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This matches my experience as well.

I suspect a big factor is that most civil-service jobs don't allow a person to be penalized or rewarded based on their general level of friendliness when dealing with the public / customers / constituents.

Some people in those positions are friendly despite the lack of extrinsic motivation, but not everyone is wired / conditioned to be like that.



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