I used to be a federal employee. Like my father before me. We proudly and diligently served the American taxpayer. Most of my colleagues did the same.
Do not paint with such a broad brush. It alienates those who might otherwise be valuable allies.
Well, when so many are useless what do you expect?
Did you or your father ever stand up and complain about those types?
Evil thrives when good does nothing.
As a retired federal employee myself I fully agree with you.
“served” is not the correct word ...
:The negotiations with a govt. employee never ends. One starts a point A. Everything goes fine until one realizes that it is back to point A.
It's like mud wrestling a pig. Your all dirty before you realize the pig is enjoying it.
Who said “all”?
By using strawman arguments (a logical fallacy), you’re the one doing the alienating, with all due respect.
“We proudly and diligently served the American taxpayer.”
No you didn’t.
It was a job, for which you were paid.
Unless you were in uniform the whole time, you had a phooking cush job. Overpaid, underworked, benes out the wahzoo, every possible holiday off, or mega overtime.
Don’t virtue signal BoomerCon, lots of folks are tired of it.
And most don’t give a shiiite.
County employees are generally the same; but, city employees have always been at "maximum nasty".
As did I. I worked for the VA as a Hospital Clinical Pharmacist. I liked my work and my first concern was for the Veteran. Our wages were less than on the outside but the benefits were greater. It was in effect about the same.
My problem with the VA is it is top heavy with management and stupid rules that impede efficient health care delivery to our veterans. The Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists etc. work hard with rare exceptions.
One of the main problems for management in the VA is it is difficult to fire bad employees and reward good employees. I was management for one year and hated it. I went back to staff by request.
I worked the night shift by choice. All the assholes were at home asleep and they appreciated I did the night shift that they did not want to do.
I saved more than one life by intervening on bad therapy orders relative to drug therapy. At night the residents are in charge mostly. They needed our help and were receptive and thankful for it.
I had a great job that I loved until retirement.
“Do not paint with such a broad brush. It alienates those who might otherwise be valuable allies.”
Such an authoritative tone followed with a disguised threat.
As a citizen, when in front of a government employee, I simply remained calm. Back at the office, I would contact my elected official regarding the services received from the government employee. The politician, once involved, changed perspectives.
My children, unlike their father before them, are more than willing to doxx unsavory government employees, proudly and diligently. It worries me.