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. 
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PinocchiosLeftNostril · 08/10/2013 12:32
Pinocchios, I'm glad you like cleaning messy houses. My cleaner told me she likes coming to mine because she can always see she's made a difference, but I assumed she was just being polite 
Hairdressers - how do you feel about customers whose last cut was by their husband rather than a professional and is a bit of a mess? Should we give you an extra big tip because it was bad to start with or doesn't it make any difference?
DorrisM you do house viewings? Does everyone do the embarassed English non-committal 'mmm, I see, that's great' thing that I always resort to?
I work for a charity, but not one of those chugging on the street ones - we're a membership, academic charity. . I do events management as part of the role.
Oh, meant to say - used to work on a checkout, only judged the one woman who used her milk vouchers in one transaction, then bought shedloads of cheap lager in another. I was a bit 
, till a colleague pointed out that she probably needed it to get through the day, and said 'you cope any way you can'. Other than that, I loved customers with kids (am madly broody, even at 27 weeks with my first!) and would happily try to distract from tantrums. I still do in shops, even just as a customer. I don't judge, not for a second. Tantrums are normal, and if one time in ten I can help stop it, it makes me feel good all day.
Also, used to be a waitress, and any clearing up was always gratefully received. The wipes question: pile 'em on the plate. As long as I could pick up the plate and dump on tray without having to pick the wipes up individually, it all gets scraped into a bin, no worries. I've seen much grimmer things than toddler wipes the old lady who hacked up phlegm all over her leftovers AND didn't tip, for example.
haha it's always best to own up to cutting your hair yourself, we always know and it's quite funny asking some one if they have had a go at it themselves and they profusely deny it
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Different blood tubes have different chemicals etc in (anticoagulants etc) which different ones are needed for different tests. We also need to take the amount we do as most of the tubes get spun to separate the components and only about 1/4 of it is usable!
is the mn hair cut basically putting a really high pony tail in and just snipping it of? 
and most of us hairdresser realise some people may prefer the way another hairdresser cuts it and it's personal preference, although some can be quite territorial about their clients, after 12 years I think if the other hairdresser was peed of she will have got over it by now
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