Multiple workers required to observe single puddle in San Francisco

San Francisco's Department of Public Works demonstrated peak bureaucratic theater yesterday when multiple workers stood around a water-filled pothole (which ABC7 breathlessly misidentified as a "sinkhole") while Waymo's autonomous vehicles yolo'd straight through it. The scene unfolding at Lombard and Gough featured the time-honored tradition of multiple public works trucks and their accompanying humans establishing dominion over a puddle, presumably through intense observation and meaningful pointing. — Read the rest The post Multiple workers required to observe single puddle in San Francisco appeared first on Boing Boing.

Feb 5, 2025 - 14:41
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Multiple workers required to observe single puddle in San Francisco
Waymo drives through sinkhole in San Francisco during storm (screenshot from ABC7 News Bay Area)

San Francisco's Department of Public Works demonstrated peak bureaucratic theater yesterday when multiple workers stood around a water-filled pothole (which ABC7 breathlessly misidentified as a "sinkhole") while Waymo's autonomous vehicles yolo'd straight through it.

The scene unfolding at Lombard and Gough featured the time-honored tradition of multiple public works trucks and their accompanying humans establishing dominion over a puddle, presumably through intense observation and meaningful pointing. — Read the rest

The post Multiple workers required to observe single puddle in San Francisco appeared first on Boing Boing.