When You Have A Day Off To Make Up For Your Extra Hours At Work And Someone Calls You With A Work Problem:

Sorry, not in the office can't help you. Oh, and I'm driving through a tunnel, while on an airplane, while hanging up on you.

My New Agency-Wide Stress Reduction Plan:

It might also get the mice out of my office.

What Happens When Your Attention Needy Client (Who Always Has A Handy Side Of Hot Mess) Feels Like Someone Is Out-Drama-Ing Them:

Alright, misery is not a competition! You can both be miserable and both can have mental health called on them, okay? Okay.

When You See One Of Your Emotionally Needy Clients At The Grocery Store:

I don't want to do case management by the cantaloupe!

What Generally Happens At About 5:15 PM On Friday Right After Getting Home From Work:

 

When A Politician Claims To "Love Children" But Then Votes To Cut Funding For Food Stamps And WIC Programs:

So you love kids... but you don't care if they eat or not. Hmm...

There's Always That One Coworker At The Annual Staff Party Who Has Just A Bit Too Much Of The Complimentary Wine:

"But the drinks... the drinks... are ffffffree."

My Reaction Whenever The News Refers To Homeless Or "Street-Kids" As "Rejects:"

When You Catch 3 Different Illnesses From Various Sick Clients All At Once:

I have a cold, the flu and possibly typhoid.

When That Piece Of Legislation You Have Fought For For Years To Protect Your Clients Finally Passes:

When The Newest Hired Staff To Take On A Brand New Grant Insists That He Or She Get All New Office Technology To Run Their New Program:

My computer is still running Windows Vista. Good luck getting that iPad buddy.

When Your Client Won't Make Up Their Mind About Which Program They Want You To Help Them Enroll In... For Three Days:

Why You Should Never Go Grocery Shopping After A Full Day Of Crisis Management:

The next morning: Can anyone tell me why I bought three pounds of mint leaves and an entire flat of Go-gurt?

When A Brand New Client Wants You To Find Him Or Her Housing, Transportation, A Job And Fix Their Social Security Issues Today... Right Now:

I am not the magical crisis fairy. We will get to as much as we can today, but there is no magic wand.

What Basically Happens Whenever The Government Tries To "Update" Any Of Their Programs Or Systems:

 

So you took the program that only works on outdated versions of Internet Explorer and made it so that it works on absolutely nothing!

What Forward Movement And Progress For Your Clients Sometimes Looks Like:

They made it an entire week without being cited for something by a police officer or being drunk in public! Pull out the ticker tape, we're throwing a parade!

When You Find Out That The Major Grant You Were Awarded Requires You To Change Half Of Your Program So That You Remain In Compliance For The Money:

Your Reaction When, After Massive Funding Cuts, Your Executive Director Suggests That You Can Manage Two Other Programs Because, "They're Kind Of Like Your Current One, Right?"