We all have various brands and businesses we tend to prefer over others.
Sometimes, we might not patronize these businesses because they have a superior product, but because they might seem more trustworthy than their competitors.
Indeed, some people have had such terrible experiences with companies, even some esteemed corporations, that they went running from them straight into the arms of one of their rivals.
Vowing that they would never, ever spend money on this company ever again.
Redditor SignificantClick8284 was eager to hear which companies people have zero trust in, leading them to ask:
"What company will you never trust again?"
Their Poor Communication Is Kind Of Ironic...
"Comcast."
"Their agents will lie to your face and act like you're in the wrong when called out."- bigdammit
customer service call center GIFGiphyNot A Place To Spend Or Save Your Money...
"Ashley Furniture."
"Joke of a company."
"Bank of America - also scum."- KrankOverman
Better Question, What Question Will You EVER Trust Again...
"Unfurls paper scroll that stretches to the floor and rolls out the door."
"Ahem."- djb2589
"I see no reason to trust any company."- lycos94
When The Conformation Email Is Moot...
"Booking.com."
"I 'booked' through them just to find out that the hotel had no record of my reservation."
"Then I spent an hour in the lobby trying to get them on the phone, just to find out the price wouldn’t be honored and have them try to sell me another nearby hotel room."
"Nightmare."- DuncanAerilious
"Oh, oh The Well's Fargo Wagon Is A Comin'..."
"Wells Fargo."- clubberlang2005
"Yup."
"I was one of the WF customers who suddenly had 3 mystery WF accounts under my name."
"This was prior to the court case so I went in to my branch to ask WTF."
"The manager said the guy who set up those accounts was the same guy that setup my original 2 accounts - a checking and savings account."
"That a-hole tried to make it sound like he was doing me a favor by setting up all these accounts."
"Making it worse he says I need to login to my account in order for him to remove the other 3 accounts."
"He hands me that password box, I enter my password and he says 'that's an easy one to remember'."
"Is that your favorite band?'"
"After he said that I asked for the branch manager and told him what just happened and that I was closing all of my accounts'."- thescreamingstone
kate mckinnon snl GIF by Saturday Night LiveGiphy"That's All Folks!"
"ACME."
"Every f8cking thing."
"From anvils to bat suits to zoot suits always FAIL."- alien_survivor
Not Equipped For The Digital Age
"HP."
"Thier printers (large and small format) are all complete trash that require constant upkeep."- Bluegrass_Barbarian
Pictures And Fine Print Can Be Misleading...
"Airbnb."- pkovach64
"My wife and I were drinking and got pretty drunk at an Airbnb and without letting us know the hosts sent a bunch of people to the property to refill the propane and other stuff."
"They came into the house while we were drunk and half-naked and were catcalling my wife in front of me."
"This was a pretty big and well-known group operating in Tennesee."
"From what we found out this is extremely common."- Huge-Plantain-8418
Giveaway GIF by AppSumoGiphyAnalog Has Its Benefits...
"EA."- bullet312
"I lost all my sims sh*t because I hadn't logged in for more than 6 months."
"EA told me to reset my password so that they could restore my account."
"They kept saying the link was in my email, but it never came."
"Kept calling to try to get the issue fixed over a few weeks, then I realized they were just d*cking me around."
"F*ck EA."- MotherOfDogs1872
And To Think They're Supposed To Help You...
"Any insurance company."
"Especially health and homeowners."- carolizzy81
FalsE Advertising
"Nabisco."
"They took double stuffed Oreos, reduced the amount of cream to the same as the regular Oreos, and are still selling them as double stuffed, and are charging double stuffed prices!"
"The betrayal is unforgivable."- It_Wasnt_Me79
oreo GIFGiphyAs If Taxes Aren't Annoying Enough...
"Jackson Hewitt!"
"Had our taxes done a while back, and the tax preparer asked if we wanted the $200 cash advance."
"We did not."
"She then proceeded to change our information and use hers to get the temporary card with the advance."
'She then used an ATM to withdraw cash."
"She was arrested, but getting a refund was like pulling teeth from a hen."
'They didn't believe that it happened even though we had the paperwork with the tax preparer's information on it."
"It was a frigging nightmare!"
"Oh, I almost forgot she added me to the return and said I was the sister instead of the mom, so we ended up owing $1500 on top of the bullsh*t from the tax preparer."
"I do our taxes now."- RoguePhoenix259
People like to know when they're spending money that it's going somewhere they can trust.
Especially if their money is going somewhere that is supposed to keep their money safe, to begin with...
If you were to ask most parents these days what they hope their child might be when they grow up, chances are the majority of them will say a doctor or a lawyer.
Or, at the very least, they might say they hope their child marries one.
However, had you been growing up in late Victorian or Edwardian England, being a doctor or a lawyer, let alone marrying one, was not exactly something to brag about.
For if you were someone of any means or rank, you probably wouldn't work at all.
Thankfully, the stigmatization of those jobs wore away over time, and people now respect them for the important professions they are.
Sadly though, the passage of time has not been as kind to other professions, whose pedigree has suffered the reverse fate.
Redditor probablyuntrue was curious to hear which professions people believe no longer carry the same pedigree they once did, leading them to ask:
"What job used to be prestigious but isn't anymore?"
If Anyone Rues The Invention Of The Automobile...
"Blacksmith."
"They were the town engineer, manufacturer, craftsman, and problem solver all in one."
"Now they are mostly just hobbyists."- BaconReceptacle
And All They Told Was The News...
"Newspaper columnist and local news anchor."
"They used to be celebrities when they were the primary mediums people got their news from."- 4Ever2Thee
Blame It On The Name Change...
"Flight attendant."
"Back in the 1970s, if you were dating a 'stewardess', all your friends were jealous."- Earguy
Cabin Crew Applause GIF by KLMGiphyMaybe It's People's Taste Which Has Taken A Hit...
"I was a furniture and cabinet maker in the 2000s."
"I designed and built entertainment centers for the new flat-screen tv fad."
"Paid great, everyone thought I was cool."
"No one gives a sh*t anymore and the pay has scaled way down with this economy so I’m back in school."- Low-Abbreviations-38
Owing To Certain Connotations, Perhaps?
"Spice trader."
"I was of course talking about reading actual spices."
"With the new movie, being a character in Dune is probably more prestigious than it has ever been."- I_might_be_weasel
Thanks Spotify...
"Nighttime radio DJ."- Scrappy_Larue
"They used to set what music was cool and not."- laudinum
Dj Puppet GIFGiphyBefore There Was Kinkos...
"Printer."
"Lithographic or various others."
"Used to be an amazing career and essential to society."
"Since the rise of the internet and decline of printed media the industry has died."
"Not that long ago, the spread of information was made possible through printers, not anymore."- Advanced-Stupid
There Sevice Has Been Expedited, or perhaps "Expedia'd"...
"Travel Agent."
"Finding flights, booking good hotels, knowing the cool places to go, how to get tickets to events, and how to pull it all together for someone used to be fairly useful skills to have."
"Now the job is basically nonexistent apart from super high-end or specialty positions."- MrMojoFomo
Their Cargo Is Seldom Precious...
"Letter carriers for the postal service."
"All I deliver now is junk mail and Amazon packages."
"Certified letters used to be treated like it was a classified gov document(because it could be) that you were responsible for."
"You even had to sign out to receive them because you were accountable for them."
"Now they come mixed in with the bulk junk mail."- flyjum
Postal Worker Vintage GIFGiphy"Bank manager."- biga204
"I would argue that position is still prestigious in towns under 20k pop."- 2cats2hats
Some Money Management Isn't So Glamorous...
"Working at a Bank."- DogusEUW
"Before the credit score was invented, working as a banker was prestigious because you got to decide if someone got a loan or not."
"Everyone want to be buddies with a local banker because he could sign off on a loan and set the terms."
"How do you think grandpa bought the house?"
"Now individuals don’t do that algorithms do."- Limp_Distribution
"...All The Livelong Day..."
"Freight conductor/ engineer."
"Used to be a great career."
"The hours and schedule have always been rough but the pay made up for the inconvenience."
"Now corporate greed, sh*tty contracts, mass company surveillance, and insane attendance policies have turned railroading into a sh*t job."- Boo_Blicker
Survey Says...
"Land Surveyor."
"3 of the 4 presidents on Mount Rushmore were land surveyors, and owning property was a big deal so people who could give you legal authority over ownership were pretty well respected."
"Now you make $12 an hour starting to dig holes lol."- HandsOfJazz
When You Realize You're On The Wrong Track...
"Working in academia, in a way."
"Over last several decades, tenure tracks got way more competitive."
"Young scientists are now often overworked, underpaid and have uncertain future."
"No wonder that many leave the academia for private sector."- MyKinkyCountess
It's Very Easy To Judge..."
"Is any job considered prestigious nowadays?"
"It feels like the internet has allowed us a deeper look into what every profession really is like and the aura of mystery/awe that used to surround particular jobs just isn't there anymore."- justgonnaknowaway
What Do You Do For A Living GIF by Hot BenchGiphyIt's certainly worth wondering what makes people think a job is prestigious or not?
The pay? The duties? The qualifications?
None of which should ultimately factor in, as when push comes to shove, all jobs have value.
After all, most of the jobs that were considered "essential" during the height of the pandemic were generally anything but lucrative.
But where would we be today without them?
