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?

@CeriBerry

My written communication is fully in Welsh, as are all staff interactions and any work documents.

I live in Wales. This is completely unsurprising.

@ToffeeNotCoffee

I put people's saliva up their nose. With their consent.

Testing people for Covid?

Science Technician

@LittleTiger007

I get lost in a book... that I’m writing. Writing about 1000 words a day, then pouring over those words improving them for the next few days.

I realise this post isn't part of your book, but it's "poring", not "pouring"...

I often discuss with people in great detail how they wipe their bottoms after going to the lavatory

In my last job you'd probably find me wandering around with boxes of body parts. Usually corneas.

@TinySongstress

Also, I use microfiche. NOBODY uses microfiche anymore 😂

Oh, is it a reader-printer. Ours used to explode if you got the fiche/film setting wrong.

I lock my mobile in a locker before I enter my workplace. I wear a keychain with keys on and unlock/lock most of the doors that I go through.

I realise this post isn't part of your book, but it's "poring", not "pouring"...

Predictive text is wonderful isn’t it?! 🤦‍♀️

Up to 4 showers a day if I have a lot of clients

@LemonMeringueThreePointOneFour thanks for correcting my predictive text fail. I just made a lemon meringue.... mmmm

I frequently stop and restart glycol pumps

I wish people would say what their jobs are!

Walk in the forest.
Invoke the goddess.

Carry an alarm in case I’m attacked by a patient

I rest my head very close to women's belly's - so close that my face is sometimes on their thigh or near to their lady-garden's - I do this several times in the course of a working day.

I wear costumes and watch people on cctv which they pay for the pleasure of

Escape rooms?

I have to switch off loud alarms many times a night shift and have to deactivate alarms before passing through doors then remember to reactivate them once through. If I forget to deactivate an alarm and open the door, then alarms go off elsewhere and alert other people. If that happens, an investigation is held at 0800 next morning and involves 8 people discussing the event. And I am late home.
So I am very careful about the alarms.

I talk to government ministers... They sometimes do what I say... I am not a civil servant

@WhitechapelLass

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

Is your job that you are an exhibit in a museum

If you're not going to answer it then why have a landline? All those who scoff at landlines clearly don't live where I live.

Sitting outside teenager's rooms listening to them masturbate.
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First time I understood that this was what was being asked of me I was shocked to say the least, but now it seems normal. I work with disabled children who have epilepsy and need to be constantly supervised incase they have a seizures, and obviously they still have those same needs as other teenagers. So the staff member has to sit outside with the door propped open with a shoe. Have name changed for this comment.

People send me body parts.

@Theredjellybean

I talk to government ministers... They sometimes do what I say... I am not a civil servant

A dominatrix?

I will, on demand, cook your family's meal.

They will, naturally, all want something different, prepared to their exacting standards.

It will all have to be ready at the same time and I will invariably have between 8 and 10 other families straining at the leash for their meals, too. I will do this for breakfast, lunch and dinner and at any other random point during the day when you feel they hunger.

Someone outwith my control will tell me how long I have to do this, and will not take into account whether I am 'doing' one family or 9. It is usually around 7 minutes.

Then I will check online constantly to make sure I got it right and cry into my bath when I get a bad review for late delivery (delivery times are NOTHING TO DO WITH ME!)

(Chef/manager/bistro owner currently working during lockdown and dancing to Deliveroo, UberEats and Just Eats' tunes.)

(Also very pleased to still be trading and actually booming tbf. Apologies if this comes across as whiny!)

Good thread.

In contrast to the OP I don't wear any shoes while I'm working. I'm barefoot all day. I get so used to it I often leave work forgetting to put my shoes back on.