Stress in BPO jobs: Deadlier than ever

[rodsky]

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these things should be taken with a grain of salt...

Yes, that's exactly what smokers say to themselves...and then a few years later...some (I'm saying some, not all) develop lung cancer. Would you be willing to "take your grain of salt", keep smoking and wait to find out if you're one of the "some"?

-RODION

[tagatisa]

i think it's common sense nga ug gabii tingkatulog jud na ug buntag tingmata.
dili gyud normal ug magmata kag gabii.
i worked in call centers before and i'm glad that i quit. unsa-on man nang dako2 nga sueldo ug ibayad lang diay unya palit tambal. way daug.

[ursoman]

mo lang.. murag pag start nako ani na industry 2 na na agaihan nakong sakit da.. UTI ug hypokalemia..
kalooy sa Ginoo ayo na..
basta ma impas na ang utang mo undang napod ko oi..hehehe
maypa magdrive trisikad..hehe

[vladmire]

actually d kyo hazardous ang graveyard if u exercise a lot, eat proper food, dont skip meals....
lessen d pork hehee...jog everytime u got out of office...at least 3x a week...

d problem lang kung every month pirmi ga change imu shift....madaut metabolism sa imu body ana....

gudluck mga gravediggers... este yards diay heheheehh peace

totally agree ko nimo..

[Dorothea]

well axctually their are already alot of studies about the air that we breath causes cancer. just about "dioxin in the air".

yeah...just like the study that alcohol causes breast cancer, right? what are they gonna come up with next? just the mere fact that we exist causes cancer? LOL...unsa man gamit aning mga studies, mura man ni'g mga no-brainer...i hope they come up with a study saying that anything and everything causes cancer, and be done with it...

[Dorothea]

Yes, that's exactly what smokers say to themselves...and then a few years later...some (I'm saying some, not all) develop lung cancer. Would you be willing to "take your grain of salt", keep smoking and wait to find out if you're one of the "some"?

-RODION

Why limit yourself to just smoking? why don't you go ahead and tell coffee-drinkers to stop drinking coffee completely? hahaha! or better yet, as Khitty pointed out, about a certain study linking the "dioxin" in the air to cancer...why don't you go ahead and stop breathing altogether?

[blasphemy]

pagbantay lang mo kay basin mabayot mu sa ka pirmi ug mastrb8 nyahahhahahaa! peace!

nyahaha ahaka

[Dorothea]

actually the study about working graveyard shift causing cancer was not about the physical activity or the diet. the study was linked to the hormone called melatonin and its relation to the circadian rhythm (our body's internal clock).

darkness stimulates production of melatonin so our body produces most of it during night time. light suppresses its production. so if you work night shift then you are exposed to light during this time (unless you work in a totally darkened room) so that means your body might not be producing enough melatonin. and it is believed that melatonin is a very stong antioxidant that suppresses abnormal cell growth (cancer), prevents aging and strengthens the immune system.

That can be remedied, Khitty. Palit nalang sila ug melatonin supplements, tag $2 ra sa Walmart. Problem solved! Kaluoy pud sa mga nag work graveyard shift noh? They should just quit their jobs altogether...unsaon nalang kinahanglan ta mo adto sa ospital at night? we'll need to wait until morning kay wala na'y mo trabaho sa gabii...

my point is, these stupid studies are getting to a point where they're just being absolutely ridiculous...

[rodsky]

That can be remedied, Khitty. Palit nalang sila ug melatonin supplements, tag $2 ra sa Walmart. Problem solved! Kaluoy pud sa mga nag work graveyard shift noh? They should just quit their jobs altogether...unsaon nalang kinahanglan ta mo adto sa ospital at night? we'll need to wait until morning kay wala na'y mo trabaho sa gabii...

my point is, these stupid studies are getting to a point where they're just being absolutely ridiculous...

Why limit yourself to just smoking? why don't you go ahead and tell coffee-drinkers to stop drinking coffee completely? hahaha! or better yet, as Khitty pointed out, about a certain study linking the "dioxin" in the air to cancer...why don't you go ahead and stop breathing altogether?

A stupid study is better than totally not studying anything at all. As the late great scientist and astronomer Carl Sagan used to say "It's not the ridiculous ideas that we are troubled about--its the suppression of these ideas that are MORE troubling."

And MY point is more on setting cynicism aside and just being open minded. I hope your cynicism does lead somewhere, my friend--in my case, abandoning that attitude has opened a lot of doors. Good luck.

-RODION

[Dorothea]

Kuyawa nimo, ning abot naman ka'g suppression noh? reactionary pud kaayo ka oi, inflammatory kaayo...your talk about being open-minded, maybe you need to heed your own advice...labi na kay gi equate man nimo ang 'common sense' sa 'cynicism' kunohay...

And MY point is: if you believe so much in these studies, then maybe you need to stop breathing so you don't inhale the harmful toxins floating about in the air, thereby minimizing your risk for cancer...

Or maybe you can ask Carl Sagan's spirit to help you search for aliens in other planets nga puede nimo ma inhabit, kanang planet nga completely free of carcinogens...ok?