STATE WORKERS COUNTY ASSISTANCE OFFICE DOSE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE AND I DO NOT THINK THEY LIKE IT.
The pleas were also personal, telling of individual hardships to come if paychecks stop.
Employees International Union Local 668 who work at the nearby Cumberland County Assistance Office stood at the corner of York Road and Westminster Drive to call for on-time paychecks. DAN GLEITER, The Patriot-News Dept. of Revenue employee Yvette Wright of Harrisburg wears a State Volunteer headband at the rally. “We came out today to show our distaste against our legislators who can’t pass the budget,” said Scott Shirk, of Boiling Springs, chief shopster of the Cumberland County CAO. “Later on today I’m supposed to take my daughter for an orthodontist appointment,” he said. “I’m supposed to write a check for $800. How do you tell a 13 year-old you can’t do that?”
I have a 5 year-old and a 5-month old and they have to eat,” said Serena Owens, 25, of Carlisle. “I have to get food and formula for them from the food bank because I’m not getting any money. And I would like somebody to tell me how I’m supposed to feed them or how I’m supposed to put gas in my car, because I have to come to work and it doesn’t run off water.”
I guess you know how it feels now, like the others in the same position that come to you for help.
How do we all tell our kids we can’t do that??
Maybe the County Assistance workers are getting a dose of their own medicine, I don’t think they like the taste!
I do not want to see anyone lose their jobs, but I can tell you I have seen first hand how many who have lost health care or jobs are treated when to go to these same offices for help. There are always an exception, I am talking about the majority and what I have seen first hand.
I tried to help a friend who was diabetic, lost his job and had no insulin. Maybe they couldn’t have helped him right away, but it was the way they didn’t help and treated him. They were sarcastic, they made him wait forever, they gave him no info (I ended up buying him $103 dollars so he didn’t go into shock.) When he went in, he stood at the front desk with a line of about 10 poeple and it took forever for him to get waited on as they work as slow as possible. When they finally took us back, they treated him like some kind of low life because he lost his job, they told him that they had a right to wait 30 days for a decision and he would be hearing from them. They gave him no other info, I called Harrisburg for him and there was nothing they could do before the 30 day period. They were just horrible.
My daughter lost her job and applied for medical for her daughter as she lost her benefits. The run around they gave her was uncalled for. Sending her notices that her daughters benefits would be cut off because she didn’t submit something, when she had submitted it weeks before, lost paper work, mailing her a notice in Jan. for something that should have been mailed in June. They are just awful! They never answer the phone, ever, or return a call. The receptionist there just takes up a chair for her pay, she has one speed and its slow, I mean slow!!!
There is no excuse for the above, none at all. There are many people hurting now and were before, when you go to these places for help you should not have to deal with a nasty or lazy attitude. They are getting paid to do their job, half of them should be fired anyway, all the ones with these attitudes do not deserve a paycheck. Gov. Rendell should do a complete overhaul of these State Workers, they do not deserve a pay. In all honesty, I think the ones that go into to work and do their job right, and are thankful that they have it should work and recieve their pay, on the other hand, the ones that are just taking a chair and are miserable and lazy, they need fired asap, that would help the budget !
I guess they are seeing now how others feel when they come to them for help and they don’t like it. Oh Well, it tough times now for many, don’t like the medicine do you???
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