest ended, Iwas told toforget mytool, forget the rules, just look inthe database and find someone inSouth Florida (where the Superbowl was in1999), sothe company wouldn’t have topay for airfare.©midnitewarrior/ Reddit
- The hotel had nointernet connection starting around 1am to6am. Like clockwork, every night. Idon’t know ifitwas just asystem fault orifitwas cost-cutting. But without internet, the security cameras didn’t work orrecord anything.
The fire alarm system didn’t work either (the alarms gooff, but itdoesn’t call for help). So, ifwehad afire that started at3am, then I’d have noidea what’s happening unless someone else who’s driving byreportsit.©blackmobius/ Reddit
- Iworked atacancer charity. Half the people would order things for themselves and charge ittothe charity. Aneye-opening job for a16-year-old.©redpaloverde/ Reddit
- Iworked atastartup that tracked employee happiness, supposedly sothey can make employees happier. Inpractice, itseemed that they were preemptively getting rid ofunhappy employees. Noneed towait for them toquit.©MiyagiJunior/ Reddit
- Iworked for ahealthcare facility that started collecting private patient information toshare with insurance companies inorder tosecure better contracts. This wasn’t diagnosis data; itwas lifestyle data, including spending transactions (they were trying tofind ways toobtain that information whenI was leaving).
When Iasked ifpatients were aware, they always gave avague answer, which essentially meantno.©Objective_Regret2768/ Reddit
- Iworked atagrocery store. Wehad lots ofprepackaged produce and other baked goods. Iwas told topull off all the expiration date stickers and replace them with new dates because “they still looked good.”
There were somany things they did that probably could have gotten them fined heavily ifI had known better and reported them. They were alocal chain that had like 10stores. Apparently, they only have one store left now and are very close togoing out ofbusiness for good, according tomyparents.©pops992/ Reddit
- Many years ago, mydad was amanager ofthe meat dept atachain grocery store. Anew store manager came inand told him that whenever steaks started looking abit gray, rather than mark them down abit (they were still oktoeat, just older and unappealing inappearance), hewas toslice them laterally, position the bright-pink interior uptorepackage, and keep them the same price.
Mydad soon quit over that, ashecouldn’t ingood conscience doit.©who-took-my-hat/ Reddit
- Every single cooking competition show you watch isrigged. The judges have nosay over who wins. The winner ischosen prior tofilming bythe executive producer(s), and then the show iscrafted around that winner tomimic astory orjourney they can sell toaudiences.©Unknown author/ Reddit
Hotel stays can goeither way—they might feel like amini luxury escape orturn into something you’d rather forget. Ifyou want tomake sure you’re inthe know before your next trip, check out this article, where 15hotel workers spill all the secrets.
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