Snowing heavily doon here in the capital

I appreciate that the snow is is worse in the central belt and that the odd road in the north east is treacherous but the businesses closing early are a fucking embarrassment. Even pubs were closing early last night ffs. There's maybe an inch or two of snow in Aberdeen.

This. I took a sicky yesterday with the bastard of all colds that had been hanging around since Sunday night, got a text this morning to not bother coming to work. Went out to W.A.N.K.S.hill tesco to stock up at lunchtime, and couldn't believe the lack of snow. Absolute joke that folk are closing for the day or making no effort to get to work.

This. I took a sicky yesterday with the bastard of all colds that had been hanging around since Sunday night, got a text this morning to not bother coming to work. Went out to W.A.N.K.S.hill tesco to stock up at lunchtime, and couldn't believe the lack of snow. Absolute joke that folk are closing for the day or making no effort to get to work.

 

We’ve been sent home from work in westhill early the last 2 days. Roads completely clear etc, it’s a joke.

In my day

 

Okay this is recent

 

For 10 years ( banned from having neighbours) Mrs Donsdaft and I lived in a cottage on a private estate ( ruined castle et all) some 35 miles south of Aberdeen.

 

We had some belters of winters

 

I used to get up at 5.00 and force my way through snowdrifts, over hills, down hills with narrow bridges at the bottom of them etc etc.

 

Only once I never made it ( despite a ridiculous effort ) and that was because the coast road and the main duel carriageway were both closed with jackknifed lorries.

 

Must open shop.

 

On a number of occasions I slept at the shop because I was never going to get back in in the morning.

 

Anyone needing their nosepads changing free of charge, I was there.

 

Fuckin wimps the lot of this namby pamby generation

Surely the joke is the opposite? The martyrs risking themselves (I ken, there's zero risk in the NE at the moment) to get to their meaningless jobs? Our absolute certainty in the importance of the work we do that a couple of days will make a massive difference. We've attached such a god-like status to work that taking a few days off is deemed ridiculous, almost treasonous. Yet most of us probably sit in bull-shite jobs that could go tomorrow with little effect on the way the world moves. We should be encouraging folk to take the time off, spend it with kids or whatever when the weather is fun (for the kids of course...) rather than sitting through hours of frightened traffic all heading in the same direction.

 

Fuck work, sna's ace.

 

Edit: that wisnae a direct response to you DD

Fair enough

 

But I did a hell of a lot of skiving at school.

 

When I started work ( Jan 6th 1975) I promised myself that I would change my ways.

 

A natural skiver, every day has been a new challenge since.

The wife was saying that one of the people stranded on a motorway was complaining that his boss had insisted he go to Aberdeen. Social media nailed him by saying "if your boss asked you to jump off a bridge, would you?"

 

Let's not forget the ego in situations like this. Some/most "bosses" are arseholes, employees themselves and the thrill they get by pretending (to themselves) that they are "important" - so influential in fact that they can affect other people's lives - is a drug they can't get enough of.

 

It was ever thus. Give a cunt "power" and they'll use it and abuse it for their own ends, just in varying degrees and for varying effects of course.

I was one of the lucky peasants back in the day,that was up at work at 3 in the morning,before the roads were gritted,clearing snow manually from the car parks of said poovey office workers.Cant recall a day we didnt get in to work.

 

    Those were the days        (cough)

Obviously office workers wouldn’t be expected to go in.

 

However, what happens if KFC struggles to complete an order?

 

Bring back hanging

bloody hell, I ken it's Billy McNeil's funeral today but hail hail in May....

Snow over night in Edinburgh. Still sitting on top of Arthur’s Seat this morning. 
 

 

10 hours ago, Jute said:

Snow over night in Edinburgh. Still sitting on top of Arthur’s Seat this morning. 
 

 

Not a bad view that, Jute! Any more forecast for the weekend?

Heading up to Aviemore this weekend.Snow forecast the night,- 6oC at pres.Cold enough in ABZ this am,had - 3oC on the dashboard

1 minute ago, Elgindon said:

Heading up to Aviemore this weekend.Snow forecast the night,- 6oC at pres.Cold enough in ABZ this am,had - 3oC on the dashboard

You filming a remake of 'the Thing'? 

 

32 minutes ago, manc_don said:

Not a bad view that, Jute! Any more forecast for the weekend?

Aye supposed to snow overnight.

4 minutes ago, tom_widdows said:

You filming a remake of 'the Thing'? 

 

?......

 

 

 

 

 

 

.....(nae idea what he's on about ?)

Edited December 3, 20205 yr by Elgindon

-60C

ergo yer in the antarctic

Snowing heavily in Leith tonight. 
 

 

Nae much sunshine on Leith there 

Snow over night Edinburgh again. 
 

 
 

 

N/E,esp Aberdeen area seems to have missed out on most of it.Plenty up Aviemore,Perth etc

Got a few inches here, enough fir them to close the school today

Woke to this in Edinburgh this morning.