As consumers, we often only focus on the final product. But wouldn’t you like to know if the meal on your plate is actually fresh, or if the mechanic fixing your car is being completely honest?
The unsettling truth is that many industries operate on hidden tricks. For instance, some auto repair shops will easily convince a panicked driver to spend thousands on unnecessary car parts just to make a quick buck. Unfortunately, that is far from the only line of work keeping things under wraps.
When people online were recently asked to spill their professions' secrets, their responses were seriously eye-opening. Someone revealed that many doctors use Google to diagnose tricky cases, while a radio jockey exposed how they handle live callers.
Scroll down to read some of the most startling insider truths — unless you’d prefer to keep living in blissful, expensive ignorance.
#41
22% of the big trucks & trailers on the road right now are unsafe under the regulations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
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3points
#42
Alcoholism is rampant, known and in many cases basically encouraged.
It is getting better as Millennials age and their bodies are breaking down.
It is getting better as Millennials age and their bodies are breaking down.
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3points
#43
I see doctors use Google all the time even for the most simplest of things.
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3points
#44
The world's entire IT infrastructure is held together with tape, spit and good will. And without the free labour of a few, a large part of our infrastructure would not function.
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3points
#45
We claim that products are manufactured in Europe, but actually it is not.
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3points
#46
The amount of plastic net wrap that gets run through a tub grinder before being fed to cattle.
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2points
#47
The whole "China is spying on you through your Huawei phone" thing? Yeah that's a hoax. Huawei is a network hardware supplier for a lot of telco's. They don't need your phone to spy on you, they already have network acces (though not for the critical part in most cases). It was real funny seeing everyone making so much fuss while conveniently leaving this part out lol.
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2points
#48
Life Insurance: that there is a database of every single medication you have taken your whole life. Every single Rx your doctors have written, even if you chose not to fill it, that can go against you in obtaining life insurance or increase your premiums. Trying to lie on an application will not work. We know every diagnosis and medication. Even doctors don't know about this. I told my doctor at an appointment, DONT write that script and went on to explain why; he was shocked! Big brother is always watching.
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1point
#49
Cooks touch your food with their bare hands constantly.
1point
#50
I work in agriculture, all I hear is 'poor farmers'.
Those jerks have generational wealth and still get crazy tax breaks. They work twice a year and in winter they either go on hot holidays with the whole family or bar hop town to town while the rest of suckers work for peanuts.
Those jerks have generational wealth and still get crazy tax breaks. They work twice a year and in winter they either go on hot holidays with the whole family or bar hop town to town while the rest of suckers work for peanuts.
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