Scientists Say It’s More Stressful To Be A Waiter Than A Neurosurgeon

We all know this and yet as a paying restaurant customer, who hasn’t felt at least a little tetchy when the waitress brings you the wrong drink order for the third time or the waiter seems incapable of remembering the fact that you asked for no coriander under any circumstances at all?

#1 Waiter Vs. Neurosurgeon

It may surprise you to learn that being a waiter is more stressful than being a neurosurgeon.

#2 Customers

Customers can be demanding and disrespectful to waiters, while patients are usually asleep during their surgery. Waiters also work long shifts on their feet, up to 12 hours sometimes.

#3 Risk Of Stroke

Waiters have a 22% higher risk of stroke, with women having a 33% higher risk. "Having a lot of job stress has been linked to heart disease but studies on job stress and stroke have shown inconsistent results. It's possible that high stress jobs lead to more unhealthy behaviors, such as poor eating habits, smoking, and a lack of exercise.

#4

Well, you're about to regret those hangry judgements because it seems waiters and waitresses deserve even more of our respect than previously thought.

A new study has found that demanding jobs offering employees little controlstep forward weekend brunch server on a 12 hour split-shiftare among the most detrimental to mental and physical health.

Now who wants to make a pass-agg remark about how long it takes to bring over a bread basket?

#5

Using this information, they classified jobs into four groups based on control and how psychologically demanding the role. Low demand and low control jobs such as manual labour were labelled "Passive," jobs with high control like architects and scientists were "Low Stress," and jobs with both high demand and high control (think teachers or doctors) were "Active."