Redditor Yeetthyself64 wanted to discuss the jobs that don't offer much to the world. They asked everyone out there:
"What job contributes nothing to society?"
Secret shoppers. Betrayal for coin.
Health Thieves
Giphy"In the US: PBMs (Pharmaceutical Benefits Managers). They drive up medical costs while simultaneously telling your doctor what you can’t have."
"They make no contribution to your well-being and produce nothing of value."
rollsyrollsy
Hang Up
"Extended warranty call center."
Agile_Ad_4114
"I got a job at one of these places, not really realizing what it was. My job was to essentially pass around existing customers who would not really get any help, and pass potential new customer to the sales people."
"On my 2nd day a frustrated customer called just asking for help I felt terrible and told her I couldn't help her. She made a comment about feeling like she was being scammed, I told her she was correct, and just left at lunch without saying anything."
hotstickywaffle
Solicitation
"Admissions Counselor for unaccredited schools."
enTernamehereonce
"I worked in an admission office for a traditional private, accredited college just outside Boston, after I finished grad school. I was mostly doing the email marketing for the office, but occasionally filled for in-person college fairs when someone was sick, or we double-booked."
"Most colleges are not-for-profit, meaning all of the money from tuition had to go back into the college. As an admission counselor, we were legally not allowed to get things like commission or bonuses based on enrollment numbers. I got a salary, and that was it."
"The other for-profit schools, which were unaccredited and for-profit, were basically sales reps. I talked to one of them (who tried to poach me), and he specifically mentioned how much he earned each year from recruiting students. Just, completely disingenuous and not in the best interest of the students."
Blanketsburg
Oh Lord
"Megachurch scam pastors."
Awkward-Channel-268
"Churches, period."
"I think the biggest problem with religion in general is that basically anyone with some charisma can become a priest, imam or whatever, and people tend to take their word as if it's directly out of their God's mouth and blindly follow it, which in turn drives a lot of people with certain characteristics to wanna become one."
"Like people who wanna assert dominance, impose their own twisted beliefs and interpretations of religious texts upon others, and greedy people. That's how you get megachurches, crusades, religious terrorism, persecution of gay people and women killed for not wearing a hijab, etc, etc."
GodIsGud
Poor Swifties Know the Pain
Sorry Taylor Swift GIFGiphy"Ticket scalper."
sinisjecht
"I'm always flabergasted when scalpers try to claim they are doing a service."
mousicle
"The whole ticket sale system has to go. I got to see some bands I like for free because I got tickets from a radio station. Price on the ticket was like 40 bucks, but the only way to buy them was through Ticketmaster for 100 plus fees and bull. LiveNation and all the people responsible for this nonsense should be publicly executed."
Oh Ticketmaster... evil minions of a the devil.
Legal But Awful
homer simpson episode 10 GIFGiphy"Patent Trolls. 100% legal. 0 contribution to society, just a person who has their hands out asking for money along the way."
n0oo7
Promises, promises...
"Those people who make long-winded facebook videos which promise a lot but where nothing happens."
Lopsided-Change-7983
"With this one simple trick, you can be rid of your problem. But before I show you the trick, I'm going to talk for 45 minutes and show you fake chalkboard drawings and then tell you you need to pay for the trick, but it isn't a trick at all. It's just common knowledge but now you're out $59.95 and I've made a bunch of money off of people's hopes."
AmazingJames
Bad Mom
"Mommy bloggers that put an uncomfortable amount of personal information about their kids on the internet."
xPostmasterGeneralx
"I knew a group of mommy bloggers and not a single one was a mother. They had been hired by another company to write content which they most took from other bloggers and then amped it up with fabricated stories."
Mixedstereotype
Sales
Giphy"Multilevel marketing."
imlilyhi
"I felt so foolish to have been convinced it wasn't 'pyramid selling.' Yes. Yes it is. Didn't cost me a lot, thankfully, but the fact I tried to get others involved was shameful."
prophylaxitive
Marketing always seems like a mess.
I tried and cried and left.
Redditor IfItQuackedLikeADuck wanted the legal eagles to share some truth.
So they asked:
"Lawyers, What's a law that isn't real that normal people insist exists?"
The law is tricky. So help us out.
We see you...
mean girls amy GIFGiphy"People that think it's illegal to be video taped in a public space."
RmeMSG
Goodwill...
"In the UK, people often claim that if an item is listed for sale in a shop then the shop legally has to sell it to you at that price. This is not true at all as the shop doesn't have to sell you anything at any price."
"Often as a gesture of goodwill shops will honour erroneous prices, but they are under absolutely no obligation to do so."
HereForTheTurnips_
Her Choice
"Probate attorney here. I’ve had many people ask me when the 'reading of the will' is going to take place. I explain to them that only happens in movies. But one of these days I am going to have one, and hire a mysterious blonde wearing a veil to sit in the corner quietly."
"Then I’ll tell everyone that she inherits everything. Provided, of course, that she must adopt the decedent’s cute but troublemaking six year old child no one knew about. Or she can spend the night in a haunted house. Her choice."
SpaceFaceAce
Thanks Eric
"That commercial use of a photograph means selling the photograph."
"Commercial use means that there is an implied endorsement. You can take and sell photos of Eric Clapton all day long. Put that same photo in an advertisement for a certain guitar without a release and you can be sued."
xaclewtunu
Not true...
Big Boi Smh GIF by OutkastGiphy"An arrest isn't magically invalidated if the police don't read you your rights on the spot."
"There could be a whole thread of just misconceptions people have from watching Cop TV."
Auntie_Hero
I knew Olivia Benson was lying.
$$$ Talks
Bugs Bunny Money GIF by Looney TunesGiphy"In California, it's not illegal to discuss your wages with your co-workers, despite what your boss might say."
Coolest_Breezy
100 Feet Away
"Am a lawyer. This is not a law that doesn’t exist, but a law that is misunderstood. Typically, you can’t just go get a restraining order against anybody. Most states have specific laws for who you can get restraining orders against (typically household members or former romantic interests). Usually, it’s only in domestic violence cases or for victims of crimes. You can’t just get a restraining order and comically use it to keep someone 100 feet away."
"*in the United States, at least."
hawkjc19
Damn you Sam
"'When my parents die, the government is going to seize a big chunk of the inheritance and I'll get nothing.'"
"In the US this is a very common misconception. Although state inheritance taxes vary, the US federal taxes on inheritance don't actually kick in until the estate's value exceeds US$5 million."
"So, for the vast majority of working class folks, the federal inheritance tax won't have any effect. But people will still talk to their family lawyers and ask about how much Uncle Sam is taking away when mom or dad die."
dusmeyedin
Suggestions
"It's a law that exists but widely misunderstood is the concept of Entrapment. If the police put a Bait vehicle in a high crime area, that is NOT entrapment. If the police are watching a bar known to overserve to see if there are impaired drivers at the end of the night that is NOT entrapment. Entrapment only occurs when a gov agent suggests committing a crime that you were not otherwise going to commit."
Dinothegreen
Secrets
Angry Inside Out GIF by Disney PixarGiphy"A real, but widely misunderstood law is HIPAA. People think it protects you from literally any discussion of your health issues by anyone at all. Nope. Not even close."
I need a lawyer. NOW!
Do you have any misconceptions to add to the list? Let us know in the comments below.
