Today, I spent nearly an hour thawing out my car and driving to work in this stupid freezing rain, only to find out that I'm now unemployed due to budget cuts. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I woke up at 5:15, snow blowed and salted the driveway for over an hour, left early and drove an hour on shitty roads just to get to work on time only to be laid off. FML
Today, I spent nearly half an hour clearing several inches of snow off my car. After almost suffering from hypothermia, I finished. Except the car keys were missing from my pocket, presumably buried under a foot of snow. FML
Today, I spent an hour in a snowstorm waiting for my bus to show up. After I got fed up, I decided to just clean off my car and drive to work. After I was halfway finished swiping off the snow and ice stuck to my car, the bus drove right past me. FML
Today, I found my company car wrecked in a ditch. Apparently, leaving it parked on an icy hill all night was a bad idea. I have to pick up my manager from the airport. FML
Today, I got snowed in. At work. FML
Today, I finalized my new car purchase after three months on the job at a new company. Two hours later, I was informed that my position has been eliminated. I have two weeks to find a new job or I'm completely screwed. FML
Today, a snow storm rolled into my small town, leaving my car stuck under 3 feet of snow. I called my boss to tell her I couldn't drive to work. Her reply? "Walk." FML
Today, I woke up at 3 a.m. to get ready for a "fun work retreat". After driving 2 hours to the site, I find that nobody's there. After about half an hour standing there freezing, I get an email from my boss, telling me that, "It's canceled due to bad weather." FML
Today, I woke up, got dressed, drove for an hour, just to find out that I was fired. This is the closest job near me. FML
Today, the company that was supposed to clear our apartment's parking lot never showed up. I almost got frostbite in my fingers trying to shovel someone's car out since my gloves got soaking wet. FML
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Mirorbo 27
Oh dear...if it's not one thing it's another. Good luck finding another job soon, darling!~ Finding and keeping a job seems to have become an epic quest for everyone lately...
Ugi 27
Freezing rain is amazing! I've only seen it once or twice but freezing rain is liquid rain that freezes when it hits the ground. It's rare and incredibly hazardous but it does happen. It forms a sheet of solid ice over everything amazingly quickly. It's very interesting from a scientific point of view - very pure water can be super-cooled below freezing point without turning solid if there is nothing to seed it. It then freezes on contact, shock etc. Try putting a new, unopened, bottle of water in the freezer for about an hour (your mileage may vary). It will come out liquid but if you bang it on the counter it will freeze instantly - you have just created bottled freezing rain!
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Comments (34)
KorosuKazoku 0
Isn't freezing rain just like really small hail, or is it something else? We had some here the other night, and it just sounded like miniature hail.
annihil8or 15
That sux fyl and ur boss, claim unemployment on the bastard
newjerseyguy 0
why would anyone tag this as its your fault? you guys must be the types that hate going to work and call everyday asking if you really need to come in. i had 2 girls working at my shop like that, i fired both of them.
rockyraccoon28 8
freezing rain is rain that freezes shortly after it hits the ground. i could be wrong about that definition, but I'm pretty sure that's what it is.
SeedlessMe 13
Oh, don't let my sarcasm fool you, I'm not really that upset over it... ;-) But yes, it starts as rain in the sky, but then freezes on the way down.. It is actually slightly different than snow or hail.. Unfortunately, we've had plenty of all three around here lately... :-/
SeedlessMe 13
This was supposed to be in the string off #17...?....
Signposthead 0
Atleast it wasn't the smart freezing rain, or else you'd be really ******.
j_cat187 20
us is nolonger the best place 2 b.
Master_Troll 0
You would be correct. Freezing rain is a type of precipitation that falls as rain, but turns to ice the moment it comes into contact with a solid object. To that guy who said it wasn't: google it and baw at your failure.
alsnyder12 0
What did the rain do to you?
TheDrifter 24
If they've been rejected by walmart they are the scum of society and have no useful skills whatsoever. It doesn't really count when they look for work as they don't actually possess the mental capacity to successfully perform the job even if they do somehow get hired.