Does your job drive you to drink….. coffee?

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on Tuesday, September 16, 2014

is yours one of the 10 occupations that consume the most coffee?

 

Some professions require long days, late nights and endless hours of work.  For many, those types of jobs drove them to drink copious amounts of coffee daily.  That need drives the long lines every morning at stores that sell Black Diamond Coffee along with other coffee purveyors. Apparently, however, the type of job affects the amounts consumed, at least according to a survey.

A new survey of over 10,000 people looked at which types of jobs lead employees to consume more coffee. The survey also looked at how much was consumed and by if the quantities differed by sex.

It will not surprise you that the top 10 professions that consume the most coffee contain a lot of jobs that require working odd hours. The occupation that consumes the most coffee is journalists and those who work in media. Police officers come next, with teachers coming in third.  Fourth is plumbers and other tradespersons, fifth is  medical staff, sixth is executives. The seventh and eighth jobs that drink a lot of Joe are people in telephone sales, call centers or IT support roles, followed by retail personnel. Finally, number 10 is people who drive for a living.

Overall, 85 percent of the survey participants said they consume at least three cups of coffee a day.  Meanwhile nearly 70 percent acknowledge that their job performance would be affected if they tried to get by without any coffee or caffeine all day.

The survey also found that men drink more coffee than women. However, the difference was only an insignificant 5 percent.

The survey data was compiled by Pressat, a press release distribution service and public relations firm, from research done at the University of South Carolina into coffee consumption.

Given the survey results, the pace in certain occupations drove respondents to drink a lot of coffee and, unless job requirements change, coffee consumption is not likely to change any time soon.