08-01-2023, 02:50 PM
Pay rates are out of whack, as you say. The guys in hi vis vests sitting on the pavement amid rows of orange cones at the entrances to building sites get around $38 per hour, just to sit and wait till they have to use their stop signs to let trucks come and go. I scooted past our local few before Christmas and stopped to chat, their biggest worry was whether their phone batteries would last the six hour day...
They are lovely guys, always happy to chat, because as they say it is the most boring job in the world, even an old lady stopping to gossip is a welcome interruption!
They are lovely guys, always happy to chat, because as they say it is the most boring job in the world, even an old lady stopping to gossip is a welcome interruption!