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caty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 10:24 AM
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How dangerous is your job?
Researchers rescued as polar bears close in:http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/4866320/detail.html

I lead a dull life----but never been in a potential buffet for polar bears.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 10:26 AM
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1. Very dangerous
I run the risk of stapler misfires and mortal paper cuts daily!

I also run the risk of being electrocuted by a massive cubeosphere electrical storm.
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Patiod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 10:26 AM
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2. Polar bears are supposed to be the most dangerour animals
on earth.

The most dangerous thing I do in my job is driving around at midnight, lost in some unfamiliar city, looking for my hotel. No polar bears in pharmaceutical market research.
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 10:29 AM
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3. Can't we just leave them alone?
As well as their ecosystem? They wouldn't be dangerous if we just buggered off.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 10:36 AM
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4. Extremely so
I am a Math professor. It falls right between toll booth operator and playing "Donald" at Disneyworld wrt danger/
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 10:40 AM
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5. Retail. Very dangerous.
You should see all the psychos lined up and pressing their faces against the door on the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday). Oh the horror! The HORROR! :cry: :scared:
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cleofus1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 10:45 AM
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6. one time
i fell asleep in front of my computer and fell out of my chair...
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 10:58 AM
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7. Main danger is getting fired once they figure out I don't do anything.
n/t
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Susang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 11:15 AM
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8. You decide
I work at a Harley Davidson dealership. ;-)
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caty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 01:43 PM
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9. Well, I thought I led
a dull life, but after reading the above posts, I guess not. I haven't worked for a couple of years. The last job I took was at a bowling ally. I needed a job that I wouldn't have to be at before 5pm because I spent part of every day at the nursing home where my mother was.
One night, just before our 2am closing, two guys walked out into the parking lot and then I heard three gun shots and the sound of glass breaking. I was at the front desk and the glass on our door and the glass above it had been shot out by one of those guys. One foot lower and one foot to the left and I would have been shot in the head. The police listed me as a shooting victim so that if they ever caught the guy I would be the one to press charges. They never caught him.
So I guess my job wasn't as boring as I thought it was.
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