Whose up for more snow?

[noodleoo]

Jan 26, 2015 13:43:10 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

At the moment I kind of hate that I have the ability to work from home. I just wanna enjoy the snow day!

Me too!  But since if I couldn't I'd have to take PTO, I hope I don't lose power so I *can* work.  

I wish companies would close during this kind of an emergency and not require you to use your vacation when it is not like you can do anything! 

[zeewifeandmama]

Jan 26, 2015 13:43:10 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

At the moment I kind of hate that I have the ability to work from home. I just wanna enjoy the snow day!

This is my DH too. He works remote for both jobs.. So really just him working from home while I have the kids for a snow day.

[5kcandlesinthewind]

My coworker was just telling me her husband's company is basically forcing them to come in tomorrow, so he either stays at a hotel tonight, or he's out. Insanity. The poor guy commuted by public transportation today, so that he could save his parking space for her when she gets home with their kid. Now he's got to trek back and forth from Burlington to Charlestown in a storm. What a nightmare.

I really hope we don't lose power. We've got a fireplace and a grill, so we'll be ok, but I am pretty sure my husband will make me in.sane with no technology to distract him. Ugh.

[noodleoo]

Jan 26, 2015 14:48:09 GMT -5 5kcandlesinthewind said:

My coworker was just telling me her husband's company is basically forcing them to come in tomorrow, so he either stays at a hotel tonight, or he's out. Insanity. The poor guy commuted by public transportation today, so that he could save his parking space for her when she gets home with their kid. Now he's got to trek back and forth from Burlington to Charlestown in a storm. What a nightmare.

I really hope we don't lose power. We've got a fireplace and a grill, so we'll be ok, but I am pretty sure my husband will make me in.sane with no technology to distract him. Ugh.

What?!?  That's horrible.  Unless he's a doctor or nurse or some other essential employee, that's criminal.  They are shutting down the MBTA for tomorrow and I'm pretty sure the governor has issued a ban on road travel all day tomorrow.  I hate that companies put their profits above their employees safety.

[mswax]

Work is closing early today! Closed tomorrow! Woohoo!

Daycare and school also already closed.

[lizlemon19]

i have to go in tonight (hosp social worker). will prob stay at least 24 hrs or so.

[lizlemon19]

thank you! boys are at IL's, DH is supposed to work tomorrow too. (he works in kitchen at a hospital).

[preppy]

Jan 26, 2015 14:19:36 GMT -5 noodleoo said:

Jan 26, 2015 13:43:10 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

At the moment I kind of hate that I have the ability to work from home. I just wanna enjoy the snow day!

Me too!  But since if I couldn't I'd have to take PTO, I hope I don't lose power so I *can* work.  

I wish companies would close during this kind of an emergency and not require you to use your vacation when it is not like you can do anything! 

Your dept would really make you take PTO if you lost power and couldn't WFH? If that happens I would push it cause that isn't the case company wide. 

I got out before the storm for a work event in Tampa but now I am fucking stuck here for four days. I am annoyed. 

[LoveTrains]

Jan 26, 2015 13:43:10 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

At the moment I kind of hate that I have the ability to work from home. I just wanna enjoy the snow day!

Snow day for me! My boss told me not to work on anything. 

[LoveTrains]

Ok also just reading this thread fully. That is total BS that some companies would make you use a mothereffin vacation day if you lose power and can't work during a state of emergency when the governor has asked people to stay off the roads. In RI they shut down the bridges to/from Aquidneck Island (Newport) and they have said that they will arrest people driving after a certain time tonight and into tomorrow morning. So how do people even get to work with no public transit and no ability to drive on the roads?!

[mcc]

Jan 26, 2015 20:17:54 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

lizlemon19, stay safe!

DH made it home, yay!
Some dude just knocked on my door and handed me a flyer offering snow blowing/shoveling tomorrow. So smart! I bet he makes a killing!

Glad he got home safely. I was stuck waiting at Kendall before coworkers and I decided to walk to other lines. I walked 2+ miles home from Cambridge. Faster than the T!

[mcc]

Jan 27, 2015 6:56:50 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Jan 26, 2015 23:59:11 GMT -5 mcc said:

Glad he got home safely. I was stuck waiting at Kendall before coworkers and I decided to walk to other lines. I walked 2+ miles home from Cambridge. Faster than the T!

Damn! Did you walk across the Longfellow? That must have been equal parts neat and awful during the storm! Glad you made it home ok

Yeah it wasn't that bad though. There was a T stuck on it that was blocking most of the wind