.
Our ditch is the gift that keeps on giving.
Or more accurately, the nightmare that never ends at this point.
It’s also why after my husband complained yet again to DOT, we woke up to this the other morning.
.
.
A crew of workers with multiple pieces of heavy machinery …
.
.
Spreading a line of dirt right next to the road.
.
.
Which in theory sounded good.
.
.
But in actuality will make no difference or help the original erosion problem.
.
.
Because after sweeping it…
.
.
The packer didn’t pack it.
.
.
But road his little machine on the very edge of the road never compacting or even touching the dirt.
.
.
WTH?
.
.
We’d just started to see some grass grow on the sides which we were hoping would keep the erosion to a minimum…. and now there’s more unpacked dirt to wash away.
Where’s the logic in this?
Where….
🥴
.
River's world..... 
No logic. Just some DOT official who is tired of your complaining so he is going to turn your ditch into a mudbog next spring when the snow melts. You are lucky you don’t have young kids to play in it. What fun an 8 tear-old boy could have in that ditch…!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Perish the thought.
😳
LikeLike
What a ditch indeed! Good luck!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Luck. What’s that…?
LikeLike
joggers nightmare!
LikeLiked by 1 person
And bicycle riders… not to mention the poor homeowners.
😩
LikeLike
No logic, just annoyance. I’m sorry.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Sorry my friend, this is the state DOT your talking about. Logic is nowhere to be found in their vocabulary. Ugh, sorry for all this frustration.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’m beginning to realize that…
LikeLiked by 1 person
I hope no one mistakes that for a shoulder that will support their bike or car. At least they didn’t pile it across your driveway.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I know the mailman will wreak havoc with it and start a trench.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ugh. I hadn’t thought of that.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I suppose they can now pat themselves on the back and say they did something. 🙄
I want that guy’s job – the one who’s just sitting there on the back of the truck with his legs out and crossed, leaning back. If it has decent pay and benefits, I’m in! What a cake walk!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’m not quite sure what his purpose was. Probably the supervisor…
🤣
LikeLiked by 1 person
I guess they just wanted to make it look like were doing something productive hoping you’d stop complaining.
LikeLiked by 1 person
It probably won’t work. My husband has a lot of complaining stored up with no place to go.
😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
Haha! Little do they know who they’re tangling with.
LikeLiked by 1 person
They won’t out talk him, that’s for sure.
LikeLike
There’s your tax dollars at (not) work!! *sigh*
LikeLiked by 1 person
Busy work. It didn’t solve anything…
LikeLiked by 1 person
I second your WTH and shake my head. Someone PAID for that.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Our tax dollars… which make it even worse.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Word.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Deep rooted native grasses and sedges might hold it together and feet birds. It will prevent crumbling and blocking drains later. It’s annoying that council workers all across the world are the same …paid for standing around and acting as a poor brains trust.
LikeLiked by 1 person