OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

A guy stopped at a local gas station, and after filling his tank, he paid the bill and bought a soft drink. He stood by his car to drink his cola and watched a couple of men working along the roadside. One man would dig a hole two or three feet deep and then move on. The other man came along behind him and filled in the hole. While one was digging a new hole, the other was 25 feet behind filling in the hole.

The men worked right past the guy with the soft drink and went on down the road. "I can't stand this," said the man tossing the can into a trash container and headed down the road toward the men. "Hold it, hold it," he said to the men. "Can you tell me what's going on here with all this digging and refilling?"

"Well, we work for the government and we're just doing our job," one of the men said.

"But one of you is digging a hole and the other fills it up. You're not accomplishing anything. Aren't you wasting the taxpayers' money?"

"You don't understand, mister," one of the men said, leaning on his shovel and wiping his brow. "Normally there's three of us: Me, Elmer and Leroy. I dig the hole, Elmer sticks in the tree, and Leroy here puts the dirt back.

You see with the government sequestering, they are not buying any more trees so Elmer's job's been cut ... and now it's just me an' Leroy.

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

I can see that happening these days.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

That sounds just about right John. Ain't it grand.

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

I was surprised there was no mention of a Foreman, a spotter, a flag man and a Supervisor on-site as well 😂

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

Yeah, union rules.

Passingbye Loc: Reidsville NC

Usually there's a supervisor in the air conditioned truck, 1 digs the hole, 1 plants the tree, 1 covers it up and 1 guards the water can..boy are they overworked! 😩

Whitey Loc: Southeast ohio

Now guys don't forget if it's at the end of the physical year they're all going to be driving separate vehicle's wasting gas plus they'll get their own room at the hotel that's paid for that that way they make sure they spend the money for that physical year. that way they get more the following year 🙃

ghaynes1 Loc: Strawberry Plains, TN

They were at the local restaurant having lunch.

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

Break time!

flyguy Loc: Lake Onalaska, Sunfish Capitol of the World!

You forgot the three surveyors and the map reader, John. I have worked for the county, the state and the DNR, I know how it goes.

Jeremy Loc: America

Safety Rules.

Jeremy Loc: America

Supervisors are Management NOT Union inside and Private Industry. So where is the problem?

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

Yup until coffee time then all they have to do is find some shade till quitting time 😂

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

You said it, exactly, how it happens👍

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

You forgot the three guys leaning on shovels in case the guy digging the hole breaks one. And the supervisor always has a side kick (brown noser) in the passenger seat.