My Job Can Kill Me...Can Yours?

Stu here. On my routine online workout, I went to aol.com and found the business link, "Can your job kill you?" The subject was stress at work, and below is their list of the five biggest causes:
Biggest Causes of Stress At Work
1. Job Security
2. Poor Diet
3. Lack of Sleep .
4. Success
5. Feeling No Control

And here is my response in relation to my current job: fireman/paramedic. Maybe I should add, Apostolic fireman/medic...the good folks at ninetyandnine.com would appreciate that!

1. Job Security: As long as stores sell candles, teenagers are given driver's licences, and folks follow wacky, dangerous diets such as the Atkins diet, then job security is a given.

2. Poor Diet: Oops, got me there. I tend to overeat at lunchtime, since I have time to prepare whatever it is I want to cook. Some stations cook a feast every work day. I also like fast food, especially $1.00 Mickey D's double cheeseburgers. I'm talking one dollar!

3. Lack of Sleep: I'm paid to stay here all day and night, 24 hours, and we have beds, but unfortunately, it's not like sleeping at the house with the wife. Plus, there is an annoying buzzer/bell that rings whenever we get a 9-1-1 call. HOW RUDE!

4. Success: Count me out on this one. We've had a promotion freeze for 5 years now. But putting out someone's house on fire is its own intrinsic reward. Or pulling a trapped patient out of a wrecked car. Or shocking a human being back to life. WHOO!

5. Feeling No Control: Feel the stress on that one! We throw ourselves at the mercy of unknown conditions at any house or car fire. On medical calls, folks are often drunk, high, or crazy. But the stress from adrenaline is what we firemen folk live for. We're adrenaline junkies!
Bring it on baby!

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