On Monday, February 11, 2019 at 6:56:37 PM UTC-6, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> On 2/11/2019 6:33 PM, wrote:
>
> > Are we supposed to
> > stay off the roads because some Northerner is here visiting but we are annoying
> > him and in his way because we don't know how to navigate in it?
> >
>
> That can be the smart thing to do no matter where you live.
>
I agree, but when you work for a company that did not close for the snow and
you and your co-worker, who spent the night at your house, are on your way to
work and you pass ONE other vehicle on the road they still expect you to come
in. GRRRRRRRRRR
>
> One day I was going to work and there were flashing lights ahead around
> the curve. When I got there, a woman was standing beside her car that
> slid off the road. They were waiting to have it pulled out.
>
> After work it was still the same conditions on the way home. Again, at
> a slight curve on a down hill there were flashing lights ahead. When I
> got there, same woman, same car, this time up against a guard rail with
> some damage.
>
> Even if she lost a day's pay it would have been more sensible for her to
> stay home.
>
I gotta agree. Unless she was taking someone to the hospital, after the first
episode of getting out of a ditch I'd said "that's it, I'm going home."