My Daddy Works on this Site. WHERE ■■?
They’re having a laugh, you very rarely see any Daddy’s on site, they must all be down the pub, after all that hard work putting 34 kilometre’s of cones & barriers out between Sheffield & Chesterfield a year ago !!
Hang your heads in shame, whoever’s responsible for this Abortion called Road Improvement !
100% agree mate, whoever the ■■■■■■ is who thought that 20+ mile of roadworks was viable to do all at once needs sacking. You only ever see about 2-3 miles of folk working and at night they have it down to one lane and you don’t see anyone most nights. The section from junction 29 upto junction 30 is complete but they still have the cones and barriers out 
I’ve been avoiding it as much as possible for the last few months, but I stopped in Dodworth, Barnsley last night, so had no choice this morning. No problems at 05.45, all the lanes were open & it was like the Marie Celeste, but I hate it the rest of the day.
Can’t be that long until it’s done now as they were putting down the final layers of Tarmac by the looks of things from 28 up to 29 last night, the busiest I’ve seen it by the way! 
If you think about it there has been roadworks from junction 30 all the way down to junction 25 for about the last 7-8 year what with the 4 lane sections being built and now the central reservation improvements. Did you go to the Fairway or Toby Carvery for some grub last night? They do decent fodder in the Fairway, the bangers and mash in a giant Yorkshire pud is grand
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
Did you go to the Fairway or Toby Carvery for some grub last night? They do decent fodder in the Fairway, the bangers and mash in a giant Yorkshire pud is grand
No, I was locked in Truswell’s yard, had a load of Dog Food on board & wanted it to stay on until I delivered it this morning, lol.
I had my Chicken Salad & no Beer or Cider, on a diet now, 18 stone is making me overweight on the front axle ! (after reading that story on here about the Trucker on the meal supplements loosing half his weight.)
It’s The NBTS Diet for me now (No Beer till Saturday) which sadly means-no visiting Drinking Establishments 
during the week.
Loosing Pounds one way while saving Pounds another.
I went up to Leeds for the first time in ages yesterday. From the A38 to the M621 there were more roadwork miles than non. Ridiculous stretch of road.
And yeah, saw those daddy signs. And the silly amount of people who have ran out of fuel in the roadworks.
I don’t understand why they couldn’t have done the concrete barrier and the managed motorway stuff at the same time. They had the road up for the best part of a year around Wakefield doing the concrete barriers then finally it’s complete, cones gone, only for them to reappear a month later to start on the MM. I guess the entire M621 and M1 north of Leeds will be next for it after the Wakefield and Normanton are finally done. 
I have also seen “my mum works on this site” and “my uncle works on this site”.Some left wing libertarian guardian reading tree hugger must have complained that “dad” was discriminatory to other carers.Next we’ll be seeing "my legal guardian works on this site.
Oh lets not forget our travelling friends.Won’t be long before we see “my slave works on this site”.
I’m waiting for the one that reads “you’ll be lucky to see any bugger working in this site”. I go through at 0800 most mornings and don’t see a soul at work. Came through on nights a couple of weeks ago when it was down to 1 lane NB and didn’t see a single “worker”
And I agree, why don’t they open up the finished part?
Also happy to see the A1 from leeming to Scotch Corner undergoing upgrading for the next 3 years.
LeedsChris:
I have also seen “my mum works on this site” and “my uncle works on this site”.Some left wing libertarian guardian reading tree hugger must have complained that “dad” was discriminatory to other carers.Next we’ll be seeing "my legal guardian works on this site.Oh lets not forget our travelling friends.Won’t be long before we see “my slave works on this site”.
My Afghan, Coloured, Bi, Lesbian, Disabled, Bi Polar Suffering, ADHT Diagnosed 3rd Cousin Works Here. (When they’re not claiming Benefits for their 14 children, 12 Dogs, 9 Cats & a Hamster)
How about “My Daddy works on this truck and he would like to get home at a reasonable time one day, without some pratt laying down endless cones, or playing dodgems with crappy drivers on the highway”… 
Or for the cool kids:
“Me ■■■■■■ & his Mandem work on this Site”
I’m half cast so allowed to say this (well half of the time anyway), to edit this post would be offensive to me and da brethren, init.
[Oops self edit to remove censor dodge, can’t believe I got away with the N word on a forum run by white folk]
They must define work as one bloke digging while 3 watch, or, sitting in the truck making a brew, or, feet on dash of truck having a kip, or finally, having a read of the paper while sat in the truck.
Lazy ■■■■■
I really don’t think you’re giving these guys the credit they deserve, a few nights ago I was doing a bit of a local run, the regular driver told me “you can make it last 8 hours” well it was very hard to string it out but I just managed it! Now these guys are doing this every single night and I don’t envy them, I can be hard work tossing it off !
NewLad:
They must define work as one bloke digging while 3 watch, or, sitting in the truck making a brew, or, feet on dash of truck having a kip, or finally, having a read of the paper while sat in the truck.Lazy [zb]
Don’t forget about the Risk Assessment, for every act, so there’d have to be a Risk Assessment for-
1, the bloke digging the hole (right sized shovel)
2, the 3 men watching (■■■■ taking training)
3, sitting in the truck (posture control)
4, making the brew (water temperature & diabetes threat due to too much sugar)
5, sleeping whilst at work (what would happen if you startle him)
6, reading the paper (does it need glasses or counselling because of a traumatic story on page 7)