I'm the only person at work

"Big Bubba Ray" (eganward01) 02/09/2016 at 08:00 • Filed to: None

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My manager couldn’t make it because “the roads were too bad.” We got an inch of snow. And he drives a brand new Subaru. It’s amazing how a tiny bit of snow like this can freak so many people out.

jariten1781 > Big Bubba Ray 02/09/2016 at 08:12

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There’s only like 1/3 of the staff here (just supervisors and my direct reports). In fact, I'm calling people right now figuring out where the hell they are. We didn’t even get any snow, just a few flecks of slush coming down on my drive in.

People be dumb.

Old Red Wagon > Big Bubba Ray 02/09/2016 at 08:13

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Wow, that is nothing. I’m from Los Angeles and when I drove in the snow for the first time in Germany there was about six inches on the ground and it was falling as I was driving. I know to some that isn’t much but for me it was enough to make me a bit nervous considering I’ve never driven in the snow. Using basic fundamental driving skills and some common sense I made it unscathed. It was actually quite fun.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Big Bubba Ray 02/09/2016 at 08:38

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Any excuse to avoid work I suppose

iSureWilll > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 02/09/2016 at 08:44

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Prrrrrrretty sure this is it. LoL

Chariotoflove > jariten1781 02/09/2016 at 08:46

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People be scared. They watch the weather forecasts and work themselves into a frenzy worrying that they'll be stuck at work by the snow. Then they end up taking a personal day to cower at home, and nothing happens. I see it here every year.

GTI Sprinks > Old Red Wagon 02/09/2016 at 08:48

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Ah, but you made two assumptions here: 1) Basic fundamental driving skills and 2) common sense.
Ordinary people lack at least one of these.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Big Bubba Ray 02/09/2016 at 08:57

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That’s ridiculous. I drove in 2 Mondays ago during the great DC Blizzard of 2016. Only 10 people out of about 120 showed up for work that day.

Ash78, voting early and often > Big Bubba Ray 02/09/2016 at 09:03

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We’ve gotten to the point where they just make us take our laptops home and use VPN, even if it’s just a scare. We didn’t even drop to freezing last night, but there will be flurries all day and they nearly called work off completely.

Not that I’m complaining, but snows days used to be fun. Now it’s either you do all your work at home, or you spend 3 days catching up.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Big Bubba Ray 02/09/2016 at 09:10

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It’s ridiculous how people here can’t handle snow. There’s multiple teachers not at school today and my friend essentially totaled his Malibu accidentally sliding into a concrete mailbox. The roads are clear this isn’t hard people!

Big Bubba Ray > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 02/09/2016 at 09:10

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Haha yep. Pretty much that!

TheRealBicycleBuck > Big Bubba Ray 02/09/2016 at 09:17

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We have, perhaps, 10% of our normal office contingent today.

No snow in sight. Why, then?

Mardi Gras.

Jagvar > Big Bubba Ray 02/09/2016 at 09:55

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Time to sit nekkid in your boss’s chair, I guess.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Chariotoflove 02/09/2016 at 10:16

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Well people in Atlanta last year really did get stuck at work. Or stuck somewhere on a highway. Or at best, stayed in a hotel for the night instead of going home. Certainly sounds better just to avoid the mess and stay home!

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 02/09/2016 at 10:18

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Well some people run summer tires year round or bald all seasons. Then some areas do not have plows or any salt. Or at least fairly poor infrastructure set up to use it. Unless you are in the Northeast, then shame on these people!

Big Bubba Ray > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 02/09/2016 at 10:20

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It’s absolutely ridiculous! I’m home now but took the outer roads all the way from Chesterfield back to Kirkwood just to avoid the highway. It was completely stopped cause of accidents. The roads are 99% clear. There’s no need for this bullshit!

Big Bubba Ray > jariten1781 02/09/2016 at 10:21

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What the? Where do you live that people are scared of even less snow than we got here in St. Louis? haha

Big Bubba Ray > Old Red Wagon 02/09/2016 at 10:23

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Six inches your first time driving in it? Well done. People in STL would be camped out for days if we got anything like that.

CAR_IS_MI > Big Bubba Ray 02/09/2016 at 10:23

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Man I wish we would get a tiny bit of snow out here (Vegas) I would make a couple of grand real quick pulling people out of ditches with my Jeep. They crash like it snowed 6" when it rains, I always wonder what would happen if it snowed.

Big Bubba Ray > Ash78, voting early and often 02/09/2016 at 10:23

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That’s insane. Society has gone soft.

Chariotoflove > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 02/09/2016 at 13:11

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I suppose that’s fair. I always say that it’s not the snow I fear, it’s all the drivers who don’t know how to drive on it. If you know either one of those variables is going to make your day hell, then I guess why not take a personal day.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Chariotoflove 02/09/2016 at 13:18

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I enjoy that when it snows enough to make driving dangerous here, I get a paid day off (without using my personal days). Very nice to not have to make that decision.

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > Big Bubba Ray 02/09/2016 at 15:12

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we got a dusting, but the roads were clear because it was 50 yesterday.......Yes it went from 50 yesterday to snowing overnight here in MI. Gotta love it.