[buggyone]

This is just my personal rant that I want to express to the forum.

An acquaintance sent me one of those "Fw: Fw: Fw" emails that had gone to many, many addresses - you all know those kind.

This one had a series of photographs of humorous errors such as a package of corn labeled "watermelon", a package of blue & white frosted cookies labeled "black and white cookies", parking spaces with the curb in front so it would be impossible to park, a gate whose opening arm did not even reach the curb, etc. The title of the email was "It was your job and you screwed up - obviously Civil Service Employees!"

The idea that anything screwed up royally is the fault of civil service employees really ticks me off. Sure, there are some in every office, private sector or public sector, that are slugs or screw-ups but certainly not the majority of the employees.

My wife worked for 32 years at the Dept of Transportation ensuring the safety of airline passengers and the viability of airline transportation nationwide. I worked for the Dept of Veterans Affairs for 38 years and am proud to say that I created jobs for and placed hundreds of veterans in careers and jobs.

I am sure there are many others on this forum who have been civil service employees and have worked very hard in their careers and have the proud feeling of helping others.