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.

I'm a women's health physio - leaky laughers or fallen of fanjo, ask away!

Am still a bemused by the beauty gloop stuff. £150 for a pot of moisturiser, is it better than the aveeno stuff or aqueous stuff the dermatologists give my son?

I'm an investment banker.

Please don't hurt me.

Poster up thread who asked about sex scenes;

I was lucky in my (brief) foray into acting I only had comedy sex and luckily with a bloke I'd known forever, handy!

I do remember at uni the kids doing tv acting or whatever had to do a kissing scene in the first year and a sex scene in the second year as part of assessments to get their first one 'out if the way' not a bad idea really!

Not sure how it would go down for day to day sex scenes like in a soap tho?

Pepper
Re accessing medical records, in GP we could access records of any patient registered there but there is audit trail on our IT system. Could just look at paper notes but they are stored in reception in our practice so not hidden away or anything
Can't remember who asked re flu jab, but my 2 are having it next week. I think it's a good idea

Also re the google thing- someone might think they know exactly what they have/ what they need etc, but there can be local protocols in place, also local formulary which you have to stick to with prescribing only allowed for specific indications. Sometimes your hands are tied a bit, and it takes a bit more research to see what you can do

Questions for chefs;
Do you like cooking for yourself and/or your family at home, or does this just seem like work to you? For example after work are you fed up of handling food all day and so just have a bowl of cereal when you get home for dinner?
Do you resent being asked to cook or is there a pressure that people expect your cooking to be great by friends etc because of your job, or is it your passion and you enjoy it?

Pepper - i am not even allowed to access my own medical notes and every time I go into a medical file, a clear audit trail is recorded. I have to leave a note explaining why I was in the record if I open it in error or open to check something administrative.

Pepper I was being very naughty taking my own paper notes. I know plenty of my colleagues have done the same with their own notes out of curiosity but I would NEVER read the notes of anybody whose care I am not involved in. It's kind of like spying on somebody and Not The Done Thing IYKWIM?

Gussie

Could I ask if your Trust/NHS facility is reducing the numbers of specialist Mental Health Physios? Ours has and it is hurting our patients who need help w/ the inevitable weight gain many psych drugs cause.

Also do you think the French treatment for Pelvic Floor post delivery will ever be introduced on the NHS here?

I have another dentist question. Do dummies and sucking your thumb really give you buck teeth? When should I aim to get dc off the dummy?

See, Isle, in my experience dentists always claim that they do but I've never seen a single study saying this! I think it's just genetics and (bad) luck, and the fact that most children suck something when they're young, a dummy, thumb or fingers, means a high correlation of dentists saying "ooh, I bet little Johnny sucks his thumb!" and the parents feel guilty when actually it has nothing to do with it.

gussie I answered you earlier in thread I think. Yes I wear 'gloop'. To answer about quality of products etc,some expensive creams are actually quite old technology now. However,with a big £ tag often comes great research,technology,texture & efficacy. I use products which range from £20 to maybe £300. Perk of the job. If you enjoy using a product & can afford it,why not?

georgedawes

Yes, I have far more empathy with parents AND children. Also through coming on mumsnet and understanding how irritating it is to have continual demands for dressing up, cakes for sales, donations for this that and the other I have more understanding for parents. I feel it's a shame that parents can't be honest with schools about things. I know that the ht at my school is under pressure to improve attendance (pressure from govt and local authority)- we've been consulted to see if we have any ideas how- I think we're out of touch though and should consult the parents.

Thanks Vicar and Twiddlebum Made me really laugh, even coppers can get on the wrong side of the law, thanks :)

To Bunty the investment banker - is it all your fault?

And do you really believe the bollocks saying that bankers are all very highly skilled and must be paid enormous wedges of cash or else they will up sticks to foreign parts? (Supplementary question - if so, why would we care, surely someone else could take over?)

Gussie - even with the most concerted effort at pelvic floor exercises, will things ever be the same again? Thanks, 9lb2oz DS1 with your 37cm head

I realise you can't really answer this

I was a chugger in a previous life, I can't remember who asked the question (sorry!) but I can answer...

The targets were really high on a daily basis and you would be paid a base salary (minimum wage) with extra on top per sign up.

Yes, we would target people but not because they looked 'like a pushover' but because of the rapport you think you could create with someone which could be turned into a sign up.

For example, the attractive guys would go for the middle-aged women and have quite a flirty conversation. The attractive girls would go for the younger guys and apply the same tactic.

Although these questions weren't asked, I'd like to add that I found it to be a really awful job - extremely long hours, poor salary and on your feet in all weather conditions.

I started the job with good intentions but quickly became ground down after doing it 6 days a week, minimum 10 hours a day!

Yes they do. Definitely. There's a different pattern of teeth for thum suckers and finger suckers and it's soooo obvious. That's in response to the dentist question from isle btw

i work in a Dr surgery if anyone wants to know what happens behind the scenes so to speak

I'm an ex NHS Direct nurse if anyone's interested. Hated it. Only lasted six months. Practice nurse in a Gp surgery now.

another medical records question -
if insurance companies ask for and get permission to access peoples' medical records at any time, how often do they do it? and is it after medical events ie surgeries or is it randomly?
and how do they do it? do they get to see the whole thing or just a section? who accesses it for them? thank you!

I was a diplomat once upon a time. I have to admit that I did break the speed limit quite often when I was on my overseas posting

xaphania another question, are there really that many blooming viruses around??

Coming from another night when the DD has a 38.1 temperature at bedtime, but seemed fine in herself... if it just another bug? sigh...