The Highway Worker
The Highway Worker The Highway Worker The clock on the wall read 8:02. Doug the Assistant Supervisor came out into the garage bay and yelled at the workers congregating around pickup truck parked in the first bay. “It’s show time, get in here.” The employees; Monroe, Lopez, McCarty, Hooper, Lorenzo, Learner, Maxwell, Michaels, and Erickson, all started filing into the crew office for their assignments for the day. Everyone found a seat, either on a bench, office chair, or desk. The Supervisor John Watters walked into the office with the daily assignments. “Listen up everyone” he said, the room went quiet. “Hooper, take the grader, and Learner, you take truck 1053, and repair ruts west on State Route 10 from where it splits from Route7” “And, just east of the Kill Creek Bridge there are a bunch o...