Entitlement

Where on God's green earth does this evil little booger come from?

Why can I see a client that is dead-broke and appreciative of getting $100 in food stamps, and in the same day have someone making $1500/month curse me out for not getting any food stamps?

How do people develop the mindset that because they have been paying taxes all their lives, they deserve the assistance more than people who have always been poor?

I get so frustrated seeing clients who expect me to bend the rules for them, just because they fell on hard times but promise to get off aid as soon as they find another job. I hate these people who talk down to the mentally ill, and the single mothers, and all the other folks who come in here needing help, genuinely needing help, and all they see are beggars. They don't realize that half the people in here are no different than them, and they treat them like dirt, and me like some cruel vengeful wench, when they don't get what they expected.

I heard once that Fairness is getting what you need, not giving everyone the same thing. SO when people come in and complain that so-and-so gets Food Stamps and owns a house and three cars while they don't qualify for CMSP when owning the same, it frustrates the hell out of me.

How do you explain to someone that there are regulations we have to follow, and these programs are made to supplement someone's life, not pay for their needs entirely? How do I explain to someone that the people who get full benefits have nothing. No job. No home. No work experience. No family to support them. nd they are here with a roof over their head, and money being given to them until they get back on their feet.

Aaaaaarrrgh.