Awkward questions you've always wanted to ask someone who works in a specific job...

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I thought this would be a good way for us to get answers to those awkward questions we would never dream of asking someone to their face in their place of work.

These are questions relating to my life that i would love honest answers to.

Hairdressers - When someone with bad dandruff/psoriasis sits on your chair, do you shrug it off, or do you quickly have a look to make sure it's not lice? Are you able to tell the difference right away or does it need investigating? And do you really want to know what my plans are for the day, or would you rather work in silence?

Teachers - do you get annoyed when parents write in homework diaries that a specific piece of homework was too tricky for their child? Do you take it as an insult to your teaching skills?

Waiter/waitresses - do you expect people to offer to clean up their children's mess before they leave, or do you just shrug it off as part of the job? If you're busy and haven't had chance to clean a table yet, and a new customer came up and asked for a cloth to clean it, would you be offended?

I'm a trainee SLT so not quite sure if I'm qualified to answer any questions regarding that line of work yet.

But i have experience working in a Subway sandwich store, a library, a gym and as a cleaner. So i can answer any cleaning, book or sandwich questions that are burning away inside you all.

Choc I suspect it was a national/regional arrangement, we just had to put the leftovers in different trays and the drivers would collect them overnight.

I didn't have my own pigs. We did occasionally discuss whether it was strange/unethical to feed ham sandwiches and greggs famous sausage rolls to pigs. Didn't realise we were contributing to a huge farming disaster.

The nail varnish thing is because the pulse oxometer (peg on finger) does not work very well through nail varnish, this makes your oxygen saturation difficult to monitor which is a problem. It can be monitored on earlobes or toes too.

Mignonette- thanks very much for answering my question, and I take my hat off to you and your whole profession!

Been a copper for a long time, so ask away, nothing shocks me anymore.
Work in neighbourhood policing now.

Estate agents - do you get fake customers round to view houses to keep sellers thinking you are doing a good job??

Gunz I've just had to Google for some info because your question got me wondering, too. Apparently the menstrual cycle does indeed carry on as normal when in a coma. In fact, there was a horrific case reported in NY Times when a woman became pregnant whilst in a coma. Nurses use extra-absorbent pads on inpatients and are sure to change them more often during their periods. And in some cases, doctors prescribe hormone drugs to stop periods temporarily, but this isn't done often as it might cause more harm than good.

(this info is from Google, but would love a nurse/doctor to confirm it).

Massive x-post!

Am I the only one saddened by hearing there are anaesthetists who 'really hate fat people?'

I would like to ask doctors/dentists/vets when you start feel confident about treating patients. Does it take years? I know it's a gradual process of being let loose on people alone but still, I'd be terrified!

It's probably not even true, mignonette. I found it on a Yahoo Google site

anyone work in the Secret Service? does it exist? Stretchers any juicy secrets?

dad has been cabin crew my whole life on long haul flights. He has no body clock, I mean it. He just sleeps whenever whereever

*any secrets

Pinnochio- thank you very much, its all very interesting isn't it? Its just always been on my mind, it all sounds......well grim! Bad enough dealing with your own periods but having to manage the periods of multiple patients.....whose flow is heavy/light? when is it time to change pads etc, the accidents, stains from immobility, additional sheet changes...Only a saint could do it, well a NURSE infact!

kim

I was a lifeguard years ago.

Yes, I saved a few people and sadly also had one death. It was always alarming, but the training just kicks in and overrides. It was only awhile after an incident that I'd reflect.

I did tell people off for heavy petting! It used to happen frequently at one pool I worked at because it was on a training base for young soldiers...

And yes, I loathed fun hours with I flatables because the risk of a. Accident was much higher a d the pool visibility was worse. Pulled a few children out from under large inflatables. Rowdy kids were just asked to leave, so not really the problem.

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nurses and healthcare assistant are not appreciated as much as they should be imo

Yes we keep acetone in our EMCS box (also comes in handy when you turn up to shift having forgotten to remove your own nail polish to avoid the wrath of Matron :) )

Thanks VicarInaTutu Being on your own at incidents sounds really scary. Hats off to all police for what you do!

that no-one wants to know about science.

I work in insurance for the armed forces, so can answer a question about either. Also did a long time in banking.

Forgot who asked but yes staff are paid big bonus depending on how well they do at sales / referrals in my last bank we even got bonus on customer service. I took home about 1800 every quarter in bonus. My manager used to get between 15/20k bonus per quater.

Waves to TheAccidentalExhibitionist

The only baby's feet I love is my own DS (though now my PFB is nearly 14, I don't see his hobbity feet)

Ulcers/Necrosis/InGrown Toenails/ Bone - bring it on.

If a patient comes in with the most terrible imaginable feet it's far more of a Professional Challenge and the results are far greater.

The ones which I'm a bit of are the "Well I get nothing else for free so I'm claiming this" type.
When there's nothing Podiatry related wrong with them
But as we're a high risk service , they are usually triaged, care-planned and discharged.
We have plenty of people who do need our help.

Most anaesthetists I have worked with have been absolutely lovely and really kind to patients. There's a real knack to making people feel safe before going to sleep.

twiddlebum why are labs so strict about INR samples being filled up fully?
do you ever say the bottle wasn't labelled properly when actually you lost/dropped it?