SIDENOTE: 2010 Top Ten Most Stressful Jobs

Yesterday on a sales call when the vendor inappropriately dove into his whole life story and tried to sell me on a media tour, I politely declined and simultaneously assured him everything happens for a reason.  One thing I did listen to was the fact that CareerCast.com recently released 2010's Top Ten Stressful Jobs.  Lucky for me, "public relations officer" was number eight on the list.  Pretty sure they went with PR "Officer" because it fit much better with the other top 5, including firefighter, police officer and highway patrol officer


The article takes a scientific approach to how they ranked the top ten out of a chosen twenty.  Since I think humor trumps science any day - let's take a closer (and obnoxious) look at the 10 top most stressful jobs of the year, and apologize in advance for anyone I might offend.

1. Firefighter - burning buildings, cats in tree, sliding down pole without getting a major crotch wedgie, saving lives = stressful

2. Senior corporate executive - cheating the SEC, allocating inappropriate bonuses to other top executives without getting caught = stressful

3. Taxi driver - dealing with as*hole New York drivers and then the ones in your back seat while simultaneously trying to catch up with your cousin in Bangladesh on your handsfree phone = stressful

4. Surgeon - cutting, slicing, choosing the right organ to snip, saving lives, making sure Heidi Montag's face doesn't fall off = stressful

5. Police officer - potential to be shot every day, chasing the suspect, checking subways for abandoned duffel bags = stressful

6. Commercial pilot - taking off without a delay, dealing with passengers who just learned they need to pay for their overhead bag, landing safely (even if it's on the Hudson River) = stressful

7. Highway patrol officer - pulling over the d*ickhead going 95 in a 65 zone, potentially chasing the white Bronco down the freeway = stressful

8. Public relations officer  - meeting deadlines that were yesterday, dealing with hostile media , defusing the awesome reputation of automobile makers, senior corporate executives and Tiger Woods, agonizing over the fact that Stephen Baldwin is now on Gossip Girl, dealing with a majority estrogen filled office space where all your colleagues' cycles are synced up to yours, trying hard to remember if you wore this dress more than two weeks ago so you can wear it again, attempting to have your parents understand what you do for a living = STRESSFUL

9. Advertising executive - mimicking Mad Men characters because they are WAY cooler, trying to sell a product and reach the shrinking population of Americans who don't have digital cable and the luxury of fast forwarding = stressful

10. Real estate agent - really?!?

Don't see your profession here?  Then stop complaining. 


-HMOH