An Unexpected Time Out in Everyday Ramblings
- Feb. 7, 2014, 5:40 p.m.
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I’ve worked at the same place in three different jobs on and off since 2001 and they have never actually closed the nonessential care departments for a weather related event until today. We are required to work at home, or if we don’t have proper equipment to work at home take vacation time or the day without pay. Unless of course we are managers, in which case they get the day and pay.
Saint Joe (formerly known as Saint New Guy) is having a rough go of it because he doesn’t have the authorizations in play yet to work from home (it is supposed to be an earned privilege these days). So I have been scrambling to try to keep him busy without access to anything other than email and the general web.
We don’t do snow well here in Portland at all. And by the time we are done this will be the most snow in many many years. More years than I have been here. We had the memorable “Snowpocalypse” in 2008 at Christmas time. At least this year I am not spending the day at the Greyhound bus station like I did back then getting my oldest sister and Miss E. to Salem.
We’ve had a little break in the action and blessedly (and quite unusually) the temperature has not gotten above freezing so folks have been able to get out a bit.
But it is snowing again now and will for the rest of the evening. It is beautiful out there.
There is no way to safely get over to the studio even though many of the buses are running. So no teaching tonight. And maybe not Sunday either as it looks like we may be all iced up then.
I have a new enjoyable book called Dancing Fish and Ammonites A Memoir by Penelope Lively and a world of housework, not to mention Olympic Opening Ceremonies to keep me busy and out of trouble.
More soon. It is quite the thing, knowing Open Diary is gone.
Linda ⋅ February 07, 2014
We see snow here about once every 25 years or so. The last time was in 1999. It paralyzed the city but was so much fun.
I really am inadequate at expressing my feelings about OD. "Quite a thing" seems about right.
FishTacoLover ⋅ February 08, 2014
Your snow made the news way over here in Michigan. We are having record snow this year, too. We're used to snow, though.
seedys ⋅ February 10, 2014
I'm puzzled...how can the place you work be closed which prevents the workers from coming in to work, and then declare that those not managers and those not working from home will not be paid? Seems to me State Labor Laws would put the kibosh on that... I am glad you are cozy and ready for the snow. I have been following your weather on CNN and wondered if the city would shut down...
edna million ⋅ February 10, 2014
That is impressive snow! I bet it is difficult there, where it's rare. Our university has gotten to where it closes a lot more, and we got a paid "weather day" a few weeks ago when the first Polar Blast went through and it was way below 0. But even on kind of normal snows they will cancel classes, which never ever used to happen. Of course, now there are lots of online options. And lawsuit-happy parents.
It is so weird knowing OD is gone. Sad and weird. And hard to believe.