I'm a selfish little pig

[dalesys]

Ironically while half the world is freezing, it is boiling here - 42C/108F here today (third straight day over 40) and tonight is only going down to 30C/86F.

That's the kind of words that will get you lynched by much of the Northern Hemisphere at the moment.

Jester wants to have a word (or three) with you...

[Soulstealer]

Jester wants to have a word (or three) with you...

Notice that I didn't say the entire Northern Hemisphere. I'm fully aware that people closer to the equator are unlikely to see a snow storm. The lucky bastards.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I think this is the photo CRML is talking about. We got it sent round work here i lil 'ol NZ this morning. Small world huh?

Wow. Aside from being a travel nightmare, I have to say that's wicked awesome.

That is very cool. Thanks ApolloSZ!

[protege]

He was indignant that we didn't have buffet set up, and absolutely refused to believe that the arctic friggin' nightmare outside could possibly have anything to do with it. We were just being lazy, you see, we were just refusing to set up the buffet to make his children cry.

Ugh. People like that just suck. I had one guy like that on my paper route. Early 1990s, we got multiple blizzards. Roughly 3 feet of constant snow, and many businesses didn't bother opening, or even attempt deliveries for a week. Those that did...did so at their own peril.

Most of my customers were pretty damn nice about the whole mess. They didn't care if their paper was late. Hell, most of them tipped pretty damn nice But, there was one guy two doors up from my parents, who had to be a bastard about it. He got upset because his paper wasn't there at 3:30.

Never mind that we still had 3 feet of snow on the ground, and that many streets were impassible. Never mind that the papers were late getting to me--the delivery truck flipped over on a bridge and burst into flames In fact, never mind any of those things.

This grouchy old bastard got upset because his 25-cent daily newspaper wasn't there "promptly," and called the paper up and bitched. 7 years I had that job, and that was the only write-up I ever had to deal with

[Magpie]

That's the kind of words that will get you lynched by much of the Northern Hemisphere at the moment.

It's not just Jester that he's safe from. I'd much rather 20 below than 40 above. I find it unbearable when the humidex gets to 40, forget the temperature. Granted, I don't live where it's cold. It rarely even gets down to minus 20 here (now I'm going to get lynched for bragging, I know). I also live in an apartment, and am fortunate enough to never have to drive, so snow has no effect on me

[Pagan]

I also live in an apartment, and am fortunate enough to never have to drive, so snow has no effect on me

Unless you depend on buses and trains to get places and they get shut down like's been happening in Scotland.

I live in an apartment, too, and 15 inches of snow certainly affected me. I do have a car, but I couldn't get it out. Which is good because I have no idea how to drive in that. No problem, got a couple of stores in easy walking distance, right? Yeah, right. One store is normally a 5-minute walk, took me half an hour to get there.

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[Magpie]

Unless you depend on buses and trains to get places and they get shut down like's been happening in Scotland.

Ok, if the buses managed to get shut down I wouldn't want to go anywhere that was further than half an hour or so away. Not that I'm unable to walk for longer than that (even in my heavy boots), but I would assume that half an hour walk would turn into 45 min-1hr with that much snow. And my skis aren't here yet, they're still in storage at my in-laws. (I grew up bushwacking, so unploughed sidewalks are fine by me.)

[TonyDonuts]

This grouchy old bastard got upset because his 25-cent daily newspaper wasn't there "promptly," and called the paper up and bitched. 7 years I had that job, and that was the only write-up I ever had to deal with

When I had a paper route, many moons ago before the White Man came and covered our land with Mini Malls and Dairy Queens, I had customers who were a little surprised that we were "allowed," being kids and all, to deliver papers in the rain, forget the snow. They were worried about us.

And, of course, I had the cranky old lady who would call and complain, loud and long, if her paper was so much as wrinkled.

TonyDonuts, dealing with the Great Unwashed since 1978.

[Lace Neil Singer]

This is kind of an update, but I never made it in at all tonight! There wasn't a single mode of public transport running in my town, not even a taxi would come get me!

That is my story last Saturday. The village where I live was the worst hit in the area; it was flipping artic. I could not get in Sunday, either. O_o

As for that woman, what a total bitch! She needs a good solid whack with the clue by four.

[Broomjockey]

Right, I'm going to say this once: The purpose of this thread is not to bitch about Facebook, complain about Facebook, or rail on about how Facebook is evil. If you don't want to use it, that's your prerogative, but your options in this thread are as follows:

1. Suck it up and don't see the pictures.
2. Ask politely to see if someone somehow will link or post them in a manner that doesn't require registration.

Those are your only options. This is the absolute end of the Facebook tangent unless someone exercises option 2.

[pacman]

Erm... That's the way our car looks like every morning that it's been snowing the night before. And the road conditions look like ordinary Finnish winter

Anyhow, I understand anyone who doesn't want to drive in conditions like that. I don't like to drive in a snow storm but I'll do it if I have to. And we drive 50-60 mph on the freeways here despite the conditions... Of course, we have studded tires on our cars...

[protege]

And we drive 50-60 mph on the freeways here despite the conditions... Of course, we have studded tires on our cars...

That, and you're probably used to it. Here, we get a light dusting...and every road turns into a damn parking lot. Even though snow doesn't scare me, if I don't have to go out, I don't. It's not that I'm afraid, but rather because I don't want to deal with the 5mph people.

That said, I did have an interesting highway drive back in 1995. I was heading back down to school, and the highways had been closed the night before. There were only about 3 cars on the roads, and with the storm coming...I put my foot down. The snow had been packed so much, it was like driving on asphalt. I had so much crap in the Tercel, like hell it clung to the road...even at 60-65mph

Would I do that again, probably not

[pacman]

Indeed we are. You know, a slight fishtail is nothing, it is only if it gets too heavy when it's something to worry about. And of course we have loads and loads of tractors with snow plows every morning out there to plow and sand the roads and if the temperature is in the 20s-30s Fahrenheit they use salt too.

In fact, if you want to check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsKJLL5EkS0 Watch that video.

[Jester]

I would like to point out something that everyone seems to have missed.

The bitchy lady in the OP was directing her anger at the wrong person. After all, CRML didn't make the decision to close the kitchen. The manager did, in concern for CRML's situation.

Of course, we all know that concern for the well-being of your employees is selfish if it in any way inconveniences a customer. That selfish little pig of a manager. How dare he!

I think the worst part of that picture is that I can see a little green in Ireland. The little tease.

I have dealt with a lot of Irish teases in my life.

The sad part is I'm not joking.

So I asked him, "Sir, could you get to work this morning?"

He was surprised, "Well, no, of course not! But what's that got to do with anything?"

"So what made you think anybody else could?"

Buddy didn't really have an answer to that.

Game, set, and match to TonyDonuts!

Jester wants to have a word (or three) with you...

Nope. Not me. I'd be more than happy to let another warm clime dweller take the heaped abuse and antagonism of the frozen masses here for once.

This grouchy old bastard got upset because his 25-cent daily newspaper wasn't there "promptly," and called the paper up and bitched. 7 years I had that job, and that was the only write-up I ever had to deal with

They actually wrote you up? For that? So much for management having your back or having any sense of loyalty to a seven year employee!

[Soulstealer]

Nope. Not me. I'd be more than happy to let another warm clime dweller take the heaped abuse and antagonism of the frozen masses here for once.

I grew up in a desert country. We have less than 10 snow plows. There are days I'm not sure why I moved to a place where they actually reach freezing temperatures.