While driving down Sebesta Rd about 11:15AM today I wanted to report 3 Parks and Rec employees were doing a fine job of standing in the shade,watching, while a 4th worker was mowing. Looks like those tax dollars are being used well and those budget cuts will be hard to find.

Tell me more.

geez...maybe they were taking a break...ya think?

Let me guess ... you never take a break at your job.

$5 says you posted this while at work.

TX is a right to work state, it is only required you get a 30 minute lunch per 8 hrs, no breaks are necessary(by law anyways).

But I agree outside workers should get a 2 15 minutes breaks per day to cool off and rehydrate.

Sounds logical at 11:15 it fairly hot by then, that they could use a break.

Rookie troll. Move along...

The point of the post was to call into question if 4 people need to be on a crew doing that work. But thanks for the feedback.

its 30 min per 6hrs

60 min per 8hrs

Looks like we've found a new Parks & Rec Manager!

maaayyybbbeeee....they finished edging, blowing, raking, etc or waiting there turn to relieve the mower...never know...

One of the reasons that Parks & Rec is supposedly six figures in the hole on their budget.

I'd bet you would be grabbing some shade after mowing/weed eating for hours. You drove by, how do you not know they may have only been standing there for 5 minutes? Maybe you should try getting out from behind the computer and working outside in this nice humid heat for at least 8 hours a day and tell me you wouldn't rest in some shade occasionally?

[This message has been edited by treefrog (edited 5/19/2010 7:22p).]

i'm not sure what budget year everything was purchased in... but one contributing factor to their increased spending was buying new equipment. the city decided to stop out sourcing some of the mowing & had to buy everything. i'm sure they could have saved a bit on the brand/model of the equipment, but quality equals dependability & uptime w/ that type of stuff... in my book anyway.

So I heard a rumor that the City was going to scale back mowing of recreational parks, i.e. baseball and softball fields, to once every two weeks due to budget concerns. So, if this rumor is true, and the equipment is already purchased, then it might be labor costs that the City wants to save by scaling back upkeep of taxpayer funded parks. Is this true?

you get what u pay for, minimum wage and no incentive to work hard produces mediocraty. If we can ever figure out how to pay for all work by the piece, we would see better results.

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mediocraty.

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It also applies to spelling!

Just vote against the stupid threads, folks.