Snow II

We got more snow on Monday. Quite a lot of it in fact. Well, for here. The entire country ground to a halt, trains and buses stopped running, everyone stayed home from work or school, it was 'impossible' to get anywhere. It was kind of funny really, having lived in Chicago where they have that much snow pretty much every day throughout winter, yet everyone manages to carry on as normal.

I know that a lot of it has to do with the fact that we're not as prepared for it because it doesn't happen often (despite what the films say - re: Kester's snow in films theory). There's no point in having fleets of snow ploughs sitting in garages doing nothing for years. I know that on paper at least, this is the reason we can't cope with snow.

Really though, I think it has a lot to do with a difference in the UK and the US when it comes to attitudes towards work. There seems to be this feeling over there that you have to get to work, that productivity and good honest slog are the most important things in life and that the poor average pleb should always make it in, regardless of whether or not they are in the middle of a hurricane, are on death's door, have suffered a terrible personal tragedy etc. Anyone who dares take a day off when it hasn't been officially sanctioned suffers the wrath of the higher ups and puts their job on the line. I'm sure most normal people don't feel this way, but they've been made to believe it's the only way to have a society that works.

Over here, people see a single snowflake and turn to each other hopefully saying 'Ooh, snow! Day off?'.

Anyway, Felix enjoyed it and looks out of the window every day saying 'Nah? Nah?' which I think means snow. We had fun too and built a snowboy. It was going to be a snowman but Kester got bored halfway through. He looked good though and had a rakish Victorian urchin look about him. Felix gave him a kiss, of course.