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A guy stopped at a local gas station &, after filling his tank, he paid the bill & bought a soft drink.
He stood by his car to drink his cola & watched a couple of men working along the roadside.
One man would dig a hole 2 to 3 feet deep & then move on.
The other man came along behind him & filled in the hole.
While one was digging a new hole, the other was 25’ behind filling in the hole.
The men worked right past the guy w/the soft drink & went on down the road.
"I can't stand this,"said the man tossing the can into a trash container,
& headed down the road toward the men.
"Hold it, hold it,"he said to the men.
"Can you tell me what's going on here w/all this digging & refilling?"
"Well, we work for the government & we're just doing our job,"one of the men said.
"But one of you is digging a hole & the other fills it up.
You're not accomplishing anything. Aren't you wasting the taxpayers' money?"
"You don't understand, mister,"one of the men said, leaning on his shovel & wiping his brow.
"Normally there's 3 of us … me, Elmer & Leroy.
I dig the hole, Elmer sticks in the tree, & Leroy here puts the dirt back.
You see, w/the government sequestering,
They’re not buying any more trees, so Elmer's job's been cut ...
so now it's just me & LeRoy."
He stood by his car to drink his cola & watched a couple of men working along the roadside.
One man would dig a hole 2 to 3 feet deep & then move on.
The other man came along behind him & filled in the hole.
While one was digging a new hole, the other was 25’ behind filling in the hole.
The men worked right past the guy w/the soft drink & went on down the road.
"I can't stand this,"said the man tossing the can into a trash container,
& headed down the road toward the men.
"Hold it, hold it,"he said to the men.
"Can you tell me what's going on here w/all this digging & refilling?"
"Well, we work for the government & we're just doing our job,"one of the men said.
"But one of you is digging a hole & the other fills it up.
You're not accomplishing anything. Aren't you wasting the taxpayers' money?"
"You don't understand, mister,"one of the men said, leaning on his shovel & wiping his brow.
"Normally there's 3 of us … me, Elmer & Leroy.
I dig the hole, Elmer sticks in the tree, & Leroy here puts the dirt back.
You see, w/the government sequestering,
They’re not buying any more trees, so Elmer's job's been cut ...
so now it's just me & LeRoy."