coping with stress at work theme
A character struggles to deal with heavy pressure and stress at work.
Examples
Barclay retreated to a holodeck powered fantasy world to escape his on the job problems in tng3x21 "Hollow Pursuits".
31 total · 3 choice · 13 major · 15 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| bbf3x15 | choice | Franklin took drugs to keep up |
| tftc1989e3x12 | choice | Charles was under immense pressure to come up with a "scoop", and in particular a murder story, for his old newspaper where he had provisionally been hired back. When he failed at every turn he nearly went back to the bottle. When he thought he witnessed a murder he jumped on the opportunity to take notes before phoning the cops. When the victim stirred, he swiftly re-killed her himself despite finding that she was his own lover. He was then seen in a strait-jacket presumably interned in an institution for the nutty. |
| tz1959e1x30 | choice | Gart was exasperated with his job and overly pushy boss to the extent that he had peculiar dreams and leapt off a train at speed. |
| ahh1x15 | major | The stress from being hounded as a suspect for his wife's tragic accident caused Andrew to become gradually more erratic, make mistakes at work, and finally go completely insane. |
| ahp4x33 | major | Mr. Logan explained that William was having a nervous breakdown. Mr. Logan proceeded to stage some gags that made it seem like William had indeed gone off his handle. |
| bbf3x03 | major | Franklin was stressed out, especially with the questions |
| columbo1971e7x03 | major | Kay was under a lot of pressure to perform after taking the reins as lead producer at the CNC television network. She was ultimately fired for exercising poor judgement on three separate occasions. |
| ds97x06 | major | Miles was under much pressure to deliver a new desk for Benjamin |
| talesoftheunexpected7x15 | major | We learned the stress of being a schoolteacher had led Gregory to have a nervous breakdown. He was also on the verge of cracking while in the house with what he thought was Jane's crazy mother. |
| tftc1989e4x07 | major | The whole story was more or less Alan's desperate gambit to retain his job after he got news that he was about to be fired as a radio show talker |