Not at my husband's work! We live just 2.5 miles away, so he could WALK if he had to... but some employees live way the hell out out in rural areas, and since there is NO salt and NO plows here, if it snows at all and then freezes over that night... work is CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
They're lucky. When I was working and had to drive to and from Milwaukee, I was lucky if we got let out when a blizzard was on. About 9 years ago, we had a total of 100 inches of snow in one winter, with several feet that dropped on one day. The drifts out our side door were well over 5 feet high and we had to use the front door so we could shovel the back door and let the dogs out. They still expected me at work that day. I called in sick.
Not really lucky. In Jan 2011, we had the biggest snow I've ever seen in GA; 8" where we lived, closer to a foot in some area. To add insult to injury, the next night, after that whopping mountain of snow had begun to partially melt, the temp dropped into the teens... and stayed below freezing for the next 3 days. Nobody went ANYWHERE for a solid week... including work. And his company refused to allow even those with vacation days to assign those vacation days to the forced snow days... so we lacked an entire week's wages. I still don't really know how we survived that, but it contributed to the DIRE financial problems we continued to suffer for 2011, including his work scaling everyone from 40 hrs a week to just 34.5, and no OT whatsoever, though we had previously depended on that OT. We were on the verge of declaring bankruptcy and becoming homeless... till I realized that if we declared bankruptcy, if would be 2 yrs before we could even CONSIDER the idea of buying even a foreclosed junker of a home. So we added up our debts, what it would take to bring my husband's credit score up high enough to qualify for a VA mortgage... and appealed to my parents on bended knee. They came thru, and gave us $6000 from their savings, and we made it all happen, going from signing a contract to closing in TWENTY NINE DAYS, in Sept 2011. That's the closest I EVER want to be to homeless.
Andria
ETA: the home we bought in 2011 for $60k... now is assessed at $115k.
Man, that seriously sucks ass. I know employers have worries of their own but not to take their workers into account as well is terrible. Up here, a large sausage factory burned down a couple of years ago and the owners continued to pay their employees until it was rebuilt. THAT leads to very, very loyal employees. So many people don't understand that people don't usually quit jobs, they quit employers/managers/supervisors/etc. My husband is lucky to work for an employer that allows him to work flexible hours (as long as he gets all of his hours in), has their own medical, dental and pharmacy facilities and really good medical coverage. They're very family friendly. When he's had to take time off to take care of me or my mother-in-law, he's never had a problem with it. That's why he doesn't mind the commute - the employer is worth it.
It must be nice.
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You guys got hit really bad. I'll stop my whining about our snow right now!
Same here. I do remember a quick snow storm in May 2005. We received 7 inches of snow.LOL, I hope this is the last of the spring storms, we're running out of room to put it all
You guys got hit! I was invited to a March somewhere in Racine but declined since I'm not to familiar with the area.
You guys got hit! I was invited to a March somewhere in Racine but declined since I'm not to familiar with the area.
I have only driven thru Racine. 94 is a rat race to the Illinois toll road.I wouldn't recommend it. There's not much to do here. We're right on the lake so we get a LOT of lake effect snow. My house is about a mile from the lake.
Just wanted to comment on the TRUTH. Couldn't think of a better place.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
- Winston Churchill
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Its fun to watch too!
Seriously... Since I started learning about karma, I've had to work really hard on learning to step back, and let the universe exert its own balance. I always pray simply: "when that person gets what they've earned... please let me see it." Sometimes I get lucky. Sometimes I simply have to trust that karma WILL bring their chickens home to roost, whether I ever know about it or not.
Andria
Variety's the very spice of life, that gives it all it's flavour.
-William Cowper
Lol, well take that up with William Cowper because its his quote.Yes, that's pretty much exactly how I try to live.
And BTW... a possessive "its" doesn't have an apostrophe. You only need an apostrophe for that word when it's a contraction. Like that.
Andria
Lol, well take that up with William Cowper because its his quote.
Did I do that right? Lmao.
Variety's the very spice of life, that gives it all it's flavour.
-William Cowper
Lol, tbh I don't care enough to look it up. I'd rather jus be a grammar ignoramus. Lol.Nope, it's precisely bass ackward. Your contraction needs an apostrophe. His possessive does not. Even if he was ignorant enough to put one there. It's (see, that's a contraction) a hard one, I know, because most possessives DO need apostrophes. "Its" is that fine English thing called an exception, of which English has SOOOOOOOOO many. But if you don't believe me, look it up.
Andria
Lol, tbh I don't care enough to look it up. I'd rather jus be a grammar ignoramus. Lol.
Variety's the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavour.
-William Cowper
Lmao!
You live in Siberia?Yeah, no it's not. LOL That's winter in Siberia but not summer. Summers are nice there.
You live in Siberia?
Not me it dont snow hereWe are gonna get hammered with snow tomorrow
(*Made ya look)
Nor here either...It has snowed more often in frigging Florida than it has here...Fuck me running.Not me it dont snow here
Nor here either...It has snowed more often in frigging Florida than it has here...Fuck me running.
I guess I could always take a trip up to the Sierra's.Or Mount Lassen
you are in a Frozen TundraOr Racine, if you want to be bored to death as you look at the snow.
Not gonna even think about heading to Wisconsin.Or Racine, if you want to be bored to death as you look at the snow.