Things about places you've worked at that they don't want the general public to know

IvaBigWun

Apparently few supermarkets bake their own bread. Its all frozen and part baked elsewhere.

Ever wondered why airlines overbook seats? Because on average about 10-20 people don't check in for a flight, and for the airlines to make money they need to have full planes. so they oversell the aircraft based on the average number of people they hope will not turn up.

Rigged coin waterfalls in arcades.

People who work in food manufacturing doing bold things.



Is there anything you remember from a job that they don't want the general public to know?

Hande hoche!

How they get the figs in the figrolls.

Frynge

Which of the rat pack was the rat?

Mech1

It may come as a shock, but most garages are telling you the truth!

(its hard enough these days to diagnose the exact reason for that check engine light, never mind making up stories about it)

Fuzzytrooper

Hande hoche! wrote: »

How they get the figs in the figrolls.

Please...Everyone knows its tiny elves with tiny hammers.

PirateShampoo

That we once forgot to connect the flums to the vents in a row of new houses and only copped on when the new residents complained of headaches.

We also forgot to connect the same row of houses to the local sewer system and only copped that one when it started bubbling up through the gardens.

Good times indeed during the Celtic Tiger.

Mech1

Fuzzytrooper wrote: »

Please...Everyone knows its tiny elves with tiny hammers.

Yeah beating to death big f***o** flys and pushing them into those fly graveyards

padd b1975

I used to do plumbing maintenance in a major Irish printing company.

The drinking water flowed through lead pipes.

Daveysil15

Hande hoche! wrote: »

How they get the figs in the figrolls.

I actually used to work in a factory that packaged figrolls, and I can tell you I wouldn't eat them again after seeing some of the stuff that went on. Biscuits been dropped on the floor and been reused, machines not cleaned etc.

Hande hoche!

Daveysil15 wrote: »

I actually used to work in a factory that packaged figrolls, and I can tell you I wouldn't eat them again after seeing some of the stuff that went on. Biscuits been dropped on the floor and been reused, machines not cleaned etc.

Wouldn't surprise me. Didn't they move production abroad?

Daveysil15

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Wouldn't surprise me. Didn't they move production abroad?

Not sure tbh. It's probably for the best if they did.

who_me

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Not sure tbh. It's probably for the best if they did.

Indeed. Who doesn't like the taste of foreign floors..

newmug

A place I worked in barred us from joining a union. Not only that, but its the LAW that if you work 12 hr shifts, you MUST be in a union. No Guard, politician, judge seemed to care.

Mech1

I helped a guy catch and collect a full basket of fresh mushrooms today on my way to buy lunch. They where rolling down the footpath / road like something out of a Harrison Ford movie.
reboxed and delivered as if it never happened. I guess mushrooms get washed again anyways.

theblaqueguy

That KFC do not use real chicken!
But I didn't tell you

PizzamanIRL

Some petrol stations are advertising a price for fuel but setting the meter to give out less than advertised.

david75

If you're in a bar and order a Guinness, and the barman pulls the pint from one tap but tops it up from another, send it back immediately. Serious shenanigans involving bad keys and slops.
I've left two bar jobs cos of this.

hawkwind23

the further education system for the lower classes is a scam.
the teens are seen as walking dollar signs , esp the ones with perceived learning difficulties.

IvaBigWun

david75 wrote: »

If you're in a bar and order a Guinness, and the barman pulls the pint from one tap but tops it up from another, send it back immediately. Serious shenanigans involving bad keys and slops.
I've left two bar jobs cos of this.

Then there's the "giving tourists the cheapest piss available" trick when they ask for a larger

Barna77

Daveysil15 wrote: »

I actually used to work in a factory that packaged figrolls, and I can tell you I wouldn't eat them again after seeing some of the stuff that went on. Biscuits been dropped on the floor and been reused, machines not cleaned etc.

Similar situation with my brother, who used to work in a factory where they make a chocolate spread similar to nutella. He bowed not to eat it ever again...

Royal Legend

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Some petrol stations are advertising a price for fuel but setting the meter to give out less than advertised.

They are allowed +/- 1% by law. You will find that most do not calibrate their pumps and are actually giving fuel away. Most stations are pretty naïve in relation to accuracy of dispensing, as they make more money from the shop than from fuel.

So if they are cheating and setting the pump outside the 1% mark, then if caught they get fined. Strangely enough, if they are giving out too much fuel to the benefit of the consumer, they also get done by revenue, as they are seen as giving away tax free fuel

Heat and cold also has a small effect on your fuel as it expands and contracts, that is why apple green advertise the temperature on the big signs on the forecourts. This is saying that their fuel is kept at a constant temperature so the measurement is constantly accurate.

I am also informed that always try to buy your fuel from a forecourt with Gilbarco pumps as these, for some reason, tend to favour the consumer.

whiskeyman

Everytime you enter a search into google, it actually gets sent over to a huge secret data warehouse in China.
Within split seconds, operatives then use Yahoo to find the results and sent it back via the Google front end.

Bowlardo

theblaqueguy wrote: »

That KFC do not use real chicken!
But I didn't tell you

what is it so?

vicwatson

Bowlardo wrote: »

what is it so?

Duck

Legs.Eleven

I worked in a restaurant that had a menu of different lagers but only one tap. Customers were very impressed how I remembered what was what for massive orders! No one ever copped on!


A very well known football club in Europe treat their staff like muck. Politicians/VIP business people frequently buy their season tickets for the club with suitcases of cash. Huge amounts of tax evasion going on in this particular club. Lots of very shady dealings generally.


Chefs sometimes take revenge on customers when they complain their steak is underdone by throwing it on the floor first.

IvaBigWun

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

A very well known football club in Europe treat their staff like muck. Politicians/VIP business people frequently buy their season tickets for the club with suitcases of cash. Huge amounts of tax evasion going on in this particular club. Lots of very shady dealings generally.

Hmmmm.

Gotta be a Spanish team surely

DEFTLEFTHAND

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Hmmmm.

Gotta be a Spanish team surely

Sounds like Real Madrid.

P_1

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Sounds like Real Madrid.

Certainly one of the two classic Spanish sides I'd wager

Sh1tbag OToole

Royal Legend wrote: »

They are allowed +/- 1% by law. You will find that most do not calibrate their pumps and are actually giving fuel away. Most stations are pretty naïve in relation to accuracy of dispensing, as they make more money from the shop than from fuel.

So if they are cheating and setting the pump outside the 1% mark, then if caught they get fined. Strangely enough, if they are giving out too much fuel to the benefit of the consumer, they also get done by revenue, as they are seen as giving away tax free fuel

Heat and cold also has a small effect on your fuel as it expands and contracts, that is why apple green advertise the temperature on the big signs on the forecourts. This is saying that their fuel is kept at a constant temperature so the measurement is constantly accurate.

I am also informed that always try to buy your fuel from a forecourt with Gilbarco pumps as these, for some reason, tend to favour the consumer.

Feckin revenue. Won't even let you give away your own stuff

hfallada

That vinegar from a chipper is not actually vinegar. It's made from 20 litre drums of acid diluted down. My co worker said he once split it on the floor and it melted his shoes. The same acid has a warning about damage to lungs.

Unless chipper vinegar is brown its this diluted acid.

Specialun

The russian mafia had a large % in kasperski

Howard Juneau

Specialun wrote: »

The russian mafia had a large % in kasperski

Ah! That's the biggest load of bullguard I've ever heard.

Legs.Eleven

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Hmmmm.

Gotta be a Spanish team surely

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Sounds like Real Madrid.

P_1 wrote: »

Certainly one of the two classic Spanish sides I'd wager

Ehh....uh oh!



*Does a legger...*

Specialun

Howard Juneau wrote: »

Ah! That's the biggest load of bullguard I've ever heard.

Why so because

loveBBhate

Tesco use horse meat in their burgers.

NuckingFacker

McDonalds restaurants are really clean and fussy as fcuk about their supply lines and the ingredients/suppliers they use. I have no idea why they don't bang on about that more to the general public.

Legs.Eleven

A multinational record label somewhere in Europe keep a stale old box of croutons on top of the books in the library in their basement.

P_1

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

A very well known football club in Europe treat their staff like muck. Politicians/VIP business people frequently buy their season tickets for the club with suitcases of cash. Huge amounts of tax evasion going on in this particular club. Lots of very shady dealings generally.

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Ehh....uh oh!



*Does a legger...*

Ah no need, shur doesn't the world and it's mother know how badly they treated poor Jose :pac:

Savoir.Faire

A surprising number of politicians are hardworking, honest and decent human beings with a genuine sense of civic duty. The amount of abuse and harassment they receive from a certain of proportion of the electorate makes it an emotionally draining job.

The Department of Foreign Affairs remains an old boys club.

James Reilly is an abrasive, but extremely competent Minister of Health. The size of our country and the parochial nature of politics as a result makes radical change almost impossible.

Luke 'Ming' Flanagan is a hypocrite.

The_Kew_Tour

Savoir.Faire wrote: »

A surprising number of politicians are hardworking, honest and decent human beings with a genuine sense of civic duty. The amount of abuse and harassment they receive from a certain of proportion of the electorate makes it an emotionally draining job.

The Department of Foreign Affairs remains an old boys club.

James Reilly is an abrasive, but extremely competent Minister of Health. The size of our country and the parochial nature of politics as a result makes radical change almost impossible.

Luke 'Ming' Flanagan is a hypocrite.

Name 5?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i think 5 is the surprising number

Pogmothone

Bowlardo wrote: »

what is it so?

The reason why they call it KFC is because they can not use the word chicken anymore. Why? KFC does not use real chickens. They actually use genetically manipulated organisms. These so called “chickens” are kept alive by tubes inserted into their bodies to pump blood and nutrients throughout their structure. They have no feathers, and no feet. Their bone structure is dramatically shrunk to get more meat out of them.

loveBBhate

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Name 5?

1. None They're
2. A Shower
3. Of Two-Faced
4. Money-Grabbing
5. Lying Bastards

loveBBhate

Pogmothone wrote: »

That looks like mine after a day off spent in bed with the missus.

errlloyd

I work for one a few companies in the cities that offers tourists "free walking tours" - the companies actually charge the guides per person who goes on them. So if you don't tip your guide he still has to pay for you.

Almost everything in tourism is fed by commission. Hostel staff, guides and tourist information centres are all bull****. Even the most official looking tourist info places in the city charge for info to be displayed. In my industry any tour/pubcrawl/bus transfer a receptionist sells you they are making 20-40 percent on.

errlloyd

Oh the chickens reminded me. Dublin zoo has to dye the flamingos pink, their diet in captivity doesn't make them pink naturally!!!

Sh1tbag OToole

Savoir.Faire wrote: »

A surprising number of politicians are hardworking, honest and decent human beings with a genuine sense of civic duty. The amount of abuse and harassment they receive from a certain of proportion of the electorate makes it an emotionally draining job.

The Department of Foreign Affairs remains an old boys club.

James Reilly is an abrasive, but extremely competent Minister of Health. The size of our country and the parochial nature of politics as a result makes radical change almost impossible.

Luke 'Ming' Flanagan is a hypocrite.

What about Big Phil?

Savoir.Faire

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Name 5?

Wouldn't name five individuals for fear of expressing favouritism. With one notable exception all of our current cabinet ministers work extremely hard. Not all of them are up to their portfolio of course. A significant reshuffle early next year.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Specialun wrote: »

The russian mafia had a large % in kasperski

They extorted them a couple years back by kidnapping the owners son. He was released unharmed shortly afterwards so presumably they paid or came to some other arrangement. Russian crime is very sophisticated so it wouldn't surprise me.

tonkey

Pogmothone wrote: »

The reason why they call it KFC is because they can not use the word chicken anymore. Why? KFC does not use real chickens. They actually use genetically manipulated organisms. These so called “chickens” are kept alive by tubes inserted into their bodies to pump blood and nutrients throughout their structure. They have no feathers, and no feet. Their bone structure is dramatically shrunk to get more meat out of them.

That ain't true. It's been proven to be a myth

Tugboats

Chef. I've cum into many a soup