What Most Social Workers Wish Would Happen Anytime Ill-Informed Politicians Start Talking About The Homeless:

Well, if they weren't living off the syst-- *Bag in face*

This Is Pretty Much A Visible Metaphor For Those Trying To Find Housing And Get Off Of The Streets:

It's much harder than most people realize to pull oneself out of homelessness, give them a break.

When You Watch The Local News And None Of Your Clients Were On It:

Yay! I don't have to visit jail tomorrow... as far as I know.

When You Get A Social Work Intern That Loves Doing Data Entry:

I won the lottery and the jackpot!

Why We Have Clients Check In Skateboards At The Shelter:

After the third person in a week decided they made decent baseball bats, we decided we liked our shelter head-trauma free.

When Your Neediest Clients Hear That You're Back From Vacation:

Pretty Much Your Entire First Year Working In Social Work Or Counseling:

It's okay, everyone has to start somewhere.

When You Wander Up To A Group Of Your Clients As They Talk, In Detail, About Their Sex Lives:

If mind-bleach were an actual product, I would buy a Costco-sized keg of it.

When You Get A Business Card With A Social Security Department Representatives' Direct Phone Number On It:

I don't have to listen to hold music!!!

Sometimes After A Rough Day You Need A Little Extra Support:

And that's okay, that's what support systems are for.

What Happens Internally When You're At A Social Gathering And Someone Starts Mocking The Population You Work With:

Outwardly you tell them where to go, what they can ride there and who all can go with them.

When You've Spent An Entire Week Working On The Zoo That Is Your Clients' Dysfunctional Relationships:

It's safer and less likely to include 'Baby Daddies.'

When You Haven't Even Had Your First Cup Of Coffee Yet, But You Already Have 19 Crisis Messages On Your Desk:

That Moment When Someone Says, "Helping People Must Be So Rewarding, I'll Bet If They Stopped Paying You You'd Still Keep Doing What You're Doing:"

Bahahahahaha! No. I like cheese. I need money to buy cheese.

What It Feels Like To Have Your Program's Budget Halved But Then Be Told You're Expected To Have The Same Outcomes As Last Year:

You Can Always Tell The Newbie Social Workers From The Burned Out Social Work Veterans By The Way They Handle Conflict:

When You Manage To Complete Your End Of The Year Reporting Before the Year Ends:

I dreamed a dream in days gone by... but then my ancient computer crashed.