Stuff you know that others wouldn't know because of your job.

I'll start.


The price most insurance companies give you at renewal is most certainly not their best price. They usually have discretionary discounts!

Deli workers do not follow the hygiene standards nearly as much as they should. They're meant to change their plastic gloves for every sanger they make.



Fire away.

Mark200

It's cheaper to run water slides twice an hour for 20 minutes each rather than 4 times an hour for 10 minutes each.

tba

you know that building you are in?

Its slowly killing you

Tigger

people who work in labs put on gloves and white coats to protect themselves from the bio-hazzards
they then use pens with the gloves on and when they are finished they takeoff the gloves put the pens in their pockets

later on they take the pens out of the jackets and use then in the out of lab offices

mcauley

Deleted User wrote: »

Deli workers do not follow the hygiene standards nearly as much as they should. They're meant to change their plastic gloves for every sanger they make.

A sanger you say. . . hmmmm

mcauley

Tigger wrote: »

people who work in labs put on gloves and white coats to protect themselves from the bio-hazzards
they then use pens with the gloves on and when they are finished they takeoff the gloves put the pens in their pockets

later on they take the pens out of the jackets and use then in the out of lab offices

Bio-Hazard Pens? Sounds like a good movie plot. . .

Terry

Most people living in Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown are aliens.

B&Q floor tile adhesive has too much sand in it and is really crap.

Xavi6

A mining company in Australia has been forced into administration every day for the past three weeks.

aidan_walsh

B&Q floor tile adhesive has too much sand in it and is really crap.

As an adhesive. Its a pretty good alternative to butter spreads though, and is usually bought in bulk by delis.

Aodan83

Ironically, hygiene guy in a supermarket is one of the most unhygenic jobs oyu can have in a supermarket.

Professey Chin

American business managers are idiots........oh wait

Eoin

Xavi6 wrote: »

A mining company in Australia has been forced into administration every day for the past three weeks.

That's one unlucky mining company.

ShooterSF

Not gonna go into the tech job as erm zzzzz

So from a past job:
Its probably not Smirnoff.
If you get a pint with excess running down the outside it could be a poor barman/gas but also it could be they needed the liquid to run over the edge to wipe off the lipstick they just copped.
Holsten Pills or any pills are probably out of date.
If a rep leaves in good prize you're not winning it (eg two tickets to see liverpool play)

Oh and barstaff unlike what the urban legend suggests can actually keep time and dont want a demonstration of how well you can exagerate the lenght of time you've been waiting for your drink.

seamus

Where you work right now, somebody in that company has access to every piece of information you've ever sent, received or saved, and also has access to every single piece of personal information about you that the company knows.

What constitutes adequate security for your information in 50% of places is making sure that nobody writes down the password.

What constitutes adequate security for your information in 49% of places is making sure that the password is written down and placed in someone's drawer.

The other 1% have no security.

R0ot

Bar workers have a hell of a lot harder job than most people think, as do waiters/waitresses so be polite they only work there. Cardinal rule is don't **** with people that handle your food/drinks! :pac:

Professey Chin

seamus wrote: »

Where you work right now, somebody in that company has access to every piece of information you've ever sent, received or saved, and also has access to every single piece of personal information about you that the company knows.

What constitutes adequate security for your information in 50% of places is making sure that nobody writes down the password.

What constitutes adequate security for your information in 49% of places is making sure that the password is written down and placed in someone's drawer.

The other 1% have no security.

And that person is me!!!!:pac:

Fratton Fred

only the end 3mm of a cigarette has tightly packed tobacco, the rest is loose which is why it all falls out when you rip the end off. This saves the tobacco companies millions a year, but so the cigarette does not burn too quick, they put chemicals in it to slow down the rate of burn.

Menthol cigarettes are the same as normal cigarettes and use the same tobacco, however the foil inside the packet is impregnated with menthol which inturn flavours the tobacco.

Quint

If you saw the rotten slug infested apples that went into the making of cider, you probably wouldn't drink it. Same probably applies to any mass produced food/drink.

dlofnep

When a call-center agent sounds upbeat - They're faking.

Dord

dlofnep wrote: »

When a call-center agent sounds upbeat - They're faking.

No, when a call center agent sounds upbeat they're actually playing a game with one of their colleagues. Also when they start saying weird words, that's a game too.


Things I learned in my job? hmm... The Venezuelan government have some very odd laws and pretty much make them up as they go along. Pain it the bollocks so it is! :rolleyes:

smokingman

seamus wrote: »

Where you work right now, somebody in that company has access to every piece of information you've ever sent, received or saved, and also has access to every single piece of personal information about you that the company knows.

What constitutes adequate security for your information in 50% of places is making sure that nobody writes down the password.

What constitutes adequate security for your information in 49% of places is making sure that the password is written down and placed in someone's drawer.

The other 1% have no security.

99.9% of IT people that have access to this information get uptight when the non-techie populous think they're so important that their information MUST be being stolen when IT people couldn't give two craps about anything other than getting coffee, a new motherboard and tonights bottle of whiskey.

BumblebeeGirl

All cans/bottles in an off licence have been sitting out back for at least afew weeks. Wipe before drinking. Its nasty.

Sofaspud

dlofnep wrote: »

When a call-center agent sounds upbeat - They're faking.

And every single thing they say to you, they've said to hundreds, if not thousands of people before you.

And while you're talking to them, they just may have their phone mic on mute and be having a conversation with someone else, just noticing a few keywords you say until they have to talk.

The name they use at the beginning of the call may not be their name. If they're bored enough, it may not even be A name (e.g. table / fridge speaking!)

Gareth37

Deleted User wrote: »

The price most insurance companies give you at renewal is most certainly not their best price. They usually have discretionary discounts!

I thought so. Thanks for the tip.

grahamo

The lads that work in the crematorium use the ovens to keep their teapot warm!
The lads that work in bakeries swat flies into the fruit slice mix.
Don't give people who prepare your food a hard time. They WILL take revenge!

Mena

That doctor treating you? He's just as puzzled as you are, just able to hide it far better :cool:

thebman

That thing I say can't be fixed ... ... it can! :eek:

Oh and you really don't want Vista, I'm not just saying it because I'm too lazy to upgrade you although that is a factor.

oztots

Poor countries tend to have bigger privat jets for their government than ireland, and maintain them badly.

ordinary_story

most houses built in housing estates over the last 10 years are just thrown together. Building standards dont apply because nobody inspects them. A coat of plaster hides all problems.

InkSlinger67

TURNING ON the TV makes hours of sitting in front of it even more fun!

Don't tell anyone!

Zangetsu

Mena
That doctor treating you? He's just as puzzled as you are, just able to hide it far better


Bahahahahaha, shhhh! your not supposed to tell people that!

Santa Claus

How much the people in the payroll department like or dislike you usually affects how accurate your wages will be !

ManFromAtlantis

great thread!!!!!!!!!!
the bottom of atlantic is really dark.

CreepingDeath

Don't eat the brown M & M's

anniehoo

The more letters after somebodys name the bigger the ar*ehole they are!Fact!

Wagon

Computer administrator...nuff said

AvaKinder

the hygiene standards for food prepared in cinemas is worse than that of male student digs

and for those cinemas that still sell butter... theres usually never been actual butter anywhere near their 'kitchen'......

every place i've worked has had someone urinate/defecate/fornicate on the premises(not bathroom) with minimal cleanup.

and no they're not overcharging you for movie tickets just everything else they sell

Xavi6

There are infact only a handful of journalists in the world. The rest of us just copy, paste and re-order what they wrote.

Crash

Don't forget vomit. Surprisingly (or rather, not so) common in cinemas.

AnonoBoy

Jizz is surprisingly fun to mop up on a nightly basis.

ManFromAtlantis

Xavi6 wrote: »

There are infact only a handful of journalists in the world. The rest of us just copy, paste and re-order what they wrote.

hey you, i wrote that about 2 weeks ago

mikemac

If you lose your statement and walk into your bank for a copy we charge you 1euro a page for "administration reasons"

It's easy to print off and it can be done for free if we know/like you but why drop a moneyspinner!
Plus it keeps people away so we can do less work printing the damn things

Zangetsu

Restarting a computer fixes 85% of problems.

ShooterSF

Zangetsu wrote: »

Restarting a computer fixes 85% of problems.

ssshhhhhhut up!

Cuddlesworth

ordinary_story wrote: »

most houses built in housing estates over the last 10 years are just thrown together. Building standards dont apply because nobody inspects them. A coat of plaster hides all problems.

You can't check a building properly after its fully built.

The IT guy doesn't ignore because he's busy. He ignores you because he doesn't like you.

Darragh29

Haha, it's funny what you come across when you are someone's mechanic! Viagra pills, class A drugs, married men with condoms stashed under the drivers seat!

seamus

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

The IT guy doesn't ignore because he's busy. He ignores you because he doesn't like you.

As a corollary: When he tells you that your problem will take a long time to fix, he's lying. He just doesn't like you.

If he liked you, he'd just reboot your machine.

Miguel_Sanchez

Everything on TV is fake.

(oh wait everyone knows that)

Professey Chin

Zangetsu wrote: »

Restarting a computer fixes 85% of problems.

Just a sec. Got an error so I gotta reboot.
Then I'm gonna tell you everything wrong about that

kmick

"NEW AND IMPROVED RECIPE" on food items means that the manufacturer has replaced some or all of the original ingredients in your product with cheaper ones. They try and maintain a consistency of flavour but there main concern is to make it more cheaply.

Fozzie Bear

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

The IT guy doesn't ignore because he's busy. He ignores you because he doesn't like you.

Our IT guy operates the 3 strikes rule. You have to ask him 3 times to do whatever task you need doing before he will even consider getting up from his desk. You'd be amazed at the amount of people who ask once and then forget about it. He reckons most IT related requests are just simpletons who don't know what Ctrl, Alt and Delete do when pressed together.

Measuring tapes can be bought in the USA for E1.00 each and sold in Ireland for E15.00 each. Same general rule of mark up applies to almost any construction equipment you can think of.....