Working by numbers

I READ your article on the princely sums of money paid to local council fat cats (as reported by the TaxPayers’ Alliance) and had it in mind when my wife and I had a run through South Lanarkshire (we are residents of the same county) on Monday to enjoy the weather and have a coffee.

We noticed two South Lanarkshire Council vans, one South Lanarkshire small truck and seven operatives gathered around a wooden bench sited in a small park.

Thinking a major operation was in place, we stopped to observe and were astonished to find that the job was to install four screws on the bench. One operative actually inserted the screws while the other six watched.

They continued to loiter beside the bench long after the repair. I estimated the time taken was in the region of one hour.

Surely someone somewhere within the council has noticed this and should be trying to have the council become more efficient and costeffective? After all, they are not slow in hiking the council tax.

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