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[littlelisa]

Huh. All these stories about food places...

The ice cream parlour where I was a baker for a while AND the bar/cafe I was a baker (and I worked in the kitchen too, sometimes) were always super clean and very sanitary. Never sold any day old food. If something fell on the floor, it went straight in the garbage. Everyone had to constantly wash their hands. This was in Sweden. Awesome places to work! I enjoyed it very much.

I can't think of any secrets at all about those places. Actually, I can't think of any work secrets for any places I've worked; whether as an ESL teacher, a dance teacher, event organizer, or anything else. They've always been decent places.

[Binch Lover]

[thepeel]

People in the mental health industry medicate clients to lessen their workload. I saw this time and time again. Rather than deal with the cause of a behavior, just medicate the person to ensure the behavior doesn't manifest itself again.

[Scarlet13]

I worked at a pub that made most of its cash off of wing-night. The wings would sit for days, raw and uncovered in the beer cooler, which tended to be filled with broken bottles, puddles and had a leaky ceiling. The wings would be transfered to the kitchen sink on wing night in a bus-tray, the same unwashed trays used for collecting garbage and dirty dishes. Once in the sink they would then be subjected to run off from the dish washer. Dirty bleach water

One time the head chef poisoned everyone at a cancer fundraiser...

[Aurora_Redwinters]

I work for Disney, and one day when I was backstage at MGM (now Hollywood Studios), Miss Piggy came back from doing some meet and greets and took her head off. I screamed when I saw this fat bald kid with bad acne demanding a cigarette in a gruff voice.

[Areut]

[Don Gately]

Don't eat the hot dogs at a movie theater.

Or the nachos.

You know what? Just don't eat anything at a movie theater.

[Are they the lemmings]

Speaking of movie theatres...

This isn't a shocking secret or anything; more a tale of envy.

Back in the day, a mate of mine used to work in a cinema as a projectionist. The cinema would, naturally, receive the rolls of film for a movie before its scheduled opening day--usually the day before. Once the cinema had closed for the night on the eve of a movie's premiere, the staff would "check the print" of the movie. I.e., they'd have their own private screening and raid the concession stand for anything and everything they wanted (although, according to Don Gately, that might not be a good thing ).

Made me wish I'd been a projectionist, too.

[thepeel]

Well, my friend used to splice single frames of pornography into children's movies.

[mrgiles]

i dunno if this is true everywhere, but probably: when at a restaurant, don't send a steak back to the kitchen lightly. chefs are both more sensitive and vindictive than u may imagine. there's some awful things done to the food of overly picky customers.


o yeah in a related field, if u just rim a glass with gin - instead of using a full shot - when making a g & t, many, many people can't tell. and even if they do, a bartender can then apologise, add a dash of gin, and appear generous!

[haute 4 teacher]

I worked at a hotel for a couple of months (in the US). Most people don't realize that prices for rooms change on a given day and may even go down in price as the day goes on. If you make a reservation you will pay the "rack rate", which is the highest rate for that time period. Also, you try to get the highest rate out of each customer (yield management).

So...

Never make a reservation. When you walk in ask for the rate and try for a discount. Ask what other hotels in the area charge. Ask if there is a AAA discount (even if you don't have AAA). Ask what the price would be if you don't want breakfast. Ask if there is a "cash discount" . And finally, if you complain enough about anything (towels, cleanliness, loudness) you will get a discount.

Also...

When I ordered a taxi to the airport for a guest I would get a kickback. Likewise with a tour, rental, club or restaurant referral. They added up.

And....
Bedbugs are real and a HUGE hassle. They itch for days. You have to wash all your clothes. Some people had scarring for months. Whenever a room got clean someone would bring them in from their previous travel. It has nothing to do with being "dirty", they jump around and multiply dramatically. And they can live for up to a year without eating.....Look for tiny spots on the edges and corners of the mattresses--that's the bugs pooping out your blood.

Finally....

Assume everyone who works in the hotel has access to your room. We lost 6 master keys in the 6 months I worked there.

[Ginormousaurus]

[Don Gately]

[Don Gately]