In college, I worked for one of the largest paving contractors in Michigan. They're even bigger now. We WORKED when on the job. The owner would drive by in his car and you'd better not be leaning on a shovel unless you were waiting for an asphalt truck.
Years later I watched as a Wayne County Road Commission crew pave a one mile stretch in front of the company I worked for. My desk had a window on the street and I could watch them NOT work. It took them ALL summer to pave that stretch. They'd show up about 8 or 8:30, sit in their trucks until 9:00, take a half hour break at 10, lunch at 11 until about 12:30, wrap up at 3 or 3:30. There were always 2 guys standing around watching one guy work. It was disgusting. A private contractor would have had that job done in a couple of days, maybe a week.
A buddy of mine confirmed the pace because he worked on a Wayne County crew during college. He said they continually told him to "slow down", "take a break", "you're making us look bad", etc. Absolutely no work ethic at all on those County crews. And people wonder why privatization in government saves money.
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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