One day, a road crew worker became ill.

A man worked for a road crew.

One day he woke up ill with a touch of laryngitis but being a dedicated employee he went to work.

The boss felt sorry for him and didn’t want him to do any physical labor although they were repairing a part of the freeway.

He said to the worker, “Why don’t you go down the road and tell people to slow down going through the construction?”

The worker is glad for the easy day and does as instructed. He stops the first vehicle that comes along.

“Sir,” he whispers, his throat feeling worse, “Please slow down, there’s a road crew up ahead.”

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“Okay,” the driver whispers back, “I’ll try not to wake them.”