Department of Health continues the debate

I agree that I doubt they are the biggest crooks around, but rather people working for a back-logged government agency. As one who works for a NYC department with a husband who works for a different department I can tell you the DoH doesn't sound too weird.

You complain that they do these things on Fridays to shut places down for 3-4 days for "Extortion". Not sure what money they get by restaurants not having customers.... Did you expect the inspectors to come in on their weekends because they felt so bad about a small restaurant?

Yes, some people's job affect other people more than another job might - but that doesn't mean they shouldn't get their weekends, work their actual hours, etc. because you don't like the consequences. I would love if the post office was open past 5pm, but I don't expect them to open for me and claim they are extorting money from me because i didn't get my mail sent out.....

I would be shocked that all reports are recorded on Hand-held devices only because I've never been in a NYC department where everyone knew how to check EMAIL let alone do something like that. I have to complete a file folder on each kid in my classroom and it follows them from K through 12th grade with teachers checking boxes, writing "NSN" (no symptoms noted) on their health forms year after year, adding papers to the file for years and years. Records of the kid on the computer only tell the phone numbers, addresses, and other basic info -- not their actual important information. I know ACS keeps all files on paper and then hires summer interns to re-type them into an unused data base...

if people think it's not fair, I hope they ignore these letter grades as much as they ignore the equally (or more so) unfair school letter grades posted at every public school. The city claims they are helping people make good choices, but ugh....trying to hold down rant...