Every industry has its secrets. Fortunately for us outsiders, these 26 people on Ask Reddit decided to share their own tidbits of insider info.

One Chuck E. Cheese technician revealed that not all games are calibrated the same. "There are some games we can adjust the payout for and some games we can't," he wrote. "We have a number called 'Ticket per play' that we have to try and maintain." According to him, that number must be met on average across the establishment, leading employees to adjust payouts from machine to machine. "If a game is cheating you out of tickets, we probably did that on purpose."

But Chuck E. Cheese isn't the only business that bends its own rules. Read about others in this collection of industry secrets as told by insiders.