It’s like complaints about the Postal Service, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and other slothful wasteful worthless government agencies. Even if they were to perform perfectly and give you free chocolate, people would still complain because that’s just what you do. One agency that is the target of public wrath is CalTrans, the folks who maintain roads in California. I remember a joke about them: A CalTrans crew arrives at the job site. The foreman discovers that there are no shovels in the truck. In a panic he contacts his boss by radio. “There are no shovels!” he screams. “We’ll send them out ASAP,” his boss assures him. “Meanwhile, tell the men to lean on each other.”
In today’s San Francisco Chronicle is an article about the oddities you can discover when you’re driving around the area. One is the troll on the eastern portion of the Bay Bridge. When part of the bridge collapsed during the Loma Prieta earthquake, the repair crew decided it was time to put a bridge-protecting troll on duty. They gave some metal to an artist and a fanciful figure was made and attached to the span.
The article is here. Read about the Cormorant Condos installed on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge.
Photo: Lance Iversen / San Francisco Chronicle
CalTrans joke: Neighbor Bill
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