Let me start off by explaining, I am a probation officer. Without getting into to all the schemantics about how the system is broken and how public employees are being unfairly vilified, I will say it is unique opportunity to really see how other people live. Not only do I get to enter people's homes but I get to look through all of their stuff. The only common demoninator is that the people were convicted of a crime, but it stretches across every race, gender, ethnicity and socioeconomic group. I have been in some of the finest homes in exclusive areas and some of the most run down public housing complexes. I have witnessed the best and worst that humanity has to offer. Some of the most surprising things that I've noted are:
-fewer people sleep with sheets on their bed than you'd think. I have always slept with a fitted sheet over my mattress and was surprised to find how many people don't.
-more people than I ever expected allow their dogs to poop inside. Not on a "wee wee pad" but on the floor.
-there are rogue chunks of artificial hair and used condoms everywhere. Take a look around the next public parking lot you're in, I'll bet you see some.
-Always keep your eyes open, you never know what you'll see on the road. Some of the coolest wildlife I've seen in the most unlikely places.
-The grossest place in a teenage boy's room is the space between his bed and the wall.
-A lot of young girls take naked pictures of themselves and give them to people. It is surprising how many of these photos you find in guy's underwear drawers
-If I can't laugh at it, it'll drive me crazy.
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