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digitelle t1_j1ulgqi wrote

Reply to comment by Animallover4321 in Western NY death toll rises to 28 from cold, storm chaos by novotlr

Everyone thought they had time to get where they are going.

I think the biggest issue are those who have employment. I highly doubt many jobs just let people go before the storm and likely many left during not realizing how bad it had got.

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Animallover4321 t1_j1um3im wrote

Jobs I can see it’s amazing how many bosses don’t give a shit. When I was a cashier my boss wanted me to come in when the roads were closed in case someone suddenly needed printer paper. Too bad we can’t hold corporations accountable.

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ThinkThankThonk t1_j1umgv0 wrote

I lived in Boston during the marathon bombing and they wanted me to come in to work during the lockdown/manhunt the day after. They do not give a shit.

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Animallover4321 t1_j1uodyl wrote

That seems like a safe time to be out. I remember that day I lived well outside of the lockdown area so mom and I decided to go out shopping the helicopters circling overhead made us realize we may have made a mistake.

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Lindsay_Laurent t1_j1unuij wrote

Well what else are you going to do that day? Might as well come to work!

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Hokuboku t1_j1usxw4 wrote

I knew people when I worked at Target who got stranded in the snow because corporate did not close down the stores due to the weather.

Its disgusting how some companies and bosses expect people in no matter what. And a lot of people are too scared of losing their jobs to say no

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Blossomie t1_j1wh943 wrote

A literal majority of the nation lives paycheck-to-paycheck. They’re not scared of losing the job, they’re scared of them and their families going hungry or homeless, which is very likely to happen if income is lost when you’re living on the razor’s edge between getting by and perishing.

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Hokuboku t1_j1wi4e1 wrote

Oh, I know but thank you for driving it home further. I came from that level of poverty. My dad losing his job lost us our house

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imsabbath84 t1_j1vs6yk wrote

> I highly doubt many jobs just let people go before the storm and likely many left during not realizing how bad it had got

yup. i work for a vendor and they told us to all be home by noon. i left my store at 11am and it took me an hour to get home, having zero visibility through the 2nd half of my drive. the stores themselves were staying open until 2pm, so all of those people were driving home in absolutely horrible conditions.

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owls_unite t1_j1vwq5z wrote

There was a pretty big snow storm in my neck of the woods in February of last year. One colleague, despite weather warnings, took the very last available bus. It took him two and a half hours to make it in, no way back home for two days ... and you bet everyone was told to look to him as an example of a dutiful worker bee.

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Stranger2306 t1_j1wbux4 wrote

I don't understand this. By Wednesday, I was glued to weather news and had stocked up on food to last the weekend. My mind boggles that people wanted to drive around in Friday.

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TechyDad t1_j1wajlj wrote

The good part about working from home: My boss can't tell me to travel on dangerous roads to get to work.

Of course, then there's the downside. Can't call in saying you'll be late because the roads are terrible. Unless my house's stairs are packed with snow (in which case I have a much bigger problem), I can get to work no matter how bad the weather.

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