Shortcut to Nowhere

Driving to work this morning, I saw congestion ahead and did a quick u-turn and darted into a side-alley that would let me slip past three sets of traffic lights in the blink of an eye. And this is what I found: a rubbish truck completely blocking the alley way with a single bloke manually emptying bins one by one. Can you imagine the excruciating wait of several minutes as it crawled along that alleyway with no space on either side for passing. Aaaagghh. My journey took 16 minutes when it should have taken 8.

This photo is actually from Chicago, but to convert it to Perth, imagine the bloke is wearing shorts.