That’s what lazy, unionized, parks and rec ’workers’ who do nothing are for, darnit!
Two award-winning community volunteers say the City of Toronto has told them to stop whacking weeds, caring for grass and doing other work to keep a popular park spotless.
For two decades, Stickie Caddle and Blue Jays Curtis have worked at Fergy Brown Park for free.
The two have taken it upon themselves to tackle the waist-high weeds and grass, drain the pools of water and lovingly maintain the cricket pitch.
They’ve even won awards for making Fergy Brown Park a better place.
As a bonus, Curtis also plants and grows vegetables.
But the city’s parks department has ordered them to stop. Not because it doesn’t like what they’re doing, but out of concern they might hurt themselves — and then sue.
“Any place in Barbados you could go and do this kind of work — and people would object to it? Man, they’d give you two more weed whackers,” said Caddle.
Curtis is frustrated too.
“You’re going to disrespect me for doing voluntary work?”
Why, yes, they are, dude. You make their useless workers look bad, doncha know; it surely has nothing to do with fears of you and your buddy getting hurt and suing…
