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Post by Taildragger on Feb 2, 2020 18:44:12 GMT -5
Please don't introduce partisan political comments into this thread, because it would be inappropriate to do so here. I'm just relating an anecdotal tale illustrating the generalized tendency of government to be wasteful, regardless of what political party controls it at any given point in time.
So I'm at the beach checking the surf this afternoon. There's a state park employee using a gas leaf blower to blow sand off the sidewalk that runs from the parking lot to the bathrooms. There's a 20-mph side-shore wind blowing, moving the sand back onto the sidewalk as soon as she blows it off. Being that it's a Sunday, she's probably also drawing some sort of premium extra pay on top of her normal hourly wage in order to perform this useful function on the Sabbath.
Ah, me...
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Post by Taildragger on Feb 2, 2020 19:15:53 GMT -5
The more I think about it, the more I've decided that I was actually quite fortunate to witness such an apt visual metaphor for how government works...
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Post by K4 on Feb 2, 2020 20:16:09 GMT -5
I was a supervisor at two union shops. I think I understand.
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Post by Mfitz804 on Feb 2, 2020 20:42:02 GMT -5
The more I think about it, the more I've decided that I was actually quite fortunate to witness such an apt visual metaphor for how government works... That does basically sum it up right there, doesn’t it? |
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Post by guildx700 on Feb 2, 2020 20:49:23 GMT -5
As a business, the gubbermint would be likened/compared to such failures as Worldcom, K Mart/Sears, Toys R Us, Lehman Bros....just to name a few.
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Post by gato on Feb 3, 2020 6:45:44 GMT -5
Gummint work crew:
One to do the digging
One to watch the digging
One to supervise the digging and watching
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Post by Mfitz804 on Feb 3, 2020 9:03:16 GMT -5
Gummint work crew: One to do the digging One to watch the digging One to supervise the digging and watching Pretty much. Our road crews out here see to have two guys whose main function is smoking while halfheartedly holding a "Stop/Go" sign to direct traffic from either end of the road obstruction. Most of the time, traffic is just going by and they aren't really directing anything. They do seem pretty focused on the smoking, though. |
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Post by damuniz on Feb 3, 2020 10:25:23 GMT -5
I work for a civilian Gov't agency. You have no idea.
Don't get me started about the DOD.
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Post by professor on Feb 3, 2020 10:29:00 GMT -5
Not government related, but I did see two landscape crews engaged in a leaf blowing back and forth from yard to yard in Hollywood. They finally resolved to blow them into the street.
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Post by stratcat ♠ on Feb 3, 2020 10:40:53 GMT -5
Gummint work crew: One to do the digging One to watch the digging One to supervise the digging and watching
All while; they all came in three separate .gov vehicles, and all vehicles are gasoline and running while parked.
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Post by NoSoapRadio on Feb 3, 2020 12:47:31 GMT -5
^^ I had a summer job when I was in high school with the town parks department. We'd meet at the town barn in the morning and be dispatched for the day's work. Why do we need eight kids to cut the grass in front of the library? was an often asked question:
Two guys coming,
Two guys going,
Two guys peeing,
Two guys mowing.
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Post by Taildragger on Feb 3, 2020 12:53:26 GMT -5
Two guys coming, Two guys going, Two guys peeing, Two guys mowing. Aren't those lyrics from a Byrds song? |
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Post by Tequila Rob on Feb 3, 2020 13:16:39 GMT -5
Gummint work crew: One to do the digging One to watch the digging One to supervise the digging and watching and at least Ten to hold the extra shovels..
your welcome...;-0
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Post by blindfingers on Feb 3, 2020 15:41:46 GMT -5
Around here we have the following: What's yellow and sleeps 4?"
A PennDOT truck!
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Post by tahitijack on Feb 3, 2020 16:39:42 GMT -5
I have a name for government workers....pension planers.
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Post by Seldom Seen on Feb 3, 2020 16:39:57 GMT -5
Was her name Sisyphus?
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Feb 3, 2020 17:46:24 GMT -5
"and at least Ten to hold the extra shovels..
your welcome...;-0"
It's just a matter of time before the three-man shovel finds its way to the US and into government and union work.
Yes, it is a real thing:
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Post by Ragtop on Feb 4, 2020 4:54:57 GMT -5
I worked for the City of Omaha Parks Department in the summers during college.
One year they had purchased a farm and were turning it into a new park. They planned to use the farmhouse as the caretaker's residence. It needed a new roof, so the builder's supply company dropped off a couple of pallets of shingles. They sent me down there to haul the bundles of shingles from the ground to the roof via a ladder. Hard work. Then the city carpenters showed up and we put the new roof on. (This was back when you would just put the new roof over the old roof.) It was a small house, just took a couple days. Looked good when we got done.
Then the City changed its mind and tore the house down. If the taxpayers only knew what goes on.
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Post by swampyankee on Feb 4, 2020 8:13:25 GMT -5
Ok, since no one has posted the joke yet, although appropo -
The governor was riding down the highway in his limo whe he spied two state workers on the roadside, one digging holes, the other filling them in. He had the limo driver pull up and he rolled down the window and asked, "Hey, what are you guys doing?" One of the workers stopped, wiped his brow and replied, "We're planting trees." The governor asked, "Well, where are the trees then?" The worker replied, "Oh, that guy is out today."
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Post by Opie on Feb 4, 2020 8:25:10 GMT -5
When I was sixteen I landed a summer job working for the city water department. We would occasionally lower water lines where they were paving over dirt roads, but mostly the four of us would find hidden fire hydrants from some failed subdivision and open them up tp flush them out. 2-3 a day, sitting around shooting the bull. Why I didn't stick with 'govment work I'll never know.
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Post by hushnel on Feb 4, 2020 9:37:59 GMT -5
Heard on an open channel, “Jack, the dang truck took off before the shovels were unloaded.” Jack. “Damn, well they’ll just have to lean on each other until the shovels show up.”
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