Monday, October 10, 2005
Service
I spent sixteen years in the service. The Navy, to be exact. (FYI: NAVY stands for 'Never Again Volunteer Yourself.' Just ask any enlisted sailor.)
Because of my time in the military, I thought I had a handle on the meaning of the word "service."
I thought it meant "The act of doing things for other people."
Then I heard these terms:
Internal Revenue Service
Postal Service
Telephone Service
Utility Service
Civil Service
City/County Public Service
Customer Service
Service Stations
I became confused about the word "service." This is not what I thought "service" meant.
Then today, I overheard two farmers talking and one of them mentioned that he was having a bull over to "service" a few of his cows.
Bam! All at once it popped into perspective.
Now I understand what all those "service" agencies are really doing to us!
(Ok, this is old and probably lame, but after waiting ten minutes for service at McNuggetts with only one person in line in front of me, I thought it was appropriate.)
I spent sixteen years in the service. The Navy, to be exact. (FYI: NAVY stands for 'Never Again Volunteer Yourself.' Just ask any enlisted sailor.)
Because of my time in the military, I thought I had a handle on the meaning of the word "service."
I thought it meant "The act of doing things for other people."
Then I heard these terms:
Internal Revenue Service
Postal Service
Telephone Service
Utility Service
Civil Service
City/County Public Service
Customer Service
Service Stations
I became confused about the word "service." This is not what I thought "service" meant.
Then today, I overheard two farmers talking and one of them mentioned that he was having a bull over to "service" a few of his cows.
Bam! All at once it popped into perspective.
Now I understand what all those "service" agencies are really doing to us!
(Ok, this is old and probably lame, but after waiting ten minutes for service at McNuggetts with only one person in line in front of me, I thought it was appropriate.)
