Not an expert but they might do this to remind them of where something is. If they need to come back at a later date to do some more work to it. Making it obvious for the next guy
It’s the little things in life.
I have no doubt most are just, “if it fits it fits”, job done.
But you damn well know a few did it with a big smirk on their face, just to make their day a little bit better.
Yes, definitely. It’s so annoying when you put it back at random and it fits the pattern, so you have to lift it back up to put it in properly.
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I’d be very surprised if there isn’t a sub for this.
Yes the very same as, fucking up a completely new laid tarmac by Thames Water.
I have no words. Every single time there’s a new road rebuild, give it or take 3 weeks after, there’s a Thames Water or SSE digging a fucking bunker or something.
There’s not much chance of putting a gatic in wrong, those ones fit one way only due to the one side sloping the other way
The second one is particularly irritating because it’s not just about aesthetics, the tactile paving is useful for blind people to help them make their way
Yes. It’s the workman equivalent of carving your initials in their liver if you’re a surgeon.
Makes it easier to find next time I need to access it.
C’mon let them have their fun. It’s not like they did very well at school, is it? But it definitely appears to be deliberate, even if drawing attention to how bloody thick they are probably wasn’t their intention.
I wouldn’t be able to not put them back wrong because my ocd doesn’t trumpthe pathetic ways i amuse myself
As somebody who works in these – yeah, we sometimes leave them like that intentionally. Usually it’s accidental though. The person who opened that chamber is probably lugging around a lot of gear, possibly at night, and those lids are heavy. If I put them back wrong, I’m not going to bother fixing it unless I really have to
Council workers putting a bare minimum of effort and conscientiousness into any job certainly is.
1/3 is actually impressive for the council.
How else are they gonna prove to the gaffer they were really there?
Someone out there is taking great pleasure in the fact he’s ruined so many people’s day by not putting the cover back on properly
They’re more aware of the infrastructural chaos underlying our vision of an ordered, functional society and want to express this in art form as a rebellion against the burden of analytic pragmatism that defines their role in the social order, for which they feel under-appreciated.
Probably.
I mean, I’d do it.
Pretty sure jobs like this require a photo once completed. Hopefully they get sent back to rectify.
It’s how you can visibly show to everyone that you were there and did your job.
Chaos is intrinsic to the system
If they were able to pass any sort of puzzle test they would be doing more complex jobs
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Not an expert but they might do this to remind them of where something is. If they need to come back at a later date to do some more work to it. Making it obvious for the next guy
It’s the little things in life.
I have no doubt most are just, “if it fits it fits”, job done.
But you damn well know a few did it with a big smirk on their face, just to make their day a little bit better.
Yes, definitely. It’s so annoying when you put it back at random and it fits the pattern, so you have to lift it back up to put it in properly.
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I’d be very surprised if there isn’t a sub for this.
Yes the very same as, fucking up a completely new laid tarmac by Thames Water.
I have no words. Every single time there’s a new road rebuild, give it or take 3 weeks after, there’s a Thames Water or SSE digging a fucking bunker or something.
[Someone has been changing my marks!](https://youtu.be/GkrbVQdXKfg)
This seems to be some sport in Australia too
It’s so they can show they actually took it up
There’s not much chance of putting a gatic in wrong, those ones fit one way only due to the one side sloping the other way
The second one is particularly irritating because it’s not just about aesthetics, the tactile paving is useful for blind people to help them make their way
Yes. It’s the workman equivalent of carving your initials in their liver if you’re a surgeon.
Makes it easier to find next time I need to access it.
C’mon let them have their fun. It’s not like they did very well at school, is it? But it definitely appears to be deliberate, even if drawing attention to how bloody thick they are probably wasn’t their intention.
I wouldn’t be able to not put them back wrong because my ocd doesn’t trumpthe pathetic ways i amuse myself
As somebody who works in these – yeah, we sometimes leave them like that intentionally. Usually it’s accidental though. The person who opened that chamber is probably lugging around a lot of gear, possibly at night, and those lids are heavy. If I put them back wrong, I’m not going to bother fixing it unless I really have to
Council workers putting a bare minimum of effort and conscientiousness into any job certainly is.
1/3 is actually impressive for the council.
How else are they gonna prove to the gaffer they were really there?
Someone out there is taking great pleasure in the fact he’s ruined so many people’s day by not putting the cover back on properly
They’re more aware of the infrastructural chaos underlying our vision of an ordered, functional society and want to express this in art form as a rebellion against the burden of analytic pragmatism that defines their role in the social order, for which they feel under-appreciated.
Probably.
I mean, I’d do it.
Pretty sure jobs like this require a photo once completed. Hopefully they get sent back to rectify.
It’s how you can visibly show to everyone that you were there and did your job.
Chaos is intrinsic to the system
If they were able to pass any sort of puzzle test they would be doing more complex jobs
Is it r/notmyjob that covers this?