In response to “Sidewalk repair appreciated; lawn-watering not,” in the Dec. 5 Gazette. Been there, seen that here, though it was later in the evening where I live.
There is a distinct lack of public washrooms outside of the commercial corridor along Highway 2. To rent a portable toilet for anything less than a few days isn’t cost effective. On the other hand, peeing on your lawn was not acceptable either. The crew should have arranged it so that they all had a chance for a bathroom break beforehand, or had sufficient numbers of people so that one or two of them could leave the job site if they needed a ‘pit stop.’
It was a poor judgment call by the offending crewmember and he should be held to account for his actions. Perhaps next time, he will remember to make a pit stop beforehand, to prevent this from happening again.
Gordon Anderson, Kamloops, B.C.
