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city worker
we actually do more work than you think!
if theres ever a time where a tax payer confronts a city worker about ANYTHING, we must try to sympathize with them and agree with whatever they say(happens on a daily basis).
when people complain were lazy: "theres 5 guys just leaning on shovels doing nothing"...its usually because a) we cannot do anything until an excavator has dug out the hole. b) everyone has a job to do. if the lead-hand hasn't found the gas line or street lighting wires, we stay out of the hole until he's located it. c) the foreman sits in the truck all day because hes doing all the paper work for a job site, which isn't quite as easy as you think it is. being on the phone with telus, shaw, chevron, kinder morgan, jet fuel lines, hydro, all day etc. d) we're working to slow. we're actually usually working as fast as we can because we really dont want to have to do overtime if we dont need to.
attitudes change for the better when a fire hydrant gets hit by a car, water main breaks etc at 3am and their house is flooding, and a crew of workers wakes up in the middle of the night and rushes to that persons house to start repairing and fixing the street which can be a lengthy process. ive done 18 hour days a few times with 4-6 other guys just so 1 block could have water.
dont tip your garbage man with beer. your not the only one who tips them at christmas, trust me! they'll maybe keep a 24 pack. everything else other than that they'll either sell or return for the money. doing several hundred houses a day, with about 50 people tipping in 12-14 packs or wine........you've just made one guy rich today!
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