The lady asked me what I was doing. Surveying this property. For what? Luckily my client was just leaving and she talked to him, turns out they new each other a bit. Later I asked to look for some markers on her land and she was nice enough to show me and I shot them in. I even showed her one she didn't know about. The conversation eventually got around to developers. She doesn't like developers per say and they are never going to approve anything for the land I'm surveying as it's a wet land. I might have agreed as most of the area is covered with wire grass and looks sort of swampy (a wetland). But client and I had just been to the county and a meeting with a planner about what is possible. Client has two existing building rights from a pre county zoning law enactment. AND we checked the wetland map from the Army Cor Eng. Only one tiny place on the 8 acres is designated as wetland. Even I was surprised. So a plat amendment to include some other land and reconfigure the lots is probable. I didn't say anything, just thanked the nice gal for letting me on the property and showing me around.
I'm sure we've all been there done that!
> I'm sure we've all been there done that!
To tell the truth, I have not; but I usually ask Merriam Webster first.
Personally, I have stopped telling people when I am performing work for a development, redevelopment or otherwise.
If they realize why I am there, they will barrage me with questions about the proposal. They will start their own preparations to fight the proposal. Usually I am on the ground before the development plans are complete and I'm just the surveyor who is not told anything.
Yes ma'am, I heard it is either a new railroad bridge or maybe an amusement park, you know, for the kids.
Wetland and developers
or, ...........
Yes'm a 48 storey condo apartment building for swine with an exterior clear sanitary sewer pipe so their health can be checked "by eye"
usually gets the idea across that it's MYOB Please.
YOS
TNAI
"Well, Ma'am, it's like this. People say ignorance is bliss. I'm downright happy."
> "Well, Ma'am, it's like this. People say ignorance is bliss. I'm downright happy."
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM
If I ever get as happy as some of those people
Some collection of doctors are gonna get rich trying to put my spine back where it's supposed to be.
Which is it? You've never talked with a nosy neighbor or done work for a developer?
Yeah, and English, writing and spelling was not my interest in K-12. In fact I barely graduated high school, not because I was dumb but more like not interested. I had to do my own remedial training to get through college but, I did end up with a degree in engineering and a decent GPA. Music is what saved and developed my brain in the early years. I think that has been proved, a lot music majors make it to medical school. Surveyors are also populated with a lot of musicians.
I came to the conclusion long ago that telling anything about what may come from my work is above my paygrade.
😉
"Client confidentiality"
I dunno ma'am, I'm just a surveyor.;-)
Engineers can be happy too
I guess....
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