Dichotomy...

It was snowing when I woke up this morning. Big wet flakes. So I took my time getting ready and rolled into work around 10. Sure enough, plenty of other people were still MIA. As they rolled in, all I heard was bitch bitch bitch about how awful the traffic was. My manager reminded people that if they'd left earlier, they would have had no problem. Todd and I just sat in our respective offices trying not to laugh as we thought about how it took almost as long to brush off our cars as it did to drive to the office. One guy lives in MD and said he left at 8:15, but arrived around 10:15. I'm sure his drive was worse than average today, but I can't imagine that's ever an easy commute. Sucker. This is why I made a pact with myself that I would never have to take a major highway to work again. Sure, occasionally I get caught in traffic going to Lockheed or coming back from NSWC in the afternoons, but my average daily commute involves 3 stop lights and 3 turns, two of which are getting into or out of parking lots. I am very lucky to be able to live so close to work. In any case, all these people complaining about a little snow just make me laugh. They're big wet flakes, and the roads are perfectly clear around here, so there's not likely to be any accumulation on the roads, especially since the storm's mostly passed by at this point. I love how a little precipitation makes everything grind to a complete halt.

Posted by Rev. Adam on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at 10:57 AM | Permalink