“Which Profession Has The Most Deranged People?”: 40 Jobs That Often Attract Strange People

CEO - almost every CEO is a crazy nut.

I don't know if "deranged" is the right term, but generally academics and psychiatrists always end up having screwed-up children.

Like for some reason if you have a kid who eats shoelaces and cakes his face with deodorant stick, someone will say "Oh that's Billy. Both of his parents are professors at MIT.".

Have you ever met a stand-up comedian? Now there's a profession full of crazy geniuses you have to be a little off your rocker to willingly subject yourself to hecklers every night!

University faculty, especially in disciplines that are unrelated to anything that makes money or has real-world applications.

Some academic departments are holding pens for personality disorders.

Back in the 70s, College professors, at least at smaller schools. These people were power tripping narcissists with massive delusions and paranoia especially around the tenure process and politics to become permanent. As a kid of two professors, saw some S**T at parties.

Psychiatrists. Different side of the same coin as their patients but think theyve found socially acceptable ways to be deranged.

Construction trades are full of angry a******s with broken bodies who resent every decision they ever made and whose only joy in life is making apprentices as miserable as they are. .

Line cooks. Best and worst of all humanity. Don't bring a gun to a milk crate fight.

Dog Show Handlers.

The entire operation is weird as s**t and the people who travel from show to show every weekend are often quite bats**t.

Psychotherapy attracts some very dangerous people. And the licensing boards that are *supposed* to hold them accountable, for that matter.

Film producers. While you need empathy and humanity (or the ability to fake those things) to become a director, every successful film producer that i've met is some sort of a*****e.

Nonprofits + union staff. Often terrible people hiding behind moral ground of "my job is to save the world" imo.

Pretty much everyone in logistics (Truck drivers, dock workers, pickers, etc.).

The truck drivers have either killed people or are about to (And yes, Swift really are the worst). The dock workers are all ex/current d**g dealers. The pickers are tweakers and meth heads.

Every company Christmas party there would either be a fight, or at least someone threatening to stab/shoot someone.

Good times though, I always got along with them despite being office admin. Getting invited to their BBQs and parties was like going to a scene from Boyz n the Hood.

Believe it or not, gift basket designers. I used to do gift baskets as a side gig and the amount of people that are unhinged are insane! I got hate mail from asking too many questions in one Facebook group. One quote I got was "your ugly basket designs are too much for the sophisticated gift designers" among other horrific quotes. They are self-centered, backstabbing, horrible people.

I've heard that painters are the farthest off the deepend. The painters that have worked for me are good examples of this. Love them guys, but they are kinda crazy.

Small town post office workers... I don't know why but everyone I've dealt with has some kind of screw loose.

Catering….looking back it was just an insane industry to work in for as long as I did as a kid….

I worked as a florist for 15 years and I can confidently say that floral designers are some of the most messed-up people I’ve ever worked with. Fights breaking out at work were not uncommon. Everyone is so volatile and angry, probably because the pay sucks and the hours are brutal (especially during holidays).

Dentists. They like to inflict pain with a smile.

Surgeons because how’re you that comfortable cutting someone open and playing with their guts.