"You called in because of the weather? Oh come on, it's not that bad" - With pic

[Rapscallion]

Thats not even bad, just drive.
And yes i have seen bad, once i wasnt able to move from driveway because of snow, in your picture there isnt any reason to stay home.

If memory serves, aren't you in Norway, Sweden, or Finland? I think you get slightly harsher weather over there.

Rapscallion

[Broomjockey]

Thats not even bad, just drive.
And yes i have seen bad, once i wasnt able to move from driveway because of snow, in your picture there isnt any reason to stay home.

Also keep in mind that you're only getting an amatuer photography shot out a window. Trust me, that shot doesn't show the half of what was actually going on (Boozy's covers it fairly well).

[Peppergirl]

Not sure who he was referring to but if it was my pic, it came out pretty small.

We ended up with 16 inches here in Cincinnati, and our area doesn't deal well with snow. I'm sure by Canadian standards it was a dusting.

Personally, I'm kind of a risk-taker. I would have tried to make it to work, but inside the city limits the police were ticketing non-emergency personnel for being on the roads.

[blas]

This year I've only called in for bad weather once. And it was a Saturday night for ovetime...so I didn't feel bad at all.

I've made it every time in bad weather on regular work nights (knock wood) but there are a couple of nights that I really should not have even left the house.

Damn me and my need to keep my vacation hours and not risk losing O/T pay.

[Horsetuna]

I quit a job a few years ago because they insited I walk to work in -40 below weather.

No, it wasnt snowing, it actually was pretty dry.

But WALK, a half an hour, in -40 below weather (and -40 is the SAME temperature in both C and F).

They yelled at me on the phone saying that 'too cold' isnt an excuse. I told them that I would freeze before I got there. They said to take a taxi. I told them they didnt pay me enough to afford a taxi. They said take a bus. I told them that its a half hour walk to the nearest bus route.

When they told me that I owe the other two girls who came in an apology for making themwork more, I decided I quit. I'm not apologising for not being willing to risk my life for someone's Whopper-Heart-Attack, sorry.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

If it was in reference to me, let me state that pic was taken a few hours before the REALLY HEAVY snow and wind started. I was due to finish my shift at 6:30 by then it was pretty much pitch black and the roads were HIDEOUS. Remember I said getting there wouldn't have been a problem, it's getting home that would have stranded me.

[deafcat24]

I live in Ontario to.

I'm 5'3 and the snowbank right in front of my living room window is taller than me.

By 2pm Saturday, the snow was up to my knees, just in my doorway.

I don't work, but if I worked, I would have called in that I coouldn't work on Saturday.

My street still needs another plow to get clear. I know it's not as bad as Toronto, but my street is always the last in the town to get plowed and as of 5pm we hadn't even seen a plow on the Main road through town.

[Finance Gopher]

It's insane to ask someone to walk to work in -40 weather. If I recall what one of my Russian professors told me, that's when they start canceling school in Siberia. She'd know. She grew up there.

If the Russians say it's too dang cold. It's too dang cold.

[Acolyte]

As someone who actually lives in Ontario, I have to say that Crazed Clerk did the responsible thing by staying off the roads.

Yeah, Ontario's been getting its ass kicked by snow this year. Even here in Windsor, where we NEVER get snow (Thank you very much, protective layer of Detroit smog ), we've been under a foot or two all winter, save for that freak week in January where it was about 5*C.

[Boozy]

It's insane to ask someone to walk to work in -40 weather.

It is. But its not insane to ask an employee to find another method to get into work. Especially considering that in certain areas of Canada, -40 weather is not uncommon.

If your job is too far away for you to walk in all kinds of weather, and you are unwilling or unable to find another method of travel, you really have to find a different job closer to home. When I was without a car, I didn't even apply for jobs that I knew would be impossible for me to get to in bad weather.

[onkko]

If memory serves, aren't you in Norway, Sweden, or Finland? I think you get slightly harsher weather over there.

Rapscallion

Thats correct, im from Finland bit north from arctic circle. I assume Finland isnt as bad as Canada tho thanks to gulf stream.
Seems that picture lied and it looked like normal weather, i thought bad weather would look like http://uberkuul.files.wordpress.com/...snow-storm.jpg

[Salted Grump]

I thought bad weather would look like http://uberkuul.files.wordpress.com/...snow-storm.jpg

Hey! Who took a picture of my town's main street last Monday?

[draftermatt]

While I would drive in what the OP showed, I get why you didn't want to go.

Unless it's damn near a blizzard I'll be at work. A few weeks ago there was bad weather being called for in our area. PA, NJ, NY got slammed, we were just missed.

The day before though the boss tells us not to come in, so nobody did. And the asshole didn't pay anyone for not showing up. After he told us not to...

I'm still pissed. If I knew he wasn't going to pay us I would have come to work.

[protege]

We've had a pretty mild winter (compared with past years) here in Pittsburgh. Even so, getting to work some days was interesting. Especially leaving in the mornings with plenty of time to spare...only to spend the entire trip cruising along at 15mph on unplowed streets. And yes, my boss *did* get me a hard time about that. Pissed me off, since he lives just up the road, and has a Jeep...while I live across town

[Sharsarannon]

We don't get snow in this part of California, not near the ground anyway, but we do get rain, sort of.
It never rains, but it does pour something terrible.
Occasionally during winter the rain will be pouring down so thick you can't see further than a few car-lengths. When my options for getting to class are taking either the freeway, with a bunch of people who think rain shouldn't change how they drive, or the side roads, where there will be rock and mudslides everywhere and possibly sections of road flooded, well...
I stay home on those rare occasions.