Interesting ride last night. There were a bunch of police and fire trucks blocking some streets far from the business district, so (after waiting for some dump trucks to turn left), I stopped and had a conversation with one.
Me: Did they decide to have a parade here or something?
Officer (chuckling): No, they were doing some construction and dug up a gas main.
Me: OOoooh. I think I'll take the long way home.
Officer (laughing out loud by now): Yes, you might want to go the long way home.
Social media, when I got home, had at note that the road was closed, both directions, traffic should take an alternate route; it's because of a utility problem.
Utility problem? Phone pole down is a utility problem. Power outage is a utility problem. Water leak is a utility problem. But a gas main is a horse of a different color!
This morning wasn't so exciting. 15 degrees warmer than yesterday, and my timing sucks. If I'd left a half hour earlier, or a half hour later, my glasses wouldn't have been covered in fine water droplets when I got to work. But that wasn't a utility problem!