Patchwork Spending

On last Saturday afternoon I watched as 2 Red Deer trucks stopped on the street nearby my building. 5 workers got out of the trucks (1+ remained in them), and together 3-4 of these workers hot patched a single pothole on the street. Now, great they did it, but Saturday afternoon? 6 workers just to patch potholes? (that's assuming they did more than 1). We all know the old joke about this, 5 workers on a site and only 1 does the actual physical labour, but... It's not just about the upper tiers (Council, Admin) working more efficiently to keep costs down and best use the resources available to priorities at the time.
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