To ask for Things you do in work/daily that are normal for you but others might be surprised at?

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Out of boredom/interest...

I realised that in work I change my shoes AT LEAST 10 times per day.

What do you do as a part of your day/job that others might find odd or wouldn't realise?

Sorry, that was to Ringshanks working in the dark.

Work with adults while wearing a cuddly animal glove puppet on my hand probably 5 or 6 times a year.

I still have a landline and answer it when it rings.

Is your job that you are an exhibit in a museum

I still have a landline and answer it when it rings

I do too, but I work from home in the country with poor mobile signal in a 400 year old house with 2ft thick stone walls.

There’s a room at work everyone calls the chlamydia room.

That’s not as weird as it sounds - I work in pathology.

OK people.

You need to tell us what you do, as I'd love to knwo the story behind many of these.

Nothing too unusual, but if I described it out of context it would sound a bit odd

Pick poo up off the ground, and sometimes from inside people's homes.
Get peed on.
Handle random dead animal parts and sell them to others.

I'm a dog walker that sells natural dog treats online!

I make people do things that they don't want to do because it is for their own good.

Call people on the phone to ask them for verbal consent to call them on the phone 🤷‍♀️

I walk down the stairs backwards

I look for something that can't be seen but I know where it lurks, if it's there at all. I then never find out if I've found it and especially in the places I know it lurks.

@Aroundtheworldin80moves do you live in Saudi? Used to be my life too.

I respond to those annoying emails from managers which are normally titled something like "Dave's daily blog!"

And my response is normally "Dave who please!?"

We're likely to have a few hundred Dave's in our (very large) company so I'm always surprised that people assume everyone will know who they are. I know this is like playing Russian roulette and at some point i will likely get bumped off for doing it but it makes me happy to have a dig at their pomposity.

I also respond to a lot of the emails that are "Shirley is a colleague with anorexia (or whatever) and this is her story". I always thank these people for sharing as it takes a lot of nerve to go public and I would hate them to think that no one cares. I know a lot of these things simply go unread as we get so many emails daily - I personally can get up to 200 but my OCD is to ensure that none are left unread by the end of the day (more likely on receipt - and no I don't read every single one to the bitter end as that would be impossible.)

[quote Bainne]@SimonJT, you’re a part-time actuary, part-time rugby player?[/quote]
Yep.

[quote Barnowl25]@Aroundtheworldin80moves do you live in Saudi? Used to be my life too.[/quote]
No, I'm in England.

I can currently hear gunfire outside.

I know surprising amount about medicine for someone who doesn't work in healthcare

@Aroundtheworldin80moves I can hear gunfire today too and I also have to walk past armed men when I leave the house.

I also have to use a "Spooks" type pod to enter and exit my building

I read every word of the responses that people sent in during a council consultation, think carefully about them and act upon what was said. I understand that people find this hard to believe but it's true.

I also occasionally use microfiche, and trigonometry!

Ringshanks, are you a radiographer?

I deal with death a lot. Caring for the elderly.

I have to wear black, navy or dark grey suits. No other colours permitted.

God I have loads. Restraining a child in a padded room...who you will then be having a nice lunch next to later in the day.

@Havlerr I know someone has to do it, don’t think I could. All respect to you for being a fabulous person.

I correct people’s grammar and afterwards security guards check whether I’m radioactive.