A Guide to Deduction

long nails spread infections and are not allowed in clinical settings

32. (See above) Rounded crescent cuts pointing upwards belong to rounded tipped scissors commonly used by barbers.

33. (See above)Sharper straight cuts indicate the use of hairdresser’s scissors.

34. An artist who has very short finger nails is more likely to be a sculptor as long nails can break/cause pain to the artist while working on the pottery wheels because of the pressure used against the clay with one’s hands to manipulate it into shape.

35. A person working in the architecture industry has a tendency to observe building elements above anything. (For example, windows and structure of walls.)

36. A chef or someone working in food might have irregular cuts and burns on their hands and arms, but otherwise have very clean hands with short nails.

37. If a person has artificial nails or natural nails longer than one-quarter inch, they are not any form of hospital staff: long nails spread infections and are not allowed in clinical settings.

38. Someone who has worked in hospitality will often say “behind” when walking behind someone or trying to get past a person, rather than “excuse me” etc.

39. People who work in small quarters may use simple one word commands like “behind” when trying to get past a person.

40. People who work using their hands usually sneeze into the crook of their elbow on impulse, even when they have tissues on hand. (Like those who handle food, chemicals, lab equipment.)

41. Someone working in a bakery will have several little cuts all over his hands, due to the crust of hot bread: they will also have flour on their shoes.

42. Someone who needs to present as part of their job will frequently check how they look, possibly carrying a mirror with them at all times.

43. Someone who needs to present as part of their will also most likely talk “with their hands” to emphasise their points.

44. Black, green and red are the most common white board pen colours, and having any combination of these inks smeared on the finger tips or side of the hand suggests that a person works with a whiteboard, most commonly teachers.

45. The same traces of colour on the lips or tongue suggests they use a project and water soluble markers.

46. These inks stain very badly on fabric, and are often possible to find even after being washed.

47. Police officers will have an unusual walk. This is due to the massive amount of equipment they typically have to carry on their belts.

48. If a person is unusually quick with knowing the alphabetical order of letter, chances are they work at/frequently use a library.

49. You can tell if someone is a digital artist, or at least not used to working in traditional media, if they have a noticeable callous on the outer palm heel of their dominant hand.

50. If someone works in both traditional and digital mediums, they will lack this callous: due to trying to avoid smudging their work.

51. You can often tell a supermarket cashier from the bruises and scrapes around their hands and wrists often caused by swift, and sometimes clumsy, handling of a range of items and materials.

52. Someone who works in a coffee shop will have outer clothes that smell of coffe

long, thin callouses along the back of their heel, it could be an indication of wearing boots frequently, particularly industrial/work boots.

but not a public figure

walks around all day with their shirt on backwards or similar, it may indicate they are in a position of authority

retrieving something from a lower shelf, a person who will squat on their haunches rather than bending over it likely to either have worked at or frequently used a library, bookstore or convenience store.

You can tell an artist by the way they hold the utensil, with the last digit of their forefinger completely against it: this gives them more control of the movement of the line.

if these marks are very pronounced they were in surgery very recently.

Surgeons commonly have small indentations on their forefingers

stains and holes in their clothes from chemicals it is likely they have been using tougher materials, such as print making which requires chemicals to eat away at steel to create pattern.