67 years on a road crew in that weather?

[GeauxLSU]

Talk about cut from different cloth! I bet he didn't spend a lot of time leaning on a shovel either.
Respect.

Meet Louisiana's longest working civil servant Roland Babin, who may set Guinness record

Roland Babin could have retired 37 years ago at full salary, but continued working on a Louisiana asphalt road crew.

www.theadvertiser.com

 

[Hayata]

Some men will do ANYTHING to avoid going home to their wives!

 

[BIKER13]

good for him.

 

[Fatal_Bert]

Never took a vacation and just loves working for the government on roads. I guess that's worthy of admiration now days.

 

[THREEJAYS]

Probably kept him going

 

[fattboyzz]

 

[emptyMAGS]

Never took a vacation and just loves working for the government on roads. I guess that's worthy of admiration now days.

 

[Jamescg]

Have you ever driven on Louisiana roads, they suck so bad, I wore out a set of shocks just driving to Texas and back. He must have clocked in went to the bar got drunk and clocked out 8 hours later. No way anybody has worked on Louisiana roads in years

 

[bambam]

Fire him immediately----------

"While Louisiana is ranked 7th in the nation for its dangerous roads, when it comes to road quality it is ranked 2nd worst. Louisiana scored a 1.16 on the road quality index."

Fatalities, poor maintenance, bad drivers. Why does Louisiana have the 7th worst roads?

Louisiana is ranked number 7 in the worst roadways in the nation. Why is that and what do local DOTD officials have to say about safety?

www.shreveporttimes.com

 

[dhal22]

The federal government punished Louisiana with Road building money or rather lack thereof for keeping their drinking age low for so long.