Hello, everyone.

This is Enta.

The other day, we were spraying mortar.

The old lady who lives next door asked me to make sure it doesn't fall over lol

 

At this site, the stone masonry collapsed due to rain. The work involves removing the debris, neatly reshaping the area, and applying a 10-centimeter-thick layer of sprayed mortar.

However, since we didn't have much money, we kept the construction to a minimum. (We barely broke even, and actually ended up a little in the red.)

 

That old lady put 5,000 yen in the chest pocket of my jacket.

I told her, “I can’t accept this,” and tried to give it back, but Grandma wouldn’t take it.

"Please buy everyone some tea."

 

And Grandma’s property was right next to the landslide, with a small stone wall leaning against it.

Although it was outside the scope of the work, we decided to spray that area as a courtesy.

To put it bluntly, they were acquired, lol.

 

However, our work involves public works projects.

Since this construction project is being funded by local residents’ money (taxes), I don’t think we should do anything that would cause them to feel uneasy.

Besides, from our perspective, an extra 2 square meters is no big deal, lol.

It looks nicer when it's professionally installed, and it feels more stable, doesn't it? (Sprayed mortar won't prevent this.)

When you're working on public works projects, there are a lot of services involved, right?

If anything, there are a lot of services aimed at government agencies, lol.

I mean, there seem to be quite a few mandatory services from government agencies, too...

 

It’s not a big deal, but if something takes too much effort or time, it goes beyond what a service should entail, so

Sometimes the general contractor covers the cost, or you split it 50-50 with them, right? lol

Well, I understand the main contractor’s position and circumstances, so I won’t ask for the impossible, but we’re all in this together.

 

When you think about it that way, we public sector workers are also in the service industry.

Part of our job is to make the local government, the general contractor, and the local residents happy.

You can achieve that by doing good work and getting a fair rate.

Let's make sure we get paid well and provide great service!

 

See you later.

P.S. We split the money Grandma gave us among everyone (except me).

Thanks, Grandma ^^