"50 a year, I don't need to work" is what the parish employee outside is yellin

Pretty sure he said fitty.

Here is an idea: let's raise taxes to create more jobs.

You're funny too Walt.


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The supervisor is telling the hourly worker he makes a salary of $50,000 a year and does not have to dig in a hole, or put on the tyvek suit as he get's paid anyway.

Supervisor on truck. Guy #2 operating backhoe, guy #1 (rant starter) still has shovel. Guy #3 is having the worlds loudest phone conversation, while eating something from a Prepperidge Farm bag. Four workers, two working. I guess the other two are just the driver/transporters.

Neighbor told me it's the 18th time the pipe has bust sine 1994.

So is the guy saying he makes 50k a year (presumably more than the guy in the hole) so he doesn't have to do the work?

That seems the be the attitude in the construction industry by the laborers. The guy that makes more shouldn't have to do the shitty things. The more you make, the easier your job.

I understand there are some situations where the guy is actually supervising or running a crew, but he's literally standing there watching him dig a hole. It could get done twice as fast if he helped. His 50k comment makes me believe he's on salary, so he probably doesn't get paid overtime and the guy in the hole does. He should want to get it done quick so he doesn't have to stay later for no extra pay. Instead he is costing the company money and himself time. They're not going to have to pay the guy in the hole overtime and the 50k guy is going to be wasting his time supervising for no extra pay.

On a lighter note, I hope their conversation went something like this:
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50k isn't too bad to sit in a truck. That must not be too competitive a field though. I can out sit someone in a truck like nobody's business for 5k cheaper.

Oh okay, got it. Seems obvious now, but I guess that mindset is so foreign to me that I have to twist my brain to see it.

Accomplishing a task efficiently and doing a good job is not something that these men value. I guess that's a bit harsh, and God knows that I'm not always performing my duties at peak output, but I certainly feel that nudge of gullt if I'm standing around while co-workers are toiling.

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The supervisor is telling the hourly worker he makes a salary of $50,000 a year and does not have to dig in a hole, or put on the tyvek suit as he get's paid anyway.

Supervisor on truck. Guy #2 operating backhoe, guy #1 (rant starter) still has shovel. Guy #3 is having the worlds loudest phone conversation, while eating something from a Prepperidge Farm bag. Four workers, two working. I guess the other two are just the driver/transporters.

Neighbor told me it's the 18th time the pipe has bust sine 1994.

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Don't you just love public sector unions?

Honestly, I don't think it's exclusively a public sector thing. There is plenty of "not my job" attitude that goes on in the private sector, especially large companies.

When did people stop being ashamed of being lazy POS???

One of my main principles at work is that if something needs to be done, and you are available and capable of the task, then you do it.

"That's not my job" = fired

Applies top to bottom. I perform nursing, secretarial, custodial, IT, and maintenance tasks in some form or another every day, even though "it's not my job."