I came across this sidewalk painting when my wife and I visited one of her doctors in a building complex next to the Dr. P. Phillips hospital. The building is jamb-packed with doctors and laboratories, all in the service of medicine. So you’d think that the building maintenance would make sure that entrances to the buildings would be as safe as possible. You’d be wrong. Consider the following I discovered just outside one of the buildings.

There are problems with this sidewalk which required they be dug up and re-poured. Instead they painted yellow caution stripes around the problematic areas and called it a day. If these are temporary, they’ve been down a while now as evidenced by the environmental staining from rain and being outdoors in general.

These are sidewalks that are used by both healthy walkers as well as people with handicaps. My wife is in the later category. I always go with her now to help her navigate problems such as these. What I find disturbing is that this is next to a multi-story doctor’s complex, which is next door to a major hospital. How they’re able to get away with something this lazy, and why they can’t find the funds to perform a proper repair, is beyond my understanding.