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Uh hey, yeah. That's right, I did just say that. There is now a brand new "exit" off the highway that passes by us. Right. Well, turns out 15 minutes before I got to work a huge tractor trailer hit something that blew out his front tire and sent him out of control and CAREENING down the embankment. It rolled at LEAST once and came to rest on its side on our property. There were firetrucks, ambulances, police, all sorts when I got there and I'm like, "Jeez guys, don't eat those breakfast burritos anymore, hurr hurr."
The driver lived (if he hadn't worn his seatbelt he would have been ANNIHILATED) and we gave him free drinks when he came in. Guy's lucky as HELL. Just got a little scratch on his wrist.
This is the reactions and question we got from this, in parentheses are the amount of times we were asked/told this...or how much it felt like:
"What the hell happened over there?" (x20,000,000.)
"When did THAT happen?" (x30,000,000)
"So I guess nobody walked away from that huh?" (x100,000)
"That looks bad." (x500,000)
"Surprise Delivery!" (x30)
"I guess he was pretty disappointed when he found out this wasn't a Red Robin." (I chuckled at this, I have to say and only like one person said it.)
The sucky was this:
SC: You need to do something about that, I almost hit somebody over there, there's a whole line of people waiting to get into your lot!"
Me: That's not a line, those are response vehicles.
SC: Well you need a flagger, where is your manager?
Me: Our manager is not available at the moment but we are not in control of that situation, that is up to the response team. We cannot pull flaggers out of nowhere.
SC: Well I want your manager to take care of that.
Me: We're not in control of that sir, if you want to speak to the responders that's up to them.
SC: It's YOUR ENTRANCE.
Me: *shrug* But we don't do that.
Seriously, this guy wanted me to crap out a flagger or something. Really? Haha. I have no idea what he wanted me or my manager to do about it. Sure, we could tell them we want a flagger out there but that's up to them, and if you're too dumb to drive between the CONES THEY HAVE SET OUT TO MAKE LANES, then that's your malfunction.
Here's what the truck looked like after they hauled it right side up, detatched it from the trailer, and pulled it out of the trees. That's the highway right there with the bridge. He came down right before the bridge. He's lucky he didn't end up on the railroad tracks.
The driver lived (if he hadn't worn his seatbelt he would have been ANNIHILATED) and we gave him free drinks when he came in. Guy's lucky as HELL. Just got a little scratch on his wrist.
This is the reactions and question we got from this, in parentheses are the amount of times we were asked/told this...or how much it felt like:
"What the hell happened over there?" (x20,000,000.)
"When did THAT happen?" (x30,000,000)
"So I guess nobody walked away from that huh?" (x100,000)
"That looks bad." (x500,000)
"Surprise Delivery!" (x30)
"I guess he was pretty disappointed when he found out this wasn't a Red Robin." (I chuckled at this, I have to say and only like one person said it.)
The sucky was this:
SC: You need to do something about that, I almost hit somebody over there, there's a whole line of people waiting to get into your lot!"
Me: That's not a line, those are response vehicles.
SC: Well you need a flagger, where is your manager?
Me: Our manager is not available at the moment but we are not in control of that situation, that is up to the response team. We cannot pull flaggers out of nowhere.
SC: Well I want your manager to take care of that.
Me: We're not in control of that sir, if you want to speak to the responders that's up to them.
SC: It's YOUR ENTRANCE.
Me: *shrug* But we don't do that.
Seriously, this guy wanted me to crap out a flagger or something. Really? Haha. I have no idea what he wanted me or my manager to do about it. Sure, we could tell them we want a flagger out there but that's up to them, and if you're too dumb to drive between the CONES THEY HAVE SET OUT TO MAKE LANES, then that's your malfunction.
Here's what the truck looked like after they hauled it right side up, detatched it from the trailer, and pulled it out of the trees. That's the highway right there with the bridge. He came down right before the bridge. He's lucky he didn't end up on the railroad tracks.
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