A short road trip today took me to the quaint town of Grantsville, Utah. I stopped at the city office to see what my youngest might be doing. She recently changed careers from taking crap from people(she worked as a restaurant server), to that of giving a lot of crap to people. She is now the cashier in charge of collecting fines for Chief Wiggum and the Police Department and also collecting money for the water bills of the local citizenry.Annie seems to be well suited for this role. After waiting tables for several years, and listening to the endless complaints of numerous customers, I think Annie was just about out of nice.
I think her supply of civility was nearly exhausted. A change of scenery seems to have done wonders for her. The picture of her smiling was taken just after she told the water department foreman to shut off the water at the local senior citizens center. She explained that she was doing this to help slow the flow and all of those old people that frequent the center had used more water in their long lifetimes than they actually deserved. She sees this as effective governmental decision making. I also saw her smile like this when she told someone that if she had her way the fine for all speeding tickets would be doubled, not just the ones in a construction zone. In the picture where Annie appears to have her eyes closed, she is actually dozing off while a local scofflaw is telling her that if he pays his $150.00 fine for speeding he will not be able to pay his $150.00 water bill. Annie told him to pay the speeding fine. The water would be shut off but he could at least drive himself to the city hall and use the water fountain in the front hall but only Mon-Fri 9a-5p and don't show up on one of the 39 legal federal, state, county, and city holidays.
If you happen to to need to pay a fine or assessment at her desk, treat it like you were at the Soup Nazi's Kitchen. No light chit-chat, no witty banter, no idle conversation. Also, please have the correct change. Annie doesn't like to make change. Ask for a receipt at your own risk.
9 comments:
I am glad to see Annie since she is on blogger vacation. I am happy to see she is doing well.
It would be so gratifying to collect ticket money and shut off water to people who don’t pay their bills. Maybe I need to change careers too.
Dad...seriously? See that lady in the background of one of those pictures???? She looks nervous. Just don't send her a rotten pizza in the mail like you did one of my co-workers.
Good for Annie!! It's great when you can get all your furstrations out at work. Then you can come home and be happy for your loved ones. :D
dad, you have too much time on your hands! but i love the post. annie looks very office-ish.
if i would have known you were coming i would have done my hair or something. and yes, i do wear my sweater even when it is 100 outside. its cold at work!
i also had a lengthy conversation with my co-workers about you dad. i think you could lighten things up around here!
my advice to speeders and other law breakers, don't do it! going 36 in a 35 is still speeding!!! and, its not my fault you have to pay a fine. you're the idiot that broke the law, get over it!
Annie looks like Pam from "The Office".
Keep it up Annie-
"That's what she said!"
when are you dropping by my office Jim?
You got to love Grantsville. I love the photos. You are lucky to have a daughter in the office. Oh wait! Maby you better stay out of Tooele County, now that the cops have been tipped off about red pickup trucks.
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