“It’s A Moral Dilemma I Struggle With Daily”: 50 Secrets That Companies Keep From Their Customers

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Yes, some of the workers are undocumented. Yes, they do a lot of the work others will not or can not do. We also do a lot of the work they will not or can not do. In our season they show up at 6am and leave at 7pm every day of the week. Twice a month they also cook huge meals for everyone, out of their own pocket. Some of us have to hide money in their bags and things to get them to take it. Ive watched them make and serve their own food to people in MAGA hats, with a smile. I love them. Every single one of them.

Every day the postal service moves over 20 million parcels around the country with a staff of about 500,00, only 200k of those being actual letter carriers. That’s not including every little postcard or advo the thickness of a hair that touches 25 sets of hands and numerous vehicles before it gets to your house without somehow getting lost under a seat cushion along the way. We have a 99.2% success rate on parcel delivery. Nobody thinks about all the hundreds of packages they’ve received, only that one that got lost that one time. USPS is exceedingly good at what they do, and we do it using only proceeds from stamp sales. We do not receive federal dollars in any capacity so that we can remain stable during political upheavals or budget crisis.

200,000 people hand deliver 24,000,000 packages. Double that during peak season. Every. Single. Day. I just think that’s cool as s**t lol.

A*****e parents are way more common than you think. Way, way more common. *Soul-crushingly common.*

polly6119:

As a teacher for 23 years I absolutely agree. People give CPS a hard time. But they don't realize how horrible a lot of parents are. CPS is trying to just get the physical abuse stopped. They're overwhelmed with physical abuse problems. But there is widespread and evil emotional and psychological abuse that is almost impossible catch because it doesn't leave visual scars.

There are parents who will starve their children just enough to torture them but not enough to get caught, there parents will put tons of salt in their child's dinner just so they suffer through the night and won't let them have anything to drink, their parents who will make children do exercises like wall squats and arm lifts for so long that it's literal torture and if the child doesn't agree or stops doing the exercise then they don't get to eat the next day, there are parents who keep a child up all night "cleaning" the house. I could go on there's so much and so many. Not to mention the horrible degrading things they say to their child.

And you know what's really insidious is that a lot of these people are your nicest neighbors, the parent who volunteers, the parent, who comes to school and laughs with the teacher so that the child sees that they have nobody that they can talk to.

Sorry, I've just seen a lot. I don't get to talk about it much because, well it's depressing. It's not really a good conversation starter or party banter.

Prescription d***s (in America) do not need to cost anywhere near what they do. Pharmaceutical companies waste money like nobody else. In most cases, the company is just charging the absolute maximum amount the market will bear. It's a moral dilemma I struggle with daily.

It's not the strangers/drag queens/LGBTQ people that you, or especially kids, need to worry about. It's the men in the family. After working 11 years at a crime lab doing DNA, I don't know if I've come across a kid r**e kit with a trans person as the suspect. But there are thousands of them from the dad/stepdad/moms bf/step brother/grandpa/etc. If you want to protect kids, start there.

So, bathroom bills aren't really protecting kids, just diverting attention from actually threats.

Edit: woah! Really glad this sparked some discussion.

With most every r**e kit comes r**e kit notes (and police report) which tells you relevant info, such as suspect and relation to victim. Rare that it is an “unknown” stranger kid r**e. That’s how I know the relations between the suspect and victim. When we see kid cases, there usually is a listed suspect.

DNA is DNA. “Trans” DNA is not a thing. We can tell s*x by the DNA. So if that doesn’t match up with what’s in the submission info, we look into it. It has happened that we have had trans individuals who are listed as their preferred s*x, which is in contrast to their DNA. That’s something we’d like to know up front cause it matters….cause it’s DNA. Many times it is in the police report.

Old people are just like you and me, they are witty, smart, wise, sexual, sarcastic, cynical, generous, considerate, patient, frustrated….all that and more, please treat them with the respect and love you would your best friend, not like a toddler. They may be a little bit deaf or slower to talk than you, but they are not stupid. Oh, and they have a name…it’s not dear, love or darling…use their name!

It is entirely possible that your veterinarian will kiss your kitten’s belly when you are looking.

Human teeth are not white, they're yellow.

Stop bleaching your teeth.

I work in materials testing for industries like automotive, aerospace, defense…

Our secret? We. Don’t. F**k. Around. Specs are holy writ and *will* be followed. We fire people for cutting corners on paperwork. I once got dragged into a conference room and chewed out for two hours not because I used equipment that was out of calibration, but because I was in the same room as someone who did. *That* person got suspended for a week without pay. We regularly get audited for compliance to standards and regs that are enforced internationally.

Why? Because when people in my field cut corners, people die. Horribly.

Edit: Almost forgot to add…falsifying documents in my line of work is actually a felony.

The number of completely incompetent employees working in health care settings is appalling.

mentalissuelol:

Seriously. I’ve met people who take care of patients and are concerningly dumb. I had a travel nurse yell at me for being concerned about a patient’s temperature because he didn’t “feel that cold”. He was hypothermic.

Zealousideal-Low455:

When I was working as a bedside nurse i was shocked and appalled at how many nurses would refuse to escalate a clearly deteriorating situation until it was life threatening. these people were teaching new nurses too.

Nobody at the vet is “in it for the money.” The veterinarian is likely the only person in the building making a livable wage. Be kind.

I work in prison and see a lot of people sentenced for causing a death or serious injury while driving drunk who otherwise don’t have a remarkable criminal background. You think of prison and you think d***s, violent crimes, etc. but this is one of those crimes that can take you from being an average Joe to a felon in an instant. So, not a secret but don’t drink and drive. Or text and drive!

A little air bubble in your IV is completely harmless.

JulietAlfa:

My late hubby had cancer for three and a half years. I remember we’d watch a little air bubble go through the line and he would go “oh noooooo” and then pretend it killed him dramatically. He also once wore a dog cone on his neck to treatment. His nurses loved him. Many came to his memorial including the director of radiation oncology at Rush, they were pals.

A lot of us truckers suffer from soul crushing depression from loneliness and speaking as an owner of my own truck, a lot of us are always one break down from loosing everything 💔

We all talk about what s****y parents you are (if you are) and how much your kids suck because you are raising them to be mirror image a******s.

Working-Tomato8395:

However much we hated the classroom brat, we hated the parents 10x more.

S*x and relationship therapist here - The thing we cannot say, but want to with maybe 50% of couples, is JUST GO GET A DIVORCE ALREADY!

You need two coats of paint. The advertisements are lies.

platinumarks:

Or if you're a low-cost landlord, twenty coats.

Healthcare worker in a hospital setting here (resident physician).

If you go to the emergency department or are hospitalized, call and ask for an itemized bill. It’ll make your actual cost lower since there are otherwise a lot of bs fees. You can also ask to speak to a financial advocate. Your can negotiate for a lower price or see what financial assistance programs or payment plans you can use. Many hospitals also have hardship waivers, waivers for a few days of short-term rehab, or supply for short-term medications. They also have charity care programs and can offer sliding scale discounts.

Regardless of if you have insurance, you can ask about these options. I always share these with patients since I hate the upcharge with a burning passion.

Licensed Massage Therapist. We are genuinely not judging any person's body. After the first few massages in our career, we literally only see your body as groups of muscles. I hear so often about people not going for massage because of the way they feel about their body...I wish this massage "secret " would be shared far and wide.

North-Version4944:

And we don’t care if you didn’t shave lol I had so many women apologize for not shaving their legs.

elisun0:

This is so true! I've been a licensed massage therapist for a couple decades and I've worked on people who easily weigh 300+ pounds. In addition to that I can say that the same body I might think is the hottest person I've ever seen, in public, is really just another body once it's on the table.
Also, I don't care about shaved legs, gray roots, cellulite, or any other body part you think is too much or not enough. Ditto for that weird, hairy mole you try to keep out of sight.
I just want to know I'm doing the job you hired me for whether that's relaxing the world away or helping you with painful muscles. When you're on the table I couldn't care less what you look like.