School closures...

Coxy · 21-01-13, 09:10 PM

..continuing with a comment I made on Facebook earlier

So, why are so many schools closed exactly? These decisions by teachers or the powers that be have probably cost British Industry millions Friday and today. There's a bit of snow on the ground....wow! It's not an excuse for kids to have the day off and play in it! It's not an excuse to close schools down and hundreds of working parents forced to take a day of work, many of them losing pay in the process... as you were!

BIGGYIN · 21-01-13, 09:10 PM

Don't get me started,again.

Micky · 21-01-13, 09:20 PM

That’s health and safety for ya ,going By our standards people who live in countries with snow should be thick as planks .no schools or work how they would get on

David Small · 21-01-13, 09:48 PM

Made my job easier today, not had to jump start one SUV !!

john johnson · 21-01-13, 09:51 PM

Health safety culture rules now , I was at work as usual at 6.30 no problems yet very few other businesses turned in ... It's was two to three inch of snow ffs

Coxy · 21-01-13, 09:55 PM

some peoples attitude makes me laugh when you get a bit of snow.
I had a driver who'd managed to get from the Midlands up to Scotland and then on the ferry to Belfast, drop off his car, get 2 miles to his collection in Belfast then back on to the ferry to Stranraer for another drive back South and another driver who lives just down the road from him couldn't even get from Walsall to bloody Wolverhampton to get his car delivered!

An age culture more than anything.

dandan · 21-01-13, 10:40 PM

when i dropped my daughter of this morning a fair few of the teachers was struggling to get into school i think that okays a major part

missfire · 21-01-13, 10:42 PM

Bloody crazy, I heard up in Ayrshire the schools won't let the kids out if it snows so they're trapped in the building for about six hours, until they go home! They all go mental! When I was at school the teachers couldn't wait to kick our ar*es out the door.

Coxy · 21-01-13, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dandan

when i dropped my daughter of this morning a fair few of the teachers was struggling to get into school i think that okays a major part

that's cos they either can't drive properly, or they can't be arsed to make the effort to either walk or do something about it in the first place!

The lane down to ours is on the side of a hill and is pretty bad to be fair, and my wife had to be at work for 03:30 this morning, so I spent an hour and a half gritting the entire lane so she could get to work. Not difficult, just required a bit of effort and 4 bags of rock salt!
Journey took her 7 minutes longer than normal for a 25 mile drive.

Different generation where people look out of the window and just take the easy option!

21-01-13, 09:10 PM	#2
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21-01-13, 09:51 PM	#5
john johnson Moderator of sausages Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sheffield Posts: 13,331	Health safety culture rules now , I was at work as usual at 6.30 no problems yet very few other businesses turned in ... It's was two to three inch of snow ffs __________________ Mr OCD http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t144/jsquatts/ Daily rs4 b7 with buckets that play havoc with my piles And if you are reading this as James may would say ' you're a cock '

21-01-13, 10:40 PM	#7
dandan big gimping Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: derby Posts: 1,105	when i dropped my daughter of this morning a fair few of the teachers was struggling to get into school i think that okays a major part __________________

21-01-13, 09:20 PM	#3
Micky Mr Fifty Thousand! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 8,738	That’s health and safety for ya ,going By our standards people who live in countries with snow should be thick as planks .no schools or work how they would get on

21-01-13, 09:55 PM	#6
Coxy 4 Ring Mafia Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: on the side of a hill in Shropshire! Posts: 28,215	some peoples attitude makes me laugh when you get a bit of snow. I had a driver who'd managed to get from the Midlands up to Scotland and then on the ferry to Belfast, drop off his car, get 2 miles to his collection in Belfast then back on to the ferry to Stranraer for another drive back South and another driver who lives just down the road from him couldn't even get from Walsall to bloody Wolverhampton to get his car delivered! An age culture more than anything.

21-01-13, 10:42 PM	#8
missfire making wooden things Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: cow land Posts: 8,156	Bloody crazy, I heard up in Ayrshire the schools won't let the kids out if it snows so they're trapped in the building for about six hours, until they go home! They all go mental! When I was at school the teachers couldn't wait to kick our ar*es out the door.