City of Oakland Public Works Department addressed this issue on 08/31/2015, service request # 601491.

Thanks for fixing this issue!

"City of Oakland Public Works Department flagrantly lied about this issue on 08/31/2015, service request # 601491." The lesson of this story is that, unless you have seen the results with your own two eyes, NEVER thank PWD for "fixing this issue."

The City of Oakland Public Works Department has received this issue. It is registered as service request #602036. Please check back for status updates, or contact us directly at 510-615-5566.

Never will public works get a thanks unless I see it. Wow couldn't even pick up a filthy mat.

Could this task be too complex even for the brain surgeons and rocket scientists at PWD?

City of Oakland Public Works Department addressed this issue on 09/05/2015, service request # 602036.

Thanks for fixing this issue!

No thanks yet. I'm out of town and won't believe PWD until I've actually seen it.

Can it possibly be true that PWD once again failed to handle this advanced calculus issue?

The City of Oakland Public Works Department has received this issue. It is registered as service request #603561. Please check back for status updates, or contact us directly at 510-615-5566.

Are u serious?

Why have you abandoned me here, PWD?

That's funny. How hard is it to pick up this mat?

Rescue me, PWD! It's lonely here.

I see no reason to insult OPW Dept. Obviously if there is a screw up and they wrongly close an open issue that's not right but being snarky doesn't help the situation.

Frequent lying about having "addressed this issue" doesn't help much either.

People are kicking dirt on me, PWD!

Why do you ignore my plight, PWD? Have you no compassion?

Unbelievable.

Somebody, apparently, has phinally helped our phriend Phil. We can only hope he has gone to a better place.

Thanks Phil for the laughable moments. U Phil will be missed or not.

City of Oakland Public Works Department addressed this issue on 09/24/2015, service request # 603561.