What is something you know because of your job, that would surprise others? (My example is gross, thread warning!)

[Mrmen1100]

It can be anything!!

I will start..

I am a food safety inspector (local authority) and have been for over 15 years, working in two large cities, and my current job in a smaller local authority. The same theme...

Food handlers do NOT wash their hands properly after using the toilet / before preparing your food.. lack of antibacterial soap in a toilet cubicle or in a kitchen is common place.... even when I am there, hands are not washed, it is an absolute bug bear of mine.

Preparing with raw meat then handling food ready to eat.. not uncommon

Handling cash / touching screens then handling food.. not uncommon.

Yes it does put me off eating outside of my house unfortunately 🙃

I have come across a LOT worse but this example irritates me.

Your turn!!!!!

Thank you, no, I did not, the realisation came too late.

Re unqualified teachers.
Our DD got a first in her maths degree.
She was offered a teaching job without interview as she was alternative (piercings and tatts) and would be an inspiration.

Absolute tosh.
We’re just opening our pool in France 2 weeks after opening our place in Spains pool, not one cockroach nor colony was found in our pools.
So much lies/disinformation on MN nowadays said as truth.
Where’s your proof @dizzydizzydizzy?

Exactly! Spot on!

Absolutely still the case. I have a friend who is a teacher in a private school, she is lovely, talented, organised, hugely committed but absolutely NOT qualified as a teacher!

Passengers using the toilets at airports - so many don’t wash their hands, and it’s both men and women.

Be mindful of this when you are travelling in europe this year - and you are scanning your three fingers on the same EES machines as everyone else.

(I’m adding bacterial wipes)

I worked in leisure centres for many years. They all had a cockroach problem. Lots of humidity, plenty of water to drink, crumbs. And many nooks and crannies to hide in.

Doctors ( particularly surgeons ) are hugely neglectful of their tax affairs. As they get more senior, they can make astronomical amounts from private practice, and simply 'forget ' to do their tax returns. Not uncommon to turn up on a ward and ask them when, exactly,they propose to pay the million odd pounds we think they owe. One particularly entertaining episode springs to mind, where I had to slap a possession order on a surgeons Porsche, at around 3am in the morning

A friend I was with put her cup to the coffee machine at breakfast - first cup of the day in a very naice hotel in The Canaries.
The cup filled, not with coffee, but an entire handful of cockroaches.
She went on to open the hatch on the front of the machine - the entire thing was infested, literally hundreds of them occupying the space.
Cafe Rocha I think we laughingly called it.

How long ago was that? All current chicken used is UK bred and yes I do believe their advertising because it would be so easy for a reporter to expose them as lying.

This is so depressing to read

Another one......my local vet ( exclusively small animals,pets etc ) earned over 280k a year, and had in excess of 2 million in investments.
Age, around 35.

Surely a mystery shopper is more likely to pick up on poor hygene!

Oh yes totally agree.
I have had requests to sell to the big boys many times with big numbered checks.
No way my son and his wife are working with me now and are taking over my practice when I finally retire.
No way would I have my farmers or pet owners deal with them. Anyhow farmers would never use those type of vets in my area.

They do really follow my ethics and hatred against them.

Nope. The beef is all British or Irish. The nuggets and chicken burgers ( the cheap ones ) are origin unknown, and possibly from the EU/British zones. The posh bits, like chicken tenders, 100% from Vietnam or Thailand. And still are.

Many years ago I visited a meat pie factory. I’d never really known what reclaimed meat was until I saw carcasses being jet washed, with the slurry being swept along a tiled corridor before being put in a centrifuge and the solid stuff going to the pie line.
It seemed clean (brooms white and only for that purpose and gleaming tiles) but put me off eating them for several years

Not trying to make you feel bad, but the ad hoc, panic-driven nature of the decision making was pretty obvious. No one knew what to do, but they understood that whatever happened, they'd be blamed.

It was a pandemic. Inevitably, there were going to be a lot of deaths.

Lights are dimmed at night on take off incase you need to evacuate in an emergency landing. Your eyes are already adjusted to the darkness so you'll be able to see better once outside the aircraft. That is also why all windows have to have the shutters up also. There are also body bags (transfer bags is what we call them) in the hold at all times.

And since Academy schools can employ their own staff the same can be said of them too, even though they are paid for out of the same tax payers money as other state funded schools.

Ok

As a manager, people who bring you lots of issues and question everything or keep
changing their mind are a pain. Particularly if you’ve already taken a plan and sold it to the exec and then someone (usually someone very thoughtful and intelligent/creative) starts coming up with different ideas that would delay things. It’s usually better to deliver what was promised on time than go back again or deliver an improved version late.

So are people who can’t decide which travel route or time to travel and want to talk through each option with you and then have you help them decide. Senior management don’t have the headspace.

Two statements that could also apply to penises.

@SabrinaThwaite, @GuelderRoses and @WeirdyBeardyMarrowBabyLady
Boy do I lead a boring life ..

They still do that. Got some mince some years ago which was more heart than anything else. Annoying as we like hearts but would have cooked it differently if we had known.

Have a quick Google. McDonald's has never, and can never claim that ALL their chicken is UK bred. Because it isn't.😁