Repaired potholes. half its up the side of my car.

AdrianC

cattom said:

neilmcl said:

cattom said:

might as well not do it then, if its just going to part company. leave it till its dried out and all the damaged wheels and tyres will need to be claimed back from the council. 
alternative of course is to build the roads properly in the first place and maybe don't need to keep patching them up. 

So you either have a bit of inconvenience removing the tar from you paintwork or have to spend hundreds replacing tyres and repairing alloy wheels and suspension. I know which one I'd prefer.

yes and I know which I prefer and its neither of your two. it would be as I suggested to build roads properly and then don't need to keep patching them up.

Great. How much would you like your council tax to go up to pay for it?

cattom

the actual point of this thread was not about whether or not we should be repairing the roads. but more about when they do repair the road how they leave the loose debris of tar and chippings laying in the road,instead of taking an extra 10 minutes and a broom to sweep it up. so it doesnt end up on the side of my car. it shows to me a certain lack of pride in ones workmanship.

burlingtonfl6

cattom said:

AdrianC said:

cattom said:

what's the weather got to do with the price of chips? 

Because in winter they don't do permanent repairs - they do patch-ups. Different technique, different equipment, different materials.

well looks like your right there. because I notice today when I walked up there, one little bit they did is all ready parting company with what's underneath. 
I've all ways been led to believe if you cant cut the mustard in your job and work is not up to standard, you are told to get your coat and close the door on the way out.

You've obviously never worked for a council!

AdrianC

burlingtonfl6 said:

cattom said:

AdrianC said:

cattom said:

what's the weather got to do with the price of chips? 

Because in winter they don't do permanent repairs - they do patch-ups. Different technique, different equipment, different materials.

well looks like your right there. because I notice today when I walked up there, one little bit they did is all ready parting company with what's underneath. 
I've all ways been led to believe if you cant cut the mustard in your job and work is not up to standard, you are told to get your coat and close the door on the way out.

You've obviously never worked for a council!

Nor do the people doing the patching. They're all contracted out.

cattom

burlingtonfl6 said:

cattom said:

AdrianC said:

cattom said:

what's the weather got to do with the price of chips? 

Because in winter they don't do permanent repairs - they do patch-ups. Different technique, different equipment, different materials.

well looks like your right there. because I notice today when I walked up there, one little bit they did is all ready parting company with what's underneath. 
I've all ways been led to believe if you cant cut the mustard in your job and work is not up to standard, you are told to get your coat and close the door on the way out.

You've obviously never worked for a council!

no I've never worked for local authority or any large organisation. all ways been small private companys in the motor trade,where 50 hrs plus per week is the norm and the expected. none of this 37.5 hrs and when things go wrong the union sorts it out, and a nice guaranteed pension at the end of it. never had that.

born_again

cattom said:

we've had some of the pot holes repaired in the lane that leads here. they've repaired some little bits but left some of the gapingly obvious ones. don't understand. never mind only tax payers money. 

Sounds like it a lane that is not used much.

I know you feel it's up to who laid the repair to do, but if it is such a issue.

Get a brush and sweep the bit's to the side of the road. That's what i do with the bits that come loose down our street, to stop them damaging my car

Flight3287462

Best not come to our lane (private)  600+m of nightmare.  I have a guy coming once a month to fill them in with planings, never ending job. 

societys_child

50 hrs plus per week is the norm

Dont know why you added that, but anyway . . .

(Are you a part timer?)

I worked between 90 and 120 hrs a week

I did it for the glory, for the fame . . but mostly for the money . . . .

cattom

I added it because someone said 'you obviously never worked for a council'. point being that people who work for councils and large organisation do 37.5 hrs a week and think they are hard done by. 

Bigphil1474

Bit harsh on council workers bud. I am contracted to do 37 hours a week and the pay reflects that, don't feel hard done by though. Yes, I could go wok in the private sector and get more money and work more hours, but to be honest it's not worth it to me. I typically work a 45 hour week at the moment anyway mostly dealing with covid issues. Plus, the legal maximum working week is 48 hours for a reason - who wants to spend most of their waking life at work, when there are so many other fun things we can be doing.
Whether it's contractors or the council themselves, if they spent the extra 10 minutes tidying up each job, they probably wouldn't finish all their jobs for that day.  Better a partly repaired pothole than an unrepaired pothole? As previously said, we could have pristine roads everywhere but then we'd have to pay a lot more tax for that. Bear in mind that once the council is told about a pothole, they have to do some sort of repair otherwise they'll have people claiming left right and centre, meaning less money to do any more repairs on other roads. 
I'm sure you worked hard in your jobs, but working for a council isn't easy when you try to do a good job but are constantly having to beg for every penny to do that job, or have to do a half-arsed job because that's the best you can afford to do.