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February 15, 2007 12:03 AM
Broken: Road border paint job
Benedict Herold writes in:
I watched Seth Godin's talk from the Gel 2006 conference. This picture illustrates the 'Not my job' category that Seth discusses in his talk.
This picture, taken in India, shows a tree branch lying on the road. Whoever painted the border on the road did not bother to move the branch and instead painted the border around the wood, which resulted in a crooked line.
FIRST!
If it was painted by a vehicle like they are in the States... it might have been a convenience thing... they had to keep a schedule and couldn't stop... still broken but maybe explainable
There was another post like this one, except it was a tree growing in the middle of the road. They couldn't move it because of environmental conservation. Still hilarious!
Near my house, local officials always manage to paint lines right after the leaves have fallen.
Result: unusually quantity of white leaves & white lines with clear leaf-shaped stencil marks.
Tsk. If they'd lifted it up to paint under it, then later on a car might hit the branch! This way cars know they have to swerve around it.
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FIRST!
If it was painted by a vehicle like they are in the States... it might have been a convince thing... they had to keep a schedule and couldn't stop... still broken but maybe explainable
Posted by: VHoratio at February 15, 2007 01:07 AM