Since I have become an employee of a third party inspection company I have experienced several city building departments. There is a stark difference between them. Yesterday I had twelve addresses to visit for an inspection. Nine times, they were just getting started or they were not there at all. A TI requested rough framing and MEPS. The only people at the site was two guys hanging drywall...they were better than half way completed. Post #5,097 is another example.
This temp power pole was another. Even though the city will not allow me to remove a deadfront, I would not ask the contractor to show up for a TPP inspection but as you can see, he should have been there.
Here's another quirk. I have been to four cities in the month that I have been working for this company and one city stands out.....nearly every site has a Blue Room, otherwise known as a Porta-Potty ....even re-roofing....
I like not having a permanent assignment. I fill temporary holes in inspection staff. They're happy to see me, coming and going. Some, but not all get upset when I complete the inspections by noon. I get where they are coming from, them being government employees and all.
When I worked at the County there was a permit tech with twenty years in. She had a full plate for sure. Her mentally challenged (retarded for the un-woke among you) sister lived with her. She had to take her sister to a care facility daily.. Well the care facility changed up their hours and set her back thirty minutes. So she couldn't get to work on time. The other techs and staff understood the situation and knew about her paralyzed husband, elderly mother and HC sister so they willingly filled the gap.
Management was not so understanding. Management required her to stay thirty minutes after closing to make up the time. She offered to use sick and vacation time but was told no. She would be left in the dark storefront office, by herself and then have to make it to her car .... in a horrible neighborhood. She sat at her desk with the lights turned of....contemplating her lot in life. What a rotten thing to do to her. So now I am making up for that transgression.
In retrospect I shame myself for not having sat with her to see to it that she made it to her car unmolested. It went on for many months....a year maybe.