There has been some construction on  the road of a bridge near me at night for the past few nights.  They shut down a lane and alter traffic.  I was curious what they were doing so I asked them on my walk tonight.  

They are grinding up the surface of the road and putting down a silt-like, rocky covering on the road.  The purpose?  To prevent freezing and to prepare for snow.

In San Diego.

The guys nervously laughed and said, “Gotta spend that money somehow.”  I figured it is a program meant to give people jobs, but man is it depressing for two reasons:
1. My tax dollars are being wasted
2. The people working these jobs know that they’re doing soulless, meaningless, wasteful work.  I could see it in both their eyes.