Workplace secrets thread

[Hobie-wan]

I always hear that one from people as if it's a big deal. People do the same shit for weeks with the thanksgiving turkey leftovers.

Seriously. I have zero issue with Wendy's using burger scraps in their chili. Heck, my favorite way to make chili at home is to use leftover meat from a steak dinner the previous day, rather than get out raw meat.

I worked at Wendy's for a summer too. The reason this happens (or at least did back then) is that it is policy to keep meat cooking on the grill at all times so that people coming in hopefully don't have to wait for a burger, yet still get something freshly cooked. This is opposed to some other fast food burger places having a bunch of cooked patties sitting in a warmer bin or getting tossed in the microwave.

So of course if there's a slump for an extended period of time, well cooked meat for the chili.

[Erik_Twice]

I can assure you not every movie sucks.

I was pulling your leg, mate


I have only had a brief venture into the world of teaching English but some things are pretty obvious once you start.

The first is that those who try to pass rather than trying to learn won't do either. Seriously, they won't and teachers know this. They won't tell you because nobody is going to change their opinion and because they don't really have a reason to, if you keep trying to "pass" you will come back every year until you graduate.

In fact, it seems a good deal of the work is making sure you aren't blamed when the student inevitably fails for being lazy or not doing his homework. Which lets many actually incompetent teachers get away with not being useful at all.


In official exams one of the metrics for your grade in writing assigments is how many "connectors" you use. Talking like a third grader, with lots of "First of all, In Conclusion, after this" is actively rewarded at such a degree that it's the only reason I never got good marks on any of these exams.

There's no oral exam because nobody would pass it. If you want to humillate a class, tell them to recite the alphabet, they won't be able to.

In school, teachers and books actively fudge the system so they don't fail the entire class and get into trouble. One mistake every two words gets good marks because if they didn't, nobody would pass and the teacher would be fired, specially since everyone claims to have a "good level of English". Books skip actual vocabulary and focus on silly terms, like TV programs or extreme sports because they are easier to learn than kitchen applicances or farm animals.

Here, the goverment eliminated the higher official English levels and called the reaming ones "Advanced English" so as to make everyone believe that the English level of the country had improved.

[Luke]

I was pulling your leg, mate

Oh I know, but I jump at any chance to mention THE RAID:REDEMPTION. That movie makes me smile ever so often.

[BoringSupreez]

I was pulling your leg, mate

Oh I know, but I jump at any chance to mention THE RAID:REDEMPTION. That movie makes me smile ever so often.

So Luke's Movie Of The Now is The Raid, not Cabin In The Woods anymore?

[J T]

My field is psychology. These things aren't exactly secrets, but they may make you raise an eyebrow at my field...

That and the field is based on theory.

Isn't that a good thing? A theory is a tested comprehensive explanation that coherently ties together empirical findings in a way that leads to new understanding, control, and prediction.

[Luke]

Isn't that a good thing?

All depends on how your brain works .

A theory is a theory, tested or not. Logic is proven. 2 + 2 = 4.

Of course we've had talks about my Sister and I would never knock the field of study, but I prefer things that are concrete and known. Psychology asks, Science proves.

I still don't understand why "nature vs. nurture" is still even in debate. Clone two humans, give them different environments, see how they turn out. Repeat. Problem solved.

[MrPopo]

Isn't that a good thing?

All depends on how your brain works .

A theory is a theory, tested or not. Logic is proven. 2 + 2 = 4.

Of course we've had talks about my Sister and I would never knock the field of study, but I prefer things that are concrete and known. Psychology asks, Science proves.

There's so many things wrong with the language you've used, even though I understand the point you're trying to make. So to paraphrase, science has mathematical relationships that can be used to make predictions, while psychology is still in the data gathering stage and is still mostly conjecture. There's a lot of pattern recognition in the field, but it hasn't developed to the point where you can take variables at one end and spit out an answer at the other.

[Luke]

There's so many things wrong with the language you've used, even though I understand the point you're trying to make. So to paraphrase, science has mathematical relationships that can be used to make predictions, while psychology is still in the data gathering stage and is still mostly conjecture. There's a lot of pattern recognition in the field, but it hasn't developed to the point where you can take variables at one end and spit out an answer at the other.

Sometimes Mr.Popo makes sense. This is one of those times.

[Jrecee]

I was pulling your leg, mate

Oh I know, but I jump at any chance to mention THE RAID:REDEMPTION. That movie makes me smile ever so often.

Dirty secret of The Raid: Redemption that I was shocked to learn. It was shot on an AF-100. That's a prosumer camera. It's actually a step down from the camera I used to shoot my short. Not really a dirty secret, it's actually damn impressive.

[Xeogred]

Wish I could think of some specific events when I worked at Jiffy Lube for three years. Well, everyday we ripped off people. Too many stories to tell? Have never taken my car back after I quit.