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These 9 things that some workplaces hide from their customers will make you rethink a lot

Reddit users are revealing some pretty surprising employment secrets.

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Has your boss ever asked you to do something that you deemed questionable?

If so, well join the queue, because Reddit users are confessing all the dodgy tasks they were once made to do at work.

From shaking rats out of Christmas trees, to straining cockroaches from syrup – they’re spilling all the juicy (and, quite frankly, gross) details.

Here’s a word of caution before you proceed – these anecdotes might make you rethink some of the shops, restaurants and gyms you visit…

1. Worked at a nursery (plants, not babies) that sold Christmas trees in winter. We had to have two employees per customer in the lot at all times. One to talk to and distract the customer, the other to hold up the particular tree they were interested in and shake the rats out while said-customer was distracted. – TheHeliox

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