Although numerous professions are subject to bad publicity (lawyers, cops, accordion players) only one is accustomed to having its members' well-being teasingly (or sometimes actually) threatened each time they show up for work.
After all, "Kill the umpire" is the most oft-heard response to "Play ball!" Sure, we publicists don't garner Mother Teresa-like respectability ourselves, but at least we're not abused by fans, players, and coaches, or forced to wear unflattering apparel. (I was once put in a headlock by a ...