Oh poor thing, don’t forget to alert Worcester animal rescue league!

So.. this is what I get for staying offline for a few days lol... now I gotta figure out what happened hah

Then I recommend you get vocal with your representatives and city hall on where you want your funds to go (sometimes it really does help)

Absolutely. Not just the town I work for, but the town I live in - My taxes are higher than my mortgage. The mismanagement of funds is atrocious. The town I live in installed a 6.5 million dollar astroturf field but the kids can’t attend school because the high school roof leaks. Or our new million dollar fucking pickle ball court but can’t afford to do a total reclaim of some of the worst roads in town, where there is literally No remaining pavement.

One of the main reasons my department is so short staffed is because we haven’t been reclassified or been given a raise in 6 years. My master diesel mechanic is leaving because he can make more money flipping burgers at McDonald’s than BEING A MASTER DIESEL mechanic. I can’t get bodies in trucks because folks can’t afford to feed their families without a second job, but this job doesn’t allow you to have a second job. It’s just awful, the only way to fix it is to be active and vocal in your local government, but even if you are you get ignored because the seniors value the pickle ball courts over the other stuff because they are the loudest and have the most time on their hands.

Okay, I’m done ranting now lol 😮‍💨

I work for the DPW in another town, and I haven’t been to Worcester so I’m not sure the condition of the roads there… but I can tell you my guys are still out there clearing and salting in our town. They were called in late last night and haven’t gone home or slept yet. And we haven’t even had that much snow, it’s just SLICK and glazed. I’m sure the guys in Worcester are doing the best they can with what they have right now… we’re all out straight, short staffed, and working with broken equipment. We try and get everything done as quick as possible but we are human, and need breaks, and need rest. We are all running on skeleton crews at this point.

With all that being said, I don’t know your situation or Worcester’s situation but I would highly recommend reaching out to the DPW office, or the mayors office to voice your complaints, kindly. We are all doing the best we can with what little we have, but sometimes things get missed or new guys don’t know something, so we can’t fix it if we don’t know.

Hit my windshield on 290 this morning, scared the shit out of me, state trooper saw the whole thing too and didn’t do a thing

Had it on my car this morning. Brown and black, residue with the rain drops on my car. I am near Worcester

Just when we finally decide to maybe start to try for kids (after 20 years of waiting) and I see this… just took a new job too and that’s more than my salary 😵‍💫

Going to be driving through that in a few weeks time... wonder if they make bumper stickers too lol

This. She wasn’t herself… when she does wake up and come back to herself, she’s going to be an an entirely different kind of hell. PPP is a super serious condition and doesn’t get enough attention. We need to do better. Being a mom for little kids close to the same age, along with coming out of working at a hospital during a global pandemic could break anyone… my heart bleeds for everyone involved…

Eggs are still $3 bucks at Market Basket!

I just got a new job out that way and this will be on my route home, super super stoked. It's so much closer then driving all the way out to Oxford!

The roads got super slick super fast, and I’ve got great tires lol

This is incredible - thank you!!

Honestly I think it's a mixture of both? Super sad to see. Had a small heart attack when I saw Table Talk gone, but quickly learned they're just relocating until the building gets renovated.

My peach tree is starting to bud again 😩😢