Government Work

Yesterday I had to take my car in to have the emissions checked. This is the biggest bullshit fundraising scam ever. Those people don't check anything. But this post isn't about why the emissions policy pisses me off. This post is about why I am perpetually ashamed to be a state employee.

I was thinking about taking my dog along with me for the trip. She loves car rides and would have been home alone, but I decided against it because you have to wait in a little room while your car is checked and I was pretty sure that dogs aren't allowed in there.

While I am sitting in the little room waiting for the great revelation that the emissions are fine on my 2-year-old car, I see a guy get out of his truck and his German Shepherd jump out of the passenger seat. They join me in the little room. While I am fussing over his dog one of the employees stalks in glares the dog and asks the guy, "is that a seeing eye dog." The man doesn't hesitate and replies, "yup, he drove here for me." She walked out.