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

[PinocchiosLeftNostril]

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.

[goodasitgets]

No questions (yet!)
Have worked for a skin/hair/bath company and currently a 999 ambulance call handler

[GwendolineMaryLacey]

Have you 'delivered' a baby yet goodasitgets? And do you have a big map with lots of little pins on it?

[Szeli]

Hair dresser - can spot lice a mile off. Dandruff is no bother, greasy unwashed flaky heads are; but you don't say anything, you use a bucket of dry shampoo and scrub your hands after!

Chit chat can be nice as its a bit close comfort without saying anything but no talking gets the job done quicker... Both have their plus points!

[GeorgianMumto5]

Glad I asked the DC to practise this morning. Thanks everyone.

Whoever asked, yes: aubergines! Can no longer remember if it was arse or fanjo, but if it's an aubergine in a southerly direction, anywhere's a wrong'un, I'd say.

[GeraldineAubergine]

I can answer the surgeons going to the toilet one as im a scrub nurse. Generally for a big, long surgery of 6 or 7 hours plus there wont be just one surgeon but a team. This means at less fraught parts team members can scrub in or scrub out for comfort breaks. This does not apply to the scrub nurse though, my record before someone relieved me is 7.5 hrs. I think you just get 'in the zone' and dont think about peeing. Also dont drink a lot before you start!

[Themaneoftherose]

Customer complaints. What is unjustified and how do you deal with?

[AndThatsWhatIThinkOfYou]

what is classed as a 'straight face' job?

[MooncupGoddess]

I asked an anaethetist that once, Elephants, and she said that there would be quite a lot of signs a patient was actually awake but paralysed, e.g. raised heart rate, change in breathing patterns.

[bdbfan]

I've done a fair amount if bus and coach driving. School buses, school trips, holidays etc if anyone gas any questions

[Twiddlebum]

Most of the blood gets stored in a massive walk in fridge for about 5 days before we bin it and gets incinerated. We have considered making black pudding!

[Twiddlebum]

Customer complaints....

When I worked in a little chef (many years ago) the people that left their address in the complaints book got an arse wiped serviette delivered to their door!! Yes really!

[AliceinSlumberland]

I used to be a salesperson - partly nice because it makes my day nicer and I'm genuinely a nice perso. But there is a lot of pressure to sell, and if you are taking something that I'm targeted on ill be nice to you so that I won't scare you off and you'll take the sale!

[Twiddlebum]

And if someone sSmt their meal back for it to be done again..... You REALLY don't want to know! ( it was a particularly badly run little chef and it was the managers that were doing this!!)

[ImABadGirl]

I work in a crematorium, happy to answer questions...

post people, how long is your round?

[Twiddlebum]

Door to door window salespeople......

What do you think when you see a house with ornate painted wooden windows? Do you honestly think my 200 year old chocolate box cottage would look better with white plastic windows??

[blibblibs]

The person who asked about kids paying for thier magazines - if the queue isn't massive I don't mind at all. If its trailing half way round the shop then it is a bit of a pain.

[NotDead]

HR people, why do you bend over so easily for unscrupulous managers. . and why aren't you ashamedthat you do so?

[VivaLeThrustBadger]

Midwife here. Smelly lady parts can be a problem at times. I try to breath through my mouth.

I think gynaecology is a popular speciality as its one of the few where you can get to do surgery without going down the harder surgeons route. Plus its nearly always obs/gynae together so you get surgery plus the ER drama or labour ward and saving people. Which I think appeals to a lot of men

[Twiddlebum]

Midwives..... What's the best way to do your bikini line for birth? And what's the most common style?

[winklewoman]

Twiddlebum, couldn't you start a vampire breeding business?

[Twiddlebum]

Weirdly there are ALOT of goths that work in my lab!!

[TheresaMcQueen]

at the thought of black pudding!

badgirl, when you get ashes back, is it just your family member and their coffin or is it several people? Also, does the whole body burn or do you have to dispose of some parts that won't? [hope that doesn't offend anyone, sorry in advance if it did]

[goodasitgets]

I've delivered about 18 babies a few of which made it to the papers (one was 26 weeks)
And no to the map with pins!