Tell shocking truths about your jobs!

[whiskers]

I worked as an events assistant at a major college's athletic department for five years before recently losing my job. There's not a whole lot of dirt about it, but I do want to say something: I know it can be very frustrating and an inconvenience, but the rules are rules and made for a reason. I know it's raining heavily and you only brought an umbrella, but they obstruct the view for the other guests and can easily been used as a club.

Also, the ticket prices can be high and you may have donated a lot of money to the school. First off, thank you for that. However, we are there, working for minimum wage (usually) and standing in one place for an average of seven hours at a football game and five at a basketball game. And God help us who work baseball... I know that there can be reasons for you to be angry, but just as we look at the situation through your eyes, take a quick glance through ours.

And one final thing: after events in an indoor stadium, it can get quite nasty very quick. If you've ever left a drink or bit of food in an arena to be picked up by us, imagine that multiplied by thousands. I've had to pick up half-filled soda cups (the waste of it disgusting me...), spilled bags of popcorn, candy wrappers and the worst: chewing tobacco... It's never happened to me, but I've heard horror stories about someone else have to pick up a used diaper!

[Throwback]

I work in a thrift store and I'm pretty sure it's haunted

[darthalexander]

I work in a daycare so here are some "shocking truths":

Some of these teachers that you leave your precious children with I would not trust to take care of an empty box.

Some teachers will yell at your kids but be all sweet and sugary with them when you're around.

Your kids will gossip about you and the teachers will tell the others and many might know some of your embarassing habits. Kids are smarter than most adults think they are and they can say all kinds of stuff about home. One little girl loved telling everyone about her dad's excessive farting. Another told her teachers about her dad always picking his nose.

The teachers play favorites and often the cute and funny kids get all the attention while the quiet and shy ones get ignored. If your child is quiet and shy, make sure YOU give him/her all the attention he/she needs to help build self-esteem because you can't rely on the teachers to do it for you.

Not all teachers are bad, but some are. Always make sure to be a big part of your children's life.

[hypnoticgenes]

You may have suspected it, but news anchors do have jeans on under the desk.

[sshfof]

waiters get a bum deal, at my place, working 40 hours a week could mean an 8 hour gap between split shifts, not including travel time. and also post hotel stay questionnaires contain 90% unconstructive feedback. like "it could be cheaper" "there could be more choice (despite there being a full menu" "we were made to wait x amount of time (despite the restaurant being full" and the best one, "the restaurant could be bigger". it's as if they just imagine us saying "yup i'll go get the tools, we need to expand :/" Also calling someone a pillock (namely because it was me that was called it) and calling for my head is not very nice.

[Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill]

May 11, 2012 10:20:28 GMT -5 hypnoticgenes said:

You may have suspected it, but news anchors do have jeans on under the desk.

I was always under the impression that they didn't wear pants.

[crash1984]

I used to work for a landscape company and most of the things I saw was comical.

-This guy would nearly every job get huge bags of leaves and grass.. Behind his house he had this huge ravine guess where most of the bags wound up.

-One time we were going between jobs and a huge full bag fell out on the middle of the road. He never even slowed down.

-The best one though was this. People would have pine trees that would shed needles and would want the needles removed so he would remove them. In the spring others would want pine needles put in somewhere so he would use the very needles he removed from elsewhere that fall.