Construction at its finest

[BeerCan]

They are working on the street in front of my office. So a guy comes in today and asks me to move my telephone pole. I was like HUH? He said we need you to move your telephone pole by noon, it's in the sidewalk. I said I don't have the resources or the desire to move a telephone pole, that is a TECO (our elec company) issue.

So sure enough I go out for lunch at noon and I see this. In addition to the pole they could not even line up the sidewalks LOL.

 

[ad244]

Well you'd better move that telephone pole

 

[OVERKILL]

That takes a special level of stupid right there

 

[02SE]

I wish I could say I'm surprised...

 

[KGMtech]

Amazing on multiple levels, sad you'll be living with the products of stupid.

 

[Oily_Thing]

That's an ADA violation. No way a wheelchair could go down the sidewalk.

 

[Chester11]

this made my day...let me guess - Florida?

please tell me you made a call to the city / township...

 

[volk06]

Well that city inspector is going to have fun.

 

[BeerCan]

You can bet I am going to talk to the city. This is totally ridiculous.

 

[John_Conrad]

too funny,

on the opposite side of the street, it looks like there will be 2 power poles and maybe a palm tree in the sidewalk!

 

[53' Stude]

Originally Posted by OVERKILL
That takes a special level of stupid right there

Yeah, looks like some of the "tools" that worked with me. They all were fired, this contractor that did this "work" needs fired ASAP

 

[Mad_Hatter]

Originally Posted by Oily_Thing
That's an ADA violation. No way a wheelchair could go down the sidewalk.

Good point. 👠That pole is either gonna come out or the sidewalk redone around it. I can't see that being code.

Aren't sidewalks a public easement, so the sidewalk has the "right of way" so to speak?? (doubt that's the right term but you get my point, hopefully?)

 

[PimTac]

They will really mess up that sidewalk when they do pull that telephone pole.

Usually that stuff is done first. As for the sidewalk lining up, that's the new style. Nothing is straight anymore. Streets, sidewalks are all curvy.

 

[Mr Nice]

What city ?

 

[ad244]

Gotta love Florida

 

[Wolf359]

If the cement isn't dry, need a red mark on the pole and the impression of a body in front of the pole. Or do one of those chalk outlines of a body in front of the pole.

 

[dishdude]

I'm in the humor section, right?

 

[Mr Nice]

ADA lawyers will sue because person in a wheelchair can not use this sidewalk due to the light pole blocking their path.

 

[ArrestMeRedZ]

They started putting in sidewalks in Florida?

 

[NormanBuntz]

The guy who knocked on your office door had to be a concrete laborer. I can't believe a business owner or a foreman would have done that. As soon as the Building Inspector informs the contractor that the sidewalk must be ripped out, that moron laborer will be canned. Is that a U.S. post office in the background?