Employers being understanding about the weather conditions

What can you do Pixie - you tried!

Im currently living in Firhouse and it was not funny this morning! I had to dig the car out again. Luckily I had parked it pointing down a slight incline so I managed to get out of the parking spot easily enough. Leaving the estate was bad, Tallaght was bad, but the Greenhills Road was a lot better. It was well gritted. In work now and its blizzarding down outside, feeling mildly alarmed about the trek home!!
3 people have not yet made it into the office, one cannot get the car out at all - 2 are stuck on the route in.
 
pixiebean22 said:
Well folks I have fallen victim ti the weather. Couldn't get the car down the driveway this morning. About 2 feet of snow fell last night, it snowed from around 8 until 10 and then 11 onwards, woke up at 5 this morning and it was still snowing. We managed to get the car out of the shed after about 10 minutes and then another 10 minutes to get around the house and onto the driveway, as we made our way down the sheltered part of the driveway the car kept getting stuck in the snow and then when we got to the open part we just couldn't move because the snow was so thick. Visibility was also very poor with the snow still fallling.

We tried again at around 7 (so I could try and make the later train and be about 2 hours late for work) but it was the same again, our tyre tracks from earlier had been covered up as well.

So there you have it, my efforts to get to work this morning.
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Excuses excuses...why didn't you get up at 4? :p
 
Sue Ellen said:
If you were meant to be in at 9 and got a stern talking to because of 10 mins I know what I would tell my boss. It is irresponsible to stop people going home when buses stop and causing them to walk for 3 hours.

When dealing with someone like that I would just ring in sick.
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Me too Sue Ellen, what sort of lunatics are expecting people to walk home like that. The mind boggles.
 
We are a small office, 8 in total, 6 managers - 2 employees!!!. Employees are there, but all the managers are working from home. We have been told to come in but to take our time on the road!!! I
 
If anyone in Dublin can leave work early, I would do it. It's carnage. Road transport has come to a standstill.
 
Sunny said:
If anyone in Dublin can leave work early, I would do it. It's carnage. Road transport has come to a standstill.
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Or stay in work and make up for all the time lost due to being late this week you layabouts.
 
Latrade said:
Or stay in work and make up for all the time lost due to being late this week you layabouts.
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Latrade, I took your advice and am selling my house. Bought a nice apartment right beside work so this will never occur again. My 8 kids aren't happy about having to share a room but they understand.
 
Sunny said:
Latrade, I took your advice and am selling my house. Bought a nice apartment right beside work so this will never occur again. My 8 kids aren't happy about having to share a room but they understand.
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Good time to buy too, good man. And kids are adaptable anyway. Besides, if they whine, send them out to work and you stay in, 8 salaries instead of just one, you do the math.
 
Latrade said:
Good time to buy too, good man. And kids are adaptable anyway. Besides, if they whine, send them out to work and you stay in, 8 salaries instead of just one, you do the math.
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Figure it will bring the family closer together now that I don't have to commute and we get to spend quality time together. There is a some green space right across the motorway and the railway tracks for the kids to play on as well so I think we will be happy. My boss was very impressed.
 
Sunny said:
Figure it will bring the family closer together now that I don't have to commute and we get to spend quality time together. There is a some green space right across the motorway and the railway tracks for the kids to play on as well so I think we will be happy. My boss was very impressed.
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And so he should be. With a bit of luck he will now give you a 10% drop in pay as you no longer have travel expenses :D
 
Conflicting reports on Dublin Bus. Some saying services are cancelled altogether others saying buses have been asked to pull over pending road inspections and then service levels will be determined. Serious delays to Irish Rail all day today.

If you can get home now try your very best and be safe.
 
pixiebean22 said:
Conflicting reports on Dublin Bus. Some saying services are cancelled altogether others saying buses have been asked to pull over pending road inspections and then service levels will be determined. Serious delays to Irish Rail all day today.

If you can get home now try your very best and be safe.
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Walked home from city centre- Took about a hour, If i waited for a bus I would be still waiting. Did not see any bus pass me on way out towards terenure via christchurch

cant understand my bus are told stop- out to where i went roads looked a lot safter than paths
 
Read that Patrick St and Christchurch area are being deemed "extremely dangerous" and "almost impassable"
 
Judging by all the posting times, it seems that eeryone got the day off unless productivity is being eroded by personal internet use during work time. But that never happens....
 
I left at 7.15 last night and there was no delays going south on the M50.
Came through the city centre this morning at 7.00 and there was no delays or problems.
 
I dont know what all the fuss is about. Sure in the Summer when we have beautiful long evenings I can imagine all the employees saying " Its a beautiful evening and will be bright until 10.00 pm. Lets all work late to make up for the time we took off during the snowy weather"

Problem solved.
 
Took a half day and left for home at 2pm. Got home at 3pm. Kicking myself for 'wasting' a half day.

In at the usual time this morning. Staying for the day, come what may. The schools and colleges being off seems to have removed a significant number of cars from the road.

There are people here whose commute this morning was 30 minutes, instead of the usual 10, and they're talking as if they just conquered the South Pole :rolleyes:.

The stories are becoming competitive ;).
 
Purple said:
I left at 7.15 last night and there was no delays going south on the M50.
Came through the city centre this morning at 7.00 and there was no delays or problems.
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Good man Purple... Your "can do" spirit and 12 hour days should be an inspiration to us all.
 
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