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Great thread... I actually went through all 70 pages and figured I'd add some stuff from my previous jobs:

Movie Theater: Much of what has been said is true. Popcorn is dirt cheap and we'd throw out trashbag fulls at the end of the day. If a movie messes up, complain and you will get a refund/voucher. Interesting note is that womens bathrooms have to be cleaned and restocked up 3 times as much as men's and the girls always dreaded doing it.

Marshalls Dept Store: Plain clothes security was called "LPs" or loss prevention. If a manager or cashier needed to call the LP they would page "Dept 99". Only 3 cameras in the store were active. 2 facing the registers, and one in the shoe department because it was all the way in the back corner and prone to be where people would try to steal stuff. We could not apprehend anyone ourselves but the LPs could.

Tech Support in a call center for Sony Playstation 2: During X-Mas of 2002 when PS2 was out. they had a known issue and there was specific error that if anyone mentioned they would immediately get a new unit. They did not want to do a recall. We even got memos that if any news agencies called we would have to give them some prewritten thing. These units were seriously f'ed.

3-D Crystals: You've probably seen those things where they take a 3-D scan of your face and etch it in to a crystal. Well, we sold those things for up to 300+ dollars while the cost to buy one was about $3. Then agian the laser that etches it cost a good $50,000+ and uses the same laser they use in surgery.

Video Editor for a Small Time Porn Company: Alot of those amateur sites use the same girls. My boss use to pull girls of craigslist or AOL. One of his girls, he met in a chat, but she was 17. He kept talking to her and when she turned 18, the day after she did her first shoot. Felt bad cause he screwed her life up bad. Well it was pretty screwed to begin with. And the adult video industry is so shady. What can you really expect though?

Couple notes: Las Vegas will look totally different in 10 years. If you haven't been there in 2-3+ years, wait about 2 more and you will be amazed as how much it will have changed. I worked in the reprographics industry and some of the projects I saw were interesting. By the way if you want to get blueprints to secure places, get a job with a reprographics company.

Also, if you dive, DO NOT use a Seadoo Seascooter. They are horrible pieces of junk and some of the return stories I have heard would amaze you.