Threats?
Where do you arm chair lawyers get this crap? He brought this to the attention of management through a memo and stated he would have nothing to do with it and report it to the authorities if it didn't stop. That is a threat?
Next time someone does something illegal and you know about it, don't say a word. Then when that person gets caught you tell the authorities that you knew what the person was doing all the time but you didn't think it was any of their business.
Then let you know what happens.
They may have thought about honoring his request had he not ended the sentence with "screw you guys". Stuff like that tends to irritate people which is probably exactly what he was trying to accomplish. If he didn't want it to be put on the likes of Slashdot, why even bring it up? No, his whole purpose was to rant and get it to as many people as possible and he succeeded.
Seems kind of childish to me but so are many of the comments posted to the "story".
Nothing to see here folks, move along.
Let's face it. It is the resposibility of the utilities to make sure they know where their lines are and provide that information. This crap were the county say's, oh, we know some of the maps are not correct but they could use gps, blah blah blah.
Bullshit, Provide the contractors with accurate maps and then start blaming the contractors when pipes are hit.
Just like a damn city or any government for that matter. Don't do what they should do because they can blame someone else down the road and make them
fix any problems that arise because of it.
Get a grip people. We pay these utilities a crap load of money, Water, sewer, cable, electric, phone, whatever. It is there job to know where their lines are and to provide that information to ANYONE that needs it.
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Threats? Where do you arm chair lawyers get this crap? He brought this to the attention of management through a memo and stated he would have nothing to do with it and report it to the authorities if it didn't stop. That is a threat? Next time someone does something illegal and you know about it, don't say a word. Then when that person gets caught you tell the authorities that you knew what the person was doing all the time but you didn't think it was any of their business. Then let you know what happens.
They may have thought about honoring his request had he not ended the sentence with "screw you guys". Stuff like that tends to irritate people which is probably exactly what he was trying to accomplish. If he didn't want it to be put on the likes of Slashdot, why even bring it up? No, his whole purpose was to rant and get it to as many people as possible and he succeeded. Seems kind of childish to me but so are many of the comments posted to the "story". Nothing to see here folks, move along.
Let's face it. It is the resposibility of the utilities to make sure they know where their lines are and provide that information. This crap were the county say's, oh, we know some of the maps are not correct but they could use gps, blah blah blah. Bullshit, Provide the contractors with accurate maps and then start blaming the contractors when pipes are hit. Just like a damn city or any government for that matter. Don't do what they should do because they can blame someone else down the road and make them fix any problems that arise because of it. Get a grip people. We pay these utilities a crap load of money, Water, sewer, cable, electric, phone, whatever. It is there job to know where their lines are and to provide that information to ANYONE that needs it.