40 Workers Just Did The Public A Huge Favor By Telling These Secrets

You're replaceable and none of your co-workers or bosses will remember all the overtime and weekends you worked when you retire.

But your kids will.

The most important resource on the planet is fresh water and we need to radically rethink how we use it.

That not being able to speak or write coherently and legibly is going to impact your life in a bad way. Please read books.

I work on movie and TV sets. Most people you see in a TV show or movie are wearing a wig. Even the men. Many women have VFX “smoothing” in their contracts so their lines and wrinkles are edited out in post. Some women even wear green caps and their hair is digitally inserted in post. The moral of the story is don’t compare yourself to what you see on screen. It’s not nearly as real as it looks.

HR is not your friend. We are paid by and work for the company just like you.

Librarian. It is okay to throw away old books. No, nobody wants to sort through books that have been in storage for 10+years, being peed on by mice and eaten by bugs. Please stop bringing these books to us. ACCESS to books and media is important. The books themselves have a shelf life, AND THAT IS OKAY. If you're donating books, please make sure they're clean and not in pieces.

Talking calmly and politely to the person helping you resolve an issue (instead of blowing up at them over a company and policies they have zero control over) will drastically increase your chances of them going above and beyond for you, including doing things like giving you a free month of your subscription, etc. They’re just people trying to earn a paycheck so they can survive. Be kind.

I work with developmentally disabled individuals, mostly adults.

The thing ive noticed in this industry is I think half the people I work with wouldnt be nearly as dependent if people didnt treat them like they were 5 years old constantly.

The second they start getting treated like adults with respect, and people knock off that stupid demeaning baby talk bull s**t with them suddenly theyre behavior is way more tame and less child-like.

If you treat someone like a child they will behave like a child. Thats true for *anyone*. So why are we doing this to them? It puts them in a box that they'll never be able to escape when literally every person they interact with treats them like this. Its got to be such a mindfuck for them. Just talk to them normally!!

Restart the computer first. It fixes 90% of issues.

Delivered food to restaurants for 30 years. You would be shocked at the sanitary conditions of most of the kitchens that make your food.

I manage a metro-Detroit automotive plant making injection molded components for the majority of large auto companies. For Tesla supposedly being the “green” car company that’s more eco-friendly than others, they are the only company who’s scrap we throw straight into the landfill. All other companies have us regrind and reuse the raw materials. I’m talking tons upon tons of broke plastic and rubber parts weekly all for Tesla.

Most non profits keep half your donations for administration alone. Always check charities before you donate.

Was a receptionist. If anyone came for an interview we were asked how they behaved towards us; if they were polite, reserved, rude etc. In short, sometimes the interview doesn't start in the room, it starts when you walk in the building.

A bad zoo will still have amazing zookeepers who care. We get stuck in this trap where we don’t want to leave the animals we care for because if we leave whoever comes next can be worse. I think there’s this idea that mistreatment of animals comes from the entire zoo, but more often than not it’s zoo keepers desperately trying to get better quality of life for their animals from a general management that simply does not care.

It can happen that the keepers are unqualified , I think that’s true of many tiger king situations, but for bigger zoos with bad reputations, the neglect isn’t on the keeper’s ends, it’s on management.

A lot of lawyers have no clue what they’re doing.

If you get a really high price estimate, then that usually means we don't want to do the job.

If the food you eat looks very similar to the generic version, odds are it is exactly the same. They often don’t even slow the machine down and just add in new packaging to fill.

There is no such thing as premium sliced or shredded cheese. There are a finite number of cheese makers and they sell to all of the major brands of grocery store name brands.

Probably not a secret to you, but I can definitely confirm there is a ton of corruption, even at the local government spending level.

Your therapist probably knows that you’re lying. But it’s ok, because we need you to focus on one thing at a time (and pretty much everyone lies to their therapist, just don’t be caught off guard if they dig a little at something)

We definitely know if you come in high. It’s a matter of picking your battles.

The software that you use is held together by rubber bands and paper clips.