villa4europe Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 How the **** we got through day one of the blitz is an absolute mystery to me. to be fair management didnt have rear wheel drive beamers back then its looking like snow from around 4am friday, heavy by around 10 and all day, light snow sat, cold sunday, snowing early monday morning i'll have a look friday before deciding what to do, i can work from home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 (edited) Gutted, I was hoping to either 1) blag a working from home day tomorrow or at least 2) blag an afternoon working from home day tomorrow but my boss's boss (who is new) has scheduled a meeting with me at 14.30. Funnily he wants to know what I do. Think I'll need to give it some thought There was some really light snow coming down in Tamworth at 6am this morning. Edited January 17, 2013 by Tamuff_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Is it really going to be as bad in the midlands as people are making out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 My daughter is as excited about this as only a six year old can be excited. Mind you, she was thoroughly pissed off on Monday when it snowed but the school wouldnt let them play outside in it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 17, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 17, 2013 Oh what great timing it was when my radiator decided to spring a leak on my way home last night. Garage can't do the job until... tomorrow morning. Could be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Panic stations at work today. Everybody is talking about snow and trying to figure out where they fit in to the office contigency plans in the event of severe weather. I live over an hours walk away, so if it's bad and buses aren't running, I won't be in. Also, if they are running, I won't be in either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 17, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 17, 2013 Yup, everyone making plans here too. Imo, that just means people are more likely to not come in. I live 35 miles away and I bet I'll be in tomorrow. But I'd also wager that people who live 5 miles down the road won't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Sadly, with the invention/ability of many office workers to now work from home, snow days just aren't the same. You still have to do your job, just from home rather than work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 17, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 17, 2013 Yeah but doing work is much more enjoyable when you're wrapped in a duvet with the TV on in the background (or rather watching TV with your work in the background) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 (edited) Sadly, with the invention/ability of many office workers to now work from home, snow days just aren't the same. You still have to do your job, just from home rather than work. Much more comfortable though. Edited January 17, 2013 by AVFCforever1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 So glad I've moved. The old flat was a 5 minute walk to work, literally, 5 minutes door to desk. Last time we had snow bad enough to keep the rest of the office away, yours truly was sat in the building on me feckin' Tod, just 'cause I could actually make it in. All week. Torture. Not anymore! Bring on the white stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I live fairly close to my work, about 10 miles away, most other employees live more like 30/40 miles away. Every damn snow day I sit here on my own in the office and I can see it happening tomorrow. I hate snow days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I live fairly close to my work, about 10 miles away, most other employees live more like 30/40 miles away. Every damn snow day I sit here on my own in the office and I can see it happening tomorrow. I hate snow days. They can't expect you to walk 10 miles to work, surely? If the snow is too bad to drive the 10 miles, surely it's a snow day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 They can't expect you to walk 10 miles to work, surely? If the snow is too bad to drive the 10 miles, surely it's a snow day? This is the thing that particularly annoys me about snow day. It's always feasible to drive 10 miles to work, but driving for an extra half an hour on a gritted motorway is too big a risk for some reason. The whole thing is complete and utter arse-hat. All major roads are gritted, just take a little extra care getting out of your estate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Just tell them you moved. Work from home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 17, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 17, 2013 As I said, in my experience there's far too many liberties taken on snow days. I bet 90% of people who don't come in because it's too snowy to drive actually could have made it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Well, I do have a co worker who lives within spitting distance of me, so I will use him as my snowday yardstick. The problem is that he's having an affair with my boss, so will probably come into work regardless. Oh, and then they'll both bugger off at about 12 o clock for the rest of the day, leaving me as the only one in the office. Impossible situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Well, I do have a co worker who lives within spitting distance of me, so I will use him as my snowday yardstick. The problem is that he's having an affair with my boss, so will probably come into work regardless. Oh, and then they'll both bugger off at about 12 o clock for the rest of the day, leaving me as the only one in the office. Impossible situation. Threaten to grass them up unless they give you some snow days ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Unfortunately, my boss is THE boss. It's a fairly **** up situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Oh what great timing it was when my radiator decided to spring a leak on my way home last night. Garage can't do the job until... tomorrow morning. Could be interesting. Stick some radweld in it and slap the car on ebay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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