Awkward (and other) questions about MNers jobs-following on from *Pinocchio's 1st thread.

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Following on from this thread by Pinocchio -

"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"

Pinocchio I hope you don't mind me C+Ping your original post but wanted you to have the credit for this follow on as is such a great thread!

When someone dies during surgery are they sewn back up differently? I've wanted to ask that for years

Yes - this is exactly the problem with which we are faced at the moment. We do need to be objective and ultimately we have to be but it is difficult to apply an objective criteria to people's emotions. I do tend to talk to the more minor (at least to my mind) cases in terms of what the SC procedures are for and without going into personal detail, give examples of e.g. the straight A student whose mother was killed in a accident two days before the key final exam or the student attending classes between chemotherapy sessions who missed a few deadlines due to sickness. I try to leave it up to the students to judge whether they are really in the same category and many do appreciate that they do have to pull themselves together to get through two or three vital days but often the "hamster-whiners" will insist that their grief is just as strong and in those cases we put them forward for consideration - most are then rejected by committee but at least I can stop the Board laughing at the student, which is really not on under any circumstances, and also ensure that they don't get so fed up and complacent flicking through stories of minor upset that they inadvertently skip past a truly deserving case.

I can however weed out those who are really just trying it on; the students who have not attended class all year or who have failed every module then turn up on the morning of the exam telling me about stomach-aches or dead grannies and ask me to help them wrangle a pass.

This is really what I mean by if an upset seems genuine, it is not for me to tell the student they are not affected. We can however explain later that the board took everything into consideration but ultimately decided not to make any adjustment.

Womban, brilliant. Ever worried about - ahem - body smells from Down There whilst doing your stuff? Or leakage?

A few of my students have paid their way through Uni via stripping, apparently.

To answer:

Guys sometimes do come in groups, surprisingly a lot come in on their own. As for extra's they are a big NO NO...though I have heard about it going on in other clubs YUCK!!!! There are always guys who think that if they offer you enough money you will be willing to provide extra's, sometimes they get rather annoyed that they can't seem to buy you...MORONS!!

Do I ever get turned on during a dance...NO!!, some guys are nicer or easier to dance for than others and believe it or not your would be surprised at the amount of guys who are not really interested in seeing your writhe around naked and prefer a conversation instead. At the same time you do get some absolute perv's or fetishes.

I always find it amusing the amount of men who think they can pick you up!! HAHA....they don't realize that the their chances are none existant, I mean who wants to meet their future BF/DH in a lap dancing bar!!

Have I ever seen a client out in public - YES, though they usually do not recognize me and at work I have a totally different persona and look very different...big hair, fake lashes, fake nails, fake tan....outside of work I actually look very reserved/respectable

Why did I stop working as a lap dancer - I didn't I still do it, have actually only been doing it for 11 months (which at almost 32 years old and with most of the other girls half my age I came to the profession pretty late in life). I have a full time 'normal job' a DH of 11 years and 3 DC but we are trying hard to save for our first property together...as we got hit hard by the recession and never managed to buy.

Its been such an eye opener actually and the girls I work with are mostly mums just like me and are either studying, or have normal jobs. They are a lovely bunch and have a lot of self respect and are respectable women.

God that was long post...after all that I hope I didn't leave anything out

Imagine farting in someone's lap or face whilst strutting your stuff. It must happen.

Womban you must have a terrific figure. I am a bit jealous actually.

BoffinMum......yes leakage is something I do worry about during time of the month, I just make sure I keep some femfresh wipes with me and remember not to wear white during aunt flo.

Only just found this second thread! Someone asked about how chambermaids prepare a room to hotel standard in 15mins (or something along those lines).

In my previous life as a chambermaid I did it as follows:

I didn't tend to do one room at once as I found it tedious and it was much quicker doing a bunch of them at the same time. So i'd walk down my corridor finding which rooms had been vacated until I had a little run of them.

Firstly I'd take a bin bag and go through all of them emptying bins, getting rid of any rubbish, etc. In my first go I'd usually stick the pots in the sink with water and the cleaning stuff too.

Next sweep I'd go in and strip all the beds off that needed it and pile the dirty laundry/towels just outside the door.

Then I'd go round washing pots, making beds (with hospital corners....I fecking love hospital corners), dusting and doing bathrooms (I kept a poo knife on my trolley too).

Lastly would be restocking (soaps, teas, coffees, etc) and hoovering.

Haha Boffin....yes that has happened especially since my ability to hold in a fart has greatly diminished after DC but usually the gentleman on the receiving end doesn't notice due to copious alcohol intake. Its still really really though. In avoidance I make sure that I do not eat any curry or fried food the night before work. Hehee

That was me, Dawn. at the poo knife though.

Boffinmum

My figure is not amazing, (my boobs are still good though) but I have all the hallmarks of motherhood...stretch marks, scars etc and most of the girls do we are not perfect by a long stretch.

Quiet a few of the girls are size 14/16 and are quiet popular with the gents...you don't have to look like bikini model to do well in this line of work. It seems the guys really like the curves which is nice to know!

Well if they kill the universities off I can capitalise on my fabulous breasts then in my new career.

Boff

Come along....I will teach you a few pole dancing tricks ....now that bit of the job IS actually FUN.

Still no questions for GP secretary?

I'm a proofreader/translator if anyone has any questions?!

I have lots for other people.

Medical/paediatricians:
My DD (18 months) is a happy little thing most of the time, but I have noticed her pulling at her neck when she gets in a strop. She scratches herself and yanks the skin around. She also does this to me when she's mad for some reason. It hurts! This morning I found lots of little scratches on her shoulder/neck and I'm sure she did this to herself I have a history of self-harming (although I haven't done it or thought about doing it for about ten years). Is it possible I've passed on my previous inability to cope with strong emotions? And how can I help her? She doesn't really speak yet, but understands pretty much everything I say.

Now less serious questions ...

Medical people:
Is there really nothing I can do for piles during pregnancy? My doctor thinks I should just put up with it for another three months till DC2 is here. The creams do bugger all but I'm in agony!

Midwives:
Is there really any point in trying for a VBAC? I had a horrible long labour last time (56 hours to be precise), followed by c-section because they discovered DD was coming out ear first (asynclitic presentation, I think?). The hospital says they will support my decision to try for a VBAC but have warned the same thing might happen again, so they won't let me labour very long. Should I just book an ELCS and be done with it?

Hairdressers:
I don't remember seeing an answer to the ear wax question! Do you look at clients' ears and think, "Urgh, they need to clean out their ears!"?

Wom:
Do your friends/family know you are also a stripper or have you kept it a secret? And does it really pay that well?

I have one, Coconuts

What exactly does being a GP secretary entail?

Practice Nurse here..you probably all know what I do, but do ask any questions..
coconuts I know what you do & it's a stressful job.

Whirliwig72 why do packets often have strips of colourful blocks on then under the tabs: my fish fingers box has yellow, magenta, blue and black in various shades in a long strip

That sounds like a printing question to me. Any printers?

How did you get to be a proofreader?

Do you enjoy what you're reading or do you find that you're so busy amending bits/spotting errors/etc that you don't really pay much attention to content?

Sorry if those are daft questions...

Yay!

A lot more than you'd think actually.

Taking calls from general public because they've been referred and it's been a whole week and they've heard nothing!

We arrange all referrals, urgent and routine; minor surgery, routine, xrays, MRIs, ultrasounds, private referrals.

Everything has to be logged.

We arrange all choose and book... that's a big job.

Arrange meetings and take minutes at the meetings.

Liaise with hospitals in the trust if they need any medication lists etc.

Chase results.

Be general piorots e.g. when the GP asks you to chase mrs smith's xray but he doesn't know when or where it was done.

Type all letters.

Face to face liasons with patients for urgent appts that are booked there and then such as 2ww and ToP.

Medical reports from external companies. All insurances come through us too.

There's loads more but that's most of it I think.

Cadbury: Not as stressful as yours I'd say!

ALovely

Do you get to go to the drug lunches and eat all the sandwiches, doughnuts and cakes? I love drug lunches.

Summer Glad to hear of your advocacy re extenuating. My Father, FIl and cat have all died within a seven month period. I wasn't close to my Father and grieved far more (and still am) over my cat. I'd probably be one of those students they laugh at because it'd have been the cats death I would have claimed an extension for had I been a student.

Nope we get all the leftovers from the meetings though and discount at the pharmacy

DelayingTactic - thank you, its good to be reassured that its not a problem if its not causing him a problem IYSWIM.

NameyMcChangeface sorry to take so long to answer your question!

I think there are as many Chairs and governing styles as there are schools, really. Ours (we're lucky) is very dedicated to the school, but he has been around for ages and one thing that concerns me is the lack of clear succession planning.