Waiting tables is a rite of passage for many young people. Most waiters and waitresses agree that waiting tables is an ideal part-time job for young people; it teaches patience, self-control and endurance while providing instant gratification in the form of tips. Other appealing qualities of a career as a waiter or waitress are numerous to servers of all ages: the job can take the place of a safe and contained social outlet, it can be a fun opportunity to make a lot of cash that can be pocketed immediately, and it’s definitely a way to make the most of evening hours after school or a day job. Who would guess that waiters and waitresses are employees in a field that some consider has the highest chance of dealing with physical or sexual assault?
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Police officers, male and female, perform an incredibly important and invaluable public service. Their commitment to their jobs regularly puts them in dangerous situations, and thankfully, they are armed with knowledge, training and tools with which they can protect themselves and the communities they serve. Currently, at least 3,500 law enforcement agencies in the United States equip their officers with TASERs, a particular tool that effectively incapacitates potentially dangerous individuals for only a short period of time. In contrast to guns and batons, TASERs claim to cause only temporary pain, whereas other devices can cause much more permanent damage to humans.
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Empty houses and abandoned streets are usually the stuff of horror movies. A heroine ventures into the silence and bravely wanders room to room, mere moments before her attacker pounces. Gore and screams ensue. The movie eventually ends and the audience smiles with sighs of relief, thinking to themselves that, thankfully, such situations are incredibly farfetched. On the contrary, these kinds of situations are in fact not limited to movies; real estate agents who regularly enter uninhabited houses and inspect properties in unfamiliar environments put themselves in potentially scary situations all the time.
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