Hard Decisions

[Mickey Richaud]

With the economy, businesses are looking for ways to cut back.

Some are taking the approach this one did. Looks like Andre's getting a pink slip...

 

[RonMacPherson]

Except for the long sleeves, looks like our Hawaii state highway repair department.


Standing joke out here:

What's white, has seals on the side and sleeps three?





State highway workers truck. one on the ground working, three inside sleeping...

 

[JodyFKerr]

I love that picture, it was the desktop image for my work PC for a couple years.

 

[Silverghost]

Except for the long sleeves, looks like our <span style="font-weight: bold">(your state name here)</span> state highway repair department.

Who HASN'T seen this situation in a work zone on a highway/road/street where you live?? :laugh:

 

[JamesWilson]

That's not right, not right, AT ALL...

Here, they just dig a hole, put up a few dozens orange cones around it, and leave...

for two, or three months....

 

[70herald]

That's not right, not right, AT ALL...

Here, they just dig a hole, put up a few dozens orange cones around it, and leave...

for two, or three months....

Just a hole??? The city is building a light train running from the north /south and making a detour east / west while they are at it. We now have a 30Km long hole with a huge bridge going nowhere in the middle. The latest optimistic prediction is that it MIGHT be running by 2011. Nice bridge though! I can see the top half of it from my apartment.

 

[69tr]

Virginia has developed a great cost saving device.




A shovel that will stand up by itself.

 

[terriphill]

That would be funny if it weren't true!! My husbands company recently promoted a fellow into a position where he sits around looking into ways to save the company money (at 6 figures btw) What did they come up with...to lay off all of their install guys (who make about 1/5 what these guys do)...Hmm, "Looks like Andre is about to be out of a job!"

 

[Steve]

As is usually the case, the managers cut the staff in order to save their little niches. I could elaborate, but we can't have one of Basil's moderators breaking his rules, now can we? :wink:

 

[Steve]

That's not right, not right, AT ALL...

Here, they just dig a hole, put up a few dozens orange cones around it, and leave...

for two, or three months....

Just a hole??? The city is building a light train running from the north /south and making a detour east / west while they are at it. We now have a 30Km long hole with a huge bridge going nowhere in the middle. The latest optimistic prediction is that it MIGHT be running by 2011. Nice bridge though! I can see the top half of it from my apartment.

Milwaukee has much in common with Jerusalem. We too have a bridge that goes nowhere, only ours has been there going nowhere for decades now! (The project was scrapped after the bridge had been built).

We also have a Calatrava!