Post secrets you know from your previous/current jobs

[bdonney]

School districts do not always hire the best candidates.  I was told in an "interview" that preference is given to district alumni and those who meet their demographic requirements, but if I was willing to sub there might be an opportunity in the future in the next year or two.  Then they listed the only candidates in my graduating class that they would be able to formally interview/hire.  It was mostly a list of C students, including a couple that had serious deficiencies in their subject area.   You would think that subject knowledge would be of some importance, but apparently not.  That was an eye opener!

When my wife started her teaching career, in her district, you got an administrator's position it you were male, and had a deep Italian lineage. First year teachers were hired primarily based on how hot looking they were. Doesn't matter if you were a great teacher, and busted your ass on the sub list for a few years, if you were up against somebody who did justice to 4" stilettos, and a low cut party dress, you were going to be subbing for another year. In the district we currently live in, you haven't got a chance in hell if you weren't born and raised here. You could be a local with a totally mediocre resume, up against an out of towner with 4.0 GPA, Ivy league sheepskin, and a stellar resume, and you got the job. They would dismiss the best candidate as, " some nose in the air, city type, who would just leave in a year anyway".

Welcome to the world of government work. In college I didn't get more Physics research programs because they wanted more females. Turns out Physics is just an area not many girls are interested in. An example: there was only two girls out of maybe 150+ students  that were physics majors in my graduating class and the year before. Female engineers majors then got preference for physics research since there really aren't any female physics majors. Worst was this fat lazy incompetent girl who was a civil engineer major with low grades got a lot of research experience and got to go to Antarctica. I calmed down to the ones that were hard workers at least. If you're in physics though, research experience is EXTREMELY important for graduate school and they gave our physics research to non physics majors. I kept up with some of them, they all stayed in their respective majors. I highly doubt the lazy girl graduated at all.

Was probably one of the tipping points that made me decide to not go for graduate school. Luckily I'm very happy with my decision since I know I can retire in the next 10 years, never would've happened nearly that quick if I went down the graduate school road.

[firedup]

There are a lot of really incompetent people with an MD.

There are a lot of really incompetent people. Period.
It took me a while to stop always getting surprised by how many "professionals" have no clue what the fuck they are doing.

ROFLOL

+1 agree totally!

[StartingEarly]

Sometimes the septic tank service guys don't know which field is which and fertilize the sweet corn that is going to the grocery store or farmers market instead of the field corn for animals in human shit.

[forummm]

Sometimes the septic tank service guys don't know which field is which and fertilize the sweet corn that is going to the grocery store or farmers market instead of the field corn for animals in human shit.

The manure from many chicken and hog farms is sprayed high into the air, so it lands wherever the wind blows it. On farms, on houses, on cars, on lakes, on rivers, on clothes lines, etc.

[Nannooskeeska]

Sometimes the septic tank service guys don't know which field is which and fertilize the sweet corn that is going to the grocery store or farmers market instead of the field corn for animals in human shit.

The manure from many chicken and hog farms is sprayed high into the air, so it lands wherever the wind blows it. On farms, on houses, on cars, on lakes, on rivers, on clothes lines, etc.

Really? I've never seen or heard of that before, and I live in an area with a LOT of chicken barns. Granted, the farms in my area are small... no animal factories here, just small family-owned farms with at most one or two chicken barns.

Is this "poop spraying" a common thing on factory farms? If so, why do they do it that way?

Unless your whole post is supposed to be sarcastic, in which case, please just ignore everything I've said here :P

[nobodyspecial]

Is this "poop spraying" a common thing on factory farms? If so, why do they do it that way?

You don't muck-spread spread on the chicken farms , you sell the chicken poop to arable farms who spray it before planting

[Nannooskeeska]

Is this "poop spraying" a common thing on factory farms? If so, why do they do it that way?

You don't muck-spread spread on the chicken farms , you sell the chicken poop to arable farms who spray it before planting

Spray it high in the air? That's the weird part to me. Manure spreading is completely normal, but that method (at least that I've seen) is done with a tanker truck that sprays the manure low to the ground.

[Gray Matter]

School districts do not always hire the best candidates.  I was told in an "interview" that preference is given to district alumni and those who meet their demographic requirements, but if I was willing to sub there might be an opportunity in the future in the next year or two.  Then they listed the only candidates in my graduating class that they would be able to formally interview/hire.  It was mostly a list of C students, including a couple that had serious deficiencies in their subject area.   You would think that subject knowledge would be of some importance, but apparently not.  That was an eye opener!

When my wife started her teaching career, in her district, you got an administrator's position it you were male, and had a deep Italian lineage. First year teachers were hired primarily based on how hot looking they were. Doesn't matter if you were a great teacher, and busted your ass on the sub list for a few years, if you were up against somebody who did justice to 4" stilettos, and a low cut party dress, you were going to be subbing for another year. In the district we currently live in, you haven't got a chance in hell if you weren't born and raised here. You could be a local with a totally mediocre resume, up against an out of towner with 4.0 GPA, Ivy league sheepskin, and a stellar resume, and you got the job. They would dismiss the best candidate as, " some nose in the air, city type, who would just leave in a year anyway".

Welcome to the world of government work. In college I didn't get more Physics research programs because they wanted more females. Turns out Physics is just an area not many girls are interested in. An example: there was only two girls out of maybe 150+ students  that were physics majors in my graduating class and the year before. Female engineers majors then got preference for physics research since there really aren't any female physics majors. Worst was this fat lazy incompetent girl who was a civil engineer major with low grades got a lot of research experience and got to go to Antarctica. I calmed down to the ones that were hard workers at least. If you're in physics though, research experience is EXTREMELY important for graduate school and they gave our physics research to non physics majors. I kept up with some of them, they all stayed in their respective majors. I highly doubt the lazy girl graduated at all.

I fail to see how "fat" is relevant to this conversation, unless there was limited poundage that could go on the trip to Antartica and her being there took the place of two thin people?  Lazy, incompetent, low grades...all relevant.  Fat, not so much.

[forummm]

Sometimes the septic tank service guys don't know which field is which and fertilize the sweet corn that is going to the grocery store or farmers market instead of the field corn for animals in human shit.

The manure from many chicken and hog farms is sprayed high into the air, so it lands wherever the wind blows it. On farms, on houses, on cars, on lakes, on rivers, on clothes lines, etc.

Really? I've never seen or heard of that before, and I live in an area with a LOT of chicken barns. Granted, the farms in my area are small... no animal factories here, just small family-owned farms with at most one or two chicken barns.

Is this "poop spraying" a common thing on factory farms? If so, why do they do it that way?

Unless your whole post is supposed to be sarcastic, in which case, please just ignore everything I've said here :P

Interview with an author of book about the pork industry.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/05/05/402584436/tales-of-pig-intelligence-factory-farming-and-humane-bacon

[Nannooskeeska]

Sometimes the septic tank service guys don't know which field is which and fertilize the sweet corn that is going to the grocery store or farmers market instead of the field corn for animals in human shit.

The manure from many chicken and hog farms is sprayed high into the air, so it lands wherever the wind blows it. On farms, on houses, on cars, on lakes, on rivers, on clothes lines, etc.

Really? I've never seen or heard of that before, and I live in an area with a LOT of chicken barns. Granted, the farms in my area are small... no animal factories here, just small family-owned farms with at most one or two chicken barns.

Is this "poop spraying" a common thing on factory farms? If so, why do they do it that way?

Unless your whole post is supposed to be sarcastic, in which case, please just ignore everything I've said here

Interview with an author of book about the pork industry.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/05/05/402584436/tales-of-pig-intelligence-factory-farming-and-humane-bacon

Thanks for the link! I'll check it out when I get home from work.

[MoneyCat]

The standardized tests of high school students used to evaluate the quality of America's teachers are graded by people with bachelor's degrees of any type, usually not related to the field of study being tested.  These evaluators are paid $10/hour and sit in temporarily rented empty storefronts at strip malls where they spend eight hours a day trying to meet predetermined speed and accuracy quotas.


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[k290]

School districts do not always hire the best candidates.  I was told in an "interview" that preference is given to district alumni and those who meet their demographic requirements, but if I was willing to sub there might be an opportunity in the future in the next year or two.  Then they listed the only candidates in my graduating class that they would be able to formally interview/hire.  It was mostly a list of C students, including a couple that had serious deficiencies in their subject area.   You would think that subject knowledge would be of some importance, but apparently not.  That was an eye opener!

When my wife started her teaching career, in her district, you got an administrator's position it you were male, and had a deep Italian lineage. First year teachers were hired primarily based on how hot looking they were. Doesn't matter if you were a great teacher, and busted your ass on the sub list for a few years, if you were up against somebody who did justice to 4" stilettos, and a low cut party dress, you were going to be subbing for another year. In the district we currently live in, you haven't got a chance in hell if you weren't born and raised here. You could be a local with a totally mediocre resume, up against an out of towner with 4.0 GPA, Ivy league sheepskin, and a stellar resume, and you got the job. They would dismiss the best candidate as, " some nose in the air, city type, who would just leave in a year anyway".

Welcome to the world of government work. In college I didn't get more Physics research programs because they wanted more females. Turns out Physics is just an area not many girls are interested in. An example: there was only two girls out of maybe 150+ students  that were physics majors in my graduating class and the year before. Female engineers majors then got preference for physics research since there really aren't any female physics majors. Worst was this fat lazy incompetent girl who was a civil engineer major with low grades got a lot of research experience and got to go to Antarctica. I calmed down to the ones that were hard workers at least. If you're in physics though, research experience is EXTREMELY important for graduate school and they gave our physics research to non physics majors. I kept up with some of them, they all stayed in their respective majors. I highly doubt the lazy girl graduated at all.

I fail to see how "fat" is relevant to this conversation, unless there was limited poundage that could go on the trip to Antartica and her being there took the place of two thin people?  Lazy, incompetent, low grades...all relevant.  Fat, not so much.

Struck a nerve, eh? I think the author was just being descriptive for emphasis. There is no need to be irate over saying that someone, who is fat, is fat in a story about said person. It may also emphasize the laziness and lack of perseverance, if their fatness is due to lack of exercise/eating more than necessary, which is, in general, likely.

Cliffnotes: There is no need to be upset. Describing someone in a tale is not the end of the world.

[grantmeaname]

Why is describing them by race different to you than describing them by weight?

[k290]

Why is describing them by race different to you than describing them by weight?

lol I was screwing around with my reply and had written that little part at the end for all kindz of irony, without really intending to actually post it. Taken it out.

[grantmeaname]

I don't really know if I agree with you or with Gray Matter. But you raised what I think is a good point: when we see some words we're triggered to think of them as an indication of the speaker's prejudice, but when we see others we think of them as benign descriptors.

[k290]

I don't really know if I agree with you or with Gray Matter. But you raised what I think is a good point: when we see some words we're triggered to think of them as an indication of the speaker's prejudice, but when we see others we think of them as benign descriptors.

I agree 100%.

I would additionally say that if you are of that particular race or whatever, you are more likely to read it as prejudiced, since you are more likely to have received actual prejudices directly over the course of your life, and jump the gun due to the over-sensitivity that has built up over time.

Just a thought.

I once said something like "If I eat that I'll get SO fat!!" at work. Under most circumstances I wouldn't think twice about it. But after that statement I realized one of my colleagues is somewhat overweight, at which point I felt kind of bad about it. Whether I actually needed to feel bad or not doesn't matter. The point is, my initial reaction was to worry about whether or not they were offended.

[dragoncar]

I don't really know if I agree with you or with Gray Matter. But you raised what I think is a good point: when we see some words we're triggered to think of them as an indication of the speaker's prejudice, but when we see others we think of them as benign descriptors.

I agree 100%.

I would additionally say that if you are of that particular race or whatever, you are more likely to read it as prejudiced, since you are more likely to have received actual prejudices directly over the course of your life, and jump the gun due to the over-sensitivity that has built up over time.

Just a thought.

I once said something like "If I eat that I'll get SO fat!!" at work. Under most circumstances I wouldn't think twice about it. But after that statement I realized one of my colleagues is somewhat overweight, at which point I felt kind of bad about it. Whether I actually needed to feel bad or not doesn't matter. The point is, my initial reaction was to worry about whether or not they were offended.

We generally frown on disparaging people for things they can't change (race) and give a pass to disparaging things they can (lazy, ignorant).  Fat is controversial in that there are some people who have genetic reasons for obesity.  But a lot of people just make bad choices.  Either way, race is a different class of characterization than weight

[GuitarStv]

99% of people who are obese are obese by choice.  (http://www.foodpolitics.com/2010/01/genetic-causes-of-obesity-1/)

[DeepEllumStache]

From a prior job in insurance claims...

• The quality of your adjuster can impact your experience heavily. Some are excellent at their jobs, some less so. That being said, remember that everyone calling the auto insurance company has had a bad day. Insurance adjusters deal with a lot of normally nice people who take their bad day out on the adjuster. If you are nice to them, the good adjusters will put more effort in on your behalf.
  
  
• The adjusters of non injury accidents typically have 70-120 active claims. It's nothing personal, you're just going to hit their voicemail 9 times out of 10. Mondays were the worst with all the claims coming in from the weekend. If it's not a new claim and it can wait, don't bother calling until Tuesday.
  
  
• When leaving them a voicemail keep it short but always give your reference number/name/phone number twice and at a slower cadence than typically feels comfortable. It's really hard to understand what people are saying between static/background noise on the line and everyone else in the office being on the phone. Your adjuster won't like you if you're leaving a 3+ minute voicemail but spitting out the phone number/reference at 200 mph at the very end.
  
  
• If a person was a real jerk to me, I would keep a post-it note with their phone number at my desk so that person's calls would go to voicemail. Their call would be the last one I returned and their file would be the last case I worked. Every time.
  
  
• If you leave a good voicemail, your adjuster should be calling you back and following up with you within 1 hour to 1 business day (depending on workload is and if it's a Monday). If they don't return your call by the next day, call back. If it happens more than twice that you don't hear back by the next day, call back to reach one of their coworkers... pressing 1 or 0 when their voicemail kicks in usually works. If the coworker can't help and it happens more than once - when it's your insurance company ask for a manager, when it's the other party's insurance company then call back and try to reach another coworker. You always have more pull with your own insurance company since you have more legal recourse.
  
  
• We frequently talked to each other and the really crazy stories got shared. When working injury claims, a coworker had one passenger break her tailbone in the accident. She broke it on the steering wheel. Let's just say she was lucky she had no other injuries, since she wasn't exactly belted in and facing the correct direction...

[forummm]

99% of people who are obese are obese by choice.  (http://www.foodpolitics.com/2010/01/genetic-causes-of-obesity-1/)

I think a lot of people who are obese believe they don't have any other choice. They don't have the understanding that eating processed food by itself can be enough to make you fat. And they think that processed food and fast food is cheaper than eating broccoli. I don't know exactly where the disconnect is. But people don't really know how to cook for themselves anymore. And there is a strong correlation between poverty and obesity. It's the "cheap food" that makes people fat (and isn't really that cheap). But I don't think people understand that or know how to do anything different. And then once you do get fat, but continue to eat the refined carbohydrates, you will often stay fat (and even gain more weight sometimes) even if you dramatically restrict your caloric intake. It's the kind of calories you eat that has the biggest effect on your weight in our modern food system--not the quantity. Your homonal responses to sugar and refined carbs cause fat to be created and stored. Whereas eating actual fat does not have this same hormonal response. People don't understand this.

I agree that there is also a lot of behavior like drinking soda that people should know is bad for them.

[sol]

99% of people who are obese are obese by choice.  (http://www.foodpolitics.com/2010/01/genetic-causes-of-obesity-1/)

I agree that there is also a lot of behavior like drinking soda that people should know is bad for them.

If you are a fat person who drinks soda, ever, then you are fat by choice.  Don't cry to my about genetics with a big gulp in your hand.

[MonkeyJenga]

Can we please get back to the poop spraying stories?

[Pooperman]

99% of people who are obese are obese by choice.  (http://www.foodpolitics.com/2010/01/genetic-causes-of-obesity-1/)

I agree that there is also a lot of behavior like drinking soda that people should know is bad for them.

If you are a fat person who drinks soda, ever, then you are fat by choice.  Don't cry to my about genetics with a big gulp in your hand.

I'm somewhat fat, and I've never had an entire soda in my like (I've had a single sip that was spit about 10 feet in disgust). Still, it is choice.

[forummm]

Can we please get back to the poop spraying stories?

I think there's a lot of poop spraying in some of the other threads.

[zephyr911]

Here's a secret that has no right to be a secret: most people in the military and the federal government could never keep a conspiracy a secret. Most of the con theories I hear are so implausible from that angle alone that I just laugh.

[cautiouspessimist]

Here's a secret that has no right to be a secret: most people in the military and the federal government could never keep a conspiracy a secret. Most of the con theories I hear are so implausible from that angle alone that I just laugh.

Ha, that's incredibly accurate. I have to laugh when I hear some of the conspiracies that people dream up. I mean, even if they were realistic, it would require relying on far too many people who wouldn't be able to keep it in. Heck, even I have moments where I come thiiiis close to spilling the beans on some things. Good thing I have a habit of thinking before blurting stuff out (most of the time, anyways).

[Pooperman]

Here's a secret that has no right to be a secret: most people in the military and the federal government could never keep a conspiracy a secret. Most of the con theories I hear are so implausible from that angle alone that I just laugh.

Heard one of those this morning (at work). Guy saying military exercises in Texas to prevent them from seceding under the guise of catching terrorists... and something about not trusting FEMA. Add onto that something about the US losing world currency status because of China and how we'll end up like Greece. Headdesk.

[music lover]

Here's a secret that has no right to be a secret: most people in the military and the federal government could never keep a conspiracy a secret. Most of the con theories I hear are so implausible from that angle alone that I just laugh.

Exactly. What are the odds that every single one of the thousands of people involved with the "faked" moon landings kept it secret, up to and including while on their death bed?? That every single one of them that has died in the 45 years since they have happened never told a single person, and never left an "in case of my death" letter??

[Dollar Slice]

When leaving them a voicemail keep it short but always give your reference number/name/phone number twice and at a slower cadence than typically feels comfortable. It's really hard to understand what people are saying between static/background noise on the line and everyone else in the office being on the phone. Your adjuster won't like you if you're leaving a 3+ minute voicemail but spitting out the phone number/reference at 200 mph at the very end.

This is good advice for everyone all the time, not just one industry! After being on the receiving end of these kind of messages so many times, I always try to repeat my name at the beginning and end of the message, and usually repeat my phone number twice.

My favorite recent one was getting a call from a Texan with a thick, thick accent, and they were trying to give me name/address/phone/etc. information over a cell phone with a iffy sound quality, and simultaneously eating something crunchy. So: bad connection, thick accent, mouth full, distracting crunching noises. Yyyyyyyyeah, you're gonna have to spell that for me...

[AlanStache]

When leaving them a voicemail keep it short but always give your reference number/name/phone number twice and at a slower cadence than typically feels comfortable. It's really hard to understand what people are saying between static/background noise on the line and everyone else in the office being on the phone. Your adjuster won't like you if you're leaving a 3+ minute voicemail but spitting out the phone number/reference at 200 mph at the very end.

This is good advice for everyone all the time, not just one industry! After being on the receiving end of these kind of messages so many times, I always try to repeat my name at the beginning and end of the message, and usually repeat my phone number twice.

My favorite recent one was getting a call from a Texan with a thick, thick accent, and they were trying to give me name/address/phone/etc. information over a cell phone with a iffy sound quality, and simultaneously eating something crunchy. So: bad connection, thick accent, mouth full, distracting crunching noises. Yyyyyyyyeah, you're gonna have to spell that for me...

Along those lines your outgoing voice mail message should not be overly long.  No one wants to lesson to your life story just to tell you your car can be picked up anytime before 530.

[shotgunwilly]

Can we please get back to the poop spraying stories?

I'm somewhat fat, and I've never had an entire soda in my like (I've had a single sip that was spit about 10 feet in disgust). Still, it is choice.

Between the previous comment and Pooperman's name... Did anyone else find this ironically amusing?

[cripzychiken]

When leaving them a voicemail keep it short but always give your reference number/name/phone number twice and at a slower cadence than typically feels comfortable. It's really hard to understand what people are saying between static/background noise on the line and everyone else in the office being on the phone. Your adjuster won't like you if you're leaving a 3+ minute voicemail but spitting out the phone number/reference at 200 mph at the very end.

This is good advice for everyone all the time, not just one industry! After being on the receiving end of these kind of messages so many times, I always try to repeat my name at the beginning and end of the message, and usually repeat my phone number twice.

My favorite recent one was getting a call from a Texan with a thick, thick accent, and they were trying to give me name/address/phone/etc. information over a cell phone with a iffy sound quality, and simultaneously eating something crunchy. So: bad connection, thick accent, mouth full, distracting crunching noises. Yyyyyyyyeah, you're gonna have to spell that for me...

Along those lines your outgoing voice mail message should not be overly long.  No one wants to lesson to your life story just to tell you your car can be picked up anytime before 530.

what I don't get is businesses who have 3+min voicemails. 

Recent call I made:

Hi this is "Name" from "Store" (ok so far), we are located here (ok), you can find out information about us at 'website' (useful), we are open 'days/hours open' (starting to not be ok, isn't that on the website), Please join us on social media, here's 4 or 5 different sites we are on and our names there(website again, not useful), Some of our current sales are "....." (not useful at all), please look forward to 'future sales starting next month' (incredibly useless), we are owned by 'dude who owns business' (why?), Once again 'repeating the website and phone number' (I'm calling you, I know the phone number) and please leave a message - BEEEEP! - Sorry, mailbox is full.

I wanted to go down to the store and slap someone.

[trailrated]

Here's a secret that has no right to be a secret: most people in the military and the federal government could never keep a conspiracy a secret. Most of the con theories I hear are so implausible from that angle alone that I just laugh.

Exactly. What are the odds that every single one of the thousands of people involved with the "faked" moon landings kept it secret, up to and including while on their death bed?? That every single one of them that has died in the 45 years since they have happened never told a single person, and never left an "in case of my death" letter??

It was the illuminati... very powerful. I shouldn't be posting this, they might be watching me.

[forummm]

Can we please get back to the poop spraying stories?

I'm somewhat fat, and I've never had an entire soda in my like (I've had a single sip that was spit about 10 feet in disgust). Still, it is choice.

Between the previous comment and Pooperman's name... Did anyone else find this ironically amusing?

Good catch!

[randommadness]

Most government contracts are "cost plus" which means the worst I am at my job, the more my company gets paid. Someone was once fired for 'not having enough mistakes' during manufacturing.

As someone in Government contracting, this is definitely not true :P

At least not Federally. Most things the Gov buys are commercial items which are definitely barred from Cost type contracts.

[randommadness]

End of year funds for any part of Gov and Military are down right disgusting...use it or loose it! I wonder how much they could save if they allowed a carry over for funds.

Ah yes...that $10,000 hammer from the GSA catalogue. Spent a pretty (useless and unneeded) penny buying crap at the end of the budget year so that our ship's engineering dept budget wouldn't be cut. Chief would give me a catalogue and say "spend Spartana, spend"! I think they had tanks and aircraft carriers you could buy too :-)!

I'll never forget when the Fire Department decided to put a flat screen in every room of the fire house come September, lol.

[Pooperman]

End of year funds for any part of Gov and Military are down right disgusting...use it or loose it! I wonder how much they could save if they allowed a carry over for funds.

Ah yes...that $10,000 hammer from the GSA catalogue. Spent a pretty (useless and unneeded) penny buying crap at the end of the budget year so that our ship's engineering dept budget wouldn't be cut. Chief would give me a catalogue and say "spend Spartana, spend"! I think they had tanks and aircraft carriers you could buy too :-)!

I'll never forget when the Fire Department decided to put a flat screen in every room of the fire house come September, lol.

At least they can watch every football game at the same time!

[MoneyCat]

Here's another one: Wendy's chili is made from old ground up burger patties that didn't sell.  Yum!

[slf]

Well, this thread is certainly motivation to stay home and save more of my money.  Some of these stories  are just really gross.

[EricL]

Here's a secret that has no right to be a secret: most people in the military and the federal government could never keep a conspiracy a secret. Most of the con theories I hear are so implausible from that angle alone that I just laugh.

More specifically the great long term, national scale, exciting, tinfoil hat conspiracies secrets can't be kept. But secrets about short term conspiracies internal to a unit or organization can be - often forever.  So can ones that are dull and/or obviously impact national security. 

[simmias]

Along those lines your outgoing voice mail message should not be overly long.

You mean an annoying sales guy might have to listen to a long recording before leaving me a message I'll never return?  What a shame.

Who still leaves voicemails in 2015?  I mean, besides annoying sales guys (and I guess mechanics).

[randommadness]

Here's another one: Wendy's chili is made from old ground up burger patties that didn't sell.  Yum!

This is the case with a lot of places and their shredded anything. Like a BBQ chicken sandwich at Famous Daves is just the shredded chicken they hadn't sold initially as a Cajun Chicken sandwich (or whatever).

[nobodyspecial]

Here's a secret that has no right to be a secret: most people in the military and the federal government could never keep a conspiracy a secret.

Of course they could just be leaking stuff so that you think they are incompetent and couldn't keep a secret - in order to keep the secret stuff secret. That's why they leaked Area51 and the hoax moon landings - to keep Elvis's role in the JFK assassination hidden.

[sol]

Here's another one: Wendy's chili is made from old ground up burger patties that didn't sell.  Yum!

This is the case with a lot of places and their shredded anything. Like a BBQ chicken sandwich at Famous Daves is just the shredded chicken they hadn't sold initially as a Cajun Chicken sandwich (or whatever).

I do this at home all the time with leftovers, I probably shouldn't complain when a restaurant does the same thing.

[regulator]

Most of the people at Federal bank regulatory agencies who actually have the authority to make decisions do not have a frigging clue ("What is a CDO?").  Not being able to find your own ass with both hands is not a big deal when things are calm.  When it is 2009 and the world is ending for modern capitalism...

[forummm]

Most of the people at Federal bank regulatory agencies who actually have the authority to make decisions do not have a frigging clue ("What is a CDO?").  Not being able to find your own ass with both hands is not a big deal when things are calm.  When it is 2009 and the world is ending for modern capitalism...

Or law enforcement doesn't know what Twitter is...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuNIwYsz7PI

[regulator]

Most of the people at Federal bank regulatory agencies who actually have the authority to make decisions do not have a frigging clue ("What is a CDO?").  Not being able to find your own ass with both hands is not a big deal when things are calm.  When it is 2009 and the world is ending for modern capitalism...

Or law enforcement doesn't know what Twitter is...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuNIwYsz7PI

Not surprising in the slightest.

[dragoncar]

Guys.. Just FYI.  Wendy's chili.  It's made from rejected burger meat!  But seriously, at least it's real meat and not filler

[shelivesthedream]

Here's a secret that has no right to be a secret: most people in the military and the federal government could never keep a conspiracy a secret. Most of the con theories I hear are so implausible from that angle alone that I just laugh.

Exactly. What are the odds that every single one of the thousands of people involved with the "faked" moon landings kept it secret, up to and including while on their death bed?? That every single one of them that has died in the 45 years since they have happened never told a single person, and never left an "in case of my death" letter??

Read up on Bletchley Park. It's astonishing how long the secret lasted, both generally and in people's personal lives. (Not that I'm a conspiracy nut, but people can keep nationally important secrets for a long time!)

[forummm]

Guys.. Just FYI.  Wendy's chili.  It's made from rejected burger meat!  But seriously, at least it's real meat and not filler

There must be a lot of former Wendy's employees on this thread...