That may be the stupidest thing I've ever seen. 2 people to fill up a 5-gallon bucket 1l at a time, and 1 to walk it over to dump it out, all to drain probably a several-thousand-gallon puddle. On taxpayer dime, presumably.
Going ultra-low-tech, a fucking siphon through a hose would work way faster and probably be less expensive than the bucket + scooping sticks.
The saddest thing is that we basically have the academic equivalent of this already: x-studies programs in universities.
They are working with the level of effort and disinterest of a common government employee, so I can assume with great confidence that just like aforementioned common government employees they have zero interest in actually accomplishing the task.
Siphoning was exactly the fucking thing I thought of as well LOL they're on two different levels too, this is government taxpayer waste at it's finest. The government will argue it keeps those three people employed whereas siphoning would take away jobs not understanding leaving shit like this makes crumbling infrastructure worse. Oh how I fucking hate government institutions of any kind.
My first guess was that they're some custom-made "water scooping tool" that has exactly one government-approved manufacturer and cost $500 each, and need replacing every year for "safety" reasons.
That may be the stupidest thing I've ever seen. 2 people to fill up a 5-gallon bucket 1l at a time, and 1 to walk it over to dump it out, all to drain probably a several-thousand-gallon puddle. On taxpayer dime, presumably.
Going ultra-low-tech, a fucking siphon through a hose would work way faster and probably be less expensive than the bucket + scooping sticks.
The saddest thing is that we basically have the academic equivalent of this already: x-studies programs in universities.
They are working with the level of effort and disinterest of a common government employee, so I can assume with great confidence that just like aforementioned common government employees they have zero interest in actually accomplishing the task.
Siphoning was exactly the fucking thing I thought of as well LOL they're on two different levels too, this is government taxpayer waste at it's finest. The government will argue it keeps those three people employed whereas siphoning would take away jobs not understanding leaving shit like this makes crumbling infrastructure worse. Oh how I fucking hate government institutions of any kind.
Lel, they're dustpans.
That's a white-pill assumption.
My first guess was that they're some custom-made "water scooping tool" that has exactly one government-approved manufacturer and cost $500 each, and need replacing every year for "safety" reasons.
Are they? I thought they were plastic bags on sticks.