When in Philly

[firebunny]

Several years ago when, I was at my last job, there was a young man visiting the office for whatever reason. He'd just recently moved to Philadelphia and mentioned that he'd heard that when it rains everyone in Philly calls out from work. I expressed dismay upon hearing this as I'd been going to work on rainy days all my adult life and now I felt

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[apeygirl]

I hear you guys are getting it bad out there. I don't know why that's not a California thing, now that I think about it, with how little rain we get, but how miserable everyone is when it finally comes. LOL.

[firebunny]

It's not that bad here, not really. I mean, it's cold and rainy but it isn't flooding or anything. Still, it was a good reason not to got to work on a Friday

[frelling_tralk]

Hee I think we're the opposite in the UK actually, it's whenever the sun comes out that people just ~happen~ to start calling in sick for a day

[firebunny]

The calling out when it rains thing isn't true. The guy who said it just wanted to feel superior to everyone else in the city. I think Philadelphians are more likely to call out when it snows. Just the tiniest bit of snow and they're like "Gotta leave work early before this gets bad"

I do feel the temptation of calling out when the weather gets nice. Like today. Today is too beautiful to waste on work.

[frelling_tralk]

Oh we definitely do that too when it snows (I'm actually guilty of that lol, I get really nervous about driving on unsalted roads), the country does seem to grind to a halt whenever we get even a light dusting of snow

[firebunny]

In the US the further south you go the more people get freaked out by snow. My mom's from Boston (about 8 hours north of Philadelphia) and she always complained that people here would panic when they drove in snow. Further south it's even worse.

[tasabian]

You must have been very ready for a day off after such a long work stretch!

[firebunny]

Yeah. I'm taking it easy now. Not working 10 hour days seven days a week is really nice.