That's the one. Then a year later up pop the dandelions. Which to be fair can push through thick concrete
This lot were a genuine and quite big company (fleet of sign-written vehicles) who do a lot of local authority work. Made me wonder whether there was some moonlighting going on. Why would a well established company like that be willing to trash their reputation with bodge jobs?
Perhaps they were experiencing a cash flow shortage and needed to max out everything to make it to the next round. With a good incentive to the workers, this type of promotion can result in a much needed cash boost to keep the ship afloat.