40 Fascinating Behind-The-Scenes Work Moments Most People Never Get To See

Workdays are usually all about routines, deadlines, and familiar surroundings, but every now and then, something unexpectedly delightful breaks through the monotony. A surprising view outside a window, an animal casually acting like a coworker, or a moment so oddly perfect it demands a photo, these are the small but memorable scenes that make a regular shift a little more special.

This collection of some behind the scenes work moments captures those blink and you miss it surprises that were simply too interesting not to photograph. Wholesome, amusing, and occasionally breathtaking, these images show that even in the middle of a workday, life has a way of sneaking in a little magic.

#1 Took This Photo Recently Of The Magnificent 300 Year Old Cedar Tree In The Garden Where I Work

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#2 I Work On The 10th Floor Of An Office Tower. I Have A Friend Who Stops By Daily

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#3 Here’s A Baby Skunk. My Friend Works At A Native Wildlife Rescue In VA

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#4 This Delta Flight Was Piloted By A Mother And Daughter Flight Crew. Pretty Inspiring

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#5 Uuno Works As A Game Developer. When You Pat A Good Boy In Your Game, You Could Be Patting Uuno

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#6 176 Animals Are Sleeping In A Home Tonight. Cleared The Shelter Was Successful

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#7 Police Dog Is Given Retirement Presents From The Community On His Last Day On The Job

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#8 Someone Draws Pictures On The Whiteboard At My Hospital With Dry Erase Markers Every Week Or So

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#9 After Months Of Work I’m Finally Having My First Art Show

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#10 Found This Little Guy At Work Today

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#11 The Work Of This Plumber Is Something To Be Admired

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#12 Couple Panels I Wired Yesterday

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#13 Driveway I Just Finished Working On. I Do Decorative Concrete Work For A Living. 3655 Square Feet Total. Almost A 1/4 Mile Long In Length

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#14 My Sister Is A Vet Tech And Took My Dog With Her To Work, I Asked Her How He Was Doing And She Sent Me This

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#15 My Aunt Works For A Vet And This Guy Was Booked In For A Check Up

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#16 Ricky And Evy After They Passed Their Helicopter Proficiency Training For The US Coast Guard

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#17 My Mother (Left) Was A Flight Nurse During The Vietnam War

Afterwards, she worked with NASA and flew in the Vomit Comet testing toilets for the Space Shuttle program.

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#18 My Favourite Colleague At Work

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#19 Almost Gave Up Art But Managed To Get My Work In A Gallery. Couldn’t Be Happier

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#20 My Wife Took Our Cat To The Vets, & My Son Told The Vet His Toy Dinosaur Was Feeling Poorly, So The Vet Gave It An X-Ray

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#21 This Dog Followed The Google Earth Guy

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#22 I’m An Air Traffic Controller Working The Overnight Shift On Christmas

I just got this flight plan for an “aircraft” that’s going to fly through my airspace.

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#23 The Crosswalks At The Biotech Campus Where I Work Are Double Helixes

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#24 Uncles Wife Worked As A Photographer For NASA. Found These Pictures She Sent My Dad

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#25 I Finally Got My Dream Job As A Park Ranger In Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska! The Karmic Gods Must Have Made A Clerical Error

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#26 We Got A New Meat Cutter At The Restaurant I Work At, And I Love The Way He Arranges Our Display Case

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#27 My 6-Year-Old Son Asked Me If I Could Touch The Clouds When I’m At Work, So I Showed Him This

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#28 My Friend Is A Pilot In The Air Force. He Posted This Picture This Morning Of A Sunrise From The Cockpit

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#29 It Is -45°f (-43°c) Where I’m Working Today. (South Dakota)

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#30 This Wall Of Fog Rolling In At My Work

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#31 Technical Crew Watching Lord Of The Rings During A Disturbed Concert

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#32 Night Shift On The Roosevelt Fire

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#33 This Tortoise Getting X-Rays At My Work Yesterday

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#34 The Restaurant I Work At

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#35 Mounted Police Taking Pictures At The Beach

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#36 My Dad Started As A Dishwasher When He Moved To The US. 27 Years Later He Is Now A Successful Welder

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#37 When You Clean Out The Tablesaw After A Few Jobs It Looks Straight Up Geological

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#38 An Iowa Master Electrician Showed Me How He Cooks Lunch On The Job

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#39 I Am A Wind Turbine Technician. I Often Get Asked What It Looks Like From The Top. Well, This Is A Glimpse Of What I Get To See Nearly Every Day

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#40 Friend Of Mine In The Coast Guard Just Posted This On Facebook

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