Having to work at 9am has its advantages. The main one, in part-time employment, is that you finish earlier in the day. However, when it snows, this is overtaken by its disadvantage: having to get to work during rush-hour!
People abandoned their cars on the M8 and in Kirkton Campus – a place where it apparently mimicked a vehicle graveyard! According to my manager, “there’s nowhere else that would make its employees come to work in such weather”. Eh…Canada?
I think this is a Canadian’s favourite weather. It’s the one time where they can look smug and make comments about the shambolic way in which we prepare for winter, and about our constant moaning about our commute that morning. There is one major difference though: snow is expected in Canada. Here it is not. Here we don’t buy tonnes and tonnes of grit to tackle the possibility of snow*. We choose to spend our money on important things. Like trams. However, I agree this is indeed nothing compared to the snow that falls in Canada, and we really shouldn’t describe it in ways which make the book of Revelation look like a slight hiccup.
Even so, we are not taught to drive in an untreated road, and so driving in the snow is dangerous. But this didn’t stop Livingston from driving to Almondvale Centre to purchase that must-have Christmas present! But I ask you, is it really that important? To be honest, I’m sure the recipient would cope without it. And if the recipient would hold it against you, then perhaps it’s time to re-evaluate that friendship. For a friendship that is reliant on presents to be maintained is hardly a worthwhile friendship at all. In my humble opinion.
I would like the snow to melt though. I have a sponsored cycle to Newcastle to do in ten days, and I have yet to train! And, no, my bike would not stay upright in the snow! Hopefully it’ll rain soon so I can practice!
* West Lothian ran out of grit today. It seems the council didn’t bother buying any