what sweet reading to my civil servant's eyes ! a wee bit sad
though .. we seem to be an endangered species ... i often wonder if people
here who want fewer civil servants realize soldiers, cops, teachers,
nurses and firemen ARE civil servants ! ...VBG
dominique
David Collyer a
Dominique wrote:
i often wonder if people
here who want fewer civil servants realize soldiers, cops, teachers,
nurses and firemen ARE civil servants !
I was in public service for most of my working life: Civil Service (central
government), laboratory technician for Blood Transfusion Service,
TEN PUBLIC SERVANTS
(A cautionary poem for our times)
Ten Public Servants standing in a line
One of them was downsized
then there were nine.
Nine Public Servants who must negotiate,
One joined the union
then there were eight.
Eight Public Servants thought they were in heaven,
'til one of them
The last verse of David's rhyme:
The last Public Servant agreed to relocate,
Replaced by 10 consultants at twice the hourly rate.
is similar, yet quite different, to what happened to my younger brother.
He worked for BP oil as an executive engineer, on a very nice salary, thank
you very much,
