No, I'm just being melodramatic (me? surely not!). I don't actually think they were deliberately being malicious. I'm sure it was just an oversight, but still a fucking dangerous one. Within the last hour, the county declared a Level 3 snow emergency, which means only police/emergency vehicles are allowed on the roads.

SO GLAD my office let me drive in that.

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My office never calls us for snow days. (We almost never get them, but still.) We have a number WE are supposed to call in case of emergencies, and that's it.

I'd happily do that, but the office policy always has been that there's a phone tree. So whoever forgot to call me is getting punched in the head tomorrow.

That's pretty terrible, Steph. What asses.

We already knew they were asses. They don't really have to keep proving it.

This is reminding me of something I'm still mad about, and it's been a good 15 years. We had an ice storm start during work hours, and by the time I started to leave, the 55 miles to my house seemed like a bad idea. A co-worker offered to let me stay at her house. My car was parked outside at her house, and when I got up bright and early to go to work, it was covered by a sheet of ice and I couldn't get the door open. I chipped at ice and swore and called in every half an hour for two hours before I got the door open. At that point, I decided to just go home while the streets were relatively clear. I passed my office on the way home. It turned out that they closed the office at 11 a.m., and anyone who had shown up at all, even for 15 minutes, was paid for the day and everyone else had to take vacation. So I had to take a vacation day, even though I had spent the whole damn morning trying to get to work.

Steph, sounds like you have some "political capital". Use it wisely. Guilt trips can be a powerful thing.

Sparky, please pet the sassenfrass for us and tell her peoples here say hi.

Full translation: "Hi, Sassy, stop barking!"

My U. announced a 10 a.m. opening, then changed it to 11 a.m. If you were listening to the radio announcements, you knew this, but if you were relying on the web page you did not because they didn't bother to change the announcement on the home page. I went to my appointment, so I didn't get here until 11 a.m. anyway.

When I was working at Rutgers, I remember taking 4 hours one day to get to work because the boss insisted we all had to come in, and then getting sent home 15 minutes after I got there.

I'm guessing oversight, Teppy, but still...SUCKS.

It was -17 degrees here this morning but we got no snow. The kids and I have made balloon hats and now we're watching the new show Olivia. It's finally worked its way up to 0 degrees.

That really sucks, Teppy.

My office never calls us for snow days. (We almost never get them, but still.) We have a number WE are supposed to call in case of emergencies, and that's it.

This is my office situation. Of course, I've been here over 16 years now and we have never been closed for the entire day (sent home early three or four times, but that's it). It's not a bad solution, and they always timestamp their messages so you know it's updated.

This morning, we just had two or so inches of the really fluffy, dry snow that blows off the cars with the first puff of air, so it was easy to brush it off and get on my way. It's still damn cold, though (high of 18 degrees predicted).

We've never closed for snow since I've worked here (almost 5 years), but we have been closed for other emergencies (9/11, crane collapses, random fires). An official phone tree would be good to have.

ION, I was told in THREE separate official emails that nobody in my division will be getting a raise this year and we should be thankful that at least we're not going out of business entirely. OH YAY.

The Institute never closes for the day, but will close early for weather. Due to the ginormous amount of external research funding, a closure would cost them around $1M a day. (er, so I hear)

Tep, that is some bullshit right there. Ugh.

IRelatedN, I got a call from my company's emergency broadcast system on my cell this morning. Called in and got an automated message not to come to work today - Boston area office is closed. I work out of the LA office. Wha-huh? Needless to say, I am at work now.

Yeah, we opened at 11 today. I still managed to be late. Oh, well.

ION, I have been told by my mother that she is "all alone". There was a situation, first, she called night before last and when I tried to be reassuring (i.e. "it's no big deal, not that complicated", she said "why won't you help me?" and hung up on me) She called last night, apologized for the night before, I reiterated what needed to be done said "hey, I'll send you a link so you have the information. I can leave work early and come tomorrow afternoon" She said no, she wanted to do it first thing in the morning. (and I was secretly relieved).

Then, she calls today with the "all alone" thing. I said "we deal with things differently, so why don't you tell me what you would have wanted me to do" She then gets hysterical and sobs "I wanted you to understand that I am all alone, that I lost my husband, that everything I do reminds me of him", etc. I wanted to say "yes, I understand that, but what do you want me to DO, because you have expectations and I don't understand them, and then you get upset when I don't do what you want". Is that shitty?