How many council workers does it take to change a lightbulb?
chippy
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Homeowner Jack Doran was amazed at the number of council staff who tried to change a lightbulb in a broken street lamp near his house.
The 74-year-old reported the problem to authorities, who sent a repair team.
But the workers could not get to the junction box, which was surrounded by a hedge, so parks department staff came to cut the foliage. A third team was sent with a cherry picker, only to be thwarted by water leaking into the light.
This was followed by a policeman who checked the darkened road because of fears it was a security risk.
A worker then replaced the bulb – but it blew out because of a fuse problem.
The light finally worked on September 30, six weeks after the fault was reported.
‘There were at least 12 visits and I started to wonder what on earth had gone wrong,’ said Mr Doran, of Cheltenham.
Gloucestershire county council said: ‘We appreciate this repair has taken longer than usual. However, it wasn’t straightforward and needed several visits to ensure we sorted it out properly.’
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/879230-council-sends-12-people-and-a-police-officer-to-change-mans-lightbulb#ixzz1bdQp1lOg
Major facepalm I think!
The 74-year-old reported the problem to authorities, who sent a repair team.
But the workers could not get to the junction box, which was surrounded by a hedge, so parks department staff came to cut the foliage. A third team was sent with a cherry picker, only to be thwarted by water leaking into the light.
This was followed by a policeman who checked the darkened road because of fears it was a security risk.
A worker then replaced the bulb – but it blew out because of a fuse problem.
The light finally worked on September 30, six weeks after the fault was reported.
‘There were at least 12 visits and I started to wonder what on earth had gone wrong,’ said Mr Doran, of Cheltenham.
Gloucestershire county council said: ‘We appreciate this repair has taken longer than usual. However, it wasn’t straightforward and needed several visits to ensure we sorted it out properly.’
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/879230-council-sends-12-people-and-a-police-officer-to-change-mans-lightbulb#ixzz1bdQp1lOg
Major facepalm I think!
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No seriously, this doesn't surprise me in the slightest. And that's the sad thing. For a Nation that loves to be so "progressive" I think we've gone too far. Good find, Chippy. I was expecting a lame joke
Edit - talking of jobsworth Councils, my friend has a patch of grass by her house and always assumed it was her own. It was so small it's almost trivial (about the size of an A5 piece of paper)
One day a Council worker was there cutting the grass and went out of his way to make sure the grass was the right length and then went ahead to cut it, threatening her with damaging Council property.
Serious :facepalm: and there were other ones concerning grass, such as this:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2017223/Keep-Grass-Raynes-Park-sign-erected-tiny-scrap-land.html