The Dirty Secrets of Your TradeSo, Television is a hot bed of lies, deceit and made up competitions. We can't say that we are that surprised... every job is full of this stuff. It's not like the newspapers currently kicking TV whilst it is down are all that innocent.
We'd like you to even things out a bit. Spill the beans on your own trade. Tell us the dirty secrets that the public need to know.
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chthonic, Thu 27 Sep 2007, 10:31)
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Can't let this QOTW escapewithout posting a story of my favourite old workplace.
Next time you visit a theme park, be wary of the staff. Instead of watching the ride in operation and listening for dodgy noises and paying attention like they should be, chances are they're instead sitting in the cabin eating mini eggs, thinking up clever ways to sneak swear words into tannoy announcements and reading the paper. It's also safe to assume they've had several "cigarette' breaks during the day so wouldn't notice important ride parts or vomit flying around. Virtually none of them are properly trained, and they really don't care if you want to get off. If you scream, they'll turn the speed up.
Perhaps a bit more worrying is that all the rides where I used to work were riddled with faults. One would break down at least 3 times a day during the summer, but the problem was never properly fixed, the mechanics would continue doing botch jobs while the operators go for the umpteenth fag break of the day. This is what you get when you buy theme park rides off traveling carnivals.
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SugarSpunSister Yeah, whatever, Mon 1 Oct 2007, 16:23,
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