Any number of communities and neighborhoods in the New York/New Jersey areas are complaining that, after a full two weeks post Hurricane Sandy, there is still no electrical power.
Power companies are saying that they won’t provide power until they can individually inspect and approve a massive number of electrical panels and conduits and transformers.
They say this could not just take days, but weeks and — now — months.
Because they know this one very salient thing: any person injured or, worse, possibly killed because of “improperly” or “hurriedly” restored power will themselves or their survivors contact an attorney group in order to instigate a civil or possibly criminal negligence suit for redress of a fiscally-geometric nature.
Therefore, American tort history mandates that these companies move with a glacial-like pace in order to achieve American Expectational Perfection.
Anything less involves lawsuits.
I say:
Get over yourselves, America.
You wanted Perfection?
Fine.
Live with its lawful (what I call the) Logical Extension.
BZ
This also explains why the power companies are turning away non-union help – the Union would be covered for the same reasons.
The entitlement mentality is going to, if it hasn’t already, cripple this country. Coupled with a Communist/Socialist/Progressive political slant, the average wage earner is going to buried for a long, long time.
By the by, BZ – have you considered turning comment tracking on? So those of us who comment can see when someone else comments … ?
I’m not familiar with that.
I don’t know where that is.
I can’t even figure out how to provide an Avatar for my own blog.
I mean: really??
BZ
Sorry, didn’t mean to increase the grumpiness quotient around here. 😉
I’m a Darwinian Luddite reprobate when it comes to being smart enough to run this thing. Thank gosh I have Help!
BZ
They are complaining now? In a year or so they will start receiving $1,000 a month electric bills. Old supply and demand. Shut down the coal fired plants and don’t replace them; guess what happens.
http://peripateticengineer.blogspot.com/search?q=coal