Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Tue, Jun 17 2008
Dead raccoon painted over by yellow striping
I think I once saw this in a cartoon. I've seen crews laying down striping before and they generally have at least one person actually looking at the roadway as they paint. In order for striping to go right over a dead raccoon there had to be a certain amount of either inattention or outright defiance. And aren't there usually at least two people involved in these striping jobs? Was anyone watching the road at all? I generally have great respect for these workers, in spite of all the kidding that goes on about them taking six people to stand around while one works. They put their lives on the line to work in areas where drivers speed right alongside them as they attempt to improve our roads. But someone, maybe more than one someone, was mentally out-to-lunch on this particular job and should have been heavily reprimanded, if not fired.
posted at: 06:54 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
I think I once saw this in a cartoon. I've seen crews laying down striping before and they generally have at least one person actually looking at the roadway as they paint. In order for striping to go right over a dead raccoon there had to be a certain amount of either inattention or outright defiance. And aren't there usually at least two people involved in these striping jobs? Was anyone watching the road at all? I generally have great respect for these workers, in spite of all the kidding that goes on about them taking six people to stand around while one works. They put their lives on the line to work in areas where drivers speed right alongside them as they attempt to improve our roads. But someone, maybe more than one someone, was mentally out-to-lunch on this particular job and should have been heavily reprimanded, if not fired.
posted at: 06:54 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
