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

[Boozy]

I tell ya, Canadian prairie winters. You can hate 'em, or you can severely dislike them.

I despise them with my entire being. Is that allowed?

[the_std]

That's option C, reserved for the truly sane. So far, that seems to be just you 'n me. :P

[Broomjockey]

Uh... I like them...usually. I actually got sick of this one, mainly because of the -40 snap we had in Feb, but usually I go "aawww, it's OVER?! "

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

Getting there likely would have been possible with little difficulty, but I would have been stranded when my shift ended. I could've gone and stayed with my mom (who lives 15 mins from where I work) but that would have left my fiance stuck by herself at our apartment one town over and I just didn't want to do that.

So I figure if I get crap about it tomorrow, than it truly isn't deserved.

[Acolyte]

Uh... I like them...usually. I actually got sick of this one, mainly because of the -40 snap we had in Feb, but usually I go "aawww, it's OVER?! "

Thing is, winter's not so bad, even at the funderful Northern Canada -40*C, if you have good snow removal. In Whitehorse, I can gladly deal with 4 feet of snow and -40*C, because 10 minutes after it starts accumulating, there's already a loader and a dump truck clearing my street and turning the Snow Dump into a snowmobilier's playground.

Windsor? Takes about a week to get past the main roads, and you'd better pray if your car is parked on one when the plows come past.

[Broomjockey]

Thing is, winter's not so bad, even at the funderful Northern Canada -40*C

Yeah, I'm a big proponent of "I can put more on. I can't remove more once I hit skin." But that's just how the timing worked this year. I dunno why I got so sick of winter this year. (On a side note, it made it to +10 today :P to everyone)

Snow removal didn't seem to be much of an issue this year, though it's hard to tell since I'm downtown and didn't go out much this year.

[Reyneth]

Another Clevelander here. Enjoying my freedom.

I had switched my schedule this week to have yesterday off, as there was an event in Michigan I wanted to go to. Seeing as it wouldn't have ended until 10ish and I would have a 3 hour drive home after that and we were warned what was coming, I didn't go.

I had already requested the first 4 hours of my shift off today, just in case I was tired or whatever. So I was just going to use those hours, sleep in, and wait for things to calm down, but I was woken up my a coworker wanting to know if I knew what was going on. 15 minutes after our scheduled start, the phones kept going to voice mail. So I gave her the emergency notification ph# and the direct number to the Saturday supervisor.

I call the notification line - all offices in Cleveland open. *damn* Shortly after, I get a call from coworker. NOBODY was there. Just my sup. Everybody else called off, and he was only there because he had to be. So I called up, asked about the "ghost town" and we agreed it would be pointless for one person to be there for a 4 hour shift. And he wanted to go home as soon as he was done with his last task.

Later in the day, I call the bookstore where I work 5 hours every Saturday night (close at full-time job at 6, then until 11:30 at store), fully intending to let them know that there was no way I'd be able to get out of the parking lot, and I was pretty sure the roads I could see in my area hadn't been plowed in the past 8+ hours.

It went to voicemail - that the store was closed due to the weather.

So while I had to use vacation time at the fulltime job and missed out on the event, I have THREE days in a row. With nothing to do. Nothing I have to feel obligated in doing - although I'm hoping the roads will be clear enough to go buy groceries and some more yarn tomorrow. What a great feeling it is.

[powerboy]

Back when I moved to Reno, NV with my GF at the time. We moved while it was winter. We had to call in because of the snow, and well, we were not going drive in that. At least they were understanding about the whole thing

[PepperElf]

They wanted you to come in with THAT type of weather?!! Those people are out of their fucking minds to even have the gall to "request" that you come in under those circumstances. Screw them!

that's when you ask them for a lift in.

if they're *that* serious they can risk their own cars for you

[Caveat Emptor]

I've had to drive HOME several times in crap like that, and I was VERY thankful the Mortgage desk I'm on now isn't open saturdays, because yesterday I decided that it wasn't worth risking my life to see a play I had a ticket for.

I wish I had the option, like you, of calling in, but I've accumulated too many occurrences and have to wait until one drops off. If I were in the same boat, I would have to be out there, leaving an hour and a half early. Our call center never closes because of a huge generator outside. When the external power fails, you can't carry on a conversation outside the main entrance - you can't even hear yourself THINK.

[k386trl]

Definitely not worth going in to work in that type of weather. My job is a factory 24/7 operation and has special permits to make us come in even during a declared state of emergency. One person got into an accident and my company was forced to pay the medical bills because the person felt coerced to come in and threatened to sue, from then on we had a weather policy allowing us to call off. They were afraid of lawsuits. Stick to your guns, a job isn't worth your safety.

[Mr. Rager!]

Not to dismiss your fears or anything, but that doesn't look terrible. Of course, this could be because I'm living in Minnesota too.

I've driven in that type of weather and I'm not a fan of it. I can understand why you called in sick. Just me personally, I usually tend to try and brave it.

[InsanityInc]

I'd call off too. My mom's boss gave her crap for calling off when she told him she couldn't get out of her garage. (She lives in the middle of nowhere). She made it in after she hired a neighbor guy who ownes a backhoe to dig her out. She brought her boss a picture of her driveway. 70 foot of drifts, with the final one in front of the garage coming within 4 inches of the peak of the roof. He excused her day off.

[onkko]

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.

[Boozy]

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

We got about a foot and a half here in under 8 hours; some areas of the province got over 2 feet. There were complete white-out conditions for most of the day.

Sure, you can drive in conditions like that. Its just completely idiotic to do so unless its absolutely necessary.

The wind was also causing massive snowdrifts to accumulate across the roads. I'll guarantee there were people who went to work yesterday morning and then were unable to get home again because the roads had become impassable.

According to the news here, there were over one hundred traffic collisions yesterday in my city alone.

I don't see why he should have risked his safety in order to go to work.