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?

aroundtheworldin80moves I used to drive past armed guards - & have my car searched every time - to go anywhere too. We were living in hospital accommodation.

I check photographs of old furniture.

In a previous job I was sworn at at least once a day, in the end we had a tally of swear words on the wall and used to tick them off, some were very inventive! This was over 10 years ago in a prison . Worst job I ever had, was only there for 3 months.

I have to account for every six minutes of my working day

@TinySongstress

Also, I use microfiche. NOBODY uses microfiche anymore 😂

How quaint!

I also used to have a job where I had a swipe card to do everything, start computer, leave computer, make tea, have a wee etc etc swipe into smoking room that's how long ago it was!

I sing to dead people whilst doing their hair and makeup.

Only my colleagues know the singing bit.

I talk to an Amazon Alexa all day

I move intangible things around to create more of the intangible things.

Working in bed at times if feeling a bit below par, seeing as I wfh.

Not that I'd admit it to my employers.

Good thread Post idea Op.😊

@Sideorderofchips

Being paid to set fire to things. And make things hiss and smoke and pop. And change colour.

Chemistry teacher?

@Gooo

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

Hope you don't work in a brothel!

I often say things like “wow those testicles are really big”
And I spend a lot of time in a dark room with a bottle of gel.
I don’t do both these things at the same time (usually)!

@LadyMacbethWasMisunderstood

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

You're one of the MIB! Do you have fingerprints?

I have to account for every six minutes of my working day

Lawyer?!

@LucilleBluth

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.

In-patient CAMHS? DH did that for a few weeks and it nearly broke him so huge admiration if that’s your job!

@Ringshanks

I frequently work in the dark - if the lights come on I have to make sure I’m hidden from view

I reckon you observe something through one way glass, possibly market research or police work.

@TimeToCloseTheDoor that is lovely! How kind of you.

MrsNewtS I really hope you are a sonographer.

I look after fairly old things (and some very old things) and put descriptions of them onto a publicly accessible database. I also occasionally use microfiche.

I design and build something for dead people

@LucilleBluth they still have padded rooms? Hope this isn’t in the UK

@TinySongstress

Also, I use microfiche. NOBODY uses microfiche anymore 😂

I digress, but once I was in the library researching my family tree and I'd come up against a complete brick wall in finding one person. I got out the microfiche for 'K' surname Births for that quarter, slid it into the reader and looked at the screen. There she was, right in front of me, with the surname mis-spelled. I'd never have found her unless the record had been on microfiche - I would never have searched under that spelling on a database.

My main job involves me being on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

I read the contents pages of about 70books a day

Talk to gangland criminals for 6 minutes at a time daily. Deal with a lot of political criminals and illegal paramilitary organisations.