At one time in my life, I thought I had a handle on the meaning 
of the word "service." "The act of doing things for other people."

Then I heard the terms:

* Internal Revenue Service

* Postal Service

* Telephone Service

* Civil Service

* City/County Public Service

* Customer Service

* Service Stations

And I became confused about the word "service." 
This is not what I thought  "service" meant.

Then today, I overheard two farmers talking and one of them mentioned that  
he was having a bull over to "service" a few of his cows.

SHAZAM! It all came into perspective. Now I understand what 
all those "service" agencies are doing to us.