Lazy, lazy, workshy fops!

Anonymous

Well, getting to work at th'airport was a little difficult today.

25 minutes of digging the car out then a 1.5 hour journey that normally takes 25 mins. Still got in on time after sorting child care due to schools being shut.

Spent the shift, as well as doing my normal role, arranging other officers to pick up staff as far afield as Tintwistle, Radcliffe, Wigan, Hindley. And arranging the nightshift and tomorrow's morning shift's lifts/transport.

Yet I know of people who work within 30 minutes walking distance of home who claimed to be snowed in.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! :x

Stone Glider

Errmm.... Have you been chatting to Jack Straw Lately?

I think I left my coat by the door.

Anonymous

Stone Glider wrote:

Errmm.... Have you been chatting to Jack Straw Lately?

I think I left my coat by the door.

AAAAARGH, Can't stand him!

Stone Glider

Found it! Byeeee.

P S It's started snowing again

Anonymous

Stone Glider wrote:

Found it! Byeeee.

P S It's started snowing again

Actually, just done a search wondering what you were on about! Didn't know he'd said anything recently tbh...

Dog Breath

I'm sure there are some work shy people who will take advantage of the situation. However, besides holidays, I've not been off work since 2001. But my journey home tonight took nearly 3 hours when it is normally 25 minutes. Not only is this frustrating but, moving the car off in 2nd gear all the time, I'm sure I nearly burnt the clutch out trying to keep going at low revs.

I'm certainly not doing that again in the morning, and I'm going for the bus. If that doesn't come, then I ain't going in. Call me work shy if you want :?

DB

Stone Glider

Apparently, he has met a Police Officer who can do four hours paperwork in an hour. On that basis it seems he believes that the entire operation can be carried out with a quarter of the workforce or four times the productivity :?

Let a politician near anything and watch it fall to pieces. Especially if they think that there are votes in it.

drewfromrisca

job pi$$ed!?!?

Anonymous

Dog Breath wrote:

I'm sure there are some work shy people who will take advantage of the situation. However, besides holidays, I've not been off work since 2001. But my journey home tonight took nearly 3 hours when it is normally 25 minutes. Not only is this frustrating but, moving the car off in 2nd gear all the time, I'm sure I nearly burnt the clutch out trying to keep going at low revs.

I'm certainly not doing that again in the morning, and I'm going for the bus. If that doesn't come, then I ain't going in. Call me work shy if you want :?

DB

Damn right, and they aren't the exception!

When we (the police) offered to go and collect some of the airport staff all of a sudden there was lots of uncomfortable squirmings and wrigglings...

Stewie Griffin

Took the one bad day we had here last year as holiday. Didnt have anything that needed to be done that day, so I stayed warm instead. Local roads arent gritted and it was far too risky to try and drive the mere 150 meters to the perfectly clear main road. So I walked to the main road to find that there were no Buses, walked to the tube station no joy there either. Its an hours walk on a good day, I have done it often enough but thought sod it, I dont have appropriate footwear(might be fooked tomorrow as I still dont a year later), just trainers & shoes :oops: .

Found out the next day that a colleague who lives on the road parallel to mine tried to walk to work and slipped and did his knee when he landed on it.

Tail end Charlie

As long as the shirkers end up taking a days holiday then they have only shot themselves in the foot.
I think the number of people who are truly unable to get in for work are few and far between. Most of us are within walking distance of a bus route if need be and yes, it may take longer but what do you expect. When people say they are snowed in, what they mean is I want to come in my car and won't consider any other way.

Pokerface

Well - I drove 45 minutes to work (normally takes 30) over the worst possible roads I could find. Saw maybe 6 cars all the way there. Single track road, no plow, no salt, no grit and maybe 2 cars had driven the road before me.

But that's why I bought a 4x4!!

Plus 30 years of living in Canada taught me how to drive in bad weather.

Only to get to work to find out the office was closed.

So got to drive back home! (But I worked from home).


And I REALLY enjoyed bombing down the snow-covered roads in my truck. Makes up for the crap gas mileage I get the rest of the year!

mrushton

Of course some people are going to take advantage but yesterday it took me 3 hours to go 7 miles and I still had 5 miles to go. I turned back for home at 10am and my employer closed at midday and is staying closed today. It's exceptional weather and for a lot of people it was just madness yesterday. We aren't used to those conditions and so why burden the emergency services any more?

Anonymous

mrushton wrote:

Of course some people are going to take advantage but yesterday it took me 3 hours to go 7 miles and I still had 5 miles to go. I turned back for home at 10am and my employer closed at midday and is staying closed today. It's exceptional weather and for a lot of people it was just madness yesterday. We aren't used to those conditions and so why burden the emergency services any more?

The thing is, a hell of a lot of people just didn't bother making any effort at all...

fast as fupp

Tail end Charlie wrote:

As long as the shirkers end up taking a days holiday then they have only shot themselves in the foot.
I think the number of people who are truly unable to get in for work are few and far between. Most of us are within walking distance of a bus route if need be and yes, it may take longer but what do you expect. When people say they are snowed in, what they mean is I want to come in my car and won't consider any other way.

no buses running her dude!

Anonymous

fast as fupp wrote:

Tail end Charlie wrote:

As long as the shirkers end up taking a days holiday then they have only shot themselves in the foot.
I think the number of people who are truly unable to get in for work are few and far between. Most of us are within walking distance of a bus route if need be and yes, it may take longer but what do you expect. When people say they are snowed in, what they mean is I want to come in my car and won't consider any other way.

no buses running her dude!

Because the bus drivers couldn't be ar5ed trying to get to work

Dog Breath

fast as fupp wrote:

Tail end Charlie wrote:

As long as the shirkers end up taking a days holiday then they have only shot themselves in the foot.
I think the number of people who are truly unable to get in for work are few and far between. Most of us are within walking distance of a bus route if need be and yes, it may take longer but what do you expect. When people say they are snowed in, what they mean is I want to come in my car and won't consider any other way.

no buses running her dude!

I've just tried for the bus, and they are not running. I'm 9 miles from work with the River Mersey in the way so it's not practical to walk.

At least I can get some work done at home (or sit in front of my computer all day). Hmmm, that lawn looks like it needs mowing

hells

+1

I have had no problems cycling in with fully loaded panniers and a rucksack. Neither have I had problems ragging it about in a vehicle weighing nearly 5 tonnes (ambulance) on blues. There are very few people truly snowed in. Slipping over in the snow does not mean you automatically require an ambulance either.

Pross

This is the down side of being set up to work from home. On the plus side I can spend all day on Bike Radar and no-one will know

northernneil

"I declare snow day the funnest day in springfield"

greasedscotsman

NapoleonD wrote:

The thing is, a hell of a lot of people just didn't bother making any effort at all...

Does looking out of the window count as making an effort?

simonaspinall

I did the full commute today - 14 miles from leeds to the West Yorkshire Stix.

Leeds to the outer city limits but as soon as I got over the border (motorway roundabout system) it was chaos....those roads have never seen grit!

Had to walk the remainder...total journey time of two hours.

Oh - On a road bike and slicks.

4 people who live within 5 miles have claimed they can't get here because of snow.

There is no excuse people!

Jay dubbleU

Made it in on the bike - actually easier today than with the ice of the last couple of days - felt warmer too 8)

alfablue

On days like today I don't think there is any point trying to shame people into "making the effort" to get in. I have heard of 1000's of people being stuck on the A3 all night after becoming stuck trying to get home from work - that can't be a good thing. People will not be skilled at driving in snow, and even if the more macho amongst you can make it, the average driver is likely to get stuck, or more likely stuck behind an even less able driver. Buses are likely to be trapped for the same reason. Walking on pavements is treacherous, outside my home the street is a 12% hill, the only way I can walk down the street is by hanging on to the railings outside the houses, it takes both hands to hang on as my feet skid away from me, its ridiculous. People will fall and sustain fractures to wrists, ankles, shoulders, hips (which can be fatal), etc, some of which may leave them disabled and unable to work for a very long time thus costing their employers far more, not to mention the cost to the nhs. Do everyone a favour and don't take silly risks just to show how tough you are.

My work has closed anyway. I can work from home, but of course no one is replying to my emails, but its not the end of the world!

SBezza

Also don't forget when you watch the news, the first person to say Stay at home unless it is really necessary is the Chief Constable, so it is the police that tell you NOT to travel

rolf_f

simonaspinall wrote:

I did the full commute today - 14 miles from leeds to the West Yorkshire Stix.

Leeds to the outer city limits but as soon as I got over the border (motorway roundabout system) it was chaos....those roads have never seen grit!

Had to walk the remainder...total journey time of two hours.

Oh - On a road bike and slicks.

4 people who live within 5 miles have claimed they can't get here because of snow.

There is no excuse people!

There is a fair bit of snow on the road surfaces in Leeds (7 miles of West Leeds to city centre) now though. No probs for me - stuck a knobbly on the back of the MTB for a bit more traction (bit slippy even so) - but quite what the car drivers were thinking of I do not know! Most of them would probably have been better off walking.

YingYang2000

I made it all the 2.2 miles to work today to find no one else turned up, good job i have keys..

ebay day

pedylan

We sent staff home at lunchtime yesterday after using JCB loading bucket to clear the car park so they could actually leave. At 3pm when I left there had been more snow and it was very tricky exiting and getting onto a main road. When I did, the M180 and M18 was down to two lanes.

Our road system folds when 8 inches of snow is combined with normal volumes of traffic on already congested urban routes at rush hour. The advice to stay at home is an attempt by the authorities to try to keep some traffic flow going for public transport, essential services etc

So combine the actual conditions with the benefit of cutting traffic levels and stay at home is good advice for many.

Many of us are just as effective at home anyway. Personally I can waste as much time on this site and post as much cr*p on it from home as i can from the office.

da goose

Mnaged to scrounge a lift home in a landy 4*4 last night so walking back in to work today...did think of putting my feet up as all civil servants are supposed to do but never done this in my life before and dont intend to start now contrary to Mr Straws thoughts of Police Officers......thank goodness a change of Goverment is due in a few months.
...... cross bike would be ideal today....

APIII

Sky news seem to be a bit disappointed that most of the major roads are running without anyproblems

Pross

I could have got in to be honest, been up the stables on completely untreated roads in the 4x4 (ironic considering these are the vehicles that have no doubt caused the bad weather ) which I usually keep just for towing. But as Alfa points out you can still end up stuck thanks to others. I was driving to work on Monday on a single track lane and the muppet in front of me decided to stop at a passing place going up a 1:6 ice covered slope to let another vehicle that was waiting on the flat crest to come down. Surprisingly he got stuck and myself and half a dozen over cars had to do a u turn and make a 5 mile detour!