CAN’T A GUY JUST EAT HIS WINGS IN PEACE?

We made it to Wildwood, but I was already in a pissed off mood. They began roadwork on the Schuylkill Expressway between 10 am and 2 pm every day for the next few months. They put out a specific list of what they are doing by day. We had to leave for the shore at 10:30 due to some appointments earlier.

The government website said roving work crews would be working on the westbound lanes on Wednesday. Cool. We were going east. We cruise down 476 and get on the Schuylkill with no problems. Then gridlock. I turn on the traffic report and they report that the roving crew is surprisingly working on the eastbound lanes near Belmont Ave. That’s about 7 miles below where I’m stopped and moving at 5 miles per hour. After a tirade of expletives about the government I just stewed in silence as Avalon took a nap.

It took an hour and 20 minutes to reach the roving “work” crew blocking the right lane of a two lane highway. We passed the crew. It consisted of 10 government drones walking in the right lane and doing absofuckinglutely nothing. They were strolling along, oblivious to the havoc they caused, while assessing how they can maximize the pain on motorists over the next few months. It took us almost three hours to get to Wildwood, when it should have taken less than two hours.

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