# Secrets You Know Because Of Your Job **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2014, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829 "2014-12-10T07:09:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/1 "2014-12-10T07:09:15Z")
Enlighten us. What info are you privy to due to your job that the average civilian would be unaware of? ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/2 "2014-12-10T07:26:44Z")
If I told you, I’d have to kill you. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/3 "2014-12-10T07:31:24Z")
I know about a bunch of PlayStation titles that are in production but haven’t been announced yet. For example, I spent 30 minutes yesterday playing a Morpheus game. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/4 "2014-12-10T07:35:43Z")
Well, if I told you, they wouldn’t be secret. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/5 "2014-12-10T07:43:13Z")
Should’a been an engineer, management kisses the ground they walk on in my business. ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/6 "2014-12-10T07:59:46Z")
T-shirts graphics, at least the more involved ones, are very difficult to print. It’s pretty much a craft. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/7 "2014-12-10T08:01:18Z")
You should clean out your belly button before you go in for surgery. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/8 "2014-12-10T08:36:25Z")
My husband has DOD clearances and he won’t even tell me what he knows or where he’s been. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/9 "2014-12-10T08:37:00Z")
The poor parts of America look a lot like the third world. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/10 "2014-12-10T08:41:07Z")
In the course of my legal career, I have become privvy to all sorts of confidential information. That’s all I will say. ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/11 "2014-12-10T09:03:12Z")
I’ve learned that knowing the secrets is much more a burden & much less fun than I ever imagined. You know the things that you don’t want to know. It seems that you never do learn the things that (potentially) would be interesting to know. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/12 "2014-12-10T09:11:47Z")
I find most secrets to be boring as hell. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/13 "2014-12-10T09:26:43Z")
> [@DrForrester](#): > > I’ve learned that knowing the secrets is much more a burden & much less fun than I ever imagined. You know the things that you don’t want to know. It seems that you never do learn the things that (potentially) would be interesting to know. This is my experience. The thing I learned that I couldn’t say anything about are exactly the kinds of things I would want to make a big stink about to get changed. Things happen that while technically not illegal are highly unethical and would give companies a nice black eye if the public knew what was being done to them. ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/14 "2014-12-10T09:40:16Z")
I think we may be taking the idea of a _secret_ a tad too literally. I was aiming for something along the lines of Big Mac sauce being thousand island dressing, but cooler. ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/15 "2014-12-10T09:44:48Z")
Alright. Here’s one. It even has the added benefit of actually being true. There are no alien bodies stored in the basement of the Pentagon. Not one. _Massive Disappointment_ ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/16 "2014-12-10T09:55:15Z")
> [@DrForrester](#): > > Alright. Here’s one. It even has the added benefit of actually being true. > > There are no alien bodies stored in the basement of the Pentagon. Not one. > > _Massive Disappointment_ Why should I go on at this point? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/17 "2014-12-10T11:52:00Z")
The secret I wish I could learn is how certain people get and keep jobs. One would think that a business wants to generate a profit and it’s usually pretty clear who contributes to that and who doesn’t. And yet in far too many cases, the slackers remain employed. It’s a mystery to me! It’s not a secret that retirement is so much better! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/18 "2014-12-10T12:09:55Z")
Mine’s worth a lot. Think about it: I manage tests for a publishing company. Like, state tests, standardized tests, college entrance exams, etc. Boring, but still pretty good secret stuff. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/19 "2014-12-10T12:18:27Z")
All kinds of Navy submarine stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829/20 "2014-12-10T13:06:53Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > All kinds of Navy submarine stuff. Air Force subs are cooler. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secrets-you-know-because-of-your-job/706829.md?page=2)