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"The City That Works"
lilwing88
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Ahhhh Chicago's beloved motto... "The City That Works". Its always nice to see this motto put to the test.
So, we had a big storm in Chicago. The usual down trees, power lines, light poles etc. Well, in one situation, a tree falls, knocks out some wires and hits a light pole, causing some damage and partially blocks a street. As usual, the first to respond are the police to **** the situation. The proper departments are notified.... Comm Ed, Dept of Forestry and the Dept of Streets and Sanitation.
First to arrive is Comm Ed, surprisingly (they're usually the last to show to anything). They take a look and say, "Well, we can't do nuthin till Forestry shows and gets this tree outta here." Ok.... So, Comm Ed leaves.
Then Forestry shows up and says, "We can't cut down that tree until the pole is secure. Cuz it might fall on us. Streets and San has ta do dat." Ok...... So, Forestry leaves.
Streets and San finally shows and wouldn't cha know it? They say, "We can't do nuthin till da city electrical guys come out and look at dem dere wires."
Wow.
So, low and behold, the city electrician finally shows. We're now 3 hours into this madness.... And he says, "I got good news, bad news and worse news. The good news is, that pole's not goin nowhere, that tree aint goin nowhere. But, in order to get rid of em, the Fire Dept Fire Alarm Division has to come out and disconnect a fire alarm wire without settin off a few dozen fire alarms in the area. They're comin out..... after 8am."
Uh, its 2am.
So, what does the police dept do?
We put up some barricades and orange cones and call it a day.
So, there you have it..... "The City That Works".
And would you believe there's people out there that would actually trust the same types of people to be in charge of their health care?????
So, we had a big storm in Chicago. The usual down trees, power lines, light poles etc. Well, in one situation, a tree falls, knocks out some wires and hits a light pole, causing some damage and partially blocks a street. As usual, the first to respond are the police to **** the situation. The proper departments are notified.... Comm Ed, Dept of Forestry and the Dept of Streets and Sanitation.
First to arrive is Comm Ed, surprisingly (they're usually the last to show to anything). They take a look and say, "Well, we can't do nuthin till Forestry shows and gets this tree outta here." Ok.... So, Comm Ed leaves.
Then Forestry shows up and says, "We can't cut down that tree until the pole is secure. Cuz it might fall on us. Streets and San has ta do dat." Ok...... So, Forestry leaves.
Streets and San finally shows and wouldn't cha know it? They say, "We can't do nuthin till da city electrical guys come out and look at dem dere wires."
Wow.
So, low and behold, the city electrician finally shows. We're now 3 hours into this madness.... And he says, "I got good news, bad news and worse news. The good news is, that pole's not goin nowhere, that tree aint goin nowhere. But, in order to get rid of em, the Fire Dept Fire Alarm Division has to come out and disconnect a fire alarm wire without settin off a few dozen fire alarms in the area. They're comin out..... after 8am."
Uh, its 2am.
So, what does the police dept do?
We put up some barricades and orange cones and call it a day.
So, there you have it..... "The City That Works".
And would you believe there's people out there that would actually trust the same types of people to be in charge of their health care?????
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Can you type a freudian slip? Great story!
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried....
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