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

Jen Pigs Fly · 03-12-2014 1:03am

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

The pet shop I work In has a very large and thriving hamster population living inside the walls :rolleyes:

To update on this, hamster population has dropped dramatically since a corn snake escaped.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 03-12-2014 1:04am

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

To update on this, hamster population has dropped dramatically since a corn snake escaped.

What dya have to release to kill a corn snake?!

Jen Pigs Fly · 03-12-2014 1:07am

The Cunning Linguist wrote: »

What dya have to release to kill a corn snake?!

Either a python or see can we get a mongoose :pac:

PizzamanIRL · 03-12-2014 1:31am

Ordering something online, if a company has "We advise you to insure your package when you return it to us to avoid package loss" on the part about returning your item, it means if you just send your stuff back using regular post, the company can say they never received it and keep the items and your money. Package "got lost"

Crooked Jack · 03-12-2014 4:38am

working as a repairs guy for Xerox is genuinely like living in an episode of The IT Crowd every day. We keep customers waiting for ages. We fob off to the pub or elsewhere whenever we like. 9 times out of 10 we just turn the machine off and on again. We pretend stuff is far more complicated than it is. And this isnt just me, it was like this way before I got there. Im terrified of ever having to get a real job.

Xenji · 03-12-2014 5:21am

My sister works in a 4 star hotel with a very busy restaurant, they are always hyping their head chef, except he does not exist and has instead been replaced with numerous JobBridge interns over the last 2 and a half years.

Fred Swanson · 03-12-2014 2:11pm

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Xenji · 03-12-2014 2:14pm

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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They say he is busy and then give them complimentary drinks from said chef.

bedlamaticable · 03-12-2014 2:18pm

At a bar I worked at if a phone was handed in lost some of the staff would nose through the phone going through messages, photos etc. before calling the last dialed to try and return it.
Manager spotted it once and put an abrupt stop to it.

fleet_admiral · 03-12-2014 5:32pm

Pub I worked in used the pizza sauce for all of the pasta dishes on the menu

Gloomtastic! · 03-12-2014 5:47pm

fleet_admiral wrote: »

Pub I worked in used the pizza sauce for all of the pasta dishes on the menu

No shame in that. It's all just reduced tomato and herbs with maybe some garlic.

Crooked Jack · 03-12-2014 6:01pm

Dominos used to send me across the road to tescos to buy cheese, chicken, ham etc... and other toppings when they ran low. They also would often get us to stretch out medium dough patties into large ones when they were running low.
Similarly, anyone who was rude, nasty or, to be frank, a cop (they were real assholes in coleraine, especially to students), would often get their pizza...altered.

Micky Dolenz · 03-12-2014 6:04pm

Crooked Jack wrote: »

Dominos used to send me across the road to tescos to buy cheese, chicken, ham etc... and other toppings when they ran low. They also would often get us to stretch out medium dough patties into large ones when they were running low.
Similarly, anyone who was rude, nasty or, to be frank, a cop (they were real assholes in coleraine, especially to students), would often get their pizza...altered.

what did Frank ever do to anyone?

Crooked Jack · 03-12-2014 6:11pm

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

what did Frank ever do to anyone?

He killed my father but I had my revenge with a range of inferior, overpriced pizzas

Micky Dolenz · 03-12-2014 6:48pm

Crooked Jack wrote: »

He killed my father but I had my revenge with a range of inferior, overpriced pizzas

Served cold?

I'll let myself out.

Get Real · 12-03-2015 9:01pm

Rosalyn Huge Banana wrote: »

Beats me honestly, the owner at one place swore blind it was better for coffees because it was easier to steam, and she thought it lasted better in the fridge. In the other places it was always LF in the fridges too, and I worked a few different branches in one of the jobs and it was the same everywhere. I suppose it could be just coincidence but it seems a bit unlikely. I wasn't overly interested in those jobs tbh so I didn't bother asking.

Funny yet very boring reasons for the popular use of low fat milk in coffee machines in cafes instead of "normal" full fat milk are:

1. People who drink full fat milk aren't really bothered about whether or not ff or lf milk is used in their coffees. However people who insist on "skinny"/ "I only drink low fat" milk will be satisfied along with all customers as every coffee is low fat.

2. The machines are much easier to clean. All that inner piping that the milk runs through and comes out frothy needs cleaning every day. There is less "fat buildup" over the course of the day on the pipes, which leads to easier cleaning dailyand less maintenance work long term.

LorMal · 12-03-2015 9:07pm

osarusan wrote: »

I think a lot of the footage on this video wouldn't be out of place with a hidden camera-style 'the horror of how it's actually made' video, but the company proudly displays their name at the end!

looks like 2 girls 1 cup

TheBoss11 · 13-03-2015 7:51pm

Oh I've done very interesting ones from a certain chicken fast food take away. I'll post them later

mikemac1 · 13-03-2015 8:00pm

McDonalds is far cleaner and takes food safety more seriously than many/most hotels.

I've worked in a few hotels, some of them 4* and some had filthy practices that would never happen in a McDonalds franchise

McDonalds also treat their staff and duty managers better than a lot of Irish hotels!

There was an ad on RTE a few years back and a duty manager was the laughing stock of his friends with the usual do you want fries with that haw haw :rolleyes:

Stupid ad and it's a grand place to work even if some of the public reckon you failed at life if you work in one

redshoes15 · 13-03-2015 8:16pm

Head chef in a restaurant where I worked a few yrs back used chicken or beef stock in all vegetarian dishes! All chefs followed his instruction without any qualms :-/

Dont call me Shirley · 13-03-2015 9:21pm

Worked in a petrol station a few years back when I was in college, one of the major companies but I can't remember which. Found out the guy delivering the fuel had accidentally put a load of petrol into the diesel tanks. Nothing was said to the customers they just sold it as was.

Remember a few customers coming in and arguing with the manager about engine trouble and he swore blind everything was perfect.

Cody montana · 13-03-2015 9:23pm

I work in the food industry, you have no idea how bad it can be.

Dont call me Shirley · 13-03-2015 10:29pm

More seriously and more recently, I also worked for a charity in the disability sector. One of the big ones involved in those funding/ceo payment scandals not so long ago.

I guess this might not be so shocking now but basically none of the money that charity takes in goes to the service users. The scam works like this. HSE directly funds the provision of care centres. Charity fund raises for the provision of services (to the tune of millions per year) but because these are already paid for can put this money to bonuses/perks/expenses etc. If they're ever questioned they say look at the wonderful services we provide.

In truth some of the services are good because you get a well meaning group of staff paid for by the HSE. Unfortunately some are awful. I saw some and heard some really shocking stuff in my time there but when any of us tried to report something it was ignored. Never once saw or heard of a HSE inspection.

Hopefully that Prime Time before Christmas might shake things up but I fear it won't be enough.

Paramite Pie · 13-03-2015 10:32pm

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

No shame in that. It's all just reduced tomato and herbs with maybe some garlic.

Much more concentrated flavour though but if it's watered down enough it'd be okay I imagine.

osarusan wrote: »

I think a lot of the footage on this video wouldn't be out of place with a hidden camera-style 'the horror of how it's actually made' video, but the company proudly displays their name at the end!

I don't actually see anything gross in that video? It's basically a meat smoothie. The addition of corn syrup/excessive salt was the only concerning factor for me.

Hunter-Gatherers make full use of the animal, why shouldn't we?

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

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