Today I noticed a large pole sitting on a truck out by the
street. It looked like this…
Since I did not know that the new sign was coming in, I went
out to check out what was happening. I
met the closest thing to a foreman. He introduced me to the boss, who did know
all sorts of facts. The sign is going to
look great. Well I left the group and called the office. I got a hold of Debbie and started asking
too many questions. (I have a way of doing that, in fact I really need to do
something about that).
After talking to Debbie and Don for a few minutes, we needed
to check if they were digging in the right spot. You would think when they get to this point
everyone would know exactly where the pole is going. In the six weeks since the check was signed I
have never seen anyone on property measuring or checking anything, so double
checking may not be a bad thing. Well
get a load of this story.
I started asking questions about the location and the
foreman guy started acting a little weird.
One he would not stop working when I asked if we were in the right spot.
Even the fact that where they were digging was busting up the concrete. My statement to them was that my boss thought
it was going to be on the south end of that parking area. He tells me I should talk to his boss, so I
went to talk to his boss. Guess what, he
wasn't there anymore he was on his way to another town. I make it back to the
foreman and he has his guys filling in the hole and packing up. What is up I asked. And he said that since I
didn’t want the pole here that he was canceled the cement and they were
leaving. I asked if a 20 ft difference was worth canceling the job over and he
jumps into my face. Very strange moment,
this guy moves in pretty dam close to my face and yells- do you know if there is
a gass line under the ground, well do ya! ( I would love to say I calmly
answered him back) I raised my voice and say that as a matter of fact I was not
a gas line expert and I had no idea what was under the ground. So he and his guys left.
Jump ahead 3 hours,
it just so happens that the guy who marked the utility lines for this
project is a tenant of ours and he stopped by the property on a storage
run. Well John and I got to talking
about this incident and showed him were they were digging. It comes to light that where they ordered the
survey was at the complete opposite side of the entire strip mall.
These guys were digging in an area that was
not marked and were very close to some high pressure gas lines. If they had
continued to dig they could have been fined a bunch of money or hit a line and
blown themselves apart. Tomorrow morning I will be letting my bosses know. My wife Linda pointed out that sometimes God
works through conflict to save us from even worse fates.
Just started reading your blog from about the time you were in SoCal seeing the baby, Space Bank, etc. But I have to say, I love Linda's quote above, "sometimes God works through conflict to save us from even worse fates" So true!
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