Hulky called his senator when they -I forget the term, but kept him on when he wad supposed to go home- and was very uncomfortable suddenly finding that a lot of people above him knew his name.
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Hulky called his senator when they -I forget the term, but kept him on when he wad supposed to go home- and was very uncomfortable suddenly finding that a lot of people above him knew his name.
[QUOTE=namelesswonder;1107874]Hulky called his senator when they -I forget the term, but kept him on when he wad supposed to go home- and was very uncomfortable suddenly finding that a lot of people above him knew his name.[/QUOTE]
Ah, the wonders of stoploss. Yeah, calling a senator would be jumping the chain-of-command a bit. Good on him for doing it though.
[QUOTE=Crabbcakes;1107868]Why, thank you! Maybe that's why... But seriously - this was central Texas and Ft Hood in the 70s - if it wasn't the MPs, it was the literalist Southern Baptists and demon possession for opening yourself up to them by sinning in a qwazillion different ways, or it was your elementary school with liberal paddling allowed by the teachers...[/QUOTE]
Sounds like fun...or something... :confused:
[QUOTE=drssgchic;1107342]The whole "we need to save money so let's cut firefighters/cops/teachers" thing always flummoxed me. People would end up better educated, safer, and have no more taxes if we cut some bureaucrats instead.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, why don't they say "if we don't pass this bill, we're going to have to lay off those 4 people in the back of the license commissioners office that were talking and laughing while an average caveman stands in line waiting to get his tags renewed and the 4 never-in-a-rush-and-lacking-a-personality-teller-ladies do all the work". Or my favorite "if we don't pass this bill, there won't be anyone to watch that one poor sucker on the road department do all the manual labor".
I am thinking of writing to Nancy Pelosi to let her know that a paycut would be beneath the dignity of my position, but I doubt she would agree. Apparently that only applies to members of Congress.
Ah, I see you've met the DOT work chain: 1 guy with a shovel, 12 supervisors, 3 consultants, and one safety guy. It's worse that a freaking Baptist church.
[QUOTE=naiadknight;1108066]It's worse that a freaking Baptist church.[/QUOTE]
True. Though I hear the DoT allows dancing.
[QUOTE=naiadknight;1108066]Ah, I see you've met the DOT work chain: 1 guy with a shovel, 12 supervisors, 3 consultants, and one safety guy. It's worse that a freaking Baptist church.[/QUOTE]
Around here it's one with a shovel, one on the phone watching, 2 in the truck watching, 2 on the tailgate of the truck talking and not watching (on break I guess). Our state, of course, has a smaller road system I reckon.
Only off duty, Canio. Nothing must interrupt that work flow, y'know.
Since we're one of the more hungry TxDoT districts, we tend to have one guy in the loader, one guy making halfhearted come forward signals, one guy leaning on the sign and texting, 2 guys in the truck and 3 guys at the water jug.
[QUOTE=justyouraveragecavemen;1108073]Around here it's one with a shovel, one on the phone watching, 2 in the truck watching, 2 on the tailgate of the truck talking and not watching (on break I guess). Our state, of course, has a smaller road system I reckon.[/QUOTE]
And only 3 State Troopers on the road at any one time...... I used to live in LA.... Lower Alabama..