Those Pesky Cones

I don't have pet peeves, I have whole kennels of irritation.
~Whoopi Goldbrrg

Well since we're talking about pet peeves...yes we were remember? Here is another one of mine. Why do they set out miles and miles of construction cones and not a workman in sight? I'm sure there's a perfectly good explanation, probably they're going to get to work after they have breakfast at Denny's or perhaps they thought they were going to work there today but then they got called into an emergency road crew meeting. Those probably happen on a weekly, maybe even daily basis. That's right, take my main drag to work down to one lane and I'm going to get cranky, as I'm sure all the other commuters are. They seem to do this every Friday and the most action I've ever seen is one guy in an orange vest riding on a power mower in the median. Yep that seems to be a good enough reason to block off 7 miles of boulevard (yes I did measure the distance). Phew, I feel much better now! I think I'll work at home next Friday!