The #1 thing people don't understand about X, is Y

[emma]

The number one thing people don't understand about being a member of the support staff for a major medical school exam is that the job is 90% attaching things to the wall with sticky-tac.

Seriously!

[masterofsparks]

The number one thing people don't understand about being a "barista" (I am not a fan of this term by any means) is that when you pour half your coffee directly into the garbage to make room for milk instead of ...

I agree with this.  And I was a barista for a while, so I know the dilemma.  If you actually leave enough room, the occasional person will yell at you, like you're trying to rip him off by not giving him the 1/2 inch of extra coffee or whatever.  So coffee shop people do in fact tend to overfill cups, leaving *some* room but so little that when you put milk in it, it's too full.

I think to-go coffee cups should have a little line, where if you want it filled past that you have to ask for it.

This is also why I sometimes like to get a medium coffee, in a large cup.  It also avoids spillage.

The folks at my local coffee shop just ask if I'd like them to leave a little room for milk. That seems to work well enough.

[Julie]

The number one thing people don't understand about being a member of the support staff for a major medical school exam is that the job is 90% attaching things to the wall with sticky-tac.

Seriously!

I don't know what I'd do without thumb tacs...

[Stan]

The number one thing people don't understand about being a member of the support staff for a major medical school exam is that the job is 90% attaching things to the wall with sticky-tac.

Seriously!

I don't know what I'd do without thumb tacs...

 Find another pointy object to leave on your husband's chair?
 
Also, while driving up to Woodbridge to spend the last ten bucks I had on hand on frozen mysis shrimp I realized that I don't own my fish. I'm totally their bitch, in a manner of speaking.

[Julie]

 Find another pointy object to leave on your husband's chair?

I'm so much more advanced than that! I meant, what would I eat? I'm totally hooked on thumb tacs.

[emma]

Find another pointy object to leave on your husband's chair?

I'm so much more advanced than that! I meant, what would I eat? I'm totally hooked on thumb tacs.

It is nice that the makers of tic tacs finally got around to it, I'll give you that.