What does your job make you notice?

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I work in advertising so I always notice bad fonts, dodgy claims, poor punctuation, use of stock photos and all sorts of things that leave me steaming with annoyance while normal people all around seem to be able to walk past a crap sign without wincing.

Does your job make you notice things the normals don't see?

I support a man who uses a wheelchair so notice crap parking eg over drop kerbs and cluttered pavements

Work in a university. Parents are waaaayyyyy more involved in their adult offspring's lives than they ever used to be.
Secondly, can't help but notice the steady decline in student mental health and resilience.

How readily people lie. Just be honest and upfront with me. Stop bloody lying.

@EllieQ me too! It I used to anyway - I’m a cleaner now. These days I mostly notice how unsuitable most hospitality areas are for cleaning - rough tiles, easily marked carpets, decorative ornaments etc...

I still notice the odd poorly designed cycle path and get excited about Pegasus crossings (they’re rare!)

Discrimination lawyer - so many people call it the “Equalities Act” instead of the Equality Act

-The lengths people will go through not to pay for a service they've received by lying . Worked in a (naice) spa for many years and you'd have many people who will decide at the end of the day they'd want their money back ..after you'd overheard them saying the spa/treatments were amazing. Basically chancers.

• never judge a book by its cover. Out of the hundreds of treatments I've done on people it's only been married men that have tried to touch me or said vile things (their poor wives ).
• working in housekeeping; the people staying in the most luxurious accommodation were the most filthy. You can't believe how disgusting people can live or how they can expect you to clean up their filth (used sanpro on the floor).

Ooh I’ve another one from my days with Local Government - how often people say “what are they spending money on that for? The Council should be putting it towards social care!” ... in transport anyway the money is usually ringfenced be the funder (government, EU etc..). If it wasn’t spent on the project it would be clawed back - it’s the funder who decides what it’s spent on, not Local Government!

How many people have a wierd attitude towards alcohol, are totally reasonable people under any other circumstances, yet lose all perspective where alcohol is concerned (like refusal of service etc and not necessarily while drunk either)
How rude and entitled people can be towards people in a service industry, but also how lovely some people are too.
Standards of cleanliness, service, attitude etc in bars/restaurants/hotels - my family hate going anywhere with me.

I used to work with horses too and have a life long obsession love of them and I notice every inaccuracy in films or on the TV. Biggest bug bear being that horses do not whinny, nicker and neigh constantly!

My job has made me notice how rife favouritism is in the workplace, and a deciding factor why I haven't gone for promotion.

Child poverty.

That you never know what is around the corner in terms of health and not to take good health for granted.

How many 'live' performances, especially where the darling artist 'plays' an instrument at the same time, are actually either a backing track or somebody hidden behind the set dressing doing the actual playing.

I don't care how well marketed thought of you are, there is no way you're playing a C/G by plonking your immaculately manicured hand flat against the strings and effectively muting every single one of them - especially when the actual chord I can hear coming out of the PA/TV is a fucking E7.

How many performers are utter dicks, especially when they think nobody that matters can see them.

How many performers who come across in the media as utter dicks are actually absolutely lovely.

How 'fans' can be the biggest pricks of them all. And bloody scary about it.

When somebody's got a 'game face' on to disguise crushing anxiety and poor self esteem.

When somebody is under the influence of drink or substances.

When somebody is spoiling for a fight and who they've targeted for their attentions.

Crowd dynamics. Including how to not be squished or caught up in an incident/if the mood is changing.

When somebody is guaranteed to have a press story about cancelling a tour/concert for vocal surgery within a few years.

And where something has been overproduced/the vocals were obviously so shit that they've had to be manipulated beyond all recognition. Why claim it's a raw recording when unless you have more hands than a Hindu deity there is no way on earth you managed to play that number of things (notes, drums, sing three notes, etc) at once?

I notice children and teenagers with ASD and/or dyspraxia. It’s their appearance and gait.

(Mother of a child with ASD, sister of sibling with dyspraxia, school worker to many more).

Oh, and how on television/films people hold guns really stupidly, in a way that would REALLY hurt them, if they fired them!

Ha yes Grumpymug- the constant neighing 'n' rearing of movie horses is really annoying. Whether ridden or loose movie horses generally gallop everywhere. Also- movie riders seem to have to set off and arrive with an annoying flourish even when they're just going from A to B.
Untie horse, leap into saddle; possibly pause for a flourishy rear up; haul its head round in the proposed direction of travel whilst simultaneously booting it into a gallop. Gallop right to destination then haul it to sudden stop. No normal rider with any respect for their horse's legs, mouth or wind would do this.

I'm an Optometrist and notice children with squints (then have to decide whether their parents know and if I should mention it).

I'm also a guider, so automatically do a risk assessment when I walk into a venue.

How much people don't look after their teeth. It's shocking how some people will go days without brushing! And then say they bleed so they're obviously brushing too hard and stop for longer 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

Dogs. Whether they are shiny, overweight, smelly, trim etc - I work for an independent premium pet food manufacturer and my heart aches for the overweight ones

I see a lack of personal responsibility (as in its not my fault I'm in this situation, although it clearly is)

Poor use of statistics (sometimes deliberately so), poor numerical understanding, dodgy data interpretation, correlation/causation confusion. I’m a scientist

Me too.

More frivolously how few people can read scientific words properly.

Data in the singular (Cringe; I work in science).

'Cops' pointing guns at someone & not firing the gun, when the Someone has a gun & is pointing it at someone or simply using it in a slightly threatening way. On telly or in movies, this goes on for a minute or 2 while everyone chats to each other about whether to fire their weapon.

Real law enforcement fire first & think about it later, if you even have a weapon in sight never mind in hand pointed & ready to fire. They don't stand there & have negotiations (!!)

(Criminal justice system jobs in family background)

English teacher.

I notice bad grammar, poor spelling, crap punctuation and dodgily-written TV and radio scripts.

I was a bookseller and I was always peering at people reading on public transport to see what it was. Could often recognise books just from a bit of the cover.

How badly behaved children can get.

Poor visuals / design / art

Makes me feel jumpy bad mood