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Here's an obvious one: cop.

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TV Weatherman.

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I've worked several.

-Kitchen staff
-Ice cream jerk
-Restaraunt floor staff

And my current job, which definitely takes the cake, residential treatment professional. These kids are vicious sometimes. The worst part is, in every other profession, if it got bad enough, you could fire back. This one you really can't.

NT

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And my current job, which definitely takes the cake, residential treatment professional.

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you mean babysitter?

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Yeah, what is an "RTP"? Not to be a jerk, but "Residential Treatment" makes me think of house cleaning. I'm sure I'm wrong...you're a teatcher, or want to be one right?

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Traffic Wardens

But they deserve it

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Traffic Wardens

But they deserve it

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Finally, one I agree with.

Like you say, meter maids HAVE in fact done something to you, but they're usually not around to hear the abuse. Dealers hear it every shift, and they have absolutely NO connection to the abusing person's circumstance. And, unlike cops, jail wardens, etc, the dealer can't do much of anything about it. It's a job with unique circumstances of verbal abuse associated with it, no question.

Sparks

Note: I know there is no abuse (or very little) in Vegas, but I'm not sure about other places. I can't imagine the abuse being as disgraceful as it is here in Los Angeles.

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An open-outcry trader at e.g. a futures & options exchange.

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I once sat next to a dealer I knew who was drunk, losing a great deal of money, and totally distraught because of the abuse she had gotten from a world famous player. I tried to get her to go home, but she stayed until she lost all her paycheck.

Many of my friends are dealers, and I can't count the number of horror stories they have told me about abuse.

It's an outrageous situation, and management often does not stand up for them. I wish it would, and that more players supported dealers against abuse.

Regards,

Al

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. There are not many professions where taking verbal abuse is part of the job.... Are there any?

Sparks

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Hahaha. Try Youth Specialist. I work with juvenile delinquents in a residential setting. I get cussed out for a living, to the point where it no longer has any effect on me. They also love to punch, kick, and even bite you when you are forced to restrain them. If you are really lucky, they will spit in your face.