I HATE The Hero Label....

I HATE the hero label.

I've never hidden that in these forums. It's wrong. It's misleading.

And then my worst nightmare came true this week.....

My own agency started a new campaign for the public to show their support and some misinformed public servant came up with this gem:

http://www.ses.vic.gov.au/CA256AEA002F0EC7/page/National+SES+Week?O...=~

The reaction from the members has been strong.

The reactions from the staff members has been strong.

We'll see how long this campaign goes for before they pull it. My gut feel is that it's here to stay- unfortunately. :-(

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Permalink Reply by DUST on October 23, 2010 at 6:50am

Plus Lutan the guy on the campaign poster doesn't even look like you! Ha,ha! Oh well, what can you do...my administration things we are "overstaffed and overpaid." What a joke that is!

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Permalink Reply by Scott Burnette on October 23, 2010 at 8:09am

Remember folks "hero" is a very short lived status. After 9-11 my department and others in the Central Virginia area raised 100'sof thousands of dollars over a weekend to send to the NY brothers. People were giving us money as fast as we could empty the boots. Try it now!!! Like others here have said hero is nothing more than doing our jobs, paid or volunteer. In the imortal words of "oddball" on Kelly's Heroes " a hero is some kiind of weird sandwich"