A Word of Thanks for Public Servants
How often do we go into a restaurant, have a pleasant meal and tip our waitress or waiter because these individuals are considered public servants performing personal services. But how many people stop to consider the public servants that are many times taken for granted.
For example, the trash collector. Another is the milkman who saves us countless hours of standing in crowded markets and looking for parking spaces by delivering milk products to our door. Not to forget the ever popular letter carrier and another individual who is on the streets even more often, the newspaper carrier.
Times have changed quite a bit from when we would see this person. A lot of today’s newspapers are delivered early in the morning, the bill arrives on the doorstep or in the mail and the carrier is hardly ever seen.
All of the people mentioned above are paid a basic rate for the services they perform just the same as the waitress at the restaurant. But in most cases they do not receive any other type of thanks from their customers. On occasion a warm “hello†or “thanks†is welcomed.
Around the holidays, when it’s traditionally a time for giving, think about the people who are out serving you in what is sometimes referred to as “thankless jobs.â€
A card, a smile, a cup of coffee or cocoa, or just a word of thanks may make someone’s day go just a little better, including your own.
Have a happy holiday, and give the gift of thanks.
DONALD C. BROWN
Irvine
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