I worked at a retail store for a couple of years. You know all those hanging black globes that looks like they have cameras in them? Well most of them don't. Our cameras only pointed at the front door and cash registers. When the manager came on and said "security to section 6", it was just part of our security routine; there were never any under cover security.
Also, furniture stores scratch, dink, chip and dent furniture all the time when they deliver stuff. They fix all the staff when they delvier with a permanent black marker. You can fix almost any small scratch and no one will ever notice.
Any insights from jobs you've worked?
Ohh awesome thread, great idea Valiss
I worked at a super posh Country Club for about 8 months a few years ago.
The clubhouse had a really nice restaurant where the residents would come to eat lunch and dinner.
What they didn't know is that the restaurant staff put the food out 30 minutes before they were "open" for lunch and the people in the management office (which I was a part of) was allowed to go in and grab a plate.
So basically we generally picked out all the really great pieces of fruit and cold platters.
Petsmart Secrets (well they're not really secrets, if you ask an employee a recommendation they'll tell you the same thing, we're honest like that)
1. Furminator- the offbrand works just as well, a comb will work just as well, half the products in the grooming section work just as well, why did you just spend $80 on a brush!
2. PediPaws. Don't buy it. turn around, get back in the car, pick up a dremel tool from the hardware store or walmart about $20 that's what the professional groomers use. You could also save yourself the hassle and just get your pets nails ground at the petsmart groomer for around the same.
Mine is pretty boring, BUT
1- The ONLY way you're guaranteed that your doctor will be in-network with an insurance company is to have a PFFS (private-fee-for-service) or indemnity plan. Sure, it "sounds" like every body known to man takes that PPO, but did you know that insurance companies "fire" doctors all the time for being un-profitable business partners? I've had to tell almost 100 people this month that their cardiologist is no longer in-network with their medicare ppo plan, because we're GOOD doctors and do too much high-tech radiology testing... wheeee.....
(told you it was boring, but useful to know, maybe, if you find yourself retiring sometime soon)
The dielectric constant of non-reinforced polyimide film is 3.5. Teflon is much better at around 2.0 (air is 1.0). I love my job but it ain't rocket science, well sometimes it is but most would call it "boring".
Does that "out bore" Gwen? ;D
I use to work for a group of eye drs.,I was the one who would tint the plastic lenses.Well if we ran out of the dye for the lenses I would go to the drugstore and buy RITZ clothes dye,mix it up,heat it and it would dye the lenses.If it was to dark, heat up some soapy water swish them around in the hot soapy water and it would take most of the color out.And thats how its done!
Most homes are built with somewhat undersized AC units, which make the units have to work harder to cool and dehumidify interior air, causing them to cycle on/off more frequently and wearing out the units faster, and makes your electic bill higher. BUT- you can oversize a unit too. An AC that's too big will cool the air and cycle off before the humidity has been removed, causing damp musty air and potential mold problems.
Are you asleep, yet?
Quote from: Valiss on November 02, 2009, 12:47:32 PM
I worked at a retail store for a couple of years. You know all those hanging black globes that looks like they have cameras in them? Well most of them don't. Our cameras only pointed at the front door and cash registers. When the manager came on and said "security to section 6", it was just part of our security routine; there were never any under cover security.
Also, furniture stores scratch, dink, chip and dent furniture all the time when they deliver stuff. They fix all the staff when they delvier with a permanent black marker. You can fix almost any small scratch and no one will ever notice.
Any insights from jobs you've worked?
I hope that store never has an incident, where someone thinks they are being taped or watched and doesn't resist in a robbery or rape. The worst thing you can have is dummy cameras. That is asking to be sued.
Quote from: Noble Dreg on November 03, 2009, 07:54:16 AM
The dielectric constant of non-reinforced polyimide film is 3.5. Teflon is much better at around 2.0 (air is 1.0). I love my job but it ain't rocket science, well sometimes it is but most would call it "boring".
Does that "out bore" Gwen? ;D
No, that's what I call smoking HAWT - 'cuz I luuuuurves the brainy types.
Nuclear fuel used in power plants is virtually inert until it gets installed into the reactor.
"Spent" fuel glows purple since it's been activated. Looks wicked cool.
I may swoon.
If you're ever attempting to get a French student visa, DO NOT use the New York consulate, as they are notorious a-holes. LA is bad too.
Also, malaria prophylaxis causes anxiety and strange dreams.
The "fresh" shrimp or fish you get from the fish counter has been packed in ice at least 4-5 different times.
First, when first caught, and is kept iced in the hold for at least 10-15 days before they even start back in...
Second, when it's washed (first pack melted) and weighed at the intake plant, so they can give an accurate weight to the seller...
Third, when it's shipped from the intake to the processing plant, occasionally close by, but sometimes several miles inland...
Fourth, from processing to shipping out to individual distribution centers...
Fifth, when the grocer puts it in the case for display...
Makes you wonder just how "fresh" it can really be, eh? I wouldn't eat shellfish any more than 50 miles from the nearest shrimping port, and I'd prefer to buy it off the boat at the docks, myself...
^So I take it, since you're a day's drive from the nearest ocean, you don't eat much seafood?
The real reconaissance plane as featured in the movie ID4 was built in Greenville, Texas.
Quote from: DonaCatalina on November 05, 2009, 06:19:10 AM
The real reconaissance plane as featured in the movie ID4 was built in Greenville, Texas.
They've been doing aircraft avionics installations and retrofits at
Greenville (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Greenville,+TX&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=54.753001,112.324219&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Greenville,+Hunt,+Texas&ll=33.069535,-96.06411&spn=0.028627,0.054846&t=h&z=15) since at least the 1950's. My Dad flew an Air Force KC-97 into there for an avionics retrofit back in the 50's. And the father of a guy I knew in McKinney (when I lived there for 16 years) was the Military person in charge, who oversaw the civilian contractors working on the Military aircraft.
Now I work at NASA - Johnson Space Center in Houston, and if I told you our secrets, I'd have to send someone to
kill you. :o ;) ;D
Take Care,
David Baldock
EDIT: Just Kidding about sending someone. :D
Many more kids get to college without being able to read than you would think. MANY more. No, more than that. A lot of them are athletes, but the ratio of athlete illiterates to non-athlete illiterates is not as high as you might suppose.
I'd tell you secrets I know because of work, but I like my freedom very much... jail time for espionage just isn't appealing... >.>
hehe, actually, there are a few I can. We have this holiday party every year in December. Now, to describe where I work, it is a large building in the middle of a fenced-in perimeter with a good deal of wooded area in the back. The holiday party, by comparison, takes place on two floors of six total, running about half the total length of the main hallway of the building.
And good lord, do people take advantage of that excess space. Last year, security found a black dress on the floor of the gazebo smoking area out back of our cafeteria. How she managed to make it to the car, let alone leave the compound, was beyond them. People have been in the woods during the party... bathrooms, stairwells... there was even a report of an elevator getting put on "Hold". Which of course, prompted security to respond, cuz the elevators are rigged like that...
From the three main types of jobs I've had from the earliest to the most recent:
You can't really buy quality diamonds at Khol's. Sure they're cheap, but you can see the flaws in (most) of them without looking hard at all.
As a massage thearpist, it's not super-comfortable to massage a hairy man---you have to use LOTS of oil/lotion to get the same kind of glide as a non-hairy person.
Being a teacher is good birth control....and there are a lot of parents (at least in my school) who don't "parent" anymore.
Quote from: Lady Rebecca on November 05, 2009, 01:35:04 AM
^So I take it, since you're a day's drive from the nearest ocean, you don't eat much seafood?
Nope... "lakefood" (trout, perch, etc... but no catfish) is about as close as I get these days, since spending a season shrimping many years ago, unless I'm actually on the coast...
#1 My Grandfather was a shrimper and I spent many days on the boats and docks. So I have learned that if you want truly fresh shrimp, find a small "bay shrimper" to buy from. Not the big "gulf boats," as we call them in South Texas. The big boats have been out for days, maybe weeks,and they freeze or ice the catch until the boat hit the dock. But the small bay shrimpers have only been out for hours, and because they get a higher price for live shrimp they handle the shrimp with care.
#2 If you have been at the bar a "little" too long, and the bartender makes you a "special" drink and then buys it for you, it is usually non-alcoholic. We use this "trick" to help sober you up so you can get home safely. I have yet to have any one notice, or at least say anything, when i do this.
Quote from: Lady Rosaline on November 06, 2009, 08:02:06 AM
#1 My Grandfather was a shrimper and I spent many days on the boats and docks. So I have learned that if you want truly fresh shrimp, find a small "bay shrimper" to buy from. Not the big "gulf boats," as we call them in South Texas. The big boats have been out for days, maybe weeks,and they freeze or ice the catch until the boat hit the dock. But the small bay shrimpers have only been out for hours, and because they get a higher price for live shrimp they handle the shrimp with care.
#2 If you have been at the bar a "little" too long, and the bartender makes you a "special" drink and then buys it for you, it is usually non-alcoholic. We use this "trick" to help sober you up so you can get home safely. I have yet to have any one notice, or at least say anything, when i do this.
See... I knew we had far too much in common the first time we met... :D And now that we even share shrimp... well, how awkward is that? ::) LOL
This isn't really a secret but 99% of the population doesn't know this.
The US Armed Forces use French made inflatable boats.
If they were the best in the world I would be all fine with that, I want them to have the best.
But the company that makes them is recognized as being the worst in the world for inflatable boats and the boats they sell to the government are grossly overpriced.
Unfortunately the US inflatable boat companies don't have a chance of supplying our men and women with better boats because they don't have a specialized lobbyist in Washington to make the deals.
Quote from: RSLeask on November 05, 2009, 08:55:55 PM
I'd tell you secrets I know because of work, but I like my freedom very much... jail time for espionage just isn't appealing... >.>
Can you neither confirm nor deny that this place might be a place that doesn't exist in MD (as opposed to the place which doesn't exist in VA)?
As a massage thearpist, it's not super-comfortable to massage a hairy man---you have to use LOTS of oil/lotion to get the same kind of glide as a non-hairy person.[/quote]
*shudder* Oh the horror! I hear you on that one!
When Orange Crush was first put in cans, they didn't dye it orange, it was clear, but tasted the same.
Although it is possible to put more than 20 Miller HighLife bottle caps up your, um..behind, what is amazing is that more than one person in this small burg has tried it. (OK, am I naive or is this some sort of secret game - I mean we get lots of things retrieved from there, but as far as bottle caps, why Miller HighLife and not, lets say Heinekin?)
As a Jailer.......... Evading Arrest with a Vehicle = Felony >:(
Evading Arrest on Foot = Misdemeanor :D
Answer ??? Jog away from the scene of your accident!! :P
Here's some "secrets" I learned from past jobs---
**You can starve an iguana to death if you think Iceberg lettuce is food -- I learned this while working for a newspaper called the "Pet Gazette". Little did I know that all those "healthy" salads that people hawk at the restaurants have very little positive nutritional value, even if you avoid all the fancy toppings. Now, I go for the romaine and greenleaf, and save the iceberg for when something just needs a little crunch. It's basically water and adds no vitamin content to your meal at all.
**In some states, a bartender CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE for an accident caused by someone leaving their establishment EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T SERVE THEM! It is actually a bartender's obligation to CALL THE COPS if a person is publicly intoxicated and to advise the person NOT TO LEAVE the bar, even if you are refusing them service immediately upon their showing up to your place. (Thank goodness, I never saw this happen, but I DID see one of our bartenders get fined for letting an intoxicated person leave after cutting them off and not informing the local authorities that they were attempting to drive home).
I'm sure I'll think of more... but it's hard right now, I'm going to faire today, for the first time in two years, and I'm all sorts of excited :)
The center of the ring is a damnsight softer than the apron ;D
Quote from: will paisley on November 06, 2009, 01:22:21 PM
Quote from: RSLeask on November 05, 2009, 08:55:55 PM
I'd tell you secrets I know because of work, but I like my freedom very much... jail time for espionage just isn't appealing... >.>
Can you neither confirm nor deny that this place might be a place that doesn't exist in MD (as opposed to the place which doesn't exist in VA)?
Oh, I can confirm that the place I work is, indeed, in VA. I just can neither confirm nor deny the specifics of anything that goes on there.
Quote from: RSLeask on November 10, 2009, 05:05:32 PM
Quote from: will paisley on November 06, 2009, 01:22:21 PM
Quote from: RSLeask on November 05, 2009, 08:55:55 PM
I'd tell you secrets I know because of work, but I like my freedom very much... jail time for espionage just isn't appealing... >.>
Can you neither confirm nor deny that this place might be a place that doesn't exist in MD (as opposed to the place which doesn't exist in VA)?
Oh, I can confirm that the place I work is, indeed, in VA. I just can neither confirm nor deny the specifics of anything that goes on there.
Did they move the Congress to VA?