Broken Sidewalk

So....the city came through the alley this week - tearing up this and that. The Boy inquired as to what they were doing. Running a new gas line. Since we don't have gas service to the house (fuel oil furnace - ugh) we decided to have them do it. They're there. It's free. If the furnace goes kaput in the dead of winter, we'd have to pay to thaw out the ground. That is just not cool. Anyway - so they tore up bits of the yard this week and put in the line. They told the Boy that they'd fix everything, put it back to how it was.

Today I go outside after getting home (in the dark - ugh!) and what do a see? A misshappen bit of earth still sits where they dug a hole next to the garage. Piles of sod - not big but still...sod should not be in piles. And they drove over the little sidewalk with the trencher and broke a square as well as made two squares, which were formerly perfectly flat and lined up, askew. They said they would re-pour it tomorrow (which is today). Well, the holes in the alley have been re-poured and fixed. There was no sign of machine, crew or leftover construction gear for tomorrow...just a pile of sod and a broken cement sidewalk in my yard. Huff. I'm not happy.

I guess I will have to call the city tomorrow and remember that NOTHING is free. Nothing.

:-(