17 Photos That Show the Unvarnished Truth About Different Professions

“Operating room”, “lab”, and “oil well” are not just words for the people in this compilation. Those are their workplaces. Let’s take a look at the regular days of surgeons, beekeepers, and vets.

We at CHEERY have found some interesting photos that show the truth about different jobs.

“I work as a guide in Antarctica. I was minding my own business when this penguin wanted a selfie.”

“I work in the well drilling business, this is what water looks like when it’s been sitting underground with a bunch of graphite mixed in. Looks like silver paint almost, but it’s just water.”

“I’m a rescuer for a raptor rehab, and I got the call for this guy in the middle of me dying my hair.”

“The way the dirt collects on my arm after working outside at a salvage yard.”

“I’m a beekeeper. I carry live bees with me to deliver to clients.”

“I work as a wind turbine tech in Sweden. The view some days is just amazing.”

“I work on ship. The engines on it burn $4,000 worth of diesel every hour.”

“How incredibly realistic these prosthetics are that I came across at work.”

“I’m a blaster. What one year at my job does to boots.”

“I work on a farm. Did you know that cows don’t have an upper set of teeth?”

“My bare minimum amount of tools I carry around with me everyday to work as a normal electrician.”

“This fossilized ammonite my grandpa found in a mine while working there as a mining engineer.”

“I’m a cleaner in a school — this is my arsenal as I prepare for a six-hour shift.”

“A friend of mine works in telecommunications. A customer was so angry, they sent all their equipment back to his company in a coffin, with a note that said, ’You’re dead to us.’ ”

“I work at a remote mine site in Western Australia. This is the start of our first attempt at sneaky Biltong making at work.”

“My box of different types of gallstones I’ve taken out over the last 10 years of my career as a surgeon... ”

“That’s my firefighter brother after a mission done.”

What is your job, and what are some interesting things about your profession?