When you're in the market for a slew of very specific facts that all fall under the same general theme, the internet really delivers.
Forget streamlined public health capabilities and revolutionized human communication, the true beauty of the internet is all the random, barely useful information you can find when a bunch odd people decide to assemble and swap info.
<p>A recent Reddit thread centered around one theme in particular: the weirdest things about the human body. </p><p>Doctors were asked to weigh in, but unsurprisingly most of the contributors were non-doctors who read something weird one time. </p><p>But that was probably a blessing for the thread. After all, some of these bizarre facts are real doozies. </p><p>bitictac asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kum69x/doctors_of_reddit_whats_the_weirdestgrossest_fact/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"Doctors of reddit, what’s the weirdest/grossest fact about the human body that no one seems to know?"</a></p>
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Homemade Tarantula
<p>"Dental student here. Black hairy tongue is a common condition and it's exactly what it sounds like." </p><p>"It's just caused by buildup of dead skin that becomes hair like because of tobacco use or antibiotic use. Usually combined with lack of frictional forces from brushing"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kum69x/doctors_of_reddit_whats_the_weirdestgrossest_fact/giu9tdq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Alarm-Potential</a></p><!-- Insticator API Fire Widget -->
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Load Em Up
<p>"When a patient gets a kidney transplant, they usually leave the old 2 behind unless there's a significant problem with them."</p><p>"The extra kidney is just tucked in the peritoneum leaving the patient with 3 kidneys."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kum69x/doctors_of_reddit_whats_the_weirdestgrossest_fact/giu6qjd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">MedicalJargon-itis</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Come On Mutations!
<p>"Every single melanocyte on your skin (you know, the ones that give your hairs color, and your skin its skin color) is connected to your sympathetic nervous system via modified synapses."</p><p>"No-one knows why they're connected that way - but we do know that under stress, those nerves nuke the pool of stem cells that create hair pigment, which is why it makes you go grey."</p><p>"A few mutations and you could theoretically be able to control them and change color like a chameleon."</p><p>"So in many ways, we're basically walking cuttlefish."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kum69x/doctors_of_reddit_whats_the_weirdestgrossest_fact/giuyo29?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PavlovaPalava</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Play the Long Game, People
<p>"Humans can outpace any animal on the planet."</p><p>"No, we're not the fastest, but if we were chasing the fastest animal (cheetah) we would catch it and be able to keep going."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kum69x/doctors_of_reddit_whats_the_weirdestgrossest_fact/gisujdr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Bout3Fidy</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Little Helpful Critters
<p>"There are little microscopic organisms living in your eyebrows, eating away at the dead skin."</p><p>"Don't freak out, they are very helpful and completely harmless, just a little gross"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kum69x/doctors_of_reddit_whats_the_weirdestgrossest_fact/giud33u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Vid-Me-BossCheesburg</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Thankfully That Filter is a Pretty Good One
<p>"Saliva is filtered blood. Your tears are too. And if you're too stressed out you can cry blood."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kum69x/doctors_of_reddit_whats_the_weirdestgrossest_fact/gitshe5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">mylifeisathrowaway10</a></p>Imagine It All in a Bottle
<p>"I know that the average human churns out between 1 and 2 liters of saliva every day.... oh and we have parasites who are embedded in our hair follicles, and they eat away at our skin, thus causing Dandruff :,)"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kum69x/doctors_of_reddit_whats_the_weirdestgrossest_fact/gisrxcc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Throwawayyy123451</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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So Hot
<p>"Humans give off so much body heat that in 30 min we can boil a gallon of water" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kum69x/doctors_of_reddit_whats_the_weirdestgrossest_fact/giu1ngt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Financial-Ad-6050</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kum69x/doctors_of_reddit_whats_the_weirdestgrossest_fact/giu1ngt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3"></a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Rookie numbers" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kum69x/doctors_of_reddit_whats_the_weirdestgrossest_fact/giuvqqt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">nopenothappening</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Pshh I can get a gallon of water boiling in like 10 minutes tops" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kum69x/doctors_of_reddit_whats_the_weirdestgrossest_fact/giuhji3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ridiculouslygay</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Oh Dear
<p>"Old ladies often have prolapse of their pelvic organs. This means their vaginal walls got so weak that it can no longer support their bladder or uterus."</p><p> -Nurse practitioner"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kum69x/doctors_of_reddit_whats_the_weirdestgrossest_fact/gitopxb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">vespertinas</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
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Stock Photography Models Describe The Most Unexpected Place They've Seen Their Photos Used
January 13 | 2021
As someone who creates online content daily, and has worked in social media for the last decade or so, I've seen a LOT of stock photography.
I work with it every day - and honestly I've wondered more than once how the model would react to knowing how their picture was being used.
<p>One Reddit user asked:</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/" target="_blank">Stock Photography Models: What is the Strangest/Most Unexpected Place You've Seen Your Photos Used?</a></p><p>Stock photography models kind of know their images are out there for whatever, but sometimes that "whatever" gets really interesting. </p><p>R.I.P. to the college brochure guy's social life. It's going to take him decades to live it down. </p>
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But Can I Get Hired?
<p>I ended up finding myself on one of those "Now Hiring" posts on Facebook... for a company I was trying to get hired at. </p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibfl60?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Pandrome</a></p><p>You should tell them that means they have to hire you, or it's false advertising.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gichpgs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">StewartTheHuman</a></p><p>"Have you previously worked as an employee for [company]?"</p><p>"Well, it's complicated..."</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gid6zm1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">TheRealMandelbrotSet</a></p><!-- Insticator API Fire Widget -->
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Also Used
<p>One of my friends did a shoot for a university showing him sitting with an advisor looking confused/concerned. </p><p>It was to be used for the financial/debt advice brochure - and it <em>was</em> used there. But it was <em>also</em> used in the sexual health brochure! </p><p>It's a good one to roll out on special occasions!</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibc7cc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">djaw1</a></p><p>Similar thing happened to a guy I worked with. </p><p>He was an older, very put together attorney. One day I was watching TV and saw him sitting with his head in his hands looking terribly distraught. </p><p>It was a commercial for ED medication.</p><p> I asked him about it the next morning and he said he had done some stock video shots for commercials years back and often pops up in all kinds of ads.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gid1rcz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">thepeanutbutterman</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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I'm A Painting
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<p>When I was 17 a friend of mine asked me if I could help him model in some pictures he was working on for a project for college. We used our other friend's attic and he took a couple of pictures of me in a suit in front of a typewriter. </p><p>He really liked one of the pictures and he ended up asking me if I would be okay with him having it be part of a small gallery show he was doing at the local coffee shop.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><br>They often had a small show and then put up the work to decorate the place and if people were interested they could buy them. I told him that I didn't mind and it was cool seeing my picture up at a place we went to so often.</p><p>Well, my picture ended up actually being bought ... which we did not expect at all.</p><p>So, there is someone out there that has a framed picture of me possibly decorating their wall or mantle, which is strange for me to think about.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gib26c2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">-eDgAr-</a></p>
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In Every Wal-Mart
<p>Not me but my best friend: He did a photo shoot in some construction-worker garb and a hard hat. </p><p>We live in North Carolina USA. I'm on a business trip in Chicago, and I stop by a Walmart for some supplies. </p><p>I'm in the men's work clothes isle and there's my buddy prominently on the wrapping of 50ish packages of work shirts. </p><p>It was a weird "wait, where am I?" moment. I knew he did some modeling, but not specifics.</p><p>I sent him a pic, he had no idea it had been used. The guy is in every Walmart in the country and had no idea.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibj7j8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">stubbssammarium</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Homeless Youth
<p>Not me, but a friend of mine.</p><p>Her boyfriend was a photographer, and he took several pictures of her standing against a wall wearing a blue windbreaker. I should mention, this woman was in her late 20s/early 30s, but she could easily pass as a teenager. </p><p>One of her boyfriend's pictures of her ended up on a billboard in Russia somewhere advertising a charity for homeless youth.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibowdr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SimonCallahan</a></p>Keep The Contract
<p>This question reminds me of the guy who sat for a picture, and then forgot about it. </p><p>Years later, he recognized his picture on a jar of freeze dried coffee, which was not in the terms of use for the picture. </p><p>He ended up suing after the company tried to lowball him and winning a crazy amount of money.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibnj49?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">bombaderogato</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><br>Holy sh*t! I looked it up! That's a lot of money. And f*ck nestle for trying to lowball him!</p><p><em>"A legal dispute with Nestle USA ensued, during which Christoff, 58, declined the company's $100,000 settlement offer, and Nestle USA turned down his offer to settle for $8.5 million. "I never gave my consent," he said to Chen. "We had a contract that spelled out the terms of the agreement, but there was just no follow-up on it. "I filed it away, and the contract sat there for 18, 19 years and -- I save things, which I guess is obvious. And no. They never had the permission." Last week, a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury ordered Nestle USA to pay Christoff $15.6 million for using his likeness without his permission and profiting from it. The award includes 5 percent of the Glendale-based company's profit from Taster's Choice sales from 1997 to 2003."</em></p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/giciz60?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BrownEggs93</a></p>
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A Smoky Eye
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTQ0ODIwNS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0OTAxNTc5MX0.rHuTroOGiD_1YRZWTxW-0toBvS2p5hUkcvHt9Yfc4xU/img.gif?width=980" id="75469" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="bb09a8e1c0e82cc5a2867964a72424f6" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />fashion makeup GIFGiphy<p>I had a girlfriend who modelled part time. </p><p>Most of her work was for specific things and I only seen it because she showed me. But she did have a few model release generic headshots so when I was travelling Asia I saw a few makeup ads with her face on it. </p><p>It was just a picture of her with smokey eyes and I seen it before so I had a pretty big wtf moment seeing an at least 6 year old photo of my girlfriend on makeup ads on the other side of the world</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/giblhon?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">CharlieTuna_</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Had They Contacted Me In The First Place
<p>Not a stock photo (as I didn't upload it to my account, only on my website) but years ago a shot I took of my nails ended up being lifted off my site and used in a manicure brochure from China. I'm still wondering why... it was professionally shot and edited, but the nail art was hardly that!</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><br>Another time, a model I shot for a girly site (think suicide girls but more on the burlesque side) found our photo on a designer t-shirt, sold in stores internationally... we both sued separately, myself for the image rights and herself for personal damage due to what was written on the shirt. Don't know about her but I ended up getting a decent amount -definitely more than I would have asked if they had contacted me in the first place.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibo42d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">analucylle</a></p>
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Action!
<p>A coworker of mine was a firefighter in his earlier life (I worked with him after he was retired). </p><p>At one point the station he worked at did a photoshoot for something (he doesn't remember what, I've always hoped it was a calendar but can't find proof). Years later a friend of his was in a toy store and found his photo on the packaging of a firefighter toy.</p><p>He posed for a photo shoot, and years later ended up being an action figure!</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibr8m4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">dbdew</a></p><div id="taboola-mid-article-1x1" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Slack Party!
<p>Not the same, but as a remote teacher (long before quarantines), all of our teaching material includes stock photos. </p><p>One teacher pointed out that the same girl appears in many of the stock photos. Here she's a scientist. Here she's at the beach. Here she's riding a bike in a park. </p><p>It became a game to find her in our materials and we'd have a little celebration on Slack every time she was discovered.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gicv8dl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">anon00000anon</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Clearance
<p>There was also this guy in Germany or somewhere in Europe, who ended up on packs of cigarettes. Like they have the smoking kills and rotten lungs etc. on the packs. So this guy was lying in a hospital bed, passed out with tubes in his mouth and I think he posted this pic of himself on facebook or something. Some designer stole that photo and put it on the packs. The guy himself said he had never smoked in his life and it was some unrelated medical operation. I think he sued and got paid.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/JiggerKoller9952/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">JiggerKoller9952</a><span style="background-color: initial;"></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Tailspin
<p>My dad was a professional photographer back in the '80s & '90s and would do a small amount of commercial work. He would sometimes get me and my sister to 'model' in some of these pics. He did a job for a new small video game store called GAME that just opened in SE England back in the early '90s. He used me and my sister in a bunch of pics for their original advertising which at the time was just for this small shop. Obviously, the company hit it big time and opened up all over the country. A few years later while at Uni, me and my mates are in shopping in our local store. Low and behold there was a picture of a younger me playing Sonic the Hedgehog on the in-store display. I'd completely forgot about the pics and was slightly in shock, while my friends thought it was the greatest photo ever.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/everton1an/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">everton1an</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibq20x/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Hairy situation
<p>My nephew did some stock modelling when he was younger and ended up in an ad for a drug that delays early-onset puberty. That was certainly a surprise when I came across his face in a magazine.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Inevitable-Elk-3072/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Inevitable-Elk-3072</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Muddy morals
<p>A plumbing company used a picture of my muddy boots on their website. It was a picture I posted on Facebook years ago. The company is half a country away and never contacted me. They just found my picture online and used it. Huh.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ACRVasquez/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ACRVasquez</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gibk2su/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Pop(off)corn
<p><br>I once was offered free popcorn and movies for a year if I did a shoot for a movie theatre in Maryland. I was 16, so I thought "heck yeah!". The theatre closed down three months after that, so I never did get to use my year of popcorn and movies.</p><p>BUT I did move to Florida for college and a few years in went to the local movie theatre..... and there I was. Passionately munching on some popcorn, pretending to laugh at a movie. I guess one movie theatre company bought the other theatre out, which included image rights.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Ok_Wait880/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ok_Wait880</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gicqxty/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Thifty gifty
<p>Early last year (pre-serious COVID) I was at my local thrift store and found a picture frame with a picture of my sister and brother in law. Apparently, they had donated it without removing the picture.</p><p><span>Naturally, I bought it and gave it back to them as a gift.</span></p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MathManiac5772/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MathManiac5772</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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I'll ketchup later
<p>not me, but my dad is a photographer who spent quite a bit of time in stock photography. I remember one day we were taking a walk around the village together when he just stopped and whipped out his camera. There was a big splodge of ketchup on the floor, and apparently, that required photographing. He told me a few years later that that photo had sold quite often, become one of his most popular. Of course, being an indescribable splodge of ketchup, we've not managed to actually identify it in use anywhere yet.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Qyro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Qyro</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kro215/stock_photography_models_what_is_the/gic5lt7/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Parents Break Down The Creepiest Thing Their Kids Have Ever Said To Them
January 13 | 2021
What is it about creepy kids?
There's just something about those high pitched voices uttering the darkest ideas and unexplained happenings.
<p>In a recent Reddit thread, parents took a moment to discuss the scariest things their young children have ever said.</p><p>Usually occurring when their child awakes these parents in the dead of night, these anecdotes call to mind a slew of classic horror movie tropes. </p><p>Unfortunately, these all come from real life. </p><p>ExperimentalGeoff asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"Parents of Reddit - what's the creepiest thing your kid has ever come out with that has given you the heebies?"</a></p>
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Deep Insight
<p>"Stayed with a family member for a few months while we were moving houses. My daughter was a little under two, and would always look at this one spot on the stairs that you could see from the living room (the stairs would go one direction, had a landing and go in another direction at a 90 degree angle)."</p><p>"She would watch it and smile, or point at it. Anywhere I picked her up, she would be fixated on this one spot."</p><p>"My family member mentioned one day it was the favorite napping place of her beloved cat that died happily and peacefully of old age."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/gitt3ig?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">allupinspace</a></p><!-- Insticator API Fire Widget -->
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So Nonchalant
<p>"When my youngest daughter was 4 we were watching TV and something about aliens came on and there was a drawing of a Grey."</p><p>"She looked at the screen and announced 'He looks like the man who sees me in the night.'"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/gitmbfz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">dorkingwed</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Shadow Man
<p>"Not a parent, but I was babysitting this kid across the street about a year ago. It was about 10 pm. The kid was in bed and I was watching some TV show when I saw something out of the corner of my eye."</p><p>"I looked and it was the kid just kinda staring at me. I asked if he was ok and all he said was"</p><p>"'The shadow man won't leave us alone.'"</p><p>"Needless to say I damn near sh@t bricks"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/gitd4wf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">TMZombies</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Who's Doing the Tickling?
<p>"My daughter laughing in her bed... then asking if I tickled her feet"</p><p>"It's been years and it still makes me shiver"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/gitykh2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">UPnorthCamping</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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From the Time Before
<p>"My 5 year old daughter asked my and my wife why we couldn't hear her scream when she was in mommy's tummy." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/giu6ljh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">tball_524</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Why did you make me imagine that" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/giukxz6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">kidneywastaken</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I'm not sleeping good tonight" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/giuldiz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">mex_taco</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Fever Dreams and Fever Nightmares
<p>"My then-3 year old was asleep next to me in bed running a nasty fever. At some point he woke up, staring wide-eyed at a corner of the ceiling, slowly raised a shaking hand and pointed at it saying 'monster there.'"</p><p>"The sheer terror in his voice is what nearly made me crap myself."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/giu53xv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">lackaface</a></p>Sometimes No Words are Needed
<p>"It wasn't something he came out with. But about a year ago, my then 2.5 year old son and I were playing. Sitting on the bed, laughing, him facing me. All of a sudden he looked behind me and his smile fades to a look of horror, like he was about to cry but couldn't move or make a sound."</p><p>"I whipped around ready to fight and there was nothing there. I looked back at him and asked him what he was looking at, and he just ignored me and started playing again."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/giu5i42?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">rehilda</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Stop Doing That!
<p>"So this isn't something my kids ever 'came out with' but the creepiest thing they ever did was come into our room in the middle of the night and just stand there??!!!"</p><p>"You wake up because you just get the feeling that someone is looking at you or you can 'feel' something in the room and there they are, just standing there in the damn dark not saying a word staring at you inches away from your face!!!!!"</p><p>"Why??!!! Who the hell does that?? They didn't want anything, just seeing if we were awake. First time I ever felt like hurting my kids just because I was so scared lol."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/gitpgns?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ab***forfun</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Nope Nope Nope
<p>"My daughter's not quite 18 months yet, so she's still got lots of time to freak me out in the future, but so far?"</p><p>"It was the time a few weeks ago when she stopped dead in the hallway, started crying, and said, 'Night, hurt! Night! Dark!' It was the middle of the day with all the lights on."</p><p>"We went for a drive just to get the heck out of the house for a bit. Mama don't play with no Dark Hurt."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/giu5w1a?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">AlwaysWantsIceCream</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Bathroom Man
<p>"Not a parent but my mother works at a child nursery (daycare i think they are called in America) and its in England so this building is 150+ years old and a lot of the children all <5 years old have asked about an old man, no men work there or have worked there in the last 10 years."</p><p>"One kid refuses to go to the bathroom alone cuz the old man is in the bathroom and one asked why an old man was sat in the corner of the main play room."</p><p>"I have been in at night to help tidy up and stuff and every time I would be there the radio would just stop working at 11pm it would be working fine all day then just turns off and doesn't come back on."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kuolaf/parents_of_reddit_whats_the_creepiest_thing_your/gitbu6m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SirObalobus</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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In a perfect world, jobs would pay well enough for you to survive doing them. But we don't live in a perfect world and pretty much everyone can tell you that lots of jobs don't pay anywhere near a livable wage.
That doesn't mean they're not awesome.
<p>One Reddit user asked: </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/" target="_blank">What's the best low paying job you've ever had?</a></p><p>Consider this article our love song to those crappy jobs that didn't pay much, but made up for it in laughs, snacks, ability to avoid the public, etc. </p><p>So this one's to you, summers spent as a pool lifeguard in a small town. My bank account may have been empty, but my tan was flawless and my hamstrings have never again reached that level of definition.</p>
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Thanks, Netflix!
<p>Movie store. Free rentals. Netflix was just starting to take off, so it didn't get busy ever. I got to watch movies all day and drink free slurpies.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/gipgr53?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Gingerchaun</a></p><p>Same. Free movies before they were "released" and work consisted of bs'ing about movies and playing Gameboy. Best job ever for being 17.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/giq2tqj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PreppyNotYuppie</a></p><!-- Insticator API Fire Widget -->
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<p>Same, but I worked at a mom and pop's rental store kind of like Blockbuster.</p><p>I was always popular because my family and friends wanted the new releases that came out. So I'd hold them for people - and people always had giant smiles when they came in.</p><p>That's one thing I loved about working there. People were always happy when they came in.</p><p>Kids got their movies and games, adults would browse for theirs and get pumped if something new was in. Popcorn, candy. All cash. RIP good ole days</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/giqb5q2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SunsetDreams1111</a></p>
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Living History
<img lazy-loadable="true" src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTQ0NDA4Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY3MTQ0MDcwOH0.9VyZGPNVlQ9qA62mpZaaFPWW6sloaQwFRjbPuSn_xr4/img.gif?width=980" id="57d61" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="538733f410afe1bf669a0682aa139ce9" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" />night museum GIFGiphy<p>Working at a small local museum. Basically did tours for local kids who didn't care or the elderly who knew more about the stuff than I did. On my first day, my high school history teacher (who helped me get the job and previously ran the place) gave me a tour and pointed out one interesting thing in each room. When I asked if I needed to learn about the rest, he just laughed and said I would.</p><p>Every single tour I did for the elderly someone would get super excited and talk nonstop about something they recognized "hey this signed used to hang at the old mill..." "oh my god, this looks just like the nurse uniform I wore in WW2" "this portrait is my grandmother". </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>The next tour I'd just mention the stories the previous tour told me about. And even if I didn't have much to discuss about the museum, they loved just chatting.</p><p>So I got paid to parrot the previous tour or just smile through rooms of the current tour talking. I even had one tour where I spent most of the tour just chatting about fantasy novels as an older lady just wanted to talk. Two weeks later, she returned while I wasn't working and dropped off a bag of books for me (her old books that she knew her son and grandkids didn't want), a sizable donation to the historical society, and a nice long write up as the last room held an old uniform that was misidentified. She was part of the exact unit it came from and gave the museum director a corrected page with the right unit name and a short description of some of the notable places they had served.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/giq1ocx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">LibrioMancer</a></p>
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My Current Job Is Much Safer
<p>I worked as a bike courier to up my allowance. I was super fit, riding my bike for more than 1500km per month. On the downside I got "run over" by cars three times.</p><p>And that's not to mention the suddenly opening car doors. Those got me twice. </p><p>One time was bad: My bike was destroyed beyond repair (the frame was bent), I had muscle contusions, a ripped tendon in one of my hands, injured joint capsules, abrasions all over the body ... I couldn't even walk without painkillers for two weeks. I was exempt from sport for two or three months. That sucked.</p><p>Luckily enough I suffered no permanent damages. My current occupation as a software developer is much safer and <em>much</em> better paying, but I think fondly of that time.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/gipf3q3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">_cnt0</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Whole Job Was To Press A Button
<p>Ski lift operator at a ski resort. </p><p>Got paid minimum wage , but the whole job was to press a button if someone fell, which a lot of people did. </p><p>I would just see some clearly inexperienced people get wrecked while getting off, stop the lift, roll my eyes, maybe help them if it's going to take a while, start lift again. lol</p><p>It came with sweet perks like free snowboarding and half price for food. Also my coworkers were a bunch of dope snowboarding hippies</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/gipnrpk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Snowfreak2507</a></p>Sweet Trouble
<p>Working at a theatre.</p><p>We were all young, had our own cash and places for the first time, and got into all kinds of trouble. Very fun!</p><p>Plus, free movies and snacks. Pretty sweet.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/gipiemn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">NillaBeans</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/gipiemn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>Seconded, working at a movie theater was great. Tons of free movies (sometimes before official release), usually fun people to work with, unlimited access to tokens for the arcades, etc.</p><p>I'm genuinely thinking about working at one again when I retire just for the enjoyment.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/giqqa0c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Tak_Jaehon</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>This was going to be mine!</p><p>Early in my management career I was a projectionist, I got to break down/build films. Nothing better than sitting in the booth and putting together a film while listening to music. Then after it was built testing it to make sure there were no bad splices.</p><p>Also my theatre was extremely slow, so we'd have a lot of downtime to just mess around.</p><p>We did a LOT of late-night movie viewings.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/giqbj50?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">dawrina</a></p>
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Front Desk
<p>Night shift at a hotel front desk. </p><p>I spent the night by myself, chilling and watching movies on my phone. Hardly anyone ever checked in at night and when they did it was just a five-minute process. I was also allowed to snack on the food in the kitchen. </p><p>I had to make breakfast, and would get to eat that as well every morning. I'd have a big Texas cinnamon roll and some milk just about every night lol. </p><p>It didn't pay much, but for someone who enjoys spending time alone and not dealing with the public much, it was great.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/giq3p13?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">booneisthemoon</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
<p><br>As someone who is currently on my nightshift at the front desk, I can confirm it is great however prolonged amounts of time in it can cause health problems from messing up your circadian rhythm.</p><p>Also sometimes, like right now, it can get really boring. But can't complain much when I'm getting paid to browse Reddit.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/giqg2gh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sammy_Jacks</a></p>
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Barista
<p>Being a Starbucks barista actually isn't bad. </p><p>Out of all the food service industry jobs I've had, they had the best health insurance plans and you didn't need to work 40 hours minimum to qualify for it. That left me open to waitress and make more money while still getting health insurance and free coffee! </p><p>The work was fun too.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><br>I liked the hustle of making all the drinks and I'm naturally very good at small talk and memorizing the little details of regulars lives so I could pick up the convo next time. The customers were generally very nice and tipped well. We often made about 2 dollars an hour (which was split based on weekly hours worked so the more you worked the more you got) which ain't bad.</p><p>Of course we got plenty of Karens - especially in the summer when our town flooded with tourists - but even then the regulars would understand and commiserate with us (often loudly while stink eyeing whatever tourist is hassling us) on how rude city folk are.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/gipiozm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Accomplished-Today</a></p>
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Borders
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<p><br>This what I came here to say! I spent just under 4 years there; their final years. All I did was read and get ARC copies of books. I love to organize and talk books. I don't remember $30 gift cards each month but I do remember it always being minimum wage with no benefits or sick time.</p><p>I have all the job perks now, but sometimes I go back to that job in my mind. I loved when someone enjoyed my recommendation and would come back.</p><p>I always had books checked out in my name and half the time would buy them to re read. Oh and coffee all day....sigh.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/giqkb1g?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">eclecticmuse</a></p>
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Blueberries and Ice Cream
<p>I worked at a blueberry farm where I worked inside the blueberry store. </p><p>They sold homemade blueberry baked goods, homemade blueberry jam and other jams, blueberry (and other flavors) ice cream, and blueberry knickknacks and trinkets. The owner's daughter who worked with me was fun and we just manned the cash register and served ice cream. </p><p>I worked there for three summers during college, made a sweet $8/hr and got a bowl of ice cream every day. Best job ever</p><p>- <a href="I worked at a blueberry farm where I worked inside the blueberry store. They sold homemade blueberry baked goods, homemade blueberry jam and other jams, blueberry (and other flavors) ice cream, and blueberry knickknacks and trinkets. The owner’s daughter who worked with me was fun and we just manned the cash register and served ice cream. I worked there for three summers during college, made a sweet $8/hr and got a bowl of ice cream every day. Best job ever" target="_blank">why___me</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Work Sucked, But...
<p>I worked in the warehouse part of a furniture store when I was 17. </p><p>I was the youngest and the other guys were in their early 20s. We just goofed off, told jokes, and had fun. When we actually worked, it was hard due to assembling furniture and unloading trucks, but the rest of the time it was a blast.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/gipippu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SecretKGB</a></p><p>This. Working at a furniture store was my first job. I didn't like the work, but we had such fun.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/giqeftn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">deaconofthedeep</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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And No Boss!
<p>Bike rickshaw (pedicab) in Austin on 6th street. </p><p>Ferrying around drunks all night is so entertaining and was such an easy way to meet girls. Got to see fights, people falling over, and hilarious shenanigans almost every night. And no boss! </p><p>Best days were game days and could make bank from the rich alumni between the beer gardens and stadium. Husbands always paid you to take their wives ahead and they could stay back and drink beer.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ku1tz8/whats_the_best_low_paying_job_youve_ever_had/giq2h5j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Jzzlbbr57</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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People Divulge The Exact Moment They Realized Their Workplace Was Toxic
January 12 | 2021
Leaving a stable job is a weighty choice. Good salary, benefits, friendships with co-workers, and room for upward growth are all factors that may entice someone to stay put.
<p>But sometimes those positive elements can cloud a person's vision.</p><p>In fact, there may be a slew of factors that make the job absolutely miserable, and they're all being silenced by a person's focus on the positives. </p><p>But then, in a single instant, the cons outshine the pros: a manager does something stupid or unfair, "legal" begins to seem like an optional concept to the higher ups, or somebody in the office is just plain inappropriate. </p><p>Suddenly, there is clarity. The only drawback? Realizing that maybe the person should've listened to their gut a little sooner. </p><p>Expwar asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"When was the moment you realized your workplace was toxic?"</a><br></p>
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A Constellation of Toxic Variables
<p>"I had a job where my girlfriend's Mother was my boss, so I guess the moment I realized my workplace was toxic was when my girlfriend cheated on me and then my girlfriend's Mom hired the guy she cheated on me with."</p><p>"In hindsight, probably more than just the workplace was toxic."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7pjez?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">the-cschnepf</a></p><!-- Insticator API Fire Widget -->
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Mafia Ethics
<p>"When someone was called into the manager's office, then returned to box up their desk and leave. When I asked the manager if she was okay, I was told, 'We don't talk about people after they leave.'"</p><p>"If someone quit or was fired, they were just never mentioned again. It was creepy AF."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7mltv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">solar-shock</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Power Hunger
<p>"They fired a new father the day before Christmas eve because he missed a month of work due to his wife getting very sick after giving birth, he didn't try to get medical leave or anything because he was worried about his wife and taking care of his newborn."</p><p>"Second one was when I sat in on a leadership meeting, I worked at the time as almost a bridge between two sides of the company and all the leaders did was gossip about their employees and talk about who they wished they could get rid of, and who annoyed them."</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><br>"One of them was a new leader and they were friends with these people a month ago."</p><p>"The meeting was about how to improve morale on the floor and the end result was a competition for a 25 gift card to the company store that is nothing but company apparel that no one wants anyway... it didn't work."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7p9g5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Earthwick</a></p>
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Look at Your Shoes, Look at Your Shoes
<p>"When our boss got into a screaming match with one of the managers (his daughter) in the middle of the office."</p><p>"I'd just started there 3 weeks ago and it was absolutely mind boggling to watch. I looked around at my coworkers and everyone was just looking away, doing their best to stay quiet and not look at either of them."</p><p>"Person at the desk next to mine saw my shocked face and whispered 'they do this a lot. Just ignore it.'"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7yvje?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">thrown12212020</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Incentives All Out of Whack
<p>"One of my job's metrics for how our performance is graded by is 'on time departure.' We get so many points if we're within -10, -5, 0, 5 or 10 min from scheduled."</p><p>"People try to cheat by tampering with the clocks and that's a punishable offense."</p><p>"I was good at leaving early or on time most of the times. Got a call one day to warn me that I was under investigation because I had the most points in the company."</p><p>"They assumed that I was cheating, that's when I knew I had to go. I wasn't going to start being late to avoid repercussions."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7wysz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">wearsAtrenchcoat</a></p>Skipping Town
<p>"We reached a point where we regularly had to wait to cash our paychecks. We basically were told we had to get orders completed and paid for, in order for the account to have enough money to pay us."</p><p>"During this time, the boss went on a vacation which was <em>just great</em> for morale."</p><p>"My manager had to take a day off, effectively putting me in charge for the day. I texted my manager, 'What should I do if the IRS shows up? lol.' 2 hours later an IRS agent did stop in looking for my boss."</p><p>"I found a new job not long after."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi80dp5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ghost-0427</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Left Out in the Wild
<p>"I once got asked if a wanted a different position, away from coding, into project management. I said, okay, if you help me set it up and give some guidance."</p><p>"The next week I got a project, through a binder being placed on my desk and the words, this is your project, good luck. Before I could react, they were out the door."</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p><br>"I had a hard time getting projects started, worked on common sense and some help from coworkers taking pity on me. I made a checklist for software deployments, for instance, but when I told in a rare department meeting that I made such a checklist, I was told sternly not to waste time on stuff I couldn't charge customers with."</p><p>"After the confusing meeting, several coworkers asked me for a copy of the useful list... It still took me some 2 years of working 60+ hours a week, to make my way out the door. (And got a 65% raise starting the next job.)"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7to1m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">gozba</a></p>
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"Hurtful For This Man to Hear..."
<p>"A couple of female coworkers went to the HR manager to file a complaint about sexism in the workplace, related to the same guy."</p><p>"They got told by the HR manager and their boss that the company wasn't gonna do anything about it, because it would be very hurtful for this man to hear that his behaviour was wrong..."</p><p>"Later when some anonymous survey showed that employees were really not as happy as they(company) were claiming on social media, and people even felt discriminated against in the workplace..."</p><p>"...they brushed it under the carpet saying people were just too stressed when they filled in the survey, like that is not a problem on its own."</p><p>"Many more of these kinds of things, but that's defo when I realised I had to get out."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7woii?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">uselessacount4ever</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Terminally Mixed Messages
<p>"In college I had a part time job at a big retailer selling appliances. They would generally have a promo of either 0% financing or free delivery, one or the other but not both."</p><p>"That being said, there was a workaround where we could still give people both, and multiple members of our management team told us that if that was the only way to get the sale to do it."</p><p>"2 months later they fired half the department for doing what we were told to do. I quit right after that."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7vy12?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Marijuanavich</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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NOT Your Fixer
<p>"When a boss told me to go to the port to bribe the officials there to release several containers of materials for the hotel we were building."</p><p>"I did not (and neither did that chickensh**)."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kr5li2/when_was_the_moment_you_realized_your_workplace/gi7ph9j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BillionTonsHyperbole</a></p><div id="taboola-mid-article-1x1" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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