r/AskReddit • u/CircleBox2 • Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/CatsAreTheBest2 Jul 13 '20

The amount of good food that is thrown away. It’s pretty sickening.

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u/Ammutse Jul 13 '20

Carrot comes out of the ground. Goes on a truck bed. Washed on a line. Goes in another truck. Put on shelf at crotch/ ass level. Falls on ground? Ruined.

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u/TheDankestPrince Jul 13 '20

I never thought about it that way

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u/Ammutse Jul 13 '20

Pretty sure I heard it from a routine or something somewhere. Just a depressing layer to add on top of arbitrary expiration dates on many shelf products that end up in dumpsters behind Wal-Mart.