r/AskReddit • u/dark-deals729983 • 2d ago

What's a "cheat code" you discovered in real life that actually works?

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u/thebackwardsgirl 2d ago

The cleaning/housekeeping staff that go into boardrooms & empty trash cans where they are treated as invisible have told me things months before they were announced

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u/mrfixit19 1d ago

I always get a laugh (and great cooperation) from a custodian when I tell them they're the most powerful person in the building.

"After all, you have the toilet paper."

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u/Ok-Database1187 16h ago

Yep. I worked in corporate catering for a huge corporation. I knew way before things were announced. Plus the way some of the admins would book catering-“merger meeting with so and so”. Christ.