Oh, the humanity! The government shutdown just claimed another group of victims:
Shutdown affects ppl Mems of Congress see daily. They push elevator buttons for them, serve them food, hold their doors; now home w no pay
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) October 1, 2013
Please! Won’t someone think of the elevator button pushers???
I know people need jobs but really? Shutdown affects ppl that push elevator buttons for them, serve them food, hold their doors;
— BHall (@consunite) October 1, 2013
#thestruggle MT @kasie Shutdown affects ppl Mems of Congress see daily. They push elevator buttons for them, serve them food …
— Яob (@robx_d) October 1, 2013
And what about the poor politicians who have to touch those dirty buttons themselves now?
@CindyCoops @kasie It's the REAL HORROR of the govt shutdown. Congressmen/women r forced to push their own elevator buttons & open doors!!!
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) October 1, 2013
https://twitter.com/Sac_Flys/status/385069239419162624
Damn, @kasie, I feel so bad for Congress. I hate having to push my own elevator buttons. #thestruggle #shutdown
— Josephine (@j0lyneskujo) October 1, 2013
*fighting back tears* "Don't you understand??? Members of Congress will have to push… THEIR OWN ELEVATOR BUTTONS!!!!" – @kasie
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 1, 2013
Dear God, you teabagging anarchist terrorists actually expect the ruling class to push their own ELEVATOR BUTTONS?!?
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) October 1, 2013
Oh, the suffering our oligarchs must endure.RT @BiasedGirl: RT @DLoesch: They can't push their own elevator buttons? https://t.co/qe3olyf4AN
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) October 1, 2013
How will @SenatorReid give @SpeakerBoehner the finger if he's pressing his own elevator buttons? @ExJon @iowahawkblog
— Dave McFarland, CPA (@CartersvilleCPA) October 1, 2013
Right?
.@SenatorReid I just heard the awful news. If you need anyone to teach you how to press elevator buttons, please let me know. #namaste
— jon gabriel (@exjon) October 1, 2013
Why are we only finding out about this now? This is information we could’ve used a while ago:
@kasie Boy I wish I could elevator push buttons for a living.
— Zach (@therealzache) October 1, 2013
https://twitter.com/rachelveronica/status/385067042266554368
If I'd known I could be paid to push elevator buttons or hold a panda webcam, I'd have moved to DC *years* ago. #governmentshutdown
— moodyredhead (@moodyredhead) October 1, 2013
Just when we thought the government couldn’t be any more of a pathetic joke.
@kasie We pay people, with our tax dollars, to push elevator buttons but you think the story here is congressmen's inconvenience?
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) October 1, 2013
wut? for real? RT "@anthropocon We're paying people to push elevator buttons for members of Congress? https://t.co/YptgYy1b6Z …
— LaurieAnn ??♂️? (@mooshakins) October 1, 2013
https://twitter.com/Currahee88/status/385068429138345985
Taxpayer money is being used to pay people to PUSH ELEVATOR BUTTONS for elitist jackwagons like @SenatorReid. https://t.co/56T7AlXk4A
— Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock (@kimmie_c_) October 1, 2013
@kasie So, what you're really saying is that our members of congress are too stupid to push their own elevator buttons? Sounds about right.
— FriscoFrog (@FrogHomer91) October 1, 2013
Wait we pay people to push elevator buttons for members of congress? No the federal government isn't bloated at all.
— markb (@cubscoltsfan) October 1, 2013
I am stuck in an elevator. Nobody to push the buttons because of the govt shutdown. I feel death approaching. Damn GOP!
— Lewis Amselem (@TheDiplomad) October 1, 2013
@kasie Members of Congress can hold their own gold chamber pots to piss into.
— Moe Lane (@Ogiel23) (@moelane) October 1, 2013
Seriously.
https://twitter.com/GOPfashionista/status/385070239156682753
Yep. The government’s quite capable of pushing buttons on its own. It manages to push ours every single day.
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