Misunderstanding in your line of work

[Jazzy]

What’s a common misunderstanding in your line of work?

 

[Demon_skeith]

Trying to tell struggling students on what to do (my job is tech support to many different schools).

 

[Jazzy]

Wildlife Conservation Officers have more search authority than any other cop. They can walk in your house and look in the refrigerator or freezer anytime they want. They can go through everything in your vehicle on a whim.

False.

We have as much authority for warrantless search as any other police officer; but not more so. The misunderstanding arises from the fact that a wildlife officer may search persons, game bags, coolers, boxes, baskets, compartments or anywhere else game or fish could be concealed when stopping someone in the act of hunting or fishing or immediately after such activity.

 

[MrDawn]

A lot of people who call my workplace think I'm a manager or that I'm the guy who will fix all of their problems. When a customer calls and I transfer their call over to the department they need to go and no one in that department answers. They will call back and immediately conclude that I can set an appointment for them, or sell them parts for their vehicle, or look up a vehicle that we have in stock, or finance them, or hire them over the phone; and that's not how my job works.

 

[Shavkat]

The most common hindrance to my work that leads to misunderstandings is the language barrier. There are times that non-native higher-ups misinterpret the statements given to them.