People are sharing the infuriatingly common myths about their professions – 27 eye-openers
15.
‘That turning your thermostat down as far as it will go will cool your apartment/house faster. You want a frozen cooling unit? That’s how you get a frozen cooling unit.’
Justasmolurker
16.
‘Dental implants are not magic fixes. You need to first have the right health conditions to get them. And even after the placement of implants, you still have to brush and floss it appropriately.’
ddsmjc
17.
‘Just because your old technical device (laptop, tablet, phone) is in good condition, doesn’t actually mean that it’s any “good” today.’
wildfire98
18.
‘University prof. I do not get summers off.
‘Teaching in front of classes is only about 30% of my job. The rest is one-on-one supervision of graduate students. Doing research, writing grant applications, writing research papers. Summer is the time of year when I finally have the time to do all that other stuff.’
bigbrowbeater
19.
‘As a bank teller. I dont give two fucks about what you do with that 10k in cash, but the government does and im literally just doing my job by asking.
‘If you’re running a business that routinely handles large amounts of cash you should do your fucking research on how the bank MUST track it.’
michigal93
20.
‘Putting an angled back cut when felling a tree against the lean does absolutely nothing and will result in a tree falling on your house. Just pay us to do the job.’
spjnr
21.
‘Antibiotics don’t work on viral diseases.’
The_Max_V
22.
‘That vet techs get to play with puppies and kittens all day. It’s a physically and mentally exhausting job.’
Constant_Problem9387
23.
‘No Ma’am, we aren’t going to ‘shock’ (defibrillate) your family member because their heart isn’t actually beating.
‘Defibrillators do not restart a heart, they reset a malfunctioning cardiac rhythm. If the heart isn’t at least doing something then our options are CPR and meds until we get some kind of rhythm.
‘Sincerely, Tired Medic.’
OTTB_Mama
24.
‘Something being ‘off the record’.
‘If you’re speaking to a journalist, you can’t just say ‘off the record’ and then spill your guts. You need to have agreed with the journalist beforehand that you will not be quoted.’
Yossarian__
25.
‘The “defense attorney” aspect of law
‘It’s not your job to lie, deceive, and cheat to get your client acquitted. You give them the best legal defense so that they receive the due process that everyone has a right to.’
NoStressAccount
26.
‘Child welfare investigator here 👋🏻
‘My job isn’t “hard” for the reasons most people think: constantly being exposed to and interviewing abused children.
‘It’s hard because 90% of the time, it’s just disgruntled exes calling on each other over nothing..and dealing with grown adults’ drama is exhausting af.’
KyleB2131
27.
‘I work in a hardware store and apparently people think we have a huge underground storage big enough to hide every product in existence. No, i can’t just go and fetch a part for your 20 year old fireplace or power tool from the backroom.’
Mjarf88
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