Would you choose a career...

[BabyPiglet]

Where you could be physically hurt? I know you could be killed just in an office chair, but you know what I mean.

Like a cop or something -- would you purposefully choose a job where you know you could be hurt (possibly killed), even though it would help the community and protect a lot of people? A job that would also take an emotional toll on you?

I mean, would you really WANT to do something like that?

(Sorry for being weird and cryptic.)

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

Let's see.
I'll weigh my options.
Be safe, or work with haemorrhagic fevers. I'll take the haemorrhagic fevers any day. The ideal job that I want requires me to wear a hazmat suit in possibly some of the most quarintined and sterilized labs in the world. I want to work with viruses that have a chillingly high death rate - the more dangerous, the better.

I've heard several stories about people mistakingly pricking themselves with infected needles while working in the lab, but, regardless, I want to do my part in finding vaccinations and cures, because I don't know of anyone else who wants to.

As I told my biology teacher, who probably thinks I'm insane, "someone's gotta do it."

 

[StitchfansJr]

I admire the people that do those jobs, but I don't think that I could do those jobs myself. I think I'd be freaking out every day thinking "I could die tomorrow from my own job." I don't know. I don't think I could do that.

 

[metsluva57]

Yeah.
I've always wanted to be a marine or be in the army. I admire people who serve our country and protect us.

 

[Babyjustrun]

I am not physically capable of most of those jobs, such as the cop, firefighter or a person in the military.
But I could say I wouldn't do it. Most because if they are physically demanding, they require a lot of study in sciences, and I'm not into that. I just can't make myself study stuff I'm not interested in.

As far as emotional jobs.. I don't know. I know I can't be a social worker. It would rip my heart in two, and I'd be cold within my first year at a job like that.

 

[imabrat]

Jenny, did you just see my note on Facebook? LOL, but one of the things in there was about it taking an emotional toll on me.

Emotional toll- Yes, I would considering I want to be a nurse. The first code you have, the first death you have, it's going to take a toll on you. Yes, I'm terrified of being a nurse for those reasons, but it's going to happen. I'll get over it sometime, because life still goes on. The world doesn't stop for you.

Physical toll- Yeah, being a nurse does take a phyiscal toll on you. But, anyways. One thing I always wanted to do was be a fighter pilot in the Air Force. Unfortunately, I can't because:
- I'm a girl and the AF doesn't let females fight in combat.
- I don't have 20/20 vision.
- I have an artifical bone.
I couldn't be a firefighter or a cop because those jobs just don't interest me.

 

[BabyPiglet]

I've just been talking to some social worker for CPS lately. And they tell me descriptive stories about how terrifying your first home visit can be. Can you imagine how angry a parent can get if they're being accused of abuse and their child is being taken away? Sometimes they don't even have a cop with them!

They say you get used to it, and it's not as scary after a while.

Plus, I was just reading the job description on my state jobs website, and it says 'must be able to handle frequent physical/verbal abuse'.

It just shook me up for a little bit. But then I thought 'If I get killed, at least I'll be killed while doing something good.' How morbid is that?

I've been thinking about it for a while, and I don't think this is going to stop me. Hell, I'd even be a cop if I could handle the physical toll. I'm not a very fast runner and I'm not very athletic at all.

 

[DisGirlAllie]

I think that I would. If I die then I'd rather die doing something good.

 

[Tinkerbell424]

I think that I would. If I die then I'd rather die doing something good.

ITA.

I have considered becoming a lot of thing that have a high risk of being injured or killed. I'd rather die trying to save or protect or discover something useful then just to die doing nothing.

Jaimie, that's a cool job. I'd be pretty scared to do that, only because I'm pretty clumsy and not very careful lol.

 

[Pecobill]

I am doing a job that I could be killed doing,and I'm loving every minute of it.Best decision I ever made.

 

[HSMndLKfan92]

Jaimie, that's a cool job. I'd be pretty scared to do that, only because I'm pretty clumsy and not very careful lol.

Thanks.
I'm known to trip while going down an escalator, but I've taken my own measures to be extremely careful during lab. My own personal training. How nerdy.

 

[bananda]

i personally wouldn't want to but i admire those who do. i dont think i could handle it though

 

[life of the party]

Maybe.

I dont know what i want to do with my life right now, maybe though.

 

[DisGirlAllie]

Also, if I were a cop and some bad person shot and killed me, I'd sure as heck take em down with me.

 

[BabyPiglet]

Also, if I were a cop and some bad person shot and killed me, I'd sure as heck take em down with me.

Allie, I loled.

 

[imabrat]

Allie, me too.

I wouldn't go into police force or firefighting because I have no interest in them. Same with paramedics, I want to go into medical but I'm not interested in being an EMT. I'd love to be a flight nurse though. (Flight nurse is the nurse onboard the MediVac or whatever you're on to get airlifted to a hospital)
OT: What happened to my tag? Am I blind or am I missing my "He was B-E-A-utiful!" tag?

 

[pigletgirl]

Allie, me too.

I wouldn't go into police force or firefighting because I have no interest in them. Same with paramedics, I want to go into medical but I'm not interested in being an EMT. I'd love to be a flight nurse though. (Flight nurse is the nurse onboard the MediVac or whatever you're on to get airlifted to a hospital)
OT: What happened to my tag? Am I blind or am I missing my "He was B-E-A-utiful!" tag?

I don't see it.

Sure, I would if that is what I was meant to do!