Rant

City of Calgary is a joke. They have COMPLETELY shut down all access to my street. They are tearing up the road so that it now looks like a giant checker board. I have construction vehicles parked not only in front of my driveway and my car blocking all access to that, but a giant crane. They gave us no notice about blocking us in. It is shear luck that Trevor is out with Elizabeth right now, or I would have no way to leave my house. Their solution for me, park in the lane, pray I don't get ticketed and towed, and haul my children through the mud bog back there to get into my house. Lovely. Wish I owned some gum boots.

One of the things I always think is fun to document is how they promise they will be done asap, and yet they all work so hard.

Picture 1

5 employees - 1 shoveling
- 1 driving the orange thing (technical term eh)
- 3 watching



Picture 2

7 employees - 1 driving the semi truck
- 1 driving the digger
- 1 sweeping the same patch of road for the past 10 minutes
- 4 watching.


Now I don't know if the guy sweeping and the guy sitting in the semi truck really count as "working" so I will split it. Sweeper is working, truck driver not working.

total men on site - 12
total men working - 4
total men not working - 8

nice

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LOL 10 minutes later I have a picture update

Just in case you were worried about them straining themselves standing there, don't worry they found a seat.


and if those 4 didn't have it down, there are these two, they found a nice shady spot. I hope the people who live in that house don't mind them taking a break there.


I'm glad the city found such steller contractors to spend tax money on.