That's right, the semi-necessary standpoint to keep our roads healthy and drivable, but at the same time, it also has been the veritable bane of my existence every time I get behind the wheel.

Nine times out of ten that I see construction work being done, it proceeds to lengthen the time I'm out on the road by 50-100% or more, which I actually dislike driving to begin with. (That's another rant altogether.) And equally, whenever I drive through said site, the 'workers' are usually just standing around waving stop signs around and taking coffee breaks.

Needless to say, there is a rather big bout of construction taking place on a bridge on an interstate that is enroute to my workplace. Both sides have only one drivable lane and of course it causes a huge bottlenecking traffic jam down 10-15 miles either side of the interstate during rush hour.

Each time I pass through this site, I see these construction workers sitting on their asses doing jack squat, and they're supposed to be doing this through October.

So the other day I try going through alternate routes that I know of to get through to work and back, only to find that they're even more clogged than the interstate, what's normally taking 30 minutes is taking 90+ nowadays, and I have to endure this for three months?

No offense to any FA goers who happen to work construction, because I know not all workers are lazy slobs. (I should know, I worked construction for a year myself.) I have nothing against the industry or the like, I just get really upset when I see such inconveniences to just about everyone trying to make a commute, not only the fact that the journey is even more hair raising than usual.

I apologize again, I just had to get that off my chest.

*Melts into a puddle*