Job Secrets, Trivia, Questions Answered

Business is booming for life coaches—but what exactly do they do?

They write for the parents, too.

They have working habits like vampires.

Yes, the $1 home pregnancy test kit is accurate. It's also a popular target for shoplifters at Dollar Tree.

Want to spot their work? Check the blackboard.

To get a better idea of what goes on between those stacks of infamously fake towels at Bed Bath & Beyond, Mental Floss reached out to three former employees.

We spoke to three Butterball Turkey talk-line operators to find out what it takes to become a turkey expert.

School portraits get a bad rap sometimes, but a lot of hard work goes into each picture. (There's even someone tasked with being on "booger patrol.")

Dealing with death all day isn't as depressing as you might think.

Courtesy of the ScareHouse in Etna, Pennsylvania

There's a right way—and a wrong way—to scream.

They hate those pop-up tutorials in apps, too.

News outlets aren't their only customers. Sometimes attorneys buy their work, too.

Trapped guests have had to call for pizza.

They really don't mind if you send a dish back.

If you really want to be remembered, it's best to die on a Friday.

Here's why they really like tall people.

They hate delays more than you do.

Watch out for the phrase "mature landscaping."

The real reasons you always leave with twice the number of items you came in for.

Your kid might be too short to get that free cookie.

Cat pee is their real nemesis.

Andy Casagrande in Return to the Isle of Jaws

Here's the one thing they've never been able to film.

The pay is great, so long as you don't mind the sharks, dead bodies, and occasional risk of being sucked into a vacuum.

Readers love nothing more than headless models and secret babies.

JOB SECRETS

11 Secrets of Life Coaches

11 Secrets of Children’s Book Authors

11 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Holiday Window Display Designers

12 Secrets of Dollar Store Employees

11 Secrets of Hollywood Science Advisors

12 Secrets of Bed Bath & Beyond Employees

11 Secrets of Butterball's Turkey Talk-Line Operators

16 Secrets of School Portrait Photographers

13 Secrets of Tombstone Engravers

14 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Haunted House Actors

10 Secrets of User Experience Designers

15 Secrets of Courtroom Sketch Artists

12 Secrets of Corn Maze Designers

9 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Chefs

13 Secrets of Obituary Writers

11 Secrets of Tour Directors

10 Secrets of Subway Conductors

15 Secrets of Real Estate Agents

19 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of IKEA Employees

14 Secrets of Food Sample Demonstrators

13 Secrets of Crime Scene Cleaners

9 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of a Shark Week Cinematographer

15 Secrets of Commercial Divers

11 Secrets of Romance Writers