I have been in the Civil engineering field for 13 years now and seen the stupidest behavior imaginable. What makes it worse is that this behavior has the potential to take the life of the men and women working on these sites.
Here are just two examples:
1. We are repairing a 4 lane road in Detroit, we have shut down the southbound lanes and have traffic re-routed this traffic to one of the north bound lanes. Suddenly we hear a loud 'CRUNCH' and turn around to see some *sshole who has gone between the barrels with his front end buried in 9 inches of wet concrete. He gestures with his arms to help him, the contractor looks at me and I say: "F*ck him. Let it set and we'll pay you to saw cut it later.' Well, his Astro was rear-wheel drive and he eventually rocked his way free. When he passed us he stopped and called US *ssholes. I politely informed him it was best for him to go and park his van immediately and let it drip off.
If he had not hit that wet patch, would he have hit one of us?
2. We are repairing a road in Livonia and a worker is walking around a backhoe. Suddenly a woman, who is distracted, starts taking out barrels as she plows along. She missed him by inches because HE dove in front of the backhoe. If the operator had been as distracted as the woman driver, the man could have been killed. The operator stopped short of setting the 'bucket' down on his prone body.
If the man hadn't moved so fast and the operator not reacted so quickly, would his children and wife be mourning him right now?
I see this kind of crap all the time, but only give two examples for brevity?s sake. Give these people and their families some courtesy and respect: slow down when going through construction zones and pay attention! These people are working for your benefit as well as their own.
Here are just two examples:
1. We are repairing a 4 lane road in Detroit, we have shut down the southbound lanes and have traffic re-routed this traffic to one of the north bound lanes. Suddenly we hear a loud 'CRUNCH' and turn around to see some *sshole who has gone between the barrels with his front end buried in 9 inches of wet concrete. He gestures with his arms to help him, the contractor looks at me and I say: "F*ck him. Let it set and we'll pay you to saw cut it later.' Well, his Astro was rear-wheel drive and he eventually rocked his way free. When he passed us he stopped and called US *ssholes. I politely informed him it was best for him to go and park his van immediately and let it drip off.
If he had not hit that wet patch, would he have hit one of us?
2. We are repairing a road in Livonia and a worker is walking around a backhoe. Suddenly a woman, who is distracted, starts taking out barrels as she plows along. She missed him by inches because HE dove in front of the backhoe. If the operator had been as distracted as the woman driver, the man could have been killed. The operator stopped short of setting the 'bucket' down on his prone body.
If the man hadn't moved so fast and the operator not reacted so quickly, would his children and wife be mourning him right now?
I see this kind of crap all the time, but only give two examples for brevity?s sake. Give these people and their families some courtesy and respect: slow down when going through construction zones and pay attention! These people are working for your benefit as well as their own.
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