Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> True. I've always though being some kind of doctor must be the worst 
>>> job ever. 
>>
>> But the benefits, knowing that you have helped others, saved lives and 
>> made lives more bearable. Not to mention the money :)
> 
> I don't know, man. One failure is like a billion too many...
> 

So what part of Utopia do you come from?


> 
>>> The look of hatred and anger in their loved one's eys. The lawsuits 
>>> and charges of incompetence and negligence. The violence from enraged 
>>> kin. It must be hell on Earth.
>>
>> I think that you overstate it ;)
> 
> Like I say, if I knew that somebody had *died* because I didn't do 
> everything I could - nah, if I vaguely *suspected* I didn't do 
> everything I could - I don't think I could go on living in this world.
> 

I would be upset too, I must admit.

> And the distraught relatives who will blame you whether it's your fault 
> or not surely don't help either...
> 

These are the things that you shouldn’t worry about because they will 
only make making mistakes more likely.

>> Well my father was a fireman and I grew up in a fire station, from the 
>> age of 3 to 22. The job can be dangerous but they are trained for it 
>> so it is not as dangerous as you would think.
> 
> Well, let's think about this. The building could randomly implode at any 
> second. So by "training" do you mean "if it might implode, they just 
> don't go in there"?
> 

What Scott said. :)

>>> I guess compared to that, being screamed at for 8 hours by irate 
>>> customers isn't do bad.
>>
>> That has its own stresses. I believe the average burnout rate in 
>> customer service factories is about two years. Although I have worked 
>> for companies (Coca Cola UK in MK for one) where people worked for years.
> 
> I was thinking more of managemant consoltant or computer concultant or 
> something, but sure...
> 
Oh! You misspelt consultant twice in different ways in the same sentence ;)

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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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