People have been sharing the secrets of their profession that would shock the public – 17 eye-opening trade secrets

From the outside, jobs can look like well-oiled machines of corporate efficiency. Behind the scenes though, it’s a different story.

As anyone who’s ever seen a back office will tell you, workplaces can be very unglamorous and held together with sticky tape and a prayer. This prompted MelodicWolverine2045 to explore the unsightly underbelly of workplace life by asking:

‘What do you know about your profession that would genuinely disturb the people who use your services?’

These top answers will change the way you see some of the most common jobs…

1.

‘Tech dude here.

‘Way more systems are held together by temporary fixes than the public would be comfortable knowing’
-ExoticAveria

2.

‘The military. It’s actually a miracle there are not more scandals and shit that happen there (many do but it honestly surprising it’s not more). This is a trillion dollar organization that is mostly made up of people under 25 who are in their first job and honestly a lot of them are not the brightest people.’
-Conscious_Ruin_7642

3.

‘People would not like to know about the diminished mental capacity of a paramedic at 5am, when many heart attacks occur, who is on the 23rd consecutive hour of her/his shift and you are the 15th patient of their day.’
-ColdSmoke3170

4.

‘We don’t totally know exactly how the inhaled volatile anesthetics work to cause unconsciousness and amnesia.
We know they work, and we know how much we need to administer, but we don’t have the exact molecular mechanism.’
-casapantalones

5.

‘Some of them take their aprons to the bathroom’
-Jazzlike_Night42619

6.

‘Don’t put anything that can break in your luggage. Ever.

‘Notice I didn’t say “fragile,” I said, “anything that CAN break.”‘
-Marxbrosburner

7.

‘Many nonprofits are focused on perpetuating the nonprofit, not solving the issues covered by their mission.’
-OranjellosBroLemonj

8.

‘There are certain students that we really despise. We just have to pretend and get through the day.’
-GrandmaNetty

9.

‘We took an entire day with a psychologist on how to keep you hooked on our game.’
-Bearded_Hobbit