March 19th

All day working today. More digging and still more digging. It seems strange, but the work patterns are completely different here. Do one job, finish, then plan the next. The problem is that often the jobs intersect.

Dig a trench, put a pipe in it, then fill it in. Okay, next job is to T a pipe to that one, so dig it up and do that but leave the dirt out this time. Now we need to put a trap right there under the dirt pile so shovel the pile over here then use the pick to break up the brand new concrete floor to lay the pipe then fill it in so we can patch the concrete.

We had the toilets all in and ready to put the floor on top when they decided to move the toilets.

I know I can’t extrapolate too far past this one job, but it seems that labour is so cheap that doing things eficiently really isn’t a priority. If a hole needs to be dug, then we dig a hole. We’ve got time.

According to Lester, it applies to government too. Getting Dennis’ body out of the country has been an administrative nightmare for him, with people changing their minds about what needs to be done, announcing things last minute, and taking vacation rather than signing vital papers.

I’m getting quite good at just smiling and nodding and starting to dig, but I knwo I’ve seen that rock there at least once before. I call him Freddy, and I’m pretty sure I’ll see him again before this is all done.

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