Road crews causing needless delays

As a former road crew worker, I have always tried my best to defend the men and women doing their job on the various road projects. It’s a given that people will get upset when they have to wait and I have made a real effort to offer the “flip side of the coin” to my friends when they complain.

However, I cannot in good faith make that effort for the crew out on the Old Glenn Highway. They have no shame about making a bad situation worse. After waiting patiently for the pilot car, drivers must then wait additional time so that the driver of the pilot car and the flagger can spend a few minutes joking around or having an otherwise non-work related conversation (our windows are down you know! We can hear you!) And it gets no better once you’re finally moving; the pilot car drivers have no qualms about stopping along the way for a minute to chat with a work buddy (again, don’t tell us it’s ‘work related’ when we can clearly hear you!). Shame on you for leaving those of us that have defended you looking silly.

Ben D. Compton

Palmer