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Im going to pre-rant about a storm tomorrow.
I have to test a couple of software applications tomorrow (deadline noon). These are applications that arent made for Telecommuting (working from home). At home I would need 8 hours of testing, for what takes 1 hour at the office.
Last time we had a snowstorm and we were advised to work from home, basically everyone did and we had tons of issues ranging from getting kicked off the network to being down to 10kb/sec connections. I dont know what's worse, things not working, or things working tediously slow..
I cant start the test until 8am, which means I'd only have 4 hours to finish the testing, which in turn means I cant get the testing done from home..
Now there's been a public transport alert saying there will be a lot less trains. I expect this to turn into "there will be hail all over the place and you will show up at work cold and wet".
Now im on the subject of public transportation:
For my daily commute, I have to switch trains halfway through. There's a 2 minute gap in between getting to the station and making it onto the next train.
Train #1 leaves within 1 minute of getting to the station.
I usually check for delays/issues with the track before I get on the train.
2 weeks ago I got out of train #1 and noticed train #2 was nowhere to be found. I rechecked the app on my phone and they had updated the delays/maintenance section. Turns out train #2 was out of commission for the day due to track issues (and would still be out in the morning the next day).
Surprise! The detour would involve being on the train I came out of..
Hooray! The next train in that direction would leave in 1 hour.
More Hooray! The weather was cold and wet.
To top if off: 5 minutes before the train would leave they started offering free hot beverages. There was no way for me to get to the beverage place, get a drink and return in time to get on the train. Really didnt want to wait another hour :|
Wow, this is so horrible, from the delay, to the weather, that was really terrible.
I still feel quite lucky. Things could've ended up a lot worse. Really didnt want to be stuck at work til 8pm or something :p
Don't forget to resteem.
thanks for the reminder :)
so, update time:
This morning started out semi decent.
Only half the trains were driving, the ones that were driving were half length. This means my primary train would be at 250% capacity. Luckily many people must have stayed home, since there was plenty of space to stand (not empty enough to sit) comfortably.
About an hour after getting to work, trains stopped riding all together.. By now the wind in our area had stopped, but I can imagine the train tracks being covered in branches.
This lasted until about an hour ago (2 hours past work time).
I work at a company with 1000 employees at my location. There's this one guy who lives about 5km/3miles from my place. He's always by car. I was brave enough to ask him if I could come with and I had planned to walk the last part home.
Sadly he had an after-work meeting in a completely different direction.. Hoping it would get canceled due to many no-shows, I asked him to let me know if his plans changed.
Which he did :)
This morning it was super busy on the roads and most parking spots near the office were full, so he had to park 1.3km (0.8 miles) away from work.. that was quite the walk, at quite a high pace.. after about 5 minutes my legs started to give out, but I kept going for another 10. They still feel like theyre filled with lactic acid.
It was a long ride home. The regular 30 minutes took us about an hour and a half. On the very plus side, he dropped me off at home, so yay no extra walking ^_^