A visit to your local ATC unit shouldn't have to be compulsory , you should absolutely want to visit us without any need for it to be a chore.
Doughnuts, biscuits, and a couple of pints at Christmas also not needed although terribly nice.
After you have visited us (and try to make it on a day when we are busy not a fogged out day so you don't see the LARS in operation) you will realise just how much work we do and the amount of work you do not see, such as the inter-unit co-ordination , which allows us to hand you over to the next unit with a squawk.
I see a lot of praise going to the Military here, I presume that is because they are handling many of you under a LARS , we civvies to do that.
We are not looking for praise , just a realisation that we have a job to do , we do it without prejudice , and we do it with your safety in mind at all times