INDUSTRY SECRETS

(September, 2020) Reddit asked readers, “What’s an industry secret in the field you work in?” Some of the answers:
– “At Goodwill, 50% of what you donate ends up in the trash bc we don’t have the space for it or we just deem it too ugly”
– “Former Bath and Body Works associate here. The scents they “discontinue” will come back with a different name and new marketing. They’re just recycling the scents.”
– “I’m a fossil replicator and apparently the industry secret is the fact that we exist. So many people are blown away to learn that most fossils they see in museums are replicas.”
– “The cheapest bottle of wine in the restaurant has the biggest markup.”
– “I’m a dentist. Here’s the lowdown on toothpaste: As long as it has fluoride they are all basically the same. So whether it says whitening, or gum protection, or whatever else it is all exactly the same. The exception is sensitivity toothpaste typically does have an extra active ingredient. KNO3, which helps with sensitivity.”
– “Construction boy here. If your windows or sliding doors are tough to open and close, 9 times out of 10, we put your own dish soap on tracks and the thing works perfectly. It take 5 minutes and we charge 150. Dish soap people, it’s better than WD-40 sometimes.”
– “Whenever you tell someone to check in the back of a grocery store they go back there and stand for a few moments and come back out… 99% of the time if its not on the shelf we are out but we know you won’t believe us so we go ‘look’ for it so you feel a bit better even though we already knew there was none back there.”
– “Amusement park ride operator here. If your kid is crying and you want us to stop the ride, even if we want to it’s not gonna stop immediately. The carousel will spin a few more circles or the ship will swing a few more times before stopping. The only exceptions is the emergency stop which will absolutely mess up the ride for a while if we press it. Hence we only use it in actual life threatening situations.”
* I knew it! I’m going to have a word with that Loop-o-Plane operator at the county fair next year. He swore to me he stopped it as fast as he could.
* Another secret: At Reddit, if they don’t get enough funny answers to a question, they just make some up.
* Capitalism – the greatest system on earth! Except for the lying and the cheating and the screwing you over.
* I want to know how the bananas at the store have that perfect amount of green, but as soon as you get them home they’re brown.
* Here’s a secret from radio: when we say we’ll be right back after these messages? We don’t always come right back.
* PHONE TOPIC: What’s a secret from your industry?