28 Incredibly Obvious Things People Don't Understand About Other People's Work (29 Photos)
Reddit user suggested to representatives of different professions to name seemingly obvious things in their work that are widely the public still does not understand. Judging by the comments on the post, it's amazing how elementary things sometimes have to be explain to people – for example, how credit works or why not ignore the "turn on and off" advice.
1. “I'm a radiologist. X-rays are done in order of urgency. What you were first in line with a broken little finger doesn't mean you serve up to a man with a crack in the skull.
2. “I am an oceanographer. Climate change is not fiction, and it is happening because of us. We see its consequences. I literally swam to coral reefs that have faded due to the fact that the acidity of the ocean has increased. We did it."
3. “Dogs only understand “always” and “never.” if you have the rule that they must not ask for scraps from the table, climb on the sofa or jump on people, but from time to time you let them do it, then they they will never understand why you scold them. Also, when you hire cynologist, remember that approximately 80% of the training is directed to the owner, and only 20% for the dog. We just say it differently not offend you. Some people refuse to understand what they are. need training and dogs will just follow suit.”
4. “If you get a service for free, then the product is you.”
5. "I work in forestry: more trees don't make a forest healthier. A healthy forest is healthy, properly planted on distance from each other trees. Yes, some need to be fixed trees to improve habitat quality and reduce the risk of forest fires. No, we are not money-hungry tree killers."
6. “Turning it off and on again really solves a lot of problems.”
7. “No aspect of shoeing a horse hurts it. People have been shoeing horses for about 2,000 years, and if we do everything right (which is why we in Britain study for four years), our dear the four-legged will not feel anything.”
8. “I'm a security guard at a museum. No, I don't carry a gun, I'm here for to show you how to go to the toilet, not to catch bullet while protecting a Monet painting. No, no one is trying to steal the works art, I'm only here because you just can't resist the temptation to grope a million dollar painting with your greasy handles."
9. “I am a historian. "Truth" is always relative, depends on the point the point of view of the one who speaks it, and is always constructed in one way or another degree. Each source must be subjected to critical evaluation",
10. “Being an emergency operator, I still can’t determine your exact location if you call me from landline phone. I only know an approximate area, so if I please confirm the address, just do it. This will help us faster to get to you. Also, I can't send you an ambulance in two minutes. Surprisingly, besides you, there are other people in a critical situation. I AM I can't give you medical help over the phone. I can help with certain things, like how to give artificial respiration or use a syringe pen with adrenaline, but no more. What you have on me swear and accuse you of stupidity, because you speak too fast and I I can't hear the address, it doesn't help. I can't order cars arrive at the place without flashing lights and sirens. You called the emergency number so they will come armed.”
11. "Anesthesiologist: if you eat before surgery, the likelihood that you will die or be seriously injureduh, will increase geometrically progressions. Anesthesia makes you more likely to vomit and since you will be unconscious, you will not be able to prevent the acid vomit into the lungs.
12. "ART IS DIFFICULT AND TAKES TIME."
13. “No, I cannot diagnose you or recognize your dirty thoughts just by looking at a snapshot of your brain. And by the way, if if you only used 10% of your brain, you would be dead."
14. “Don't try to guess the letters on the vision chart. Whole the purpose of this test is so that we can make your vision as good as possible. better, and, oddly enough, for this we need to know what you are not see."
15. “Not everyone realizes what an appalling amount of plastic we are use in scientific research. Also, not all research relate to the treatment of cancer or other diseases (which regularly contributes to my existential crisis, but I’m already digressing from the topic)”.
16. “I work at the front desk in a hotel. I don't understand, why do people get mad that their room isn't ready at 8am when last night at We were full time! I keep having to explain check out time is at 11 and check in time is at 4!! I can't kick a guest out room, which will be at his legal disposal 3 more hours!"
17. “To potty train a child is not the job of a teacher. To you need to work on this at home before your kids are ready to go to garden. Some groups have over 30 kids and we just can't waste time for such activities with your child when there are 29 other children, who also need attention.
18. “In arc welding, it is necessary to protect all skin from light, and not just the eyes. The real danger is light, not heat. Welding without protection is like standing right in front of a tanning bed on steroids.”
19. “I'm a lawyer. The biggest problem I see with the broad public and in my client company, is that Just because something makes you angry doesn't mean you're right. More precisely, then just because you're angry doesn't mean you have a legal basis for actions. Tell me how you feel about injustice inequalities, etc. is not the same as actually filing a lawsuit.”
20. “I am a safari guide; dangerous animals can be literally anywhere, including right next to the vehicle, and you you may not notice them. Don't think that you can walk without supervision, because if you don't know how to behave, you may attack."
21. “If you leave any door open or don’t clean up, you will eventually get pests. I regularly visit factories where all the garage doors are open and these people wonder why they have mice. I also come to bars where under all appliances whole centimeters of syrupy goodness have accumulated, and employees cannot understand why they keep getting fruit flies. Isolation and sanitation is the main form of pest control.”
22. "Fortress of alcohol when measured as a percentage of the ratio volume of alcohol to the volume of the drink (ABV%). Have you switched from 4% beer to 5% beer? “That’s just 1% more, isn’t it?”
Not
. 4% -> 5% = 25% fortress increase. You become 25% drunker."
23. “Call center employees really don’t have authority transfer the call to the president/owner/general director of the company, as it were you didn't complain. You'll be lucky if your call is transferred from the room in which they sit.
24. “Never write anything you don’t want in an email. then read aloud when you testify. Never speak nothing wrong with writing. I am a lawyer who works in mainly white-collar cases and commercial disputes/courts for securities. Even if your email is not related to cause or no confession, someone somewhere will end up will read. For example, the other day I read 5 e-mails by Valentine's Day from the same guy to 5 different colleagues... Seriously?"
25. “I'm a graphic designer; we need
vector
version of your logo or at least
big
image. No, we can't inflate that tiny pixel you use in your emails."
26. “I am a gravedigger. No, I don't dig graves with a shovel."
27. “You can prevent most physical, psychological and physiological problems, just by regularly exercising sports. Source: I am a physical therapist.
28. “When you take out a loan to buy something and then return it, sell it, cancel a purchase or something else... You're all still need to repay the loan. It won't go away when what you are is gone bought with this money.