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!!!!!

Didn't they do or want to do that with academies?

Average earnings for authors writing their own books are often lower than they are for ghostwriters writing for slebs.

Haha, millions of pounds worth of paint in some cases, nicely framed!

But we all knew his home phone number (it was only 4 digits back then). Obviously he had holidays and time away from the village, but he was generally available in an emergency so I guess he was on call a lot of the time. We also had RNLI Coastguards in the village and if I recall, he would turn out when the maroons went off in the middle of the night.

When I was pregnant on DC1 I remember when I attended ante natal classes the mid wives telling us if anyone had cravings for whipped ice cream go to McDonald’s as their hygiene standards were excellent in general

That was the case in Scotland, but now even private school teachers need a teaching qualification.

Back in the '90s, a probationer teacher in another department failed to pass the then two-year probationary period, so had her probation extended.

At the end of six years, she still hadn't passed and was struck off the teaching register after an improper conversation with senior pupils.

Cut to a year or so later...One of my colleagues was reading the TES Scotland supplement in the staffroom: "Oh my God...Look at this!"

There was an article about a well-known independent school for gaaaaaals in Edinburgh. Posing in one of the pictures was the failed probationer, grinning as she 'taught' in the private school.

Wow that is so awful. Poor man on call 24//7 on a PCs salary.

Schools fiddle their roll figures just before LA census to get more funding.

I had a colleague who supplemented his state school salary by tutoring girls who were failing Higher English in the independent sector.

No, and I didn’t say that.

It’s possible to be a good teacher without being qualified, and it’s possible to be a poor teacher who is qualified.

But teacher training doesn’t exist just for shits and giggles. It has a purpose and the purpose is to teach trainees about what education is and what it is for; the history of education; how children learn; different teaching styles and strategies (because a good teacher will use various different methods); how to challenge more able pupils; how to adapt work for less able pupils; how to structure a lesson; how to manage poor behaviour; how to assess pupils’ progress etc etc.

I’m very glad my children were taught by qualified teachers, most of whom really knew how to get the best out of the kids they taught (as well as being experts in their subjects, about which they were passionate).

It was multiple men! But there was one particular offender who was blacklisted but would continually open new accounts just to get his todger out - I think we had to block his IP address in the end

I knew of a head of faculty who had never got QTS because they couldn’t pass numeracy test.

Came here to say when I worked as a chambermaid they cleaned the loos and the drinks glasses with the same cloth. And it was a nice little independent hotel, not a grotty hole in the wall.

Haven't worked retail in over 20 years but still remember that and the code for bananas.

Why would a business risk that? The publicity if it caused an outbreak of something awful, the potential prosecution all for the sake of a second cloth it's beyond me.

One that springs to mind from my front of house hospitality days, very well to do parents who would NEVER do what the McCanns did (this was in the years immediately after) happily using the baby listening service in a family hotel, that amounted to the phone in their room automatically connecting to reception every 10 minutes and a receptionist listening in for 10 seconds. No noise, no problem (except that empty rooms are silent too, obviously…)

Now, people with mobility issues requiring assisted lift on/off an aircraft complaining that they’re seated in a window rather than an aisle seat. The sad truth is that it’s so they don’t become an obstacle to mobile people in the event of an emergency evacuation… Hard to tell that to them though (and not all airlines have this policy).

Honestly, I thought this was re-selling. So naive.

A student had sex in the park. They used protection. An empty crisp packet.

Sometimes blood samples have fat in them - like actual yellow fat floating in top

Happened with pupils at my first school when I was a probationer/NQT. They also used Mars Bars wrappers.

@GreenCaterpillarOnALeaf Please, I want to hear the home ed community drama

I've worked for a couple of charities and whilst I can't speak for all charities, it was disgusting the way the SLT and those further up required the very best tea/coffee/biscuits and general catering costing a fortune and the royal treatment, whilst the staff "on the ground" actually doing the job (one was for young people with special needs) were left with own brand teabags if lucky. The hierarchy is very much felt from my experience and it puts you off donating to charities.

Education.

Schools have to pay to enter their students for exams. GCSE’s are approximately £50 each and A Levels £140.

Am I being thick? I don't understaaaaand!!!

Ouch!