Paddywhack Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 2 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: Or better still, just pretend you don't exist. You’d like that wouldn’t you Ruge! I bet you wish I’d never been born! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 7 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: That's even worse, bringing work home with you It's because I've persuaded myself I'm so very very vital. Or, if I can get ahead of the work today, I get to wrap up the week a day early and go on a jolly boys footy away trip on Friday... It's actually the bit of my job that I enjoy, the initial concept and design. It's really difficult to do in the office environment. So I'll nail it this evening, arrive with it pretty much done in the morning and get one of the cad monkeys to actually make it work. Then I can play at being a manager and dick about with spreadsheets all day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 12 minutes ago, Paddywhack said: You’d like that wouldn’t you Ruge! I bet you wish I’d never been born! To wish that, I'd have to think something of you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I’ll work from home tomorrow I think. It’s a 42 mile trip each way and although I can probably do it without killing myself some other not so skilful driver might leave me stranded somewhere freezing to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 55 minutes ago, Paddywhack said: I don’t know what to do about work tomorrow, pretend I can’t get my car off my drive or pretend the buses aren’t running? Scenario 1 - I had a right game trying to get into work today, I couldn' get my car off the drive so I had to get the bus. Scenario 2 - the busses weren't running this morning but luckily I managed to get my car off the drive so I still managed to make it into work. You see the problem with pretending only one of them is causing you issues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 2 of us in thus far, me and a man who travelled from the hotel next door. West Brom is a bloody ice rink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 (edited) It's going to be freezing all day and tonight it's going to be -5, so can't see much of it shifting today. Might be another day off work tomorrow. The snow on the roof ain't too bad, it's the ice that's the main problem. Edited December 11, 2017 by Rugeley Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 I’ve got tomorrow off (heading into Birmingham German market for couple of beers before Liam Gallagher gig). Hopefully normal service resumes on Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 11, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2017 Snow day for me. WFH Our car park for our flat is underground and the slope to get out is icy as ****. If it was a straight run it would be ok. You could just gun it up. But it curves upwards and to the right a full 90 degrees. So was basically impossible. I have video evidence of me trying to show the boss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 (edited) Driving back from rural aka snow drenched worcester to Cardiff today. I drive three or four times a year with rentals and this is the first snow I've covered since passing my test 14 years ago. Joy. Most of they way is usually ok traffic wise but I susoect the M5 is going to be an arse. Podcasts loaded up and ready for an extended drive... Edit: I did bin off doing this journey yesterday so this is the back-up, pre booked day off being used! Edited December 11, 2017 by Rodders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 11, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 11, 2017 Still nothing in West Yorkshire. Why is the soft south getting all the snow that rightfully belongs to the grim north? Grrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Also decided to work from home, received 3 emails and sent zero thus far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: Snow day for me. WFH Our car park for our flat is underground and the slope to get out is icy as ****. If it was a straight run it would be ok. You could just gun it up. But it curves upwards and to the right a full 90 degrees. So was basically impossible. I have video evidence of me trying to show the boss Nice to know the £2.5k a year service charge is in full swing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 11, 2017 Moderator Share Posted December 11, 2017 2 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Snow day for me. WFH Our car park for our flat is underground and the slope to get out is icy as ****. If it was a straight run it would be ok. You could just gun it up. But it curves upwards and to the right a full 90 degrees. So was basically impossible. I have video evidence of me trying to show the boss High gear, low revs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 I work in Solihull.... 35 out of 40 people in the office made it in, 3 working from home, 2 with an excuse to make up tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr_Pangloss Posted December 11, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2017 In the 21st century a hell of a lot of people simply do not need to show up to the office every single day, snow or not! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 17 hours ago, Paddywhack said: I don’t know what to do about work tomorrow, pretend I can’t get my car off my drive or pretend the buses aren’t running? Say you can't get the car out because your electric gate has stopped working. Must be the cold. You'll have to wait in for the engineer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lapal_fan Posted December 11, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2017 Snowy days show up the shit managers. My wife is working from home, was fretting about calling her manager to tell him she was doing so. So she makes the call and he says "oh yea, my and (other manager) decided not to make the journey in yesterday" - of course not phoning/emailing my wife and her team because **** them, right? Arseholes. I'm working from home. If you don't have to make the journey, you shouldn't - it's reduces risk, saves money, blah blah blah - people shouldn't need to feel bad. Presenteeism at its worst. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 (edited) 15 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: If you don't have to make the journey, you shouldn't - it's reduces risk, saves money, blah blah blah - people shouldn't need to feel bad. Presenteeism at its worst. Its not always the case though. A lot of people can't work from home (no laptop, VPN, etc). I whatsapp'ed everyone in my department, and said "Don't come in if its too difficult. We just need to make sure 1-2 people get in" (out of 12 people)... but everyone made it into work! Edited December 11, 2017 by ender4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 I was dreading the journey in but it was a doddle. I decided to get the bus and I was only waiting a few minutes for it. I was in town within 20 minutes, the main roads are clear. It's the earliest I've been to work in about 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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