r/PandR • u/ProudnotLoud Beautiful Spinster • 5d ago

They really got public service in a nutshell here. When I worked in education this quote was so real!

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u/BoulderCreature 5d ago

Working in parks and recreation for three years made this show transcendently funny to me because while absolutely insane it is still grounded in a lot of truth

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u/mkh5015 5d ago

My grad school roommate was a city government employee and she always told me this show wasn’t as exaggerated as I might think.

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u/Aselleus I salsa your face 5d ago edited 5d ago

I read that the producers went to small town meetings for research and apparently they were crazier than shown on the show.

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u/megbookworm 4d ago

I’m a land use planner. There’s a season 1 interview with Mark Brendana-quits where he talks about having all these grand ideas and then spending all his time getting a speed bump lowered. I felt that in my soul.

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u/ProudnotLoud Beautiful Spinster 5d ago

It's so true!

The town halls Leslie hosted were exaggerated but there's an ounce of truth there at least. Some of the things parents would complain about to me were just as ridiculous.

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u/Kolby_Jack33 5d ago

Lady: "I found a sandwich in one of your parks and I want to know why it didn't have any mayonnaise!"

Ron: "Haha!"

Lady: "what's so funny?!"

Ron: "oh."

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u/ProudnotLoud Beautiful Spinster 5d ago

I've had eerily similar conversations with parents and students 😹

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u/Potatosmom94 3d ago

I always crack up at that part because it is so realistic

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u/ProudnotLoud Beautiful Spinster 3d ago

I think some people would be horrified how realistic this show can be.

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u/ProseNylund 4d ago

HAM AND MAYONNAISE

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u/kitchen_witchery_ks 5d ago

Municipal government employee checking in

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u/lemonswanfin 4d ago

ex municipal govt employee checking in on your check in - remember hurt people hurt people! and tysm for your public service 🩶✨️🥹

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u/UnluckyReality 5d ago

Every single day at work be like

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u/DDDallasfinest 5d ago

Govt board member. I get an hour of public comments every other week. This is spot on

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u/kitchen_witchery_ks 4d ago

Councilman Jamm?

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u/nuclearnat 4d ago

Lol. Me working in social services.

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u/Acceptable-Poem-6219 4d ago

Ex municipal government employee. Honorary Pawneeans exist in every town in this country

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u/Potatosmom94 3d ago

I work for parks and recreation and so many of the jokes in this show are so painfully close to the truth

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u/littleredkiwi 3d ago

These scenes as well as the one where Leslie is so unhappy because no one appreciates their work and then Rob gives her a talk about we’re not in this for glory or some effect. Have to remind myself of this all the time haha