“It's Incredibly Depressing”: Federal Workers Are Revealing What It Like To Work For The Government Right Now

(Cont’d) “I have pulled dead children from car wrecks, decomposed addicts from homes, homeless men from dumpsters, and buried dozens of pets before their owners could see their charred remains. I have delivered two babies, saved a bus full of tourists from freezing to death in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and changed the flat tires of many stranded motorists. There are probably 40+ people who are alive and contributing to society today because of the actions of my coworkers and me.”

“America elected Trump after he said federal workers are a threat to their financial freedoms. Now, he demands that I achieve a higher performance level to keep this job. I will also have to prove that I will be more loyal to him than the US Constitution. So, I’m going to drive a garbage truck, make six figures, listen to my backlog of audiobooks, and be home every night with my family. Someone else can take over all that shit mentioned above. Fuck Trump, and fuck you if you voted for him. If I’m going to be labeled an enemy to America? I might as well own it. That’s how I feel.”

—Punch_Drunk_AA