The Crown of a Toilet Cleaner’s Career The author criticizes a new public service director’s statement that her appointment is the ‘crown of her career,’ contrasting it with the efforts of ordinary workers and questioning the societal value system that elevates such pronouncements. The author also refutes the director’s claim that honest citizens have nothing to object to in the news program, viewing it as divisive and reminiscent of past political rhetoric. The piece concludes by likening the defense of those in leadership positions to justifications used by war criminals and questioning the national anthem’s somber tone.

• The author expresses disdain for the Public Secret Service’s Dnevnik 2, attributing it to personal discomfort.
• A newly appointed director’s statement about her career peak is criticized as self-serving and out of touch.
• The author proposes a revised value system where the achievements of ordinary workers, like a toilet cleaner, are recognized.
• The director’s defense of the news program and her division of citizens into ‘honest’ and ‘dishonest’ are decried as divisive and manipulative.
• The author draws parallels between the justifications of public service employees and those of Nazis at Nuremberg, and questions the tone of the national anthem.