Amen! Too many times i’ve had people say the Q word while in work (i’m a nurse) then literally 5 minutes later (sometimes not even) all hell breaks out
Same thing for a restaurant… if you don’t wanna be doing dishes until 2 am you NEVER SAY THE Q WORD! Same with an auto shop… both jobs I have… both jobs if you say the Q word all hell breaks loose… I will and have cried over it
I used to work for AT&T cellphone technical support. I backhanded a co-worker who said it had been an easy day when there was 2 hours left on my shift. Less than 15 minutes later, Boeing IT called and my team manager asked the whole team to stay for Overtime. I didn't leave until I wasn't legally allowed to work any longer and didn't talk to that coworker for a week. 😂😂😂 great paycheck though.
The darndest thing is some of us are immune to the q word. Did all sorts of ride alongs with serving family, and it would stay quiet. Right up until 5 minutes after we would clock out
@@edschramm6757 yeah for closers it's less about "quiet" and more about "a good day". A good day is a quiet day, but it could also just be a busy day with plenty to do yet you get it all done with time to spare. Anytime I say "I think today's gonna be a good one" something heinous happens in my store. I've been claiming every day will be a good day since just out of pure spite lmao I refuse to let such a simple, boring, job break me.
True. It's a dangerous jinx 😂 I work as a Tech Support assigned to a bank. A colleague was complaining it was Q. A few seconds later we have a major outage for all of that bank's branches having teller software issues and was swamped with calls for HOURS. Talk about manifesting it hahahaha
Same with retail... the amount of times I've had someone on shift say, "Man, it sure is quiet today." then have all hell break loose can or would make me a rich man. When I became a front end manager, before I left, I instituted a rule: No one say the Q or S words on shift or they would be having bathroom detail for the rest theirs.
@@udayansonawane7267 because, like this clip, you have just cursed the rest of that shift, and possibly the one that takes over from you, to some of the busiest, crappiest shifts possible.
That happened to me too the other day , Right before my other employee punched out , he said its peaceful and Quiet, nd right when he was punching out, I got slammed with 13 servings
Food service, Friday night, 5 to close. Customer and his buddy walk in and order two of the biggest sandwiches we had. Instead of taking it to go, they stayed and ate in. We couldn't kick them out, and I had to go back and clean the area all over again.
i work retail and this is also true, ive had customers go "its real quiet tonight huh?" and as soon as they leave i get multiple people in a row with full carts and no one to help bag
That was a banned word when I worked at a supermarket to. Currently the taboo is saying what time you want to leave the office by. You always leave later than intended.
Was on a road trip with some friends, one is a 911 operator, and the other is a EMT driver, both are off duty obviously and their talking about how the Q word is taboo while on shift and i blurted out. "Oh, quiet." Both looked at me with legitimate anger, but then suddenly remembered their not working 😂😂😂 yeah don't say that around emergency personnel 😂
Customer support as well. Tested it myself more than a few times. Worked every single fuckin' time. Be it that there was no work for a few minutes or a few hours, it went from a slowl day to all hands on deck situation in the matter of minutes. NEVER comment on the general state of work if you don't see chaos and want to comment how you feel empathy for those workers. If it's quiet, just say you hope it's as 'chaotic' as this every day and leave it at that if you feel the need to say anything
Fr. I work in the restaurant industry and saying "its gonna be slow" "the restaurant is empty" "maybe theyll let me clock out early" "its so quiet today" right when youre about to leave/deep clean/ go on break all heck breaks loose
As a Pest Controller, the Q word is banned at our place too. You’ll be chilling out doing routine inspections all day and the second someone uses the word you have 5 different call-outs for rats loose on a shop floor.
You do NOT tempt fate like that. You do not say things like "Things couldn't possibly get any worse" or "Nothing is going wrong". Because the fates up there will take that as a personal challenge and make you regret it.
Same here. It’s not superstitious if it can be done over and over again. Once my supervisor said:It’s not always have a traffic accident everyday. And it just took off. Two phone lines rang simultaneously ,the radio…we all hate that kinda guy saying q word.
All because of a word, this situation got chaotic swiftly 😮People say quiet at the beginning of graduation,brief sessions, churches and hospital because noise not tolerated in hospital...And this is a fact ❤
As a caregiver I never say anything about a shift. You don't say quiet, slow, boring. You don't try to reverse psychology the universe either. The moment you say something about the shift, everything will go wrong.
Macbeth is only unlucky because it would only be put on if a touring theatre company was running low on money. Macbeth, being one of Shakespsare's shorter plays, was quicker to put on and was a guaranteed money maker.
Was working the athletic training room for an event a year back. There were no patients for over an hour. Someone out of nowhere says “man, is it just me, or is it really quiet?” And they were met with glares from across the entire room. It’s just something you don’t say, because now you know you’re going to get hit. Within 20 minutes the room was flooded with patients and we didn’t get a lick of rest for the rest of shift. Needless to say, they didn’t live it down 😂😂😂
Yup!! Said that in our garage at 10am on a Saturday. My seniors were all yapping about what i said. Then at 11am, non stop walk ins for repairs and oil change for 7 hours. 😂😂😂😂😂
I was in the ER for a twisted knee and hear a newbie paramedic enter the ER saying this has been the most boring quiet slow shift I've ever had. Every single head turned in his direction immediately spiting anger at this kid. Nurses started getting trauma kits ready. Like they just knew this SoB just destroyed their night. A frantic nurse came in wrapped my knee, gave me discharge paperwork showed me the xray and said sorry hun to rush you but....... I just looked at her and said I completely understand if you accidentally locked the paramedic in the supply room. Staie a deep breath. Repeat no one dies tonight. Got her laughing as she wheeled me out to the parking lot that was starting to fill. The paramedic was on everyone's sh*it list for a long time.
You're in the movie if you think it's too quiet or you can say at least it's not raining or if I can't get any worse or anything like that. It's anxiety, you just have to be prepared when you're on a job like that.
Blaming him for her custody battle is the wildest and most unprofessional bullshit I’ve heard and if a colleague said that to me I’d force a reassignment because that is a massive red flag and I wouldn’t want to trust my life and career to someone willing to blame me for their personal issues.
The comment is unjustified but the fear of the Q word is not- if you’ve ever worked in emergency settings you know saying quiet is like saying MacBeth- crap happens afterwards
A guy said that in Iraq and 5 mins later we under a mortar attack. And right about new guess guys. FNG’s in the military come in , no matter how much training we do , they going to do something crazy
I’m with the rookie here. Gods I hate people with superstitions it’s so dumb. Just don’t pay attention to it. Half the time jinxing things is because you start fretting about shit and make drama.
For anyone wondering about the Macbeth thing, basically it's a superstition that any performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth, will have an actual tragedy occur to the cast and crew. In highschool I had a new theater teacher and her first day she told us all "we will never, under any circumstances, do Macbeth" I asked her about it a few years later and told me she had tried to do I think 4 times, the first I think the set got destroyed, the second the lead actor got sick the night of the play, and the other two I think something happened to the set hands but I don't remember what those were. But she said after that she would never risk preforming Macbeth because it was too much of a hassle
That’s like thinking your grocery store shift is over when in reality you’re likely be to stopped and asked for help by customers on your way out It ain’t superstition It’s fact lmao
Everyone at my restaurant knows they do not bring up how slow or quiet we are. It literally happens. I fully believe saying it's quiet during your shift, you automatically fuck yourself over
Never say that q word in ER,dialysis center, clinic either
Amen! Too many times i’ve had people say the Q word while in work (i’m a nurse) then literally 5 minutes later (sometimes not even) all hell breaks out
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Same thing for a restaurant… if you don’t wanna be doing dishes until 2 am you NEVER SAY THE Q WORD! Same with an auto shop… both jobs I have… both jobs if you say the Q word all hell breaks loose… I will and have cried over it
Even as a Lifeguard I would tell them never say the Q Word
Never say the Q-word, S-word, or what the moon looks like.
Never, EVER, SAY "Quiet" "Slow" or "Boring" in ANY service job. Because as soon as you said it, it won't be anymore.
Not even just service jobs in food industry also
Silent, unamusing, lacking speed
Loud, fast and fun
Not just service, had a farm hand at the pigsty say "man, they are awfully quiet today" and a half a dozen sows birthed ahead of schedule that day 🤠.
@@Shadow09134in the food service industry. Don’t. Say. The. Word.
Anyone who's worked customer service knows this rule
Yeah
Fr. Without fail, if someone said the q word when I worked retail, we would almost immediately get busy and be stuck like that for the next few hours
Damn right
I used to work for AT&T cellphone technical support. I backhanded a co-worker who said it had been an easy day when there was 2 hours left on my shift.
Less than 15 minutes later, Boeing IT called and my team manager asked the whole team to stay for Overtime. I didn't leave until I wasn't legally allowed to work any longer and didn't talk to that coworker for a week. 😂😂😂 great paycheck though.
Man I had to learn the hard way
The darndest thing is some of us are immune to the q word. Did all sorts of ride alongs with serving family, and it would stay quiet. Right up until 5 minutes after we would clock out
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A majority of my shifts are quiet, but closing shift for retail isn't particularly hard
I'm immune to q word. But not the s word.
@@edschramm6757 yeah for closers it's less about "quiet" and more about "a good day". A good day is a quiet day, but it could also just be a busy day with plenty to do yet you get it all done with time to spare. Anytime I say "I think today's gonna be a good one" something heinous happens in my store. I've been claiming every day will be a good day since just out of pure spite lmao I refuse to let such a simple, boring, job break me.
@@nurhaqim7159what's the s word?
Saying the Q word is illegal in any job!!!!!
In my country we aren't allowed to say it's going easy or everything goes smooth or even "easy job"
That's when the trouble happens
There's the S word to. Never say Slow
Fuck it even works for video games
Unless you're a waiter; YOU WANT NOISE
True. It's a dangerous jinx 😂 I work as a Tech Support assigned to a bank. A colleague was complaining it was Q. A few seconds later we have a major outage for all of that bank's branches having teller software issues and was swamped with calls for HOURS. Talk about manifesting it hahahaha
I work security, and say "Quiet" because "boring" has the same effect.
You never ever say the "Q" word on a shift.... Ever
Same with retail... the amount of times I've had someone on shift say, "Man, it sure is quiet today." then have all hell break loose can or would make me a rich man. When I became a front end manager, before I left, I instituted a rule: No one say the Q or S words on shift or they would be having bathroom detail for the rest theirs.
I work in security as well, but I use boring all the time. I always say if I'm bored at work, that was a good day.
Do not say the Q word in front of police, fire officers or medics. Nolan’s lucky she didn’t punch him
Wtf but why?
@@udayansonawane7267You could see what happens when someone says quiet
@@udayansonawane7267bc there's ALWAYS a fucked up call after that word
@@udayansonawane7267 because, like this clip, you have just cursed the rest of that shift, and possibly the one that takes over from you, to some of the busiest, crappiest shifts possible.
@@lindseymcdougall9774 I don't believe in curses, so I'm still gonna use it. All that talk is just paranoia to me
Never say that word in ANY workplace
The problem at my Job is it is too quiet. Never have enough work
@@FNWendigotry it then.
@@CamdenKaneakaNeptunesdaughter I do frequently
@@FNWendigotry the opposite.
Maybe ur immune system
As a retired Police Officer, I can validate this. You never, ever utter the Q word! All hell breaks loose shortly afterward!!!!!
Never say that word in a kitchen, i had 3 tables walk in 5 minutes to close
That’s hell, I’m so sorry
That happened to me too the other day , Right before my other employee punched out , he said its peaceful and Quiet, nd right when he was punching out, I got slammed with 13 servings
Food service, Friday night, 5 to close. Customer and his buddy walk in and order two of the biggest sandwiches we had. Instead of taking it to go, they stayed and ate in. We couldn't kick them out, and I had to go back and clean the area all over again.
i work retail and this is also true, ive had customers go "its real quiet tonight huh?" and as soon as they leave i get multiple people in a row with full carts and no one to help bag
Said the q word my first night working in a jail and they made me run laps around the jail😂
That was a banned word when I worked at a supermarket to. Currently the taboo is saying what time you want to leave the office by. You always leave later than intended.
That’s like saying out loud that things can’t possibly get any worse. Way to tempt fate 😂
I work in the hospital system. That is indeed fact
I never got it until I started work. The q word and the service industry DO NOT go together
I was On The Job Training in a hotel, I said the Q word and nothing happened. I guess I'm immune. Then the next day happened.
Oh
What happened the next day?
@@ZukoHalliwell Chaos. Complete utter chaos.
The trinity of cursed words:
Quiet, Slow, and Easy.
Don't forget boring.
Was on a road trip with some friends, one is a 911 operator, and the other is a EMT driver, both are off duty obviously and their talking about how the Q word is taboo while on shift and i blurted out. "Oh, quiet." Both looked at me with legitimate anger, but then suddenly remembered their not working 😂😂😂 yeah don't say that around emergency personnel 😂
I used to fly R/C model airplanes. One thing you never say, "I'll just get in one more flight before I go home."
Customer support as well. Tested it myself more than a few times. Worked every single fuckin' time. Be it that there was no work for a few minutes or a few hours, it went from a slowl day to all hands on deck situation in the matter of minutes.
NEVER comment on the general state of work if you don't see chaos and want to comment how you feel empathy for those workers. If it's quiet, just say you hope it's as 'chaotic' as this every day and leave it at that if you feel the need to say anything
Fr. I work in the restaurant industry and saying "its gonna be slow" "the restaurant is empty" "maybe theyll let me clock out early" "its so quiet today" right when youre about to leave/deep clean/ go on break all heck breaks loose
As a Pest Controller, the Q word is banned at our place too. You’ll be chilling out doing routine inspections all day and the second someone uses the word you have 5 different call-outs for rats loose on a shop floor.
I’m not a cop but I sure as hell beleive that the q word curse is true.
Lmao cops and restaurants both hate the word Quiet 😭💀
Hospitals especially 😭
Don’t say that word at ANY workplace, EVER. Your day will become miserable in ways that you didn’t even imagine to be possible.
It’s like saying “good luck” before a show or “Macbeth” in a theatre
I work as a gardener, the word rain is forbidden to say.
Same when I worked at the Airport and now as a landscaper 😂
You do NOT tempt fate like that. You do not say things like "Things couldn't possibly get any worse" or "Nothing is going wrong". Because the fates up there will take that as a personal challenge and make you regret it.
As a QC Inspector, the #1 Rule is NOT to use the phrase Piece of CAKE or EASY DAY or.......QUICK DAY. All hell breaks loose every time.
Workplace 101
No matter where you work
Never
Say the Q word.
As a respiratory therapist over 10 years now, you do NOT say the Q word, S word, or the B word. EVER
We had the same thing at subway because if you did without fail 5 minutes later we would be slammed
They take not saying the word quiet more seriously than the constitution they took a vow to protect and uphold
Same here. It’s not superstitious if it can be done over and over again. Once my supervisor said:It’s not always have a traffic accident everyday. And it just took off. Two phone lines rang simultaneously ,the radio…we all hate that kinda guy saying q word.
I just realised that these 2 pairs of officers are from the same show because every other CZcams short never showed them together...
Working in the army is the exact same way, the second you say anything like “I’m bored, it’s so boring, there’s nothing going on…” it’s all over
Same for EMS, the "Q and B" words are a no-no. It's like summoning Beetlejuice after using those words 🤣
"You and your big mouth probably just cost me custody of my child!" Dumbledore said calmly.
Say 'peaceful' instead. Works just as well.
the Macbeth reference is crazy
First responders never say quiet, students never say easy
@@ethanluke6725 ❤️❤️
All because of a word, this situation got chaotic swiftly 😮People say quiet at the beginning of graduation,brief sessions, churches and hospital because noise not tolerated in hospital...And this is a fact ❤
It’s like saying you’re happy your shift is slow as a server!!!! ULTIMATE JINX 😂💀
As a caregiver I never say anything about a shift. You don't say quiet, slow, boring. You don't try to reverse psychology the universe either. The moment you say something about the shift, everything will go wrong.
I feel like it’s definitely the same In the medical profession, retail, and food service 😂😂😂
Macbeth is only unlucky because it would only be put on if a touring theatre company was running low on money. Macbeth, being one of Shakespsare's shorter plays, was quicker to put on and was a guaranteed money maker.
That procedure is the same for Hospitals, Emergency Services, hell… it’s even present in grocery stores.
Quiet & slow were both a unforgivable sins in retail too
I heard the exact same thing on that firefighter show
Was working the athletic training room for an event a year back. There were no patients for over an hour. Someone out of nowhere says “man, is it just me, or is it really quiet?” And they were met with glares from across the entire room. It’s just something you don’t say, because now you know you’re going to get hit. Within 20 minutes the room was flooded with patients and we didn’t get a lick of rest for the rest of shift. Needless to say, they didn’t live it down 😂😂😂
The amount of people who actually believe you saying a word Will all the sudden cause something to happen is crazy to me.
It's a forbidden word in every first responders world
Quiet isn't allowed anywhere I have worked.
Call me evil, but if it’s dangerously slow, i call it out cause i want some work 😂
You just never say the q word unless you are leaving and hate your coworkers
People need to learn how physics works. Saying words doesn't magically cause crimes to happen
This is true. LEO and supervisor for 22 years. NEVER say quiet, slow, or boring.
Former crash crew here, NEVER use the q word
Never talk about a shutout until the shutout is over. That's just a FACT.
this just brings back the hate from Armstrong as if it's day one all over again
As an RN... never use the "Q" word!! In any department!
Yup!! Said that in our garage at 10am on a Saturday. My seniors were all yapping about what i said. Then at 11am, non stop walk ins for repairs and oil change for 7 hours. 😂😂😂😂😂
I was in the ER for a twisted knee and hear a newbie paramedic enter the ER saying this has been the most boring quiet slow shift I've ever had. Every single head turned in his direction immediately spiting anger at this kid. Nurses started getting trauma kits ready. Like they just knew this SoB just destroyed their night. A frantic nurse came in wrapped my knee, gave me discharge paperwork showed me the xray and said sorry hun to rush you but....... I just looked at her and said I completely understand if you accidentally locked the paramedic in the supply room. Staie a deep breath. Repeat no one dies tonight. Got her laughing as she wheeled me out to the parking lot that was starting to fill. The paramedic was on everyone's sh*it list for a long time.
As someone who worked as a CNA at a nursing home, we do not speak the q word. Blessed be the poor souls that did.
Never use the quiet word on a running tour for maintenance personnel in a mail processing plant.
I am a security officer and we prefer the word “uneventful” as opposed to the Q word.
They way he looked over at Lucy. ❤
I can Agree to this I am a firefighter and on my job as a firefighter a rookie said the Q word and like 1 minute later a forest fire call comes in
We don't utter that word in prisons as well.
You're in the movie if you think it's too quiet or you can say at least it's not raining or if I can't get any worse or anything like that. It's anxiety, you just have to be prepared when you're on a job like that.
The way he looked at Lucy 🫶🫶🫶
Exactly when I was a cashier, I used to hate the word "slow.It's like a curse word as it left ur mouth, the place it's crazy
Never say that word in any emergency response work
Never ever say the Q word while on duty anywhere
Blaming him for her custody battle is the wildest and most unprofessional bullshit I’ve heard and if a colleague said that to me I’d force a reassignment because that is a massive red flag and I wouldn’t want to trust my life and career to someone willing to blame me for their personal issues.
The comment is unjustified but the fear of the Q word is not- if you’ve ever worked in emergency settings you know saying quiet is like saying MacBeth- crap happens afterwards
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Okay bruv calm down its a joke
Jesus you must be fun to hang around with. Freaking out about a damn cop show and it's dialogue. Holy shit grow up and go outside crybaby
You never ever say THAT word or the gods of chaos will rain down and misery will ensue.😮😮😮😮😮
In any place that deals with large volume issues, the Q word is banned
I said the q word to taunt a coworker and then got stuck on a freak call 3 hours past my shift. Never lived it down
A guy said that in Iraq and 5 mins later we under a mortar attack. And right about new guess guys. FNG’s in the military come in , no matter how much training we do , they going to do something crazy
She almost sound like SpongeBob 😂
I worked as a waiter. Q word and P word were forbidden words
Q word really does cause havoc for first responders.
Same shit would have went down if nobody said quiet.
From an EMS worker, “bad words” arent real, we get screwed regardless of what we say 😂
Superstition does not rule me. I’ve said it plenty of times in situations you aren’t supposed to and nothing happened.
Very true even working in jails you don't say quiet or slow 😂
Im exactly the same
The words slow and quiet are a death sentence
This also applies to retail. Holy SHIT does it apply.
told my hairdresser "you are very skill with the scissors" she cut her finger the next moment. She hadn't injured herself in years
Same thing goes for medicine. Only say it if you want the wildest shift of your life.
I’m with the rookie here. Gods I hate people with superstitions it’s so dumb. Just don’t pay attention to it. Half the time jinxing things is because you start fretting about shit and make drama.
For anyone wondering about the Macbeth thing, basically it's a superstition that any performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth, will have an actual tragedy occur to the cast and crew. In highschool I had a new theater teacher and her first day she told us all "we will never, under any circumstances, do Macbeth" I asked her about it a few years later and told me she had tried to do I think 4 times, the first I think the set got destroyed, the second the lead actor got sick the night of the play, and the other two I think something happened to the set hands but I don't remember what those were. But she said after that she would never risk preforming Macbeth because it was too much of a hassle
I work in corrections and saying the Q word or B word will get you looked at with the evil eye from EVERYONE!!!
As many years of public safety service as myself has had You've never ever ever ever ever ever ever say the q word
NEVER say that we are playing a quiet game IN AN ONLINE MATCH. It’s like going to a new POI as soon as it drops
That’s like thinking your grocery store shift is over when in reality you’re likely be to stopped and asked for help by customers on your way out
It ain’t superstition
It’s fact lmao
People who are superstitious about saying quiet are the fucking worst
Lady spitting facts, "Low volume" is what ive found that covers the concept without pulling the Wrath of God down.
Everyone at my restaurant knows they do not bring up how slow or quiet we are. It literally happens. I fully believe saying it's quiet during your shift, you automatically fuck yourself over