Professionals Are Sharing "It Doesn't Work Like That" Stories, And Here Are 30 Of The Most Entertaining Ones

We encounter these kinds of myths literally every day

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• October 7, 2022

Every era has its own myths and folklore. These were once great warriors and terrifying monsters, then noble knights and lovely princesses, cowboys who never missed a shot, and bulletproof superheroes.

The modern world has its own myths as well, and we encounter them practically every day. Literally every job is surrounded by myths, and we are the ones who create these stories.

We can be certain that spies spend their entire lives driving around in luxurious cars while donning exorbitantly expensive clothes just by seeing a few James Bond movies. We will be convinced that animal shelter employees have the best job in the world because they get to pet dogs and cats all day long just by viewing a few kid-friendly movies. 

There are several examples, and a well-liked post starter in the AskReddit community recently aided us by asking people: "What's your profession's myth that you frequently need to explain "It doesn't work like that" to people?" With more than 3.8K comments and 2.6K upvotes in just a few days, the thread has amassed a remarkable collection of today’s mythology.

The most well-liked comments from the original post have been compiled below to help you understand all this excess. So go ahead and read the stories about dispelling modern myths. 

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1. Factory workers

2. Things to know about wearing glasses

Wearing glasses doesn't make your eyes worse. There are so many misconceptions and so much false reasoning that goes into that one belief that I don't even know where to start. But I'll try anyway I guess.

1) "I noticed my eyes got blurry only after wearing glasses!" That is because your eyes have adjusted to seeing things with more clarity. So of course you're now going to notice when you're missing that clarity whether it be because you took off your glasses or your prescription has changed.

2) "Wearing glasses cause eye strain!" No it doesn't. Your usual eye strain is from working long hours or staring at screens. But you're only noticing it now because the adjustment period when getting glasses for the first time or when getting a new prescription does increase eye strain until you adjust.

3) "I used to never need glasses but now I need new ones every two years! My eyes are getting worse because of glasses!" Refer back to 1. But also you didn't need glasses previously because your eyesight wasn't s**tty enough for you to notice yet or be really othered by it yet. That doesn't mean you didn't actually need them. Your eyesight was probably changing every year even while you didn't notice. Now that you are used to seeing with clarity, you'll notice when things aren't clear and crisp anymore.

I have dealt with many adults who insist they don't need glasses, either distance or reading or both, because they just don't want to concede that their vision isn't great anymore. These are adults with nearsightedness, astigmatism, and sometimes who even need reading correction. And they can't see s**t. Like why are you so stubborn.

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4. We're doing the minimum

5. The hardware store

6. Book writing

7. The job of the defense attorney

8. From a former pastry chef

3. Yeah.

9. There is no skeleton key

10. A retired used book store owner

11. Your old technical device

12. The Defibrillator

13. Being addicted to pain medication

14. It's not in the back

15. Pet euthanasia

16. The vet techs

17. The retail Industry

18. Car mechanics don't know everything

19. From a University Professor

20. Agree with the journalist before hand

21. Note that

22. Weight loss

Weight loss surgery is NOT the easy way out. There is nothing easy about getting your stomach resized to hold a cup or less of food, it f***s up your metabolism, eating the wrong things can cause serious pain, and guess what you're on for the rest of your life? A restrictive diet. Because your stomach's tiny but you still need all the nutrients.

Weight loss medications are not the easy way out either. They don't work unless the patient does, and even then, sometimes it takes months to find the right combo of meds. And there's still nutrition and exercise requirements.

Basically, being obese is really hard, and getting to a point where one is no longer obese is also really hard, so when you see someone obese, assume that they're doing their best and could use some kindness.

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23. Taxes

24. The students need to learn

25. Working in child care

26. Getting rid of the chlorine

27. Boundaries

28. From a tax professional

29. No doctor does all aspects of medicine and surgery

30. Child Welfare Investigator

31. Baking

32. Computer Animation

33. A psychologist

Ask any software engineer you know how often they've been requested to fix a desktop. Or, how often do friends ask an accountant to handle their taxes, even if they have never dealt with a tax return in their entire professional career?

If you have professional experience that can also dispel a myth into the winds, please share it with us by leaving a comment below.

Maryjane