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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband and I are feds who have been working in person in our crowded, old offices with rats and windows that don't work and people who aren't wearing masks (not just former Trump administration but career civil servants) since March. My husband received a recall notice. I did not but as a supervisor was told to be in person or my entire team would have to come in including a 70 year old cancer survivor, a mom whose baby is in the NICU from being born premature, a colleague with sickle cell anemia and another colleague who has COPD.

My husband was told no exceptions. Not health, not child care, not virtual learning. So I have very little patience for teachers who think they are special and unique. My husband and I are not special. We are not different. We know that as civil servants, we work even when we don't get paid. I have worked in hurricanes, at the border, lived in a tent, had no running water. All in the US. My husband has been traveling this entire time on behalf of the government.

We had to get child care for our school age boys. We had to get a tutor and a babysitter because there is only after care at a different site location and our kids are only two days a week.

My opinion of people who want to work from home as a profession that is in person has really caused me to not like some people. I understand people with a health issue, but guess what? Until this month I was not vaccinated. My agency didn't bother registering us. My husband got his vaccinations in February. After almost a year of being in crowded places in public (he works in law enforcement).

If we did not return to work, we were fired. We are not bargaining unit employees. Without jobs, our kids don't have a home, food or anything else. We can't afford to live in DC. I am sick of people telling me I have a "cush government job". Come live out of a tent in an area plagued by poverty, disease, homelessness and social unrest.

I have two boys, 7 and 5. Imagine being away from your kids for several months for your job because you are deployed. No I am not military. My husband and I both have been away from our sons for months during the pandemic. Protecting you. And we don't think we are heroes, special or unique. We are doing a job we are committed to doing and believe in because we are public servants. Public service is a public trust. We signed up for this, even in a global pandemic. [/quote]

I am so sad that you chose that life for you and your family. So dreadful.[/quote]

What a surprise.  The sanctimommy.

Trust that you can never, ever tell the truth of your life on DCUM without someone telling you you’re a bad parent.  [/quote]

It’s not just DCUM. I’ve heard teachers say that I should have had an abortion because my DC never had a nanny. And I’m white.[/quote]

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