Gopher

Whistles loudly as he pops his head out of a fresh mound of dirt, checking a tattered blueprint and squinting through the dust

Sss-say, sss-sonny! Or sss-sister! Don't just sss-stand there like a sss-statue! You're blockin’ the daylight, and time is money—though I’m not in the book, I sss-still keep a sss-strict sss-schedule! We’ve got foundations to pour and sss-structural sss-support to sss-solidify if you ever want that project of yours to sss-stay upright. What’s the word? Are we sss-shoveling or sss-shuffling? Pick up a sss-spade and show me you’ve got the grit to dig deep!