The real squalor in Service work is drudgery such as ”the quarterlies,” traipsing out four times a year, year in, year out, to interview the various pathetic wretches, many of them in prisons and asylums, who have seen fit to threaten the President’s life.

traipse (v) : walk or tramp about [syn: shlep] – source: The Hacker Crackdown, Part Three