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I got the day off, but I would go to work no matter what. Look at it as an adventure.
A perfect example of why I decided to stay home. I don't need my truck sitting in a body shop for two weeks because somebody decided to have themselves "an adventure."
personally I'd say stay home, it is not worth it out there. It is pretty bad. I went out at 830 and its significantly worse now and not stopping.
You're not kidding. My wife needed to fill a prescription so I cleared off my truck, shoveled the area in front of it just to get a jump on the snow, and drove her to the drug store (less than 10 minutes away) and waited in the parking lot for about 15 minutes while they filled it. By the time we got back home there was an inch on the driveway again.
I can't tell you how many times I went into work when it snowed, one time it took me 3 hour to get home, the normal drive time is 17 minutes, or should I say was. I'm now unemployed after 35+ years with the same company. When they closed the doors that did say thanks for all the times you came in when it snowed.
On your death bed I'm sure you wouldn't be saying I should have gone to work when it snowed.
I'm going to assume Just Flossin; that you're female...because I think it's a very female thing to feel guilty when we're not doing anything wrong
I think part of the guilt I feel when I don't go in due to snow is because even though I know it would have been foolhardy and was the right decision, I definitely enjoy being home during a snowstorm - so that makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong!
Unless you're a nurse, firefighter, power company employee, etc., don't feel guilty! You are helping the community at large by staying home, as news keeps showing roads and highway ramps that are blocked due to people getting stuck, thus preventing plows, salt trucks and emergency personnel from getting to where they're needed.
Hell yeah, I'm with everyone who says stay home. Life is too short to risk wasting all the travel time and potential danger just for a noncritical job. There's nothing that can't wait until the next day or can't be done remotely these days. That said, if you can, it's definitely a good idea to get as prepared as you can to work remotely. I bought my first real computer back in the winter of '94-'95 when there were 17 snowstorms; I worked in the city and several times got stuck in multi-hour traffic backups. Once it took me almost 8 hours to get home to Dover.
My company decided to close on Wed and Thurs because of the snow. It's a wise decision and I think it's easier for them since we are small. I worked from home anyway because I do have users from other part of the county. Even if they had opened, I would still have worked from home. I do IT work so there isn't much that I can't do from home.
I think it's ultimately down to you to consider the risk of trying to commute in such weather. A lot of people make the mistake of thinking about commuting to work and not the trip home.
Whatever you do, just stay safe. Don't put yourself or others at risk by trying to get to work if you are not up to it.
Work ethic anyone? I went to NY, put in a full day and came home without a problem. Plan on doing the same thing tomorrow.
You drove? Driving, roads are the problem.
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