When I first started working for the state, custodial services were contracted out to a vocational rehab business. This business specialized in training mentally impaired people for custodial work. And so, it was not uncommon to have a mentally impaired person emptying the trash or sweeping the floors. But, as time went on, apparently there was a shortage of mentally impaired people so the program moved towards habitual criminals.<\/p>\n
Now, these people were not really all that bad, it was just that they had criminal records and therefore suspect to most employers. So, you never knew what the person ,who emptied your trash, had done time for. Hopefully, it was for drugs or prostitution and not something violent. But even this program approach had limits and began moving towards immigrants.<\/p>\n
Some of the immigrants are easy to spot because they don’t speak English. But, I suppose that a speech problem could also be the result of mental impairment. Anyway, I have to wonder if that pretty young woman who empties my trash is impaired, a criminal, an immigrant or all of the above. I suppose it would be rude to ask.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When I first started working for the state, custodial services were contracted out to a vocational rehab business. This business specialized in training mentally impaired people for custodial work. And so, it was not uncommon to have a mentally impaired … Continue reading