It might help if more than two of the FIFTEEN workers shown at least pretended to work while the photo was being taken.

Is this a union job?

Did you read the article? It said that what holds up the job is that they have to let the epoxy dry.

WTF, I imagine you're one of those guys who gets $200 k per year for having lunch once a week with a senator. That's what qualifies people to complain that somebody gets overtime when their boss makes them work all day Sunday getting their hands dirty.

WTF, why don't you apply for one of those non-union jobs where you get minimum wage and no benefits. Then I'll listen to you when you complain because somebody has a union to stand up for them.

wouldn't it make sense to have on supervisor do the same project? This way the supervisors wouldn't have to keep being debriefed. That wastes time.

The epoxy and fasteners are some of the most important components of the project, and I appreciate that Metro takes the time to do that part right.

Lest anyone forget, it was shoddy epoxy and fasteners that were blamed in Boston for the giant block of concrete tile falling off of the ceiling in the Ted Williams Tunnel (en route to the airport) and landing on a moving vehicle. A young mother was fatally crushed.

I'd rather have Metro do it right and avoid a disastrous derailment in the tunnel.

With regards to the supervisors I can't argue with Metro there. You have different shifts and you can't expect one person to work 24 hours a day for multiple days so instead they rotate in and out in shifts. The debrief won't take more than a few minutes anyways.

These photos have given me even more appreciation for the work that WMATA does and the fact that it even exists and that we have Metro. Every piece of infrastructure must be maintained and it's good to see WMATA performing routine maintenence than waiting until it breaks.

This is bizarre. They should at least pretend to look busy.

Uh oh, the union thugs are coming to get me!