35 “Dirty Little Secrets” Unveiled By Ex-Industry Workers

Not all that much of a secret, but, i used to work in a peanut butter factory, we produced about 25-30-ish different storebrands ranging from very cheap to stupidly expensive, we had a grand total of 3 recipes, chunky, not chunky and no additives

None of your restaurant food is "made with love". Anger and anxiety is what made that muffin, Tina, don't you forget it.

I used to do landscaping/mowing. All these people being like “I hire a professional lawn care company”. Like, no you don’t. You hire me and about 4 crackheads.

The vast majority of people working for pharmacuetical companies are hardworking, highly ethical, and proud of the work they do.

We hate the executives as much as you do....

We touch your food with our hands. Weird. And yes, we wash them so often that they might fall off. That, or you get a**holes that wear gloves for 12 hours and never change gloves or wash their hands.

If it’s the first time a professor is teaching a course, there is a good chance they are just one lecture ahead of the rest of the class.

Wells Fargo (and other banks, WF is just the worst I’ve had experience with) likes to come up with ways to illegally charge you fees. They then eventually get sued, pay a fine that is less than 1% of the profit they made on those fees, then finds a new slightly different way to f**k you some more. Rinse and repeat.

Find a good credit union. Mega banks are all screwing you over.

There is a lot of money spent every year that decides where specific items are placed on grocery store shelves.

If you're at a grocery store that's part of a chain, and you look at a shelf and there's an item that's approximately at eye level, I guarantee you that the company that makes that item paid a lot of money to put them there. There's lots of weird psychological tricks that go on in terms of how stores are laid out.

this isn’t necessarily a dirty little secret, but I work in a clinical laboratory at a big hospital. there is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE between pregnancy tests you get from the dollar store vs the $20 clearblue at cvs. they have the same. exact. technology.

also, we use cheap a*s pregnancy tests in the lab. please save yourself, if you’re in the US, that $1000 ER visit and get a cheap a*s pregnancy test. I promise they are no different.

When an app pops up with a 'do you like this app?' thing, the Yes button goes to the App Store for a review, the No button goes to an internal complaint process. This on average filters upset customers away from the app store and artificially raises app score by a whole star on average. That is the only way most corporate service apps have 4 stars.

Nobody who actually sorts mail gives a s**t about your package. The word fragile doesn't stop them from throwing it 20ft into a metal container.

HVAC guy here. Not really a secret but home owners sure think it is. CHANGE YOUR F*****G FILTERS!!!

Locksmith here.

We can get into any lock/door within 30 seconds.

All the posturing and bringing out a impressive toolkit and hammer drill is just showmanship to pro long the call out.

30 seconds flat.

ex-farmer here. specifically, I worked at a "bio-certified" one. since there were no pesticides or herbicides used, every snail, every bug, every mouse had to be killed "manually" or by having a LOT of their natural predators around, ie. cats.

the reason? nobody buys tomatoes, or anything else with snail bites on them

a very popular local bagel shop/bakery i worked at advertised all of our baked goods were homemade (dozens of muffins, danish, cinnamon rolls ect) and they were not. they all came from sysco, frozen on sheets. many customers would rave about the baked goods saying they were the best they’ve had. god bless them

Whenever you see a high profile person publishing an opinion piece in a news outlet, 9 times out of 10, they didn't write that. The "author" came up with a 1-2 sentence concept of what they wanted to say; their second-in-command engaged whoever the ghostwriter is; the ghost created the copy; the high profile person's #2 reviewed for necessary changes; the high profile person themselves reviewed and signed off; and the #2 engaged marketing people to place the piece in a news outlet.

If you see an article from a CEO, a Sr. VP, a member of an elected body, anyone with status, they don't write their own stuff. This is not inherently bad - organization leaders are busy, and they have the resources to have a team oversee their public-facing thoughts, so they don't have to worry about it. Still, the opinion pages of just about every news outlet in America (and elsewhere) are populated largely by ghostwriters.

Source: Am a ghost

They put little weights in lipsticks to make them feel more expensive so they can charge more.

Wash all of your “new clothes”. A very high percent has been worn and returned.

Schedule your surgery as early in the day as possible. People in the OR get just as tired at the end of the day as anyone else.

When the health inspector shows up, a mad scramble happens in the back to clean the kitchen while they start the inspection in the dining/bar area of the restaurant.