what's the deal with people not coming to work every single snowy day?

GreenTeaDisease

there are 3 of 17 people here today! what the flop, this is boston, there are public transportation and walkable streets...

Drop The Leash 10

hehehe that sucks. im outta school right now! wooooohoooooooooo!

NY PJ1

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

there are 3 of 17 people here today! what the flop, this is boston, there are public transportation and walkable streets...

dont get me started on this one lol

Indifference

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

there are 3 of 17 people here today! what the flop, this is boston, there are public transportation and walkable streets...

You must be in the public sector....

edvedder913

many times it is b/c these people have kids and the schools close just over a weather report before anything even falls out of the sky!

i mean i have friends today whose kids are on 3 hour delays and it literally just rained overnight.

it's ridiculous.

dunkman

i lie awake at night wondering how the guy who drives a snow plow for a living actually gets to his place of work?

Indifference

dunkman wrote:

i lie awake at night wondering how the guy who drives a snow plow for a living actually gets to his place of work?

He walks from his front door to his truck.

TrixieCat

dunkman wrote:

i lie awake at night wondering how the guy who drives a snow plow for a living actually gets to his place of work?

Around these parts they just drive around a few hours before the snow starts and have coffee or throw darts in a bar. If they work for the state and plow the highways, they are usually parked somewhere when it just starts.
Don't worry D..they are ok.

And yes, it is probably because they have children and have no where to drop them off.

Drop The Leash 10

Indifference wrote:

He walks from his front door to his truck.

hehehehe

its true. although things around Castle Fuckula might be different..........

GreenTeaDisease

Indifference wrote:

You must be in the public sector....

no not at all! about as private as it gets! everyone is "working from home."

actually, I'm sure they are actually working. I'm having a call with some people soon. but still.

comebackwoman

I wish it was snowing here! :( All we got was rain :mad:

I have an hour commute and I usually make it to work regardless of weather. It drives me crazy when people who literally live 10 minutes away can't make it in. I have had some bad scares while driving though, and every time I swear I'm not gonna risk my life again...and then I do

Drop The Leash 10

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

no not at all! about as private as it gets! everyone is "working from home."

actually, I'm sure they are actually working. I'm having a call with some people soon. but still.

hahahaha that just made this 10x funnier

GreenTeaDisease

the other weird thing is when there are snow days from school so people have to stay home to watch their kids. I don't get that. if you have kids, and you have a job, shouldn't you have some sort of plan for this kind of thing? I mean in my office it's clearly flexible enough that you can just work from home. But I don't remember my parents ever staying home to watch us when it snowed.

rival.

not a spec of snow in NYC. what a let down.

Brain of J.Lo

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

if you have kids, and you have a job, shouldn't you have some sort of plan for this kind of thing?

Ideally, yes. But, it's not like you can just send your kids to a daycare center for a day or two on the spur of the moment. Same with finding reliable in-home childcare. It's not like there are people just waiting around to provide childcare to an entire school district full of kids just because of a snow day.

My parents were home when it snowed, because they worked for the school district. I don't know what other people did.

Ms. Haiku

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

the other weird thing is when there are snow days from school so people have to stay home to watch their kids. I don't get that. if you have kids, and you have a job, shouldn't you have some sort of plan for this kind of thing? I mean in my office it's clearly flexible enough that you can just work from home. But I don't remember my parents ever staying home to watch us when it snowed.

I don't understand how this doesn't make sense. Kids come first. If people are able to telecommute, that is one of the beauties of it! It's great for emergencies. A main water line busted, and when I went to get a drink of water today - no WATER! My boss let me switch my telecommuting days so that I could stay home today, and be aware of the progress.

The plan is to stay home so that your kids are not illegally staying home by themselves. If you are talking about neighbors helping each other out, and already having a plan in case something like this happens - I don't think neighbors know each other that much for that type of planned Plan B. If there is someone old enough at home to watch the kids then the parents don't have to stay home. My oldest sister is 5 years older than me. She usually did the babysitting. My dad could work, and my mom could go to school without much problem. Although rarely they did hire a babysitter if my two older siblings weren't home.

If you were 5, and it snowed, and you were home by yourself because your parents decided to go to work, they would be neglectful. It's illegal.

In MD a kid has to be 10 (I think it's 10)to stay home without parental supervision.

dunkman

Indifference wrote:

He walks from his front door to his truck.

so during the months of Nov-Feb he keeps a snow plow outside his house... mmm classy

and for the other 8 months he keeps it where?

snow plows are kept in government yards here... so if it snows the man has to get to the place to enable him to drive it ... ahhh fuck it... . it was meant to be a fucking joke... if people cant get it then i'm not explaining it :rolleyes:

Heineken Helen

comebackgirl wrote:

I wish it was snowing here! All we got was rain :mad:

I have an hour commute and I usually make it to work regardless of weather. It drives me crazy when people who literally live 10 minutes away can't make it in. I have had some bad scares while driving though, and every time I swear I'm not gonna risk my life again...and then I do

maybe these people who don't make it in actually listen to their own advice they may have had one too many close calls. There's also the not having anywhere to send the kids thing... and then there's the chance of getting snowed in and having no way to get home at work. I got sent home from work once cos of snow it was starting kinda heavily so they sent us all home, it was fantastic

Ms. Haiku

dunkman wrote:

so during the months of Nov-Feb he keeps a snow plow outside his house... mmm classy

and for the other 8 months he keeps it where?

snow plows are kept in government yards here... so if it snows the man has to get to the place to enable him to drive it ... ahhh fuck it... . it was meant to be a fucking joke... if people cant get it then i'm not explaining it :rolleyes:

Speaking of helpful communities. I think adverse weather bonds communities, and why I think this has to do with Green Bay Wisconsin. When I lived there it snowed, and snowed, and snowed. In no time trucks with plows were cleaning up the roads. What's interesting is that some non-government people just had a plow on their trucks. They dug themselves out, they dug their neighbors out, it's just what they do. People would routinely help each other out.

TrixieCat

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

the other weird thing is when there are snow days from school so people have to stay home to watch their kids. I don't get that. if you have kids, and you have a job, shouldn't you have some sort of plan for this kind of thing? I mean in my office it's clearly flexible enough that you can just work from home. But I don't remember my parents ever staying home to watch us when it snowed.

There is nothing weird about this.
Did your mom and dad leave you sitting home when you didn't have school by yourself? Or were you fortunate enough to be surrounded by family like I was.
I was watched by my great uncle that lived next door. Alot of people don't have that, nor do they have an on call sitter.
Get over it already. Doesn't seem like you are doing much work anyway...lol

rearviewmiror

It's the kids thing at my office. 6 of my 15 people are out. MBTA was running fine. It annoys me, because we are not allowed to call out at the hospital, but child care is obviously an issue too.