Today, there's lethal flooding in the Reno area, with all roads to my work closed and flooded. My boss still expects me to drive through it, in the dark, to work at 6am. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, all the roads going in and out of my town are closed due to flooding. I work 3 towns away, and was threatened with termination if I didn't come to work. FML
Today, both of the roads leading to my small town were washed out by rising flood waters. I now live on an island in the middle of Wyoming. FML
Today, as I was driving to work in the aftermath of a terrible blizzard that came through my area last night, a lady slid through an intersection and hit my car, totaling it. I called my boss and told her what happened, only to have her tell me that we were closed due bad roads. No one told me. 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, is the blizzard. I have to go into work, my boss threatened to fire me if I didn't show up. I sent him a picture of the snow completely covering my car. He said I moved the snow there and could move it back. 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, my car died after I got off work at 1am. All of my coworkers had already left and nobody could come out to jump my car. I had to walk the 3 miles home in a torrential downpour. FML
Today, I got up and left for work despite being really sick, because I had a big meeting. Halfway to work, in deadlocked traffic, my boss texts me to let me know he's rescheduling the meeting to tomorrow because of personal conflicts. FML
Today, I got out of my house at 6:30am to find that some road workers had dug out a trench in the road right in front of my driveway, then fucked off, leaving their van up the street. There are no buses within walking distance so I missed a full day of work and my boss is pissed. FML
Today, I got snowed in. At work. FML
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LostInTheZone11 29
<p>How does he expect you to do that? Flag down a passing Coast Guard boat? </p>
amileah13 26
But I bet HE would be staying home then because it's too dangerous for HIM to drive through it.
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Comments (23)
OneGuySixDemons 23
Well, your boss is a dick. Don't listen to him. If he fires you for not coming in, you can probably sue him for this.
MidnaLink 35
If my boss still expects me to drive through that, he can come pick me up.
dramaelf 37
Let me guess, retail?
_ely_foster_ 11
I was there during the flood, your boss is a douche, literally everyone I knew had a few days off
lionsblood1 0
Stop whining I live in Reno to and I have to commute across town. The flooding was bad but lethal is just being dramatic.
amelia_suhayda 22
Yeah, we got flooded out too, and my neighbors' bridge was washed downstream. I hope that you're okay. Hello from the Mount Rose hwy.
Athabaska 10
<p>Lethal? I live in Reno, no one died in the fairly minor flooding, and while some roads were closed most of the major roads were fine. :/ YDI drama queen</p>
GoddessMadoka 12
<p>Reminds me of an old manager of mine. We had a hurricane hit us pretty bad - many main roads were flooded, power lines were down (30k+ without power in our town alone) and some parts of our area (including roads) had been completely washed away. It was the morning after the worst of the storm had hit but the storm was still very much present and I had a 6am shift at a department store 45 mins away..Town was in a state of emergency and they were urging anyone who did not absolutely need t
GhostFox 34
Word to people accusing OP of being dramatic1 flooding depth can vary a huge amount between two close locations. My house is on one of the highest points of land in town, but if you go 50-75 yards west or north, there are major intersections that are under 3 feet of water vs the 3 inches in my yard. People in that region of town literally get trapped for days.
GhostFox 34
Hell, one of the residents in that sector keeps a paddle boat in his house so he can check on his neighbors if it takes more than a day for things to dry up.
mashrocks1991 1
<p>I live in Fernley not too far from Reno. The fact that your boss did that and most of downtown reno was blocked to all traffic is a stupid move on his part. Where i work in off double r had some areas where their was a puddle thats about it. Hopefully you didnt end up going in. Your safety is important.</p>