Secrets of your trade.

Handbag...not sure which TKMaxx your relative works in but that really doesn't happen.

My mum used to work in a wedding dress shop. She told me that the dresses bought in to be specially cleaned were just bunged in the washing machine!

I used to be a nurse rose cottage was code for the mortuary.

@slimgin. The notes on affairs are what I was referring to.

They count as sensitive info (info on sexual relationships) and accordingly need to be treated separately from "marketing preferences". You need explicit consent to collect this type of info and should limit access to it.

U.S Airways used to use Cactus, not United. American Airlines bought U.S some years ago. Their callsign is 'American', United's is...'United'.

Pilots and air traffic controllers used to be discouraged from excessive courteousness. I suspect the policy never caught on, judging by what I hear.

I'm glad this thread continued.

Agree with poster up thread. The vast majority of cvs are drivel. Most applicants don't even mention why they want your job. The standard is so low that it really should not be difficult to get to interview stage in most roles.

If you are going to say you have great attention to detail, please spell detail correctly.

Most people seem to be unaware that they can potentially be lawfully dismissed for capability even if all of their ten recent tummy bugs were genuine.

Female barristers generally don't wear a proper blouse with bands in court. We wear a fake bib that fits over a vest or t-shirt tucked into our jackets to give the appearance of a high necked blouse

I don’t know why this surprised me so much, but it did.

Platinum, gold and palladium are- along with a mix of other metals- widely used within your car's catalytic converter to neutralise noxious exhaust gasses. They're held in a ceramic honeycomb which is actually very pretty to look at.
This is why, if you need to replace your vehicle's cat, the price will almost always be in the £££'s- it's literally gold plated.

It also used to be (in vinyl times) that if you heard a certain combination of songs on the radio, that it meant the DJ had gone to the loo, in the case of the station I worked for played back to back,

They were always played as a special request at 8.20am for x person - who was the owner's wife but didn't listen to the station

Hotel California - The Eagles 6m 30s
American Pie - Don McClean 8m 32s

That left time for the morning DJ who was at my first station, to stick the kettle on, run downstairs, we were on the 3rd floor, 45 stairs, down the main entrance of the building thru 2 big sets of doors (it was an old bank) across the road into the newsagents, pick up the morning papers, across the road again, back thru the big sets of doors, up 45 stairs, make tea and toast, get their breath back and "that went out to X who is our favourite listener at this time of morning who absolutely loves those songs"

I was in a separate office with the exception of when we were putting someone live on air as it was my job to hold the phone to a mic without feedback,

It was great fun, was easy money and I worked evenings and weekends and holidays and most of the time was chatting to people who got to know over time.

Teenage job radio station receptionist - used to be sent down to the "vaults" to look for vinyl as it was all that time, there was no vaults, no record library of any sort all DJs brought a box of their own stuff with them

One of the DJs used to do a gardening slot daily, he had a particular fondness for Roses, yes he was looking out the station window at the field where we pulled the curtain on the window when we had to go to the toilet as there was no bathroom except this flowerbed which was well fertilised

Fukushima?

@backwoodsgirl where was that? In the UK? I don’t have many trade secrets (nursing). I can only think of one, that a feeling of impending doom can indicate that you have been given the wrong blood type during a blood transfusion.

Nuclear industry....

Nuclear power stations have extremely strict rules. Radiotherapy departments at hospitals don't. A power plant would get shut down if it were to follow hospital policies.

Nuclear weapons are secured with the same key as a regular bike lock.

There was a nuclear accident worse than Chernobyl, but it was covered up.

I had a CV once that stated the chap had played Crown Green Bowls for his county.

I'm not sure these are trade secrets, but they are things I've noticed about some of the jobs I've done.

My theatre alerts were different to Comefromaway's, so perhaps they differ between venues.

With incoming companies, if you're lovely we'll move the earth for you but if you're not, everything will take longer and probably cost you more.

Most of us who have worked in comedy can laugh on cue. If we don't laugh at your jokes that are genuinely funny, you've probably been rude to us/our colleagues/our friends. But even on long tours of shows, if we like you we will laugh in the right places even if it is the 75th time you've heard it.

The worst behaved comedians I've worked with have been the least well known.

It's almost impossible for an independent producer to make money on the London fringe whilst paying everyone properly. You either need money you're happy to lose, or you get funding grants to cover your costs (But they're hard to come by).

There will always be someone willing to do jobs for free/expenses - acting, stage managing, tech, design, etc.

instead of bitching that the OPs trade secret isn't secret enough, why not share one of your own?

Like I said ages ago, I didn’t mean it to sound rude.

@BirdieInTheHand How so? Guests know that we store their reservation details and this extends to preferences and history that they've told us to make their stay more comfortable for them (e.g a widow will stay with us over the anniversary of her husbands death and does not want a big fuss made of her arrival). The notes on affairs etc are naughty and should all be deleted if spotted.
Also they can opt out of us keeping hold of their details. Happy to be corrected though!

If you are in a theatre and you hear an announcement that Mr Jet’s friend is in the building that’s a bomb threat.

Mr Jet himself is a suspected fire.

Female barristers generally don't wear a proper blouse with bands in court. We wear a fake bib that fits over a vest or t-shirt tucked into our jackets to give the appearance of a high necked blouse

@Needthisthread instead of bitching that the OPs trade secret isn't secret enough, why not share one of your own?

You might know about the call sign, but many don't.

I acknowledged that.

And the call sign IS unique to BA. No other airline uses it.

I also agreed with that.

My post was merely to point out that it's nothing special or secret.

Teachers never eat homemade stuff bought in to the staffroom.

There's always alcohol on residentials.

OFSTED inspections are a farce. Don't ever read a report without a massive pinch of salt.

I work in wholesale.

I surprised someone today by telling them I'd rather have rats than a mouse infestation, because they're 'cleaner' and bigger (and therefore easier to catch).

People find it interesting that no one of our alcohol is stored against the walls of the building as it wasnt uncommon at one time for thieves to remove bricks, steal bottles of booze through the wall without triggering the alarm.

We also have to throw out certain medicines once they go over 30*C because their efficacy hasn't been tested in the lab above that temp. Last summer was a nightmare!

In higher education. A few years ago we got an interview departmental memo telling all lecturers to mark up every undergraduate by one grade. So a 2.1 became a first, 2.2 became 2.1 etc. This was just before the tutorial fees were introduced.

It's almost impossible to fail s degree. You have to be practically dead.

International students have their dissertations rewritten for them if their English is poor.

Also students whose parents contacted us about their darlings were despised.