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All Tax supported public employees are PUBLIC SERVANTS! They serve us the general population in a particular need at a particula

Why Is This Idea Important?: This is important because sometimes the amount of pushback or blowback that the public gives you is an indication of something wrong in our society or the constructs of our local community leadership. It is imperative that the citizen be able to vent his or her discontent or displeasure because this allows us to release and communicate so we can resolve some potential problem or another

It is not uncommom to challenge a public empoyee in reminding them they work for us the general public when we need them; And they will inform you they are not public servants and they are public citizens also!

Here is the problem, Any time you deal with a wide cross section of the general population you will enconter a wide range of challenging and demanding moments in individuals ( I am being to kind here, i know ); but; If you cant take the heat in the kitchen, you should get out; Or call the police to determine the level of challenge...Public servants have no right to re-construct themselves as something other than Public Servants to rationalize their innability to handle difficult public citizens.

Submitted by Paul D. Kendall 2 years ago

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  1. Tax Payer & Civil Servant

    I have worked in the public and private sector and Human Resources. I can say without hesitation that the public servants, as you reference in your subject line; do not have a monopoly of being poor 'servants' of the general public.

    If someone is not able to handle difficult people, where they work will not change the outcome/results. They will handle in the same manner in which they've been taught through their environment, culture, and/or training.

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