Another Lazy Painter

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A paint job which produced a shining silver sock has left bosses red-faced.
Contractors sprucing up North Promenade took an astonishing short cut when they came across the abandoned footwear tied to a railing. Rather than remove it - they painted OVER it!
The lazy workers were today blasted by council bosses who described the gaff as an "embarrassing mistake".
Resort visitors and fellow decorating firms labeled it "the laziest thing we've ever seen".
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Oldster said...
Union demarcation?

(Other wise it’s not in his job description to remove it.)