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.

unfortunate The most memorable rugby image was the one of the guy passed out drunk, his friends had given him a "makeover" with loads of red lippy, posed him with his legs open, and his ballsack carefully arranged either side of a pair of lacy knickers. I shared that particular trauma with all my coworkers

Counsellors do you ever think 'for fucks sake we've gone over this a hundred times just fucking call him/get a job/go for a fucking walk/stop whinging/leave your job

but never say it and carry on taking the money

Marking place

pinoccio RE bowling alley, didnt judge but would banter about it - especially if they made daft excuses about it

mojo if you're going for a cut and blow it will be eased anyway, 3 days isn't terrible

chipping if I had my time again I'd love to be a dentist. It's a link to the beauty industry, you can work for yourself, teeth fascinate me

For the record I am a media makeup artist also doing spray tans/nails/lashes but I have also worked in a bowling alley, in bars and clubs, for the police in a civvy role, as a receptionist.... Plus other bits. I also work as festival crew

mign I was only there 2 and a bit years, and yet I have sooo many stories.

'creative educationalist' do you ever want to say 'arrrrgh that high-voice cod street paranoia dubstep track is AWFUL.. ' and/or is it your fault that the other outcome ends up being emo wailing...

Or more realistically..how do you manage musicians wanting to do a music style that the candidates style skills and look doesn't suit. . do you influence them or just sigh and carry on...

Sorry I forgot who asked these now.

How long does it take to feel confident after training?
I think this really varies between individuals. I've been graduated over 10 years and still have some some operations that I worry about despite being completely competent at them. I suppose it took about 12 months to be able to sleep properly if I was the vet on call!
Otoh my dp (also a vet) was very confident very quickly.

Do dogs have periods?
They have a season every 6-12 months if not speyed and do bleed for about a week. The amount of discharge varies between dogs.

Do I like all animals?
I love my job, I genuinely like almost all of my patients. Most aggressive ones are just terrified. I volunteered at a zoo as a student and I really hated the camels!! They used to creep up on you when you had your back turned! Luckily I've never had to treat one though.

Do I judge owners who can't pay for their animals treatment?
That's a really hard one to answer. For the huge majority definitely not. A lot of bills people get for major operations I would seriously struggle to cover. People's circumstances change over the course of their pet's life and we do understand that and try to help as much as we can.
It sometimes upsets me when I can't do as good a job as I would like for the patient due to finance.
I judge a bit if owners have just recently taken a pet on and the first thing they ask me is what charity help they can get .

I work for a funeral director. Lollipop - I can assure you an undertaker would advise you not to view your loved one if they thought the signs of a PM were evident. I'm sorry for your loss. Please don't feel concerned about seeing your loved one, it can be therapeutic to see them especially if they have been ill as they look at peace. (I know that sounds corny but it is true).

Re the question up thread about undertakers living for the moment, I think we are just like everyone else really except we talk about death an awful lot more. It is also not a morbid place to work, I love dealing with the families and find the families feel very comfortable talking to us in a very normal fashion because everyone else around them are kind of walking on egg shells so it is nice to feel normal in the most abnormal circumstances iykwim.

anaesthetists hate fat people
I have never heard any of my anaesthetists say that, and I work in a recovery unit with hundreds of them.
Obesity causes many problems throughout surgical care, the main ones being difficulties in placing epidural or localised nerve blocks, airway management and adjusting dosing of drugs.
I find patients with very large necks to be difficult to deal with in that the weight of the neck fat can obstruct the patients airway.
Patients I have cared for after having weight loss surgery often suffer from obstructive sleep apnoea (blockage of the airway, often from the tongue, causing a patient to momentarily stop breathing), and an anaesthetic can increase the risk of this and cause oxygenation problems. Pain medication such as morphine can also decrease respiratory effort and increase apnoeas.
Obesity and excess fat around surgical sites can increase healing times and the likelyhood of complications such as infection or hernias.

Nail polish on (elective) patients gives me the rage, especially dark, multi layered or even acrylic nails, because it is sooooo important to monitor oxygen saturations post op.

And every nurse I know treats a deceased patient in exactly the same manner as a living one, talking to them and taking every care, giving them the respect and dignity they deserve.

Now those of you that work in childcare and have your own children at home...... how?!?

mothers is it true that funeral services don't charge for children?

Also are there many women n your profession?

Ooh I temper in a photo shop as a student, soo many dirty pictures! We had one whole roll which was pretty much pornographic and the woman sent her teenage SON in to collect them! He must have been about 13 or 14. We had to show the customer a couple of the photos before we left to confirm we were giving out the right envelope. His response was 'no they're not my mum's, oh wait they are, oh no!' followed by blushing, silence and tumbleweed rolling across the shop...

• I ask because when searching for funeral homes before I noticed very few women. Wonder if its that women dont do the job or just dont own the places so arent on the websites.

3boys I nearly spat my drink out at that! Luckily our store never showed the photos

temped

I'm a diplomat, if anyone wants to ask me anything.

labrador do you ever bother to go speed limit?

Unfortunatedischarge - we don't charge for our services for a child's funeral but some charges are necessary like the coffin and any limos. I'm in Scotland and none of our local authorities charge for the opening of a lair but will charge for the purchase of the lair.

With regards women in the industry, I can only give my own impression of this as I don't have any statistics but yes there are women in the industry but it is still very male dominated.

I am a uni lecturer. Love mature students generally. Am thrilled to see someone changing their life particularly thrilled if they were a teen mum coming back to education in 30s or 40s. Love any student who asks questions.

I'm a SAHM...any questions

thanks mother for answering, that's very kind about dropping the fees

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Imabadgirl, bad turn of phrase there.

By turn, I mean change their position, normally by turning them from one side to the other in order to prevent pressure sores.

Pressure sores are exactly what they sound like, wounds caused by pressure. Think about sitting on a horrible plastic chair and getting a numb bum, you twitch, shift, wriggle, or get up and move. Imagine if you couldn't?
So every few hours ( when I was nursing things may have changed) you and a partner went and turned/ moved each immobile patient.

And yes even if the patient was immobile and non vocal you explained everything you were going to do BEFORE you did it.

I have two questions:

Anglican vicars - do you really believe in God?

Lawyers - do you make the work last longer so you can charge more?