What image? We have an Image?

The Office of State Personnel is pleased to announce the 2005 State Employee Image Campaign, sponsored by the State Employees Credit Union, will be held during State Employee Appreciation Week. Radio spots featuring three 2004 State Employee for Excellence Recipients, a representative from the Community College System and a Public School Teacher will run May 2

My Gosh! I can hardly wait!

DHHS (Caswell Center)
Dept. of Corrections
UNC-Charlotte
Community College System, and
Public Schools


Of course, no one asked me. They stuck to people in the sexy divisions like Public Schools and Prisons. You would think that all of DHHS would be sexy enough to warrant ads trumpeting our innate awesomeness! They could fill those ads with just DHHS, not just the folks that actually have a hands approach to The Public. Yeah, they get all fuzzy wuzzy with the DHHS retarded people helpers, and the DHHS that jails them. We all deal with the public and FYI? There are is a lot of undiagnosed mentally retarded people wandering around out there and they all have access to phones and some of them? Should be jailed. But they aren’t, they are on my phone, talking to me. Where is my ad?

Why should one or two departments get all the good press? DFS goes out among the people too ya know, we’re not all that hands on but, we watch those who are and then we judge them harshly. We are four square against slapping old people around. But no, the general public sees us as tools of the devil or morons. We see the public and we pick on them! Or don’t find any substantioal reason and then don’t, but sometimes we make CNAs cry. We force nursing homes to conform to the rules and not beat on elderly people! Or steal their money or drug them into compliance. We need good press. I mean people just assume that we let facilities kill folk’s grandmas and eat the bodies for lunch but as long as they wear gloves and remember to chart it, the public thinks we’re cool with it. Ask around. We’re evil. But No. Maybe they would love us more if our nurses dressed more like TV Nurses or carried guns? ”does that man have an untreated pressure sore?! Here let me pull my 9mm out of my nurse hat”, BLAM I think it would help with the publics perception of us as well as improve health care.

I don’t think DoC needs this; everything on TV is about cops! If the DoC people want some positive attention they can watch Law and Order, The Community College and UNC people can check out Mr. Hollands Opus and feel all warm inside. There is no Law and Order - Nursing Home Abuse Unit.

I mean, if they wanted the rest of us to feel all sad and unloved, which they obviously did, why stick to the education people? Everyone all ready loves on teachers and colleges! They don’t need the reach around! It’s the folks in the less sexy parts of state government they should be showing the love for. How about Division of Insurance? I heard on the radio the other day that those winners spend so much time playing computer solitaire that the legislature is going to remove it from my computer as well! Those are some dedicated state employees. Do you have any idea how much computer solitaire you have to play to get the legislatures attention? Those are dedicated, commercial worthy, employees.