fatboy Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Yeah, my department at work were just sat about all day, pretty much on standby, waiting to leave, getting whatever info we could. My boss was on the blower to Traffic and Roads up at Kittybrewster and was told gritters didn't go out anywhere all last night, and weren't planning on going out this morning, as the roads were already too congested and the snow was already too deep, so it was apparently a "lost cause". Good that, eh?what is it wi people like this acting like its the end of the world beause of the snow, waiting about finding out key up-to-the-minute traffic reports. why didnt you just get on wi your work and go home at the end of the dayI dont have a car and use public transport, fair play i dont have to battle a car through the snow to get to work, but had to freeze to death waiting for a bus which turned up half an hour late to get me all the way out to the back of dyce which was deep as fuck, then wade through the snow along on the embankment (no pavements) next to the main road for about a mile then up a country lane, ok i was 25 minutes late. but worked right up till 6pm normal finishing time, none of us though about getting sent home because it was snowing.i fucking wish i had a car, then i could sit in traffic with music of my choice, a nice heat, the leisure to smoke if i wish, rather than wading trough almost 2 foot deep snow driftswaiting to go homepah! grow some balls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 It was the general consensus that if the snow got worse, traffic would be chaos, buses would be sparse and you'd be taking hours to get home on your own time, which pretty much no one was in favour of, so we were waiting on instruction to leave incase it did get worse... Considering Anderson Drive, Great Northern Rd and Garthdee areas were already completely locked down, and a heap of buses stuck between Cove/Culter/BOD/Dyce and the city centre, if we stayed til 5, when it would have been heaps worse at rush hour, none of us would have got home at a reasonable hour.And also because it's a few days before Christmas. All our contractors have been off for Christmas since last week, so there's the best part of fuck all to do anyway, so the most interesting thing to do is to find out what chaos the snow is causing.I hope that's okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 I get a lift home and seriously the roads were as quietest ive ever seen them, so thank fuck all you whiters went hame early Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Can't really predict that though can you? It could have been like it was yesterday evening, where the whole roads were chaos, and it took nearly half an hour just to get out of Morrisons car park. When we were instructed to leave, we'd been told about heaps of major roads being completely closed, and others being at a complete stand still. So I went home and played some Xbox. Snow is mint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 I wouldn't employ you with your work ethics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanette Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 It's actually pretty dangerous travelling in the weather the way it is. My manager was watching the weather to send some of us home if it got worse. It's about ensuring that the staff are safe. What use is anyone with a broken leg or worse. I have a 60 mile round trip to work therefore being sent home early is a nice gesture for actually making the 30 miles in the morning. To be fair it's nowhere near as bad down here as it is for you lot but it's the principle of people ensuring the safety of others. Just because you choose not to have a car and use public transport doesn't mean you should have a go about employers sending people home early. Maybe you're just jealous you haven't been having snow days!!Also, the roads are generally a wee bit quieter because it's the Christmas week. /rant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 I wouldn't employ you with your work ethicsBecause I went home because I was told to?Fair enough. I agree. That's not completely batshit mental at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Because I went home because I was told to?Fair enough. I agree. That's not completely batshit mental at all.To be fair, Cannon isn't going to go home when the Chief tells him to. Grow some balls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 But Cannon is a mercenary. I can't be compared to a mercenary. He's in it for the love of the game. I just need the money, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 But Cannon is a mercenary. I can't be compared to a mercenary. He's in it for the love of the game. I just need the money, man.He's in it for the justice bro. Surely there's some maverick filing you could have done - controversially separating the "mcs" from the "macs" in the HR record cos that's the way it should be and fuck the chain of command and their beuracracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 I wouldn't employ you with your work ethicsWho would pass up the chance to fuck off home early? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 It's actually pretty dangerous travelling in the weather the way it is. My manager was watching the weather to send some of us home if it got worse. It's about ensuring that the staff are safe. What use is anyone with a broken leg or worse. I have a 60 mile round trip to work therefore being sent home early is a nice gesture for actually making the 30 miles in the morning. To be fair it's nowhere near as bad down here as it is for you lot but it's the principle of people ensuring the safety of others. Just because you choose not to have a car and use public transport doesn't mean you should have a go about employers sending people home early. Maybe you're just jealous you haven't been having snow days!!Also, the roads are generally a wee bit quieter because it's the Christmas week. /rant.correction I choose not to break the law, I don't have a licencealso it's a pet hates thread.... I'll have a fucking go at anyone I choose ok! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murrr Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 I think you're taking the "Pet Hates" thread a little bit too seriously, chap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 I think you're taking the "Pet Hates" thread a little bit too seriously, chap.Don't provoke him. We all know what happened last time......Last time was quite funny though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 This week;Having my hours cut from 40 to 14.Working up the courage to ask out a girl way out of my league only to find out she's just started dating one of the starting lineup of Aberdeen F.C.Seeing the band who's lyrics I have tattooed on my arm appear once on Desperate Housewives, hearing them referenced again (in a different episode) and then seeing said bands track appear on hit tv show "The Hills" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aekido Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 This is all part of Johns plot to stalk you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 what is it wi people like this acting like its the end of the world beause of the snow, waiting about finding out key up-to-the-minute traffic reports. why didnt you just get on wi your work and go home at the end of the dayI dont have a car and use public transport, fair play i dont have to battle a car through the snow to get to work, but had to freeze to death waiting for a bus which turned up half an hour late to get me all the way out to the back of dyce which was deep as fuck, then wade through the snow along on the embankment (no pavements) next to the main road for about a mile then up a country lane, ok i was 25 minutes late. but worked right up till 6pm normal finishing time, none of us though about getting sent home because it was snowing.i fucking wish i had a car, then i could sit in traffic with music of my choice, a nice heat, the leisure to smoke if i wish, rather than wading trough almost 2 foot deep snow driftswaiting to go homepah! grow some ballsMost companies who have an ounce of concern for their employees tend to send them home if the weather is particularly bad.If you feel all manly and shit by doing all that to get to work, great. Maybe you should get a mountain rescue job. You could be like Stallone in 'Cliffhanger'. Then again you never heard him whining to Papa Walton about music stands or lack thereof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanette Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 correction I choose not to break the law, I don't have a licencealso it's a pet hates thread.... I'll have a fucking go at anyone I choose ok!Don't be so pedantic. You didn't say you didn't have a licence!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 The fact that I have a 3000 word essay due in at noon tomorrow (Christmas fucking eve!), and I have written 188 words so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 The lack of spacial awareness demonstrated by a large percentage of the general public when shopping in Tesco.Honestly, people look right through you and just walk straigh into you. It's like some kind of zombiefest. I'm a mild mannered kind of guy but this really enrages me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 The lack of spacial awareness demonstrated by a large percentage of the general public when shopping in Tesco.Honestly, people look right through you and just walk straigh into you. It's like some kind of zombiefest. I'm a mild mannered kind of guy but this really enrages me.It's the ones that are so close to you in the queue they could hump your leg that really hack me off. We had that happen to us on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Highlander Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 The lack of spacial awareness demonstrated by a large percentage of the general public when shopping in Tesco.Honestly, people look right through you and just walk straigh into you. It's like some kind of zombiefest. I'm a mild mannered kind of guy but this really enrages me.This also pisses me off. 40-50 year old women who think they are anne robinson are the worst ones. Sometimes I take pleasure in deliberately bumping into them and laugh as they go flying. Cunts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 The fact that I have a 3000 word essay due in at noon tomorrow (Christmas fucking eve!), and I have written 188 words so far.Whatchoo got an essay for Willis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Whatchoo got an essay for Willis?The 17th Century Sex Comedies of Aphra Behn. Fourth year is shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 The 17th Century Sex Comedies of Aphra Behn. Fourth year is shit.Jeebus, she was a munt.Ah well, if you must insist on higher learning, thems the apples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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