{"id":1410,"date":"2011-11-29T22:37:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T05:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2011-11-29T22:37:57","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T05:37:57","slug":"parsons-construction-thank-you-sign-not-coming-off-as-sincere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1410","title":{"rendered":"Parsons Construction \u201cThank You\u201d Sign Not Coming Off As Sincere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Contruction-Thank-you.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1411\" title=\"Contruction-Thank-you\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Contruction-Thank-you.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>\nParsons Construction is handling the construction on 29<sup>th<\/sup> and Central Park Blvd. where a lot of changes are being made including tearing up the area to make way for stop lights. Drivers have been slightly inconvenienced because they have had to slow down a little, and have been forced to pay attention to the road instead of their phones. Runners have had to cross over from the median and run on the sidewalk for a few blocks until they could get back on the trail on 29<sup>th<\/sup> Street.\nParsons won the bid from the city and we are assured they are doing their best. The road work itself has not angered residents so much as the sign at the end of the construction project which appears to be thanking Stapleton residents.\nJim Farrell is confused as to what the sign is implying. \u201cWhy are they thanking us,\u201d asks Farrell. \u201cWe did not award them the contract. The residents didn\u2019t vote for the project. Are they expecting a \u201cyour welcome\u201d when we drive by?\u00a0 I just don\u2019t get it.\u201d<!--more-->\nParsons CEO Luke Carman says that the sign is pretty standard, and is used typically in high-speed high traffic areas where people are asked to slow down.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m not sure why we went with that sign there,\u201d says Carman. \u201cWe probably didn\u2019t come up with anything good in brain-storming sessions, and also didn\u2019t want to have a new sign made.\u201d\nThe sign continues to befuddle residents that drive, ride, run, or walk by. \u201cWhat is the phone number for,\u201d asks resident Greg Halsor. \u201cShould I text a \u201cyour welcome\u201d to that number? Is it their way of asking us to thank them? \u2018Oh, no, Parsons, thank YOU.\u2019 It simply doesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d\nResidents have been asked to simply ignore the sign and not think too much into it. That is not good enough for resident Jeff Jones. \u201cThat sign is going to be gone, one way or the other,\u201d says Jones. \u201cWhether we convince them to remove it, or me and some drunken buddies remove it ourselves, it is coming down.\u201d\u00a0 Parsons may want to consider changing the verbiage on the sign to \u201cThank you for not removing this sign.\u201d]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-iusse-18","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}