You never truly know how challenging a particular job is until you’ve tried it. And when you do, over time, you’ll learn just how many corners your co-workers cut to make it to the end of their shift without losing their minds. Those are secrets that employers don’t want the general public to know, but guess? The cat’s out of the bag. We’ve compiled a list of 50+ industry secrets shared by professionals that’ll make you rethink your worldview. Some of these secrets are so disgusting that you won’t view certain jobs the same way.
No Touchy!
Everyone who’s gone to a museum—so, like five of you guys (we don’t visit museums, either)—knows not to touch any of the displays. It’s common knowledge, right? Don’t get your skin oils all over ancient paintings because it might ruin the paints or whatever. But what about the displays that aren’t protected in five inches of bulletproof glass?
According to this museum staff member, although you can technically touch the stuff, and you probably have a yearning to if you visit museums, you shouldn’t, just because. While you can technically touch unprotected artwork and whatnot, you’ll receive angry glares from museum staff.