Actually, I have a TOP NOTCH personality.
As far as public servants expecting gratitiude..... ARE U HIGH? Maybe in the late 70's..... but since then... we are loving life. I almost feel WRONG for how good I have it. I don't expect gratitiude. I owe it. Do you know what my average shift consists of?
Sure, every now and then, there's some fucked up shit to deal with...
BUT
The rest of it... HEAVEN. I get PAID to help sweet grandmas and children. I get to spend hours EVERY DAY hanging out with good looking firemen. And when the local celebrity does something REALLY naughty to get into a needy sittuation- we get an inside scoop on all the dirt. We hold everyone's secrets. We come in the dark and leave in the dark. We tell no one we were ever there.
I have an automatic backstage pass to concerts and NFL locker room access.
If a rock star ODs on the tour bus ..... If there is a party crazy enough for something to actually happen--> I get a "Behind the Scenes" tour.
We get to help the disabled. Children wave when we drive by.
Just 2 days ago, I picked up a homeless man with no feet. No one had been nice to him in ages. He was a sweet old man and a nam vet. I put the lense back in his eyeglasses and and gave him a bunch of warm blankets.
On the opposite end:
When someone's being a drunken asshole and throwing punches..... I'm not required to just take it. I get to do whatever I feel like I need to do. We don't specialize in customer service.
We pamper the good and toss the assholes out on there head's.
Shit, don't give me gratitude. This is too good to be true.