8 Sept 2024 Garand Picture of the Day

[Daan Kemp]

Anybody have any facts about what they were doing there and why?

[ssgross]

Anybody have any facts about what they were doing there and why?

It could be just busy work - in my experience often used as a tool to stay out of trouble.
Shoveling mud might just be keeping those guys from picking a fight with the company next door, gambling, scavenging, etc. Or, perhaps it's voluntary. If I had a choice of looking busy shoveling mud, or stirring diesel into vats of human waste and burning it...I'd be quite eager to shovel mud - or any other task for that matter. Been there.