Significant Personal Sacrifice To Public Good

• Significant personal sacrifice should not be necessary to contribute to the public good. Those that work in public service do not always realize what they are sacrificing. My husband is a good example. He is a mechanic and works on garbage trucks. You would think that there is no sacrifice for him. He works 40 hours a week making sure the trucks are safe and operational. The sacrifice is often ignored, but very real. He has gotten injured, he deals with the waste that ends up in the trucks, and has the potential to be exposed to all kinds of disease. His sacrifice may not seem significant compared to someone who has given up everything, and his service may seem small, but how do you imagine our streets would look without working garbage