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Not every job or role is as noble, omnipotent, or even as useful as they always seem to be. There are sketchy secrets in tons of industries, from how you're being charged to who exactly is on the other end of the phone. It can be a little unsettling to know how people actually feel about their own jobs, but it's not exactly shocking.

Every industry has something they don't tell customers and clients. It could be something about the amount of quality control that doesn't happen, the arbitrary nature of pricing, or people getting away with doing the bare minimum. Lies and open secrets in various industries are like the duct tape holding your walls together. Just about any business has some weird tales, like these all-you-can-eat-buffet horror stories.

Whether it comes from a legal dispute, or part of being hired to work at a company, sometimes people are sworn to secrecy via non-disclosure agreements. Those can expire, and now people have old secrets burning holes in their mind pockets. Every industry has it's dirty secrets.

These juicy faculty secrets might make you think twice on any rumors you heard back in school about various faculty members. 

Everyone is lying to their kids about something. The difference is in the size of the lie. Some parents hid enormous, life-changing secrets from their kids. Other parents are stealthy about the amount of ice cream in the house that their kids don't know about. On the lighter side of parental lies, here are 29 of the funniest lies parents told their kids.

Nobody's family is perfectly normal, but some people's families are more interesting. And maybe not in the best ways. Some are more trivial and embarrassing, like liking pineapple pizza. Some are family shattering, like secret families. Reminds us of this girl who figured out her family secrets by taking a blood test in college.

These interns were definitely playing in a realm outside what was advertised as the internship-job description. But maybe that's the "vulnerability", of being an intern, at shady or seemingly upright places....you're potentially not even a part of the company. 

Lying is a very common aspect of human relationships, but too big of a lie can really become a burden. Here's to hoping that your SO's web of lies is all for something as small as making banana bread or using the wrong towel. Some of these people have some serious secrets that could have big impacts if they got out.

There's a lot going on behind the closed doors of a kitchen, judge's office, IT company, etc, that would break down your preconceived notions of how people in a particular industry, operate. Jobs are just that, and the people that work them can be an absolute contradiction to what they perform, professionally, and what they are, on the inside. See for yourself! 

These people are bottling up all kinds of crazy secrets. It's only a matter of time before the truth gets out...

Working customer service can shatter most anyone's patience...

What other job lets you look directly into thousands of people's private lives? Sometimes it's romantic, but most other times it's embarrassing, sick, or weird. 

People live some dramatic lives. Secret girlfriends, criminal syndicate pasts, and  absolutely intolerable relatives are just a few of the topics of these stories. Also, some dads are just really petty and don't like cottage cheese.

Your greatest fears are realized. Sometimes the off-brand really does come from the same factory.

It's harder to keep a secret when you're trapped on a boat with customers for 2 weeks.